From Candle Lid To Pretty Coaster

Hi! Today I'm sharing how I turned a candle lid into a pretty jeweled coaster! 

If you've ever been to Bath & Body Works you've probably been convinced to buy one of these delicious smelling bad boys.

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Then you probably burned the whole thing in a day because it smelled so good. Anyone? Just me? Oh.

There are a million cute things to make with the jars when you're done though!

Today I used just the lid to make an adorable blingy coaster for my desk. 

All I needed was:

Any candle lid

E6000/Super Glue

Jewels/gems (affiliate links)

All I did was spread the glue with a tooth pick a little at a time and added the jewels in no certain pattern. 

(Cute envelope backdrop, right?)

That's it! I think this is so so pretty. I've been in the process of making my room fabulous (including the craft shelf I've been promising for 7 years) so I will be posting lots and lots about my progress organizing and decorating my bedroom!

Share any pictures of your own coasters by tagging me on Instagram or use the hashtag #LittleBitsofLacey

kisses!

xoxo, 

Lacey & Bob

DIY Simple Dollar Store Valentine's Decor

Love is in the air! 

I have started decorating my room this year for Valentine's Day with just a small package of "table scatter" from Dollar Tree. It had 60 of these pink and red glittery hearts.

I simply made a string of hearts for my window by sandwiching the small foam glitter hearts on a string of fishline.

I also did the same thing with some pieces of bakers twine in my doorway and on the dress hooks above my desk.

As most of my DIY's, it's super simple and I think it's super cute!

What creative dollar store decor do you L-O-V-E?

xoxo, Lacey

DIY Silver Hair Bow

I LOVE bows. I love them on anything, but hair bows are probably my favorite. Knowing how to make my own makes me a very, very happy person.

Here I go to make 4000 of them.

For this particular bow, I just used a small piece of thick ribbon. 

I folded in the ends so it would look finished and secured them with hot glue. 

Next I pinched the middle until I had the shape I wanted, and glued in between the creases to solidify the shape. 

Finally I glued the edges on a little baby strip and wrapped it around the center of my bow, and glued it onto a hair clip. 

I gave it a quick coat of hairspray and it actually helped with the shedding!

How do you wear your bows?

If you recreate any of my projects, I'd love to see them! Feel free to send me an e-mail at LittleBitofLacey@gmail.com or post them with the hashtag #LittleBitsofLacey

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
xoxo, Lacey

DIY Wedding Decor

So about a month ago my sister and her fiancé decided to finally tie the knot. In a month. Enter me the temporary wedding planner. It's not going to be a traditional wedding, and with a short timeline and small budget we had to get creative. Here are some of the decorations.

I'll be posting after the wedding with all of the other simple decorations we used, and how it all came together, so stay posted for that!

You'll be able to see these babies in action, instead of just sitting on our kitchen table. At midnight. I really need to get my life together, people.


1. Floral Centerpieces
These have been floating around Pinterest for a while, but I couldn't track an original source. The idea behind these is SO simple, but I think they look seriously fancy shmancy if you ask me.

I used:
hot glue
wiffle balls
candle stick holders
fake flowers
wire cutters
fancy bits from Hobby Lobby

This is mind blowingly simple, I swear.
I simply cut the flowers off of their stems, and glued them into the holes of the wiffle balls. I glued some of the petals together to close any gaps between flowers where the ball might show, but the flowers were big enough that it wasn't a big problem. I glued the ball to the candlestick holder and then just added some of the little bits all around.
Ta-da!

 Fancy bits

 The nice ball before it's glued to the candle stick.

 Pretty, no?

2. Initials
Another super simple one. We used the initials of the bride and groom and a big &. For the glitter, we used Krylon Glitter Blast Glitter Spray. This photo sure as heck doesn't do any justice for the amount of sparkle there is. The L and A are just a plain blue. 

 3. Mr. & Mrs. Champagne Glasses

For this one I just picked up two of these glasses from Dollar Tree, used the same glitter spray, and picked up some alphabet scrapbooking letters. I also found this cool pearl trim in the scrapbook section too, and used acrylic gems as well.

 I taped off the glasses and painted the bottoms. Then I measured an inch from the top and lined up the pearl trim. Next I used a piece of masking tape to make sure I was gluing straight (I still managed to make it a little crooked) and glued the gems on in a pattern. I finally just added the Mr. and Mrs. and had a cute little set!

 I also took this gem (No pun intended) of a photo when I was spray painting. Bobby, oh, Bobby.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo, Lacey

Fab Feature Friday 8-1-14

Hello! If you're new to my blog, Fab Feature Friday is where I feature fabulous blog posts that I love each week.

Now I am a strong believer that every day needs a little bit of glitter. This week Tiffany from I Am Style-ish shows us how to add a little bit of glitter to everything in our lives. You can find out how she does it here. 

I just love how girly these look.

What will you glitter with her technique?

Have a fabulous weekend!

xoxo, Lacey