Di's DigiScraps

Idea 18: there are a couple of trends going on right now that I decided to do a mash up with. The first is having a memorial area at a wedding. This can be so important in the bride and groom honoring the lost people they love so much. Another trend in the shadow box world is a museum or art gallery look, where you have small framed pics and little museum guests looking on. So bam! Mash up! The candle burning piece did shift during the picture and covered up the g in the quote but other that that not too bad lol

Idea 17: saw on another craft page and just dug around and found stuff to make one of our own. I ran into a little snafu, my frame was too small. So I thought and thought and bam! An idea! But that idea made me 😱 The pieces that came apart weren’t the right pieces. But hey what the heck I improvised. I got a couple of Mason jar lids, used the burlap from the original frame, found some fancy keys from a wedding shower and used them to cover up the gaps. I have a cooler idea for those spots and will update later (it’s something I have to order!) but for now it works.

Idea 16: tic-tac-toe! So most of the pre-done elements came from Hobby Lobby but this would be easy to make out of almost anything. That’s the joy of this game! You can use a penny and nickel and you are set haha! My mother-in-law loves chickens so I decided on this as a birthday treat. I did have to get two so I would have enough chickens and eggs for my idea (but that leaves me with a board for another project!!). The “chickens” have her children and their spouses’ first initials decoupaged on them. The “eggs” have the grandkids’ first initials on them. I also got the cute “welcome to the coop” banner on sale for a buck! I added the tiny bows on the back so the wood wouldn’t scratch up any table it’s laying on. I put all the extra chicks and eggs into a decorative drawstring bag for storage!

Idea 15: I saw a really cute project that I want to make out of bottle caps. Well, until I gather the amount I need, I need somewhere to put them! Enter another project idea! I wanted a large jar for the back porch close to our wall mounted bottle opener. I found this old pickle jar in the laundry room. I was going to use the screw on lid but it was too rusty so I dug around in our junk drawer and found this silicone travel dog bowl. It is was too small for our boys so I cut a hole in the top. Now it will be outside so I didn’t want dust or bugs in it so I cut up an old jar gripper that was falling apart (because my mother-in-law made me some cuter ones anyway!) and super glued one side under the hole in the bowl. It stays closed until you pop a top into the jar! I used an old clock facing from another project and added the quote. Now this is not fancy by any means and nothing special! It’s going to be sitting outside most of the time so I didn’t embellish about! I did add lines on the back though (thank you Pinterest 😂) that’s say beginner, intermediate and expert haha! 🍻 Now we just need to have a get together so my friends can fill the jar haha!

We’ve had a lot of family things going on lately. Illnesses, episodes, er visits, and sadly a death in the family too. We are all getting back into the mix of things so I will be playing catch up today! We lost the end of July and most of August! I said I was going to do 31 days of ideas for July. I may be late but I will complete the 31 ideas! Stay tuned for some quick and easy repurposing and just fun things!

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Idea 14: we had an old gumball machine that I’ve used for numerous things! (Affirmation jar, dog treats, trinket items and buttons, etc) I’ve seen several version of using these as bird feeders so I tweaked it for us. I didn’t want to hang the top portion because we had the stand and really like it. I will eventually make a more decorative base area for it and the yellow serving tray will be painted red to match! Because the bird seed is small and will just flow out, I put an old cd inside. I usually just scoop the seed out from the top with my hand when I need to refill the tray. I decided to use these tray so the birds would have an area to land. This one works great because it’s hard plastic and multiple birds can have their own section! If I know it’s going to rain a lot I just cover it with a trash bag so the seed in the tray doesn’t get yucky!