Deck Makeover Reveal

Who doesn’t love a room or deck makeover! Throw in thrifty makeover and you can officially declare yourself a winner. My daughters and I have been doing makeovers at home since the summer began. It’s a great way to spend quality time with your kids. This is our second makeover and we decided to do the DECK. Our first one was a bedroom. Our makeovers involve thrifting and finding items that we can use to decorate the room without spending {Read More}

Bleaching a Spread

Turning a Peach Spread to White

Face Mask with Nose Bridge

Thinking of making your own face mask…try this little tutorial! Check out the video or follow the steps below. This is so cute! Thinking of making a couple more for everyone in the family! I have included written directions below.   Items Needed 14in X 9in Cotton Material Elastic or Cotton strings for ears Wire (suggestions listed in directions.) Steps for Making Mask Step 1: Use a 14in X 9in cotton material. Cotton material seems to work best. This particular {Read More}

How to Keep Ants Out of Pet’s Bowl

The ants are back! This time they are terrorizing my pet’s water bowl. Normally, they never get into the water bowl. Different year. Different ants. (I guess…) This is the first year that I’ve had to worry about ants taking over the water bowl for the dog. For some reason, the ants don’t bother with the food bowl. (Can’t figure that one out, yet.) So, I found this little simple trick and decided to test it out. And, yep….it works! {Read More}

How to Make a Jewelry Display Board

I needed a jewelry display board for my thrift store boutique. I didn’t want to pay a lot of money for one. Trying to save money as I go through my first year journey of opening a store. This turned out perfectly! This would be great if you wanted to use this as a display board to hold your jewelry also. Here are the quick and easy steps. Items Needed: Peg Board (Home Depot)  Probably not the actual name of {Read More}

How to Defog a Window

So, I recently opened a Thrift Store Boutique. Yay! The selling point for this location was the boutique-styled windows. When we moved into the store in August-September, the weather was nice and warm. Had no problems with the windows. Then, in the month of October, the weather turned cold and this was my view from the inside out. Not to mention that potential customers couldn’t see on the inside when passing by the store. Well, that was not good. It {Read More}

DIY Choker Necklace

My daughter loves to wear necklaces, specifically, the choker necklaces. Makeup and necklaces go hand-in-hand in my house full of teenagers.  So, I made a couple of necklaces for her today. Quite simple. Quite inexpensive. Items Needed: trim or ribbon clasps needle and thread Directions: First, measure the size of the neck. Cut trimming to desired size. Fold under edges. Stitch down. Attach ends of clasp to each side using wire pliers to press down tightly. That’s all there is {Read More}

DIY Red White and Blue Glass Vases

If you’re looking to put a little decor into your Independence Day celebration, why not add these DIY painted glass vases to your list.  They’ll look great with flowers as a centerpiece for tables.  Just get a couple of old vases, spray paint, and tape.  Add battery-operated tea light candles to bottom of vases to showcase at night. This is a picture of how the centerpiece looks when night starts to fall.  The white vase illuminated the best due to {Read More}

5 Great Hacks To Use At Home For Only $1

Everyone loves when they can use an item made for a certain purpose in a totally different way.  The items for these hacks are probably already at your house.  If not, they can be purchased at any of the $1 stores, such as Everything’s A Dollar. This toothbrush and cup holder has suction cups attached to the back.  A great use for this item would be to use it as a caddy for the kitchen sink. Just wet sink and {Read More}

Using a Kitchen Drawer to Organize Tupperware

I’m not sure why I keep the tupperware in the top of the cabinet.   First, I can never find the matching tops unless I get a stool to look in the top of the cabinet.  Plus, I’m not disciplined enough to put matching tops with matching containers.  So, today, I’m trying a different approach.  Yep, I’m still inspired since I organized my utensil drawer. You can check that organizational accomplishment right here. Still, loving it. I’m on my way to {Read More}