4th of July decorated jars

I've had this project on my mind for a few weeks now. I originally wanted to spray paint them but I figured tissue paper would give the same effect and it's a lot cheaper too. So, I did just that. I mod podged tissue paper to the jars (old spaghetti sauce jars) and then added some ribbon to the rim of the jar. I bought a 4th of July decoration forever ago that was like half off but wasn't really sure what to do with it. *Lightbulb* So I took it apart and attached it to the my jars. I also put some battery operated tea lights inside. Love them!

Reusable Swiffer Pad

I'm so glad I found this tutorial! Thank you Pinterest.com! I haven't used my swiffer for months because I didn't want to keep buying and throwing away those swiffer pads. It felt like a waste of money to me. This was so easy to do. I made 4 pads today and even tried one out. It works good! Now all I have to do is find out a way to reuse those Swiffer cleaning solution bottles so I don't have to keep buying those too.

For instructions on making this, go here.
The only thing I did differently was that I didn't do a top stitch around the entire pad in step 9. The pad wouldn't fit on my Swiffer with that extra top stitch on it. I just sewed that hole closed and that was it.

For the fabric I used 2 old hand towels and the black is from a pair of old maternity pants from Brandon's pregnancy that got a bunch of holes in them. So glad I didn't throw them away!

Clorox Wipes container

I am trying to be more resourceful by throwing less things away and finding new uses for them. Today I was about to throw away an empty container of Clorox Wipes but realized what a great sized container it was and there's got to be a way to reuse this. So...

before

I got out my trusty Mod Podge and added a ribbon to top and transformed it.

after!

I have yet to find a use for it though... Right now it holds my scissors.

Burp Cloths

Are these the cutest things you've ever seen?? I was looking online for burp cloth ideas and found one that I loved and knew would be so easy to make. I bought a yard of flannel at Joann's today and lucky for me they were having a 50% off sale and was able to get 2 kinds of fabric. One yard of fabric makes 4 burp cloths, depending on the size of your pattern. It's not too hard to figure out how to make these by looking at the pic but I'll give instructions anyway. I LOVE them!

First I folded my fabric with right sides together and traced a burp cloth of Brandon's that was big and I knew I liked.

Then I sewed the two pieces together (wrong sides together now) at  1/2" seam and cut the edges about 1/4" apart.

And that's pretty much it. All you have to do now is wash them so that the edges fray. I can't believe how much I love them. So fun to make for your own baby and make a GREAT gift too.

Oh, and Brandon chose the fabric for the bottom one :)