Re-purposing old Valentine's chocolate tins with craft paint. The kids loved this project!

Tree Table

Last year, a truck slid off the icy road into one of our trees. I thought the tree was going to be okay, but the first big wind of spring blew the top of the tree right over. After levelling off the top, I sat there wondering, do I dig up the stump? What do I do with this?

While I was distracted in mommy daydreams, my oldest son comes running to report the three of them had completely smashed their wooden toy box while pretending it was a bus. The only piece remaining intact was the blue sturdy wooden lid. Thus a silly table was born. The chairs were ones that the cushions wore off and I was saving them to make new cushions. They work way better as plant stands! And I plan on adding a few more birdhouses to the table!

Note: The We Go Bagless sign is from the City of Edmonton program to promote grass-cycling and reduce the amount of trash for the waste collectors. It is a great program and a lot less work than bagging up grass!

Pretty in Pink Polish

Not only do I like to save money, but I like the idea of recycling old things and saving them from the landfill. Why buy new when there are so many unique things you can do to reuse?!

I found an interesting wooden shelf in a thrift shop. At home, I sprayed it pink and now it holds my daughter's nail polishes. 

I  liked it the nail polish shelf so much and I remembered that the thrift shop had two so I went back for the other one. The other one I left natural for my son's toys.

Place of Peace

I always try to find a little place of peace in my life. With 3 kids, I struggled with finding a spot of my own- NO PLACE is sacred to little kids! This spot is an area where I demolished a rotten old shed. I made a chalkboard using chalk board paint from Home Depot.

By the way, that beehive under Buddha only seems to work on hornets/wasps. A regular hive of bumblebees took up immediate residence in the pavers.