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Thrift Store Remake: Tin Tiles

Sometimes it takes just a bit of reinventing to turn a not-so-fab thrift store find into something truly amazing.

Take these tin tiles:

Tin Wall Art - Before

I really liked their raised pattern and the fact that they were metal, but I wasn’t feeling their color scheme at all. Since they were only $1 each, I decided to buy them and give them a makeover.

A light coat of bronze metallic paint took care of the blah colors, and further accentuated the raised design.

Tin Wall Art- After

Then, to make the most of the metal surface, I created a set of magnets to go with them. (They’re just little kid trinkets that I found lying around the house and super-glued onto a set of magnets).

Tin Wall Art Closeup

Now, I have a set of magnet boards for my daughter’s room that are truly one-of-a-kind, and it only cost me a few bucks.

Fridge Shelf Liners

Fridge Shelf Liners

Wish your refrigerator shelves were easier to clean? Well, maybe it’s time to stick some shelf liners in there. While cruising Pinterest recently, I spotted a cool idea from itsanorganizedchaos.com. She bought some plastic place mats from Target, cut them to the size of her fridge shelves, and used them a shelf liners.

This makes cleaning your fridge as simple as pulling the mats out and washing them off. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always worried that I’d break my glass shelves when I had them out for cleaning. This erases that concern, and it looks pretty snazzy, too.

I’m loving the look of the rainbow polka-dotted place mats that I found at Goodwill last weekend. Fun, eh?

How to Make Stamped Candles

Like fancy candles, but prefer cheap candle prices? Here’s an easy project that will allow you to have both.

Stamped Candles

What You’ll Need:

  • Inexpensive pillar candles
  • A rubber stamp
  • A stamp pad

Step 1: Ink your stamp. Then, lay it on your work surface, rubber side facing up.

Inked Stamp

Step 2: Slowly roll your candle across the stamp, until you’ve stamped the entire candle.

Stamping Candle

Step 3: Allow the ink to dry. Then, find a spot for your new candle in your home or give it as a gift.

Stamped Candle

Stamping Ideas

  • Use letter stamps to monogram candles
  • Roll your candle over a glue stamp pad; then, sprinkle fine glitter over the wet ink to create candles with lots of sparkle

How to Make Solar Canning Jar Lanterns

Solar Canning Jars

Solar. Canning. Jars. Do I really have to say anything else to convince you that you need a set? Yeah, didn’t think so, which is while I’ll skip directly to the part where I tell you how to make them:

What You’ll Need:

  • Canning jars with rings (no lids)
  • Solar garden stakes
  • Glue

Steps:

1. Take a canning jar to the store with the ring attached. Use it to pick out a solar garden stake that’s the right size for your jar. You want the top of the solar light to be the same width as the ring or slightly smaller, and the light to be small enough to fit inside the jar (when the stake is removed)

2. After you’ve purchased your solar lights, remove the stakes, and set them aside.

3. Run a bead of glue along the top of the canning ring. Then, stick the solar light down through the hole in the ring, and press down firmly.

4. Let dry. Then, take your solar lanterns outside, and give them a try.