DIY Scarecrow bottle - Fall Decor - Upcycle + Recycle

 

I love to bring my grandmother homemade gifts whenever we go to visit her. I also love to be at her house and to be able to look around and see all of these DIY memories I have made and get to share with her. <3 

 

This DIY is so simple. I took an empty wine bottle, painted it a light brown/tan color. While I was waiting for the paint to dry, I cut a piece of foam board to look like a donut that would fit around the top of the bottle, to make the hat. I hot glued some fake straw that I purchased at the local dollar store, around the neck of the bottle as the scarecrows hair. Following that step, I took twine and used my hot glue gun to glue it to the foam donut. When I was finished doing that, I slid the foam donut over the top of the bottle and pushed it down as far as I possibly could. I then took more twine and glued it to the top of the bottle to finish off the look of the hat. I had a roll of rhinestone ribbon that I used as the top of the hat. However, you could easily finish it off with twine, or any other kind of ribbon. I then took some more fake straw and glued it to the base of the bottle, with the loose ends pointing up, before I glued some twine around the bottom of the bottle, and used some more of the rhinestone ribbon around the base; symbolizing his shirt. I added a fun twine bow, just to be cute. My last step was the scarecrows face. I used Halloween googly eyes from the Dollar Tree, and painted on the rest of his face, using pink, orange and black paint. The fun part about his face is that you can be so creative and make any kind of face you want to. I did a simple happy face because after all this is a gift for my 90 year old grandmother.

 

This was such a fun and easy upcycle and recycle project to do. Please share a picture in the comments below if you recreate this project! I would love to see them!

 

Until next time... xoxoxo

Stevens Bottle ☺

This is not something that I made myself. A friend from yoga made this bottle for me and I just HAD to share it!  He collects old vases and bottles from garage sales and thrift shops and turns them into masterpieces!

I love this bottle and it matches our house so well! 

Thanks Steven!

DIY Hand Scrub for the Ladies

 for Every year for the past couple of years, I try to craft something up for all of the males and females in my family. (the kiddos too!) This year for the ladies I made a hand scrub that I found ONLINE. So cheap, easy and simple!

I bought plastic containers from Hobby Lobby for $0.77! I used the recipe that I found online which was just sugar and Dawn Olay Hand Renewal Dish Soap (I used the pomegranate scent ) but have also tried the blue scent (both are amazing!) 

 

I mixed the ingredients in a large bowl. To be honest, I didn't really measure anything out, I just poured some sugar into the bowl, and gradually added soap as I was stirring. When I felt like it has at a good hand scrub consistancy, then I stopped and mixed it very good, then used a funnel to put it in the bottles without having a huge mess on my hands!

I made a simple little "Merry Christmas" label for each one and I used a silver twist tie to attach the label. I am so excited to hand these out at my family Christmas Eve parties today! :)

The love of painting!

Today I had a little bit of down time. So I prepped a few crafts. I painted some plaques silver, I painted a canvas blue. I painted some glass bottles  red, pink, teal and brown. And i painted a recycled can white. 

I was prepping the first few coats of these so their ready for completion! :) 

I have so many fun ideas but my schedule is about to get really busy with school for a little while. 

Keep an eye out! :)

Xoxo Renae