Easy Sunglasses Organization For In The Car

I was cleaning out my car the other day, and found all these gloves!  I was going to bring them in the house and put them away with the other winter things, but I also found multiple pairs of sunglasses that I could not bear the thought of them getting scratched!  And of course I don't use cases for them, they are too bulky.  So, I put two and two together, and now my sunnies have a handy dandy 'case' so they won't get scratched, and my gloves are getting year-round use!  Double win!   

Now the only problem is that I have 5 pairs of sunglasses in my car... I need to find them a home inside my home!

Where do you store your sunglasses??

xoxo

Lia

30 Days of DIY: Day 28 ~ Upcycled Butter Container Planters

Hi lovelies!  I've been trying to really reduce waste and challenge myself to come up with new ideas for things that would normally be thrown away.  If you've been following my 30 Days of DIY series, you would be familiar with some of the projects like this.  These are old butter plastic tubs that I painted and (once I go and get soil) will be planting some of my plants in!

I spread out some newspaper outside and collected my spraypaint and scissors.

Take the scissors and cut out a few drainage holes in the bottom of the tub.

Here's what I did.  I also add rocks to the bottom of all my pots as well to assist with drainage, so I didn't make the holes too big.

I spraypainted the tubs black.  It took about two coats.  I also applied a thin coat to the inside, a little heavier on the top, so that the look was more uniform.

Then I took some white acrylic paint, and decorated my tubs.

 

These would look lovely spraypainted white and then decorated with more colorful paints. 

Yes, I set the plants in their little green pots inside these for the purpose of the picture.  I need to get some soil :)  What do you think of this?  Is this something you will do?  I want to find more tubs now!! 

xxooxoxo
Lia

30 Days of DIY: Day 26 ~ Upcycled Portable Chalkboards

Sorry I've been out of the posting loop lately.  I've been a busy bee searching for jobs, and I had an interview yesterday as well!  Fingers crossed....  Anywho, I realized I need to seriously catch up on my 30 days of DIYs since today is April 30!  Well don't count me out yet!  Here's a quick and easy project I did with the kids the other day. 
I found some new baking sheets on clearance with the Easter stuff at Target for $5 each, and of course I picked them up.  So the question was what to do with the old ones?  Well, I picked up some chalkboard paint and some white acrylic paint and set the kids to work!

First they painted the back of the old pans white to cover up all the yuckiness.  It took about three coats.

I sat them outside on their picnic table covered with newspaper, poured the paint onto a paper plate, and gave them each a foam paintbrush.  Tip: when waiting for the coats to dry, put the paintbrushes with the paint still on them in a plastic baggy and put it in the fridge.  They won't dry out and will be ready to go again!

They had such a blast!

Finally, they flipped over the pans and painted the front side with the black chalkboard paint.  It took only one coat to achieve great coverage.  We let that dry, rinsed out the brushes really good, and cleaned up the mess.

Finished product!  Since they are metal too, you could use magnets to attach a little pouch to hold chalk and an eraser.

They came up with the idea of using their Easter sidewalk chalk :) 
I think this is great, especially for my daughter when doing her math homework.  Instead of wasting paper to do some of her exercises, she can do them on this! 
I really love coming up with ideas to reuse old things that would normally be thrown away, and I have a TON more ideas!!!  Stay tuned! 

xxooxoxo
Lia

30 Days of DIY: Day 10 ~ Studded Knit Belt

If you're anything like me, those shirts that come with the attached belt out of the same material disgust you and you immediately remove them.  Well, I do at least.  I have a drawer I throw them into because I have such a hard time throwing anything away, especially something that can be repurposed!

Materials:

• Knit wrap belt
• Nailheads
• Pliers 

Aren't these fabulous?  I got them at the thrift store.

Vintage studs!  Love!

Take the nailhead and push it through the desired spot on the belt.

You will have the five pointy ends on the reverse side.

Use your pliers to fold in the pointy ends.

This is what the reverse side will look like when you fold over the ends.

I chose to leave about 6 inches or so on each end before I started studding.  Here's what it looks like after one.

I spread them out by about 2-3 inches or so.  Here's three....

And the finished product!

Now, cinch anything with it, here I'm modeling an oversized t-shirt I've been bumming around in.

So versatile...you can tie it behind your neck and it's a funky necklace!  (JT says it could be a scarf too.)

Or wrap it around your wrist and tie it and it's a statement cuff bracelet.

I love repurposing something into something bigger and better!  I hope this inspires you to think the same.  Try this out, and send pics if you do!

xxooxoxo
Lia