DIY Marble Dollar Tree Pots for Succulents

I'm pleased to announce that I have completed another round of finals without dying. This means I am halfway there to my Bachelors Degree. (AHH)

I've been easing into summer, trying to recover and I did my first summer DIY the other day!
I picked up these succulents and a package of three mini terra-cotta pots from the Dollar Tree. I see this kind of stuff in stores, envision something adorable, do a scary evil laugh and toss them in my basket. Muahahahah

Okay but really, I just popped the succulents out of the cheapy plastic pots and gave the terra-cotta ones a quick coat of white spray paint.

I could tell you I tried what worked right away, but I feel it's my job to allow anyone and everyone to laugh at me and to also keep you from trying it these ways too. All I knew was that I wanted to marble them. (that's good grammar, right?)

I used the plastic pots the succulents originally came in to practice first, which was smart so I didn't ruin the other pots, but it also probably would have worked differently with plastic than with terra-cotta anyway. Oh well.

Initially I tried the tub of water thing. I've only ever seen it done that way with nail polish, but I figured I would try it anyway with the small samples of paint I have leftover from my craft shelf boxes.

FAIL

Then I found the one bottle of turquoisey-teal nail polish I had and tried that. 

Nope

I remembered seeing a tutorial for marbling nail polish with a plastic bag. They dotted a few drops of the leftover wall paint paint on the nail and used the plastic baggie to mix the colors.

I used the wall paint I orignally tried and painted a few spots randomly around the pot.

Then I used a piece of saran wrap (affiliate link) to mix the paint into a "marble" effect.

And I don't have a picture of this step, because I was covered in paint and didn't really feel like painting my camera.

But this is how they came out!

That's all! Show me pics of yours! #LittleBitsofLacey and I might just repost them :)

xoxo,
L

The Cutest Little Stool Ever

Ever since I saw Jen at iHeartOrganizing make a cute mini stool, I was looking for an excuse to make my own. This is what my third thing I made inspired by her? She just has the best ideas!

A few years ago in high school, Eric made me this cute little chest of drawers (see below) with a countertop for me to sit and do my makeup and be able to put my straightener/curler on top. He's seriously the best. Anywhooo, I have used it every day since, but now that my hair is growing longer, when I sit on the floor I can't see all of my hair. The struggle, I know.

Also with my new desk, I always find myself reaching for something to put my feet up on when I'm working.

I finally had reasons to make one! 

So here we are at Target when I bought the stool. You can find these basic stools almost anywhere, and I've even spotted them at thrift stores. (after the fact of course) Eric happily volunteered to carry it around through the store while we shopped, because then when I stopped to look at something, he had a place to sit! :) Isn't he the cutest?

Little did he know that I would be suckering him into a project that he would be required to help with. Do you see that face of innocence?

So a few weeks later he was on the back porch of my house cutting the legs shorter and sanding the bottom forever until it sat completely level. These puppy dog eyes do work sometimes guys.

Once I had the stool sanded down, I gave it a few coats of blue paint I had left over from the storage boxes on my craft shelf (which I still haven't shared I know shame on me) and then gave it a coat of clear protective spray.

I traced the top of the stool onto a foam pad I picked up from Walmart.

It's made for square seat cushions but I found these

 on Amazon (affiliate link) that might work better since they're round and probably more substantial? Let me know.

 I used hot glue to keep the foam secure while I stapled on the fur. I used a Tejn from Ikea cut a little larger than the top of the stool. Next I just used a staple gun to pull the fur tight and stapled a million staples around the stool. Then I went to bed because it was midnight and I was making a fur stool in the middle of my kitchen floor.

Then the next day I oohed and ahed because isn't it precious! It's so little and furry.

What do you think? Will you make your own? :)

xoxo, L

DIY "It's Okay" Watercolor Art

I love, love, love pastel colors and simple reminders that life is great. So I made this cute little wall art.

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I just used a thin canvas, a water color paint set from Dollar Tree, and black acrylic paint. I like the thin canvas on a board because they're cheaper and they sit more flush to the wall, which I needed since I was putting this on the back of my bedroom door.

Outside to keep the mess at a minimum (I still ended up with spotted legs), I painted a rainbow, slightly overlapping each color. I used Roy G. Biv. :) Something I learned in elementary school! I did a couple of coats to get the look I wanted. Since the watercolors were from Dollar Tree, they would sometimes leave little chunks of color, but they come off easily with water.

After I had a pretty rainbow, I printed off the saying "It's okay." in the font Arial. You could use any phrase you want though! Like "Breathe" "Be happy" or "I love pizza"

I shaded all behind the words on the back of the sheet with a pencil, then placed the paper where I wanted it on the canvas. Also an important step is realizing it's 5:30 then panicking because you work at 6. I used a sharp pencil to outline the letters, which transferred the outline of the letters onto the canvas. It's hard to see in the picture but I swear it's there. Once I had all of the outlines done, I just filled them in with paint!

I attached it to the back of my door with Command Strips under my "Smile" banner I picked up from the dollar spot at Target for $3.


I just love this little positive spot on my door and LOVE pastels.

Let's see yours! #LittleBitsofLacey

Happy Monday!
xoxo, 
L

Gold Dipped Bowls for $0.25!

So I've been done with school for like a week now, and so far I've gotten a whole lot of nothing accomplished. I've been working like crazy still (hopefully this will change soon) and trying to catch up some sleep. To keep up to date follow me and Bob on Instagram. You could have seen that Bob got a little rude and decided to bite my face yesterday! This picture doesn't even show how bad it is, and it's especially swollen now! 

 

(I also don't have pink hair, so I have no idea why this picture made me have some. It's kinda cool though, do I see hair chalk in my future?)

ANYWHO I have another super easy dollar store craft today. I mean it's not like I ever do these  I do these for like every post but you still love them, right? I recently picked up this four-pack of little baby glass dishes at the Dollar Tree.

I traced them on a foam plate, then traced the line with gold paint*. Then I just dipped the edges of the bowls into the paint! (someone please teach me how to paint my nails)

I'm using these to store some of my jewelry, but they can be used for lots of things. Think bobby pins, hair elastics, change, craft supplies. The options are endless!

And that's all. I swear I'll post a complicated craft someday..maybe.. ;)

Hope you enjoyed and hope you have a GREAT weekend!

xoxo, Lacey

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"Give Thanks" DIY Banner: Cute Thanksgiving Decoration

Today I have a cute banner just in time to decorate for Thanksgiving!

I picked up a roll of burlap, some stencils, and fabric paint but also used scissors a hot glue gun and a paint sponge.

I created a stencil of a triangle the size I wanted my banner to be and cut them for each letter, along with some for spacing.

I stenciled the letters onto the triangles,

then folded them over and glued them to some twine. 
I added it to my window to go with the leaf banner I made last month.

What do you think?

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

Have a great weekend and stay warm!
xoxo, Lacey

DIY Gold Leaf Frame Art

I swear my crafts are always the simplest. This is literally so simple.

All I did was spray paint some faux leaves gold and stick them in a frame.

That's it folks. 


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

xoxo,
Lacey

DIY "Blessings" Leaf Banner

It's November!

I'm not sure how, because it seems like just yesterday I graduated high school. This year is FLYING by. 

Today I'm sharing yet another simple dollar store craft.

Today I used some twine, faux leaves, stencils and paint.

I stenciled the letters onto the leaves, and once they dried threaded them onto the twine.

I tied mine up on the handles of my dresser, which I think turned out pretty cute!

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

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and have a great week ahead!

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