I got the cutest pink rose at the thrift store last week for 50 cents!

I brought it home and pondered what to do with it. It would look great on a headband…or a tshirt…or a photo frame. But in the end I think it wanted to be a candle!

I glued it onto a dollar store glass candle. Happiness! For now…it may become a headband or something else later…we’ll see!

Linking Up Here:
DIY Project Parade – DIY Showoff
Make It Pretty Monday – The Dedicated Blogspot
Made By You – Skip To My Lou
Show Me What Ya Got – Not Just A Housewife
Trash 2 Treasure – Kammy’s Korner
Welcome Home Wednesday – Vintage on A Dime
Wednesday’s Adorned From Above – Adorned From Above
Talkin’ About Thursday – Designed Decor
Inspiration In Progress – Clippie Dips
Doggone Dirty Crafting – Rhinestone Beagle
Pinspirational Thursday – Confessions of an ADD Housewife
I Freakin’ Did It Friday – Miss Information
Weekend Wrap-Up Party – Tatertots & Jello
Frugal Friday – The Shabby Nest

I made the cutest candles!  I am calling them Vintage Sheet Music Candles.

I wanted to make something with sheet music.  But I didn’t have the heart to cut up real sheet music.  Then I had a thought.  Print it out on the printer!  I thought maybe I could find something online with a special love song or something. I googled vintage sheet music and I found these adorable printables!

You can get them here. God bless the wonderful people like Free Vintage Digi Stamps and The Graphics Fairy for providing us with such great artwork.  And for free! What would we do without them?  Anyways, I didn’t have to scale these images or anything. They fit perfectly on some dollar store glass candles! I just cut them out and mod podged them on. They will be great on my Valentines Mantel!

Linking Up Here:
DIY Project Parade – DIY Showoff
Make It Pretty Monday – The Dedicated Blogspot
Made By You – Skip To My Lou
Show Me What Ya Got – Not Just A Housewife
Trash 2 Treasure – Kammy’s Korner
Welcome Home Wednesday – Vintage on A Dime
Wednesday’s Adorned From Above – Adorned From Above
Talkin’ About Thursday – Designed Decor
Doggone Dirty Crafting – Rhinestone Beagle
Pinspirational Thursday – Confessions of an ADD Housewife
I Freakin’ Did It Friday – Miss Information
Weekend Wrap-Up Party – Tatertots & Jello
Frugal Friday – The Shabby Nest

Last weekend when I was cleaning my room I thought my bay window could use a little something. A lantern perhaps? I started doing some research and I saw some adorable hanging lanterns on etsy but at 30 bucks apiece including shipping, I thought not, and I thought DIY. Here is how I made my DIY Moroccan Lantern. I repurposed a jar candle that had burnt out.

I removed the wax, washed and dried it. Then I drew the design I wanted and popped it into the bottom of the jar. I took some Tulip pearl dimensional paint that I got at the 99 cent store and traced around the design in solid lines and dot patterns.

Then I painted the inside of the jar with a mixture of Mod Podge, acrylic paint, and water.

Linking Up Here:

Our Favorite Things – My Life’s A Treasure

Make It Pretty Monday – The Dedicated Blogspot

Made By You – Skip To My Lou

Show Me What Ya Got – Not Just A Housewife

Trash 2 Treasure – Kammy’s Korner

Welcome Home Wednesday – Vintage on A Dime

Doggone Dirty Crafting – Rhinestone Beagle

Pinspirational Thursday – Confessions of an ADD Housewife

I Freakin’ Dit It Friday – Miss Information

Weekend Wrap-Up Party – Tatertots & Jello

Frugal Friday – The Shabby Nest

Day 33. Down to one pile. Yay! I am pretty sure I’ll be able to wrap up this room redo this weekend. I hope! I am excited to share a cheap solution today. I love candles and have votive holders everywhere, including some places that may not be ideal for candles. An example would be a hook I screwed under my mantel that I love to hang lanterns on. The only problem is that it is less than 10 inches away from the mantel and can (and does) create lots of soot. The solution? The cheap solution? Flameless LED candles from the 99 Cent Store!

They flicker like real candles, don’t heat up, and don’t create any soot! Now, they don’t look, feel, or smell like real candles but when used sparingly with real candles will work great!

I love free! My friend who used to be a Partylite representative gave me these votive candles that she used to use as samples:

She knows I love candles and was so sweet to give them to me! I am happy to have them and will absolutely use them. Free is the magic number!