wood. It was a great #DIY project, and now I have a place to showoff a few family items.

idea, THANKS again for your inspiration

I found solar lights at Walmart that were pretty much the same size as the top of a canning jar. I bought a box of a dozen clear generic canning jars at Walmart. And I bought bags of flat florist gems at the dollar store.

I removed the cylinder with the ground spike from the solar light and put a thin line of clear silicone caulk around the outside of the jar ring then put the light on top. After the caulk dried attach flat florist gems around the jar ring and around the little edge at the bottom of the clear shade of the solar light. Then I threw in about 50 florist gems inside the jar for stability outside along my wall. I wanted to use red gems but they didn't have any. Next trip to the Dollar Store :)

use my tip to clean all your paint "oopsies" even weeks after they've fully dried with no scraping needed. The secret is rubbing alcohol!

shoe(boot)box with 4 ply jute twine. #OrganizedHome

#Bestof2012

took you 5 minutes. And that you raided the recycling bin ;-).

Simply clean the jars. Wrap your tape. Add water and flowers!

on the bar in our sun room, which is right off the kitchen. Not for everyone I'm sure... but this counter was vanilla laminate before, so it's an improvement to us.

reclaimed wood is tough to work with (warped & splits easily) it was totally worth it! I sanded, stained (1 coat of Minwax's Golden Oak) then stenciled the top with grey paint in a paisley pattern. I topped it with wax and cannot be more pleased!