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Repurpose & Upcycle

I bought some candle holders from a thrift store, blue mason jars from a garage sale, and put them together with some solar lights to create a beautiful light up sidewalk for my home.

Mason Jar Solar Light Sidewalk

Have you ever needed more counter space? I'll share how to build a kitchen island and storage shelf for your home, and show how many ways you can use it.

DIY Storage Self and Kitchen Island

Our family loves superheros and my son wanted to update his room. I found this little old table on Facebook Marketplace for $10, and with a little paint, superheros, and a little love we gave this side table a makeover.

DIY Superhero Comic Side Table Makeover

If you want the tea cup stand to be more solid, dig a little hole and bury the stand bottom in the ground.

Pouring Tea Pot & Tea Cup Decor

I bought a couple dollar store soap dispensers and they were kind of plain so I decided to upcycle them with stencils. I also had a couple recycled mason jars that I upcycled into soap dispensers.

Upcycle Soap Dispensers

I have always been a big believer in stress reduction, and after having breast cancer it is even more important to reduce all the stress my life. Here are some great ways to relieve stress, and some of these make great gift ideas!

Stress Relief and Gift Ideas

Here's the completed night light and I love it. Place this anywhere in your home and share the inspiration.

5 Easy DIY Makeovers

Here is the completed desk! You can make it right or left handed.

How To Turn A Filing Cabinet into a Desk

I added the snacks I wanted into my snack box and placed it in my office. I was able to add tea, a mug, a spoon, some protein bars, and nuts. I placed it next to a container holding water for my tea. I can fill my cup and place it on my mug warmer.

How To Make A Snack Station

I wanted to try my hand at furniture makeovers and when I found this shelf for $5 I knew it was a great piece to work on. Added bonus, I already had several items on hand to work on it.

How To Makeover Furniture

I found these inexpensive and unique place mats at a thrift store. With a little imagination and some chalkboard paint - I knew all the fun these place mats could be.

Easy Chalkboard Placemats

I let them both dry completely. Both candle holders took on a little bit of the tint but not too much. This was just enough to give them that driftwood and coastal look I was going for.

Coastal Wood Candle Upcycle

Here is the easel option if you’d rather not hang it on your door.

2 Easy and Important No Soliciting & Message Board Signs

I set the first one down on the bench seat, and I tied the other cushion to the back. You can see both rug sayings I picked in this picture.

DIY Rugs Into Pillows or Cushions

I painted the top with Folk Art Home Decor Varnish to protect the table top.

Updated Side Table

I decided I wanted to try another version, so I spiraled the books in and added the tray on top. I really love how this one turned out. Which one do you like better?

A Unique and Easy Way Reuse Old Encyclopedias and Books In Your Home

Here's the completed chair. Two things I love about this chair - it has wheels so it can be rolled around easy, and it folds down flat so you can put it away when not in use.

Posture Correcting Chair Makeover

After a challenging year of several surgeries and breast cancer, it was recommended to me that I write down 3 things I'm grateful for every morning to keep my spirits up. I decided to create a reusable grateful board to start practicing this as we move into the new year.

DIY Reusable Grateful Board

Use them to treat yourself - makes a great gift. You can also use them at festive occasions. They are an extremely useful item all year around.

Cabinet Door Serving Trays

After everything was dry, we hung it back up and absolutely love it!

Update Your Ceiling Fan

I realized the candle holders were not completely straight so putting taper candles in them might lead to a big mess down the road.

Faux Birch Aspen Candle Holders

I removed the painters tape and let the piece dry completely.

Hobby Lobby Plant Stands Side Tables

Now I can clip on my recipes easy for cooking but that's not all ...

Easy Recipe Holder

For Winter - add the famous look of the pine tree in the back. I added some LED lights as well.

How To Make A Super Cute DIY Crate Red Pickup Truck

Here is the completed box, and I love how it turned out. You can leave it as is, or you can stain/varnish the box.

Using A Wood Burning Tool

I bought this lamp on clearance and I had some stickers that I got from Dollar Tree. I decided to use the stickers on the lampshade of my lamp and love it!

Upcycle A Lamp With Dollar Store Stickers

I added some stainless steel looking contact paper to it.

5 Easy Upcycles Using Contact Paper

I love the Target Dollar Section and I found a chalkboard and a "Home" garland for just a couple dollars. I turned them into a trendy home sign!

Easy Trendy Home Sign

I found a vintage 3 tiered serving tray for $6 at the thrift store, and I was so excited! With a little cleaning, sanding, and painting, I upcycled it to fit in my home.

Upcycled 3 Tiered Serving Cart

The great thing about this project is how versatile it is. Think about all of the possibilities with the holidays, season, and stencils this simple idea could create.

Welcome Sign For Your Front Door

Silicone a vintage cup and plate together and let that dry. Put bird seed on the plate, water in the cup, and set it somewhere outside.

DIY Bird Feeders with Recycled Materials

Easy Thrift Store Upcycle (11) add solar light

Easy Thrift Store Upcycle

Solar Silverware Flowers (4) complete solar light from top

Solar Silverware Flowers

I found this fun taper candle holder at IKEA. I siliconed solar lights into the taper candle holders and let that dry. I added some dangling crystals I found at the thrift store for added sparkle. I hung this in our tree. It hangs low enough to get plenty of light.

Repurposed Thrift Store Items For Your Yard

Upcycled Items For Your Yard (2) solar owl

Upcycled Items For Your Backyard

DIY Upcycled Porch Decor (6) Solar Chandelier

DIY Upcycled Porch Decor

Mosaic Terra Cotta Flower Pots (8) displayed pot

Mosaic Terra Cotta Flower Pots

Here’s a picture of the fountain running. Be sure to refill the water as it evaporates. I also clean out the class and wash off the fountain as needed.

Easy Solar Fountain For Your Yard

You can add them to a pot holder and towels to make an easy gift.

Personalized Wooden Utensils

Metal Multi Use Tray Upcycle (11) on display

Metal Multi Use Tray Upcycle

Recycled Cans As Planters (3) small plant

Recycled Cans As Planters

Easy Graduation Care Package (4) grad care package

Easy Graduation Care Package

7 Easy Garden Globes & Gazing Balls (11) dollar store rocks on bud vase

Easy and Awesome DIY Gazing Ball Garden Globe for your Yard

$5 Inspirational Wall Art (7) featured image

$5 Inspirational Wall Art

I made a variety of these glass flowers just in time for spring.

Upcycled Thrift Store Candle Holders

Upcycled Puzzle Serving Tray (7) let tray dry

Upcycled Puzzle Serving Tray

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Easy Floral Pens

Garden Flowers Made From Dishes - flowers in display

Garden Flowers Made From Dishes

Flower Pot Hanging Star Lamp - lamp on in dark

Flower Pot Hanging Star Lamp

4 Easy and Useful Clothespin Ideas - place card displayed

4 Easy and Useful Clothespin Ideas

Place the flower somewhere in your house to enjoy.  Looks good day and night.

Easy Decorative Floral Light

Mix and match your clothespins for different coaster designs. I used about 6 clothes pins per coaster.

Food Color Dye Clothespin Coasters

Option 2 - Place a battery operated tealight inside it.  You can chose to place it on top, or bury it lower in the glass.  Turn it on and enjoy.

Upcycled Tuna Can Candle Holder

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Easy Two Dollar Welcome Sign

I hung it up in my laundry room and love how it turned out.

Thrift Store Laundry Sign Upcycle

Do you want to create an etched wine bottle? I used etching cream on a recycled wine bottle to become an item that we'll use again and again.

The Fast and Easy Way To Create An Etched Wine Bottle

Do you want a DIY Beauty and the Beast Rose? With just a couple of items from Dollar Tree, you can easily make this for your home.

Easy and Stunning Dollar Tree DIY Beauty and the Beast Rose

I placed the lamp in my living room and use the remote to turn it on. Since the light inside is waterproof and well protected by the glass I can also place it under my covered porch to enjoy on a warm evening.

Upcycled Broken Cake Stand to Color Changing Lamp

Hang the bow wreath and you're done.

Holiday and Birthday Bow Wreath

Place somewhere in your home and at times of stress use the backscratcher to make designs in the sand. You can also hold the rocks and rub your fingers on the smoothness or use them to draw as well. Even running your fingers through the sand is calming.

Upcycled Candle Holder to Zen Garden

Put the lid on and you're done! If you want you can make a tag that attaches to it with the items to find.  If you use a jar, you can write the items on a sticker and place it on the lid of the items to find.

Find It Game & Ornament

Here are all the words written on all of the blocks.

Tumble Tower Holiday Game

13 Inexpensive and Easy Eco Friendly Gift Wrap Ideas

13 Inexpensive and Easy Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap Ideas

Here is the completed bench. I'm so happy with the way it turned out.

Upcycled Thrift Store Wooden Bench

Put your art into your frame.   We love our family artwork, and now I have fingerprints and hand prints forever.

Family Heirloom Fingerprint Art

Place some Lego characters in the top section and close it up for transport. On the outside of the case I placed a white piece of paper and now it's a white board! Use dry erase markers to draw on the case and wipe off.

3 DVD Case Travel Hacks

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Updating a Built In Entertainment Center

Place your candle where you want to display it.

Dollar Store Glowing Candle

I put the tray back together.

Upcycling A Serving Tray

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Easy Cinnamon Stick Candle – Great for Holidays and Gifts

Materials Needed: Tray - mine came from the Dollar Tree Folk Art Chalkboard Paint and Paint Brushes Photo Stand, magnets, or something to hang your sign Chalk

Chalkboard Message Board

My kids love these trays and use them all the time.

Personalized TV Tray Upcycle

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Confetti Travel Mug & Coaster

I also did this by printing out words on paper "Seasoned Olive Oil", and "Grammie & Papa EST. ... " The best part about these is once you remove the paper, the tape is still sticky like a sticker. All I needed to do is stick them onto their surface.

Easy Graphic Transfers With Packing Tape

Let it dry.

Making Magnets to Your Style! Great Gift Ideas!

I let both vases dry completely before bringing them inside.

Anthropologie Vase Hacks

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Easy Tic Tac Toe Game – Great for Travel, Gift Idea, Backyard, Etc.

There are different head attachments you can use on the solar fountain if you like.

Fondue Pot to Table Top Solar Fountain & Fire Pit

This first display is in a glass flour jar I got from Walmart. It contains shells from a few trips to Florida, as well as a shell from the 1933 World Fair in Chicago of my grandma's.

Beach Keepsake Displays

I really like the way the beads glow.

Repurposed Can to Lantern

I let the silicone harden for 24 hours and then it was finished.

From Candle Holder to Solarabra!

Use it to light up your porch, patio, walkway, etc.

Candle Holder to Solar/Cup Holder

I used double stick tape on the back and I hung it up above our pantry in our kitchen.

4 DVD Case Hacks!

We put our fountain under our gazebo. We eat outside a lot when the weather is nice and enjoy the sound of the fountain. We recently had a friend tell us the sound was relaxing and was putting them to sleep.

Easy and Inexpensive DIY Water Fountain/Feature

Maybe you have a need for a solar chandelier too...

Upcycle an Outdated Chandelier to a Solar Chandelier

I'm so excited to share with you my repurposed shower curtain & jeans into no sew outdoor pillows with a journal and pen pockets!

No Sew Outdoor Pillows With Journal/Pen Pockets

Once dry you're done. You can place a tealight candle inside and use them as candle holders. You could put gifts inside the jar and give them to someone, or store things in the jars for yourself.

Upcycle Jars to Candle Holders (2 Options)

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Vintage Bundt Pan to Solar Flower!

Continue adding the magnets around the can lid.

Bottle Cap Magnets & Flower

See how I repurposed a plant stand and patio furniture. The plant stand was turned into a side table. You can use these steps to update your own plant stand or patio furniture.

Repurposed Plant Stand and Patio Furniture

Let it dry completely and it's ready to go. I love how this one reminds me of sea glass.

Easy Way To Color Glass on a Budget For Any Occasion or Holiday

I added 3 solar lights from the Dollar Tree between the bottles. The lights on the right and left are stuck into the ground. The one in the middle I wanted a little higher so I removed the stake and put it in a clear mini bottle.  After looking at this for a period of time I ended up adding crystal beads to the front to look like it was pouring.

Re-purposed Wine Rack to Solar Yard Decor

Hang it outside on a garden hook.

Vintage Dishes to Bird Feeder

Here is another dish set I made and this one I used E6000 for the glue as I wanted this one to be permanent. Use them in the kitchen for serving, in your bedroom for jewelry, or in the bathroom for wash clothes, supplies, and soap. One idea with so many uses!

Create A 3 Tiered Stand For Your Home

This is what it looks like when it is done. Hand wash only to care for it.

Heart Mug

Hang the gift up.

Easy Gift Wreath For Any Occassion

Plant some flowers in it. Great for a gift too!

9 Things To Do With Tea Cups

Place birdseed in some of the cups and water in another and you have a new bird feeder.

Candle Holder to Tea Cup Holder – 3 Options

Here is it all finished and we love it. My husband and I met on in college on band scholarships - we sat right next to each other. We both have a passion for music and we loved adding this heirloom to our home.

Turning an Heirloom Into a Lamp

Turn your lights on and you're done.  Leave it inside or out.

Fireflies and Cattails

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