Super Sunday

Sunday was beautiful, the sun was shining and the weather was warm.  To keep my mind of the fact that the hubs wasn't here to share it with me I tried to keep busy.  I cleaned the house, made some dish detergent, and decided it was time for a spring wreath for the door.  What do you think?

Isn't it pretty?  Here's how I did it (and it only took maybe 10 min!).  You will need 1 grapevine wreath ($3.99 at Wal-Mart), 1 mixed silk flower bouquet ($5.99), and some ribbon ($1.99).  Cut the bouquet up using a wire cutters leaving about a 2 inch stem.  Push through the grapevine wreath slightly weaving it through the branches.  Make sure you add in some of the leaves to fill the space.  Slip on the ribbon and tie a bow about 3 inches up from wreath.  Voila you are done.  So easy and it only cost $12.00!

Crafty: Pinterest Paper Rose

This is my paper rose thanks to the craft/diy section on pinterest.  It took me about 2 hours to make but I think the more I make the faster I'll get.  The part that takes the longest is the cutting out each petal, rolling it, and adding black ink around the edges.  What do you think?

Crafty: Solar Lantern

So I love those sun jars and I've been thinking I could make something like that on my own.  While checking out some DIY/Crafts on Pinterest I found some tutorials on how to make something on your own.  Most of them utilized mason jars (and I am a good ole mason jar lover).  But I had some tea light lanterns from the dollar store hiding in a drawer since I didn't really know what to do with them yet.

So I took off to my local Dollar Store and found some solar garden stakes and came home with a plan.

I popped off the stake part and got this:

Then I heated up the good ole hot glue gun and got out my lanterns

I ran some glue around the bottom edge of the solar light and stuck it on the top of the lantern.  Then I ran another bead of glue around the outside where the lantern and the solar light met

I stuck it in the sun and then tested it out.... what do you think?

I love it!  The whole cost to make 2 solar lanterns was $4.00!  You can't beat that in my opinion.