Mason Jars!!

Today I want to talk about Mason Jars! 

Who doesn't LOVE Mason Jars?? 

I especially love the vintage blue ones:)

But as we all know they aren't as easy to come
 by. 

After doing some research on Pinterest 
and other sites 
I found out that you can tint your own.

There were a few different suggestions on 
 how to do it.
So I decide to try some out and see which one 
worked the best.

First I went to the DI and found a bunch of 
jars for 50 cents!

Second cleaned them :)

The First mixture was: Glass paint and 

Acetone Nail Polish remover:

Put in all in the jar and mix it up. Then just 

"Swirl" the jar until the glass in covered. 

Tip up-side down and let dry.

Second mixture was Glass Paint:

I painted this on the outside of the jar. 
(I wanted this one water-proof) 
Tip up-side down to dry.

These two mixtures were a FAILURE!!

The best two that I found were:

1) Mod Podge, food coloring and a little 
bit of water.  

Mix it all together and "swirl the jar. 

Tip up-side down to dry.

2) Polyurethane (water based) and food coloring.

The Polyurethane is Water Proof!!! 
Bring on the Fresh Flowers :)

I LOVE how they turned out! Don't you? 

Before and After

Reclaim-ologist and Other Crafty Chicks

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https://www.facebook.com/ReclaimOlogistsAndOtherCraftyChicksNorthernUtah

My DIY record player TV stand

I bought this old record player from a thrift store for a steal, I decided to make it in to my TV stand. 
I first had to take it apart and clean it up and sand it down.

Then I decided to add textured wallpaper to the center panels

Then I got excited to finish and didn't take anymore pictures

But I painted it Heirloom White and added a brown glaze to it.

I also put brown burlap behind the speakers, I think it turned out AMAZING!

This is my FAVORITE piece of furniture!!!!

Sub for Santa

We have some beautiful little girls that moved into there Aunts basement with there mom because of the resent passing of there dad. The Aunt is a member of our church and me and the girls wanted to help them out this Christmas. So thanks to Pinterest we got the idea to make them a kitchen out of a old entrainment center!
It was SOOOOO fun!!!

               BEFORE

   AFTER

OVEN WITH LIGHTS!!

CHALKBOARD

MAGNET BOARD

Here are some of the pictures of the girls on Christmas morning :)

 We did the table too!

 Makes my heart happy:)

Spooky!

We hope EVERYONE had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

EXCITING NEWS

Hello Bloggers! its has been along time! :( We are sorry! Lots of exciting news! First! We have decided to apply for Swiss Days next year! Which means we will be very busy this next coming year! Second! We have started selling some of our items in gift shops! Yahoo! We are so excited! THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT! LOVE YOU ALL!