upcycling & diy

Find pretty plates and bottoms at the thrift store or flea market. Candle stick holders and small cups make great bases. Use a product like E6000 to glue the two together and voila! You have new pretty display dishes.

Don't pass those vintage bottles by at the flea market or thrift store. Use them to water your plants! All you need are terracotta plant stakes. Now you have a unique display of a vintage item that's also functional.

Have you stumbled across vintage shoes forms?  Consider upcycling them to display photos or vintage postcards. All you need are some photo clips and E6000. 

Finding a decanter bottle isn't tough but finding something to do with it can be! Buy a light kit or find a solar light to put in the bottle and voila! A fun and unique light!

Have a love for ephemera? Know a book nerd? Create a personalized bookmark for them with all that ephemera you've been collecting.

Looking for a hostess gift? Use one if your upcycled plates you made with a pedestal, put it in a pretty basket and fill it with charcuterie supplies.   See how I filled ornaments with dip mix? Pretty cute touch, huh?

Ask your local fabric store for discontinued fabric samples and you'll have bookmark making supplies for days! For an added bonus: add a ribbon tassle  and starch the fabric for a little rigidity.