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Fix It Up Friday: Burlap Covered Box

January 21, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

</p><p style=”text-align: left;”><center><a href=”http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com”><img src=”http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd1/luv2beamom/FixItUpFriday-1.jpg”/></a></center></p><p style=”text-align: left;”> It’s Friday again and that means it’s time for Fix It Up Friday. I am so glad to have you join me. I was so happy with the response last week and loved checking out all of the creative posts that were linked up. I am looking forward [...]

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Homemade Funnel

January 19, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

I have an easy and frugal idea for you today. The funnel pictured above was made simply by cutting the bottom off of a 1 gallon vinegar bottle. I needed a funnel with a bigger hole and this was the perfect solution. A homemade funnel could also be made from a smaller plastic bottle or [...]

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Repurposing Shower Curtains

January 12, 2011 By Jackie Leave a Comment

I have always purchased the $1 shower curtain liners from the dollar store. However, I guess we are just too hard on them because we always seem to pull most of the holes out at the top. Last week I broke down and bought some fabric shower curtain liners, but I didn’t throw away our old [...]

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Spool Picture Holders

October 28, 2010 By Jackie Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I saw a post at Creative Passage about photo holders made from spools. I bookmarked it and went to look through my craft supplies to see what I had on hand to use for this project. I had a bunch of empty plastic spools, Mod Podge and scrapbook papers on hand. [...]

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Kitchen Utensil Holder

June 3, 2010 By Jackie 7 Comments

I have been wanting to make myself a kitchen utensil holder since I made this one last year. This week I finally got the job done. I made the utensil holder using a large tin can (The can measures 6 inches in diameter and is 7 inches high.), a placemat (14 inches x 20 inches), [...]

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Crocheted Kitchen Scrubbies and a Gift Box

May 12, 2010 By Jackie 4 Comments

Since Sunday was Mother’s Day I thought I would share a few things I made for my mom. Can you guess what this box originally held? Strawberries. I found the idea for decorating an empty berry box on Silly Eagle Books and thought it would be great. Basically, all I did was glue some scrapbook [...]

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Stiving to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

April 21, 2010 By Jackie 9 Comments

Since tomorrow is Earth Day I thought I would share some of the ways I reduce, reuse and recycle items that might normally be thrown away. I still feel like I could do much better in this area, but I think every little bit we can do helps. God expects us to be good stewards [...]

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A Repurposed Microwave Cart

April 15, 2010 By Jackie 13 Comments

A few months ago my husband was going to get rid of the microwave cart pictured below. We purchased it when we first got married, but haven’t needed it since we moved to this house 11 years ago. It has been in our garage ever since. I asked him to hang onto it just a [...]

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Plant Markers from Old Mini Blinds

April 14, 2010 By Jackie 2 Comments

Sometimes there is a method to my madness. I took down a set of mini blinds a few months ago and kept them. On Monday, I started planting our garden and needed some plant markers. I remembered the old mini blinds and set to work. I cut the strings and pulled out a few slats. [...]

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Mod Podge Pill Bottle Tutorial

April 6, 2010 By Jackie 5 Comments

My husband has been taking three different pills each day since he was diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes. While this is not ideal, I did try to see some positives in all of his pill taking. So, I asked him to save the pill bottles when he finishes a bottle. Amazingly, he has [...]

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