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~Thrifty Thursday~ the Easter Edition!

only a few days left now until we can all use a great excuse to eat chocolate!

First thrifty project today is something I saw on Pinterest.  I looked at it and thought I can do that.   Best of all this Easter project is FREE!   Yep you read that right 0000$

Easter Banner

You can make it as long or as short as you like.   Also an easy project for kids to help with.

 

1. Go to the paint department of your local hardware store - or anywhere that sells paint and grab as many paint sample chips as you think you need.   Choose the colours you want - I chose soft spring colours.    The original idea I saw used the 4 colour chips, and cut two eggs out of each.   But my local store had the 3 colour chips.
2. Cut out a template with cardboard (or use your diecutting machine) and trace on to the back of the chips.  
3. Cut the egg shapes out.
4. Punch 2 small holes into the top of each egg
5. Arrange them in the order/colourway you like
6. Thread ribbon, string, bakers twine - you choose.
7. Hang your Easter Garland up!

I am probably going to add a few frou-frous to this one and I might even spell Easter out along it.

This next thrifty idea I shamelessly stole from MS.  

Easter Baskets

I am sure you all have some doilies around - if not - check thrift stores and garage sales!

Tools and Materials

Stitched (not paper) doily
Bowl in the shape of the basket you would like to make
Fabric stiffener

1. Soak doily in bowl of fabric stiffener until saturated.

2. Remove doily from stiffener and place over bowl (or along inside of bowl) to form a basket shape.

3. Allow to dry. Carefully peel dried basket from bowl.

 

Just imagine spritzing these with Smooch Spritz, or glitzing it up with some Stickles!

~Thrifty Thursday~.. the premiere!

Ok this is the first in a series of Thrifty Tips and Ideas.    It will go on as long as I can come up with something thrifty - although if any of you out there have some thrifty tips and want to share on ~TT~ then send them to me and I will gladly put them up!   

 

But on to this weeks Thrifty Tip!

Remember I showed you this coffee tin I repurposed on my weekend retreat.   Well it is now filled with lots of flowers that I have made - you know the bumpy ones - and has a flower stuck to the lid - so I know exactly what it is in it - if I can only see the top.

This one of many tins I have repurposed using empty Illy coffee tins -  scraps of paper - and leftover embellishments.

All you need is an empty tin, some scraps of paper, and Modpodge or white glue works just as well!

Best and cheapest storage ever! (well nearly you will have to check next weeks ~TT~ for an even cheaper storage idea.

 

Here are some of the other tins I have repurposed.  I keep all of these tins in one of those handy dandy collapsible fabric bins that you can buy everywhere (I get mine at Tarjay).   When I want them - I just grab the handle, pull the bin out and everything is right there.

If you are anything like me you have lots of ribbon.   I sort all mine into jars by colour - but I have oodles of themed ribbon too - that I do not want to separate out.   So these tins are perfect for that.     In case you can't guess by the paper (themed for the ribbon - yes I can be a little OCD) the tin on the left is for Halloween Ribbon and the other two hold Christmas Ribbon.

*admission here - I am addicted to Christmas scrapbook supplies - those 2 tins are already bursting - so there will be more and more and more*   Again - the tops (handily already Red for Christmas and Black for Halloween - no repainting required here) have an item on them so I can quickly see which one is which.

 

Luckily I drink way too much Espresso - so I always have a ready supply of empty tins.   I think I am personally keeping the Italian economy going!

Plus - what scrapbooker does not have endless scraps!

 

 

I have just finished another tin - to hold all those 3D butterflies that have appeared as the latest embellishment craze!    Could I have found any more perfect paper for this tin???? - I think not!