Guest Post from Sarah @ The Bird’s Papaya

April 8, 2011 by

Hi Friends!

I’m Sarah from The Birds Papaya. I’m so happy to be guest-blogging here today at Kristen’s fabulous Ladybug Blessings! I love her fantastic ideas & link up parties, don’t you?!

So, you may want to know a bit about me (or not…but whatevs…scroll down otherwise). I’m a Canadian, Jesus-loving, Diet Coke drinking, Mom of 3 (4 & under) and blogger. Phew. Yep. That’s me!

My blog consists of the following: crafts, home decor, recipes, family life & a little bit of random…oh…and lots of giveaways & reviews from great little shops online.

Come by and visit me at The Birds Papaya and see some of my other projects like the Scrabble Tile Pillow or the Book Sling or come and hear about how I re-did our Master Bedroom using things we had sitting in storage (did I mention I’m all about being frugal too?).

Thanks to Kristen for letting me stop by today and share a little something-something with you all. I hope you enjoy :)

Much Love!
Sarah

I’m a sucker for apothecaries and hurricane vases because there are so versatile! Fill em up with different things as the seasons change and on you go. 
Easy peasy decorating!


I had seen some apothecaries over at Dollar Store Crafts. See theirs HERE. 

I bought all my supplies, by driving 45 mins to the states bc I wasn’t having any luck here! Dollar Tree is amazing. You lucky Americans. 
We have a rockin’ Dollarama, but they didn’t have the stuff I needed.

Before I got going, I saw this post by Two Twenty One and laughed because we were both on the same crafting track this week.
I LOVE her use of split peas as a vase filler! LOVE!! Check it out. 
She was inspired by this post over at My Blessed Life. 

It’s really just a domino effect of copy cat crafts. 
love it.

But hey, we all do crafts for ourselves, and blog to inspire. 
So please…COPY CAT this! 

Here’s my tutorial. 
Because mine are just slightly different from the rest.

My supplies:
3 vases, 2 tall candlesticks, 2 short ones
The Steps:
Remove stickers.
I don’t know WHY stores put stickers on glass that leave goop. When you don’t have Goo Gone, go to another source…I tried orange. It worked to a degree, still scraped away for a good 15 mins! 

The glue!
I used Amazing Goop’s Craft Goop.
Worked great.
Apply it to the candlesticks.
To get different heights, I stacked one candlestick holder on top of another 
(on this one below)

Place vase on top.
dry dry dry….
Fill with pretty things.
I went with some mini faux pairs.
But then I got bored with them, so I pulled out some dollar store flower fakeys, and yanked off the heads and threw ’em on top. Worked!
Squeal!!! I love them.

Here’s the financial breakdown:
3 Vases from Dollar Tree = $3
4 Candlesticks (2 were in a 2pk) from Dollar Tree= $3
2pks of pears from Dollarama = $2
Flower heads from Dollar Tree = $1
TOTAL $9 for three filled hurricane vases!!

It really doesn’t get much cheaper than this friends.

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  1. Debbie in Nashville says:
    April 9, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Yes, the Dollar Tree rocks! Great project, I love the clean and fresh look! Thanks for sharing this lovely guest post.

  2. Carissa says:
    April 11, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    I just found your blog through a tweet from Tatertots & Jello. I am amused that without knowing each other or having seen the others blogs that you and I both posted glass pedestal container tutorials using stuff from Dollar Tree within 24 hours of each other. Great minds think alike!

    I love how yours looks with the pears and flowers inside. That green pink combo looks great.

  3. Lauren says:
    April 11, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    I love, love, love Dollar Tree and people like you who come up with great ideas like this! Lovely!!
    Lauren recently posted..PB Nest Knock Off