Glitter Jars Tutorial

A while back I went on a crazy with glitter and jars. I have a lot of glass jars (I have this random thing about collecting glass), and when I came across an article that showed gorgeous glitter centerpieces for a wedding, I thought this would be perfect! These are super easy to make, the materials are very cheap (under $10), and it is quick!

You will need:

1. mod podge (a must in ever diy'ers kit)
2. glitter
3. duct tape
4. foam brushes
5. newspaper (so you don't make a mess!)

There are two ways to do this.  You can either have your glitter on the outside of the glass, or completely coated on the inside.  For the outside, you can paint on the mod podge on the whole surface, or use duct tape to mark off a line, and paint up until that line, and then roll the glass in glitter.

I chose to glue braided trim around the edge because my glitter line was not completely solid.

You could also use your foam brush to paint the entire inside of the glass, pour glitter in, and then rotate it so that the glitter covers the entire inside.

So go forth and have fun with all the glitter!  And yes, those are colored mason jars that you see on that bottom image. I will have a tutorial for that coming up soon!

Dresser to TV Stand

I obviously love DIY projects.  More so because I can customize and paint things to my liking instead of having to deal with a store not having what I want, or them having what I want and it costing an arm and a leg. I am the queen of frugal, I love to save money!

I was online one night looking for home diy projects on Pinterest.  We moved into our home in June of 2012, so I am constantly working on making it more us.  I've always envisioned this quirky, eclectic decorated home.  Since I am such a big fan of storage and keeping  things out of sight, turning a dresser into a tv stand was ideal.

We had our tv, cable box, xbox, and a couple of dvd's on a tiny tv stand, and a bookcase.  Definitely did not go with anything...again, my home is still a work in progress.

As you can see from this picture during Christmas...my living room is kind of sad. At least for me it is!

So I took to Craigslist for my search of a basic white dresser, and surprisingly found one in about two days for $40 (we also got a futon, a book case, and a computer chair while we were there!).  It was already white, so that was perfect. All I need to do was sand it down, clean it, and paint it.

Now let me just pause right here and let me tell you about the painting process. I was going through if I wanted the dresser white with teal drawers and white handles, or vice versa. After an hour of craziness and input from my family, I decided on teal with what drawers and teal handles.

This is what I started with:

After sanding, wiping down, and clearing out the inside. I painted the dresser with a paint color "tantalizing teal" that I got from Sherwin Williams.  The drawers received two coats of white spray paint, and the handles were spray painted tantalizing teal.

And here is the final look!