Perfume Tray and Makeup Organizer

Make a matching Set.  Before I made the perfume tray, I had made an makeup organizer.  Now I have a set.  This would be great for gifts.  It's also great way to save money.  Makeup Organizers and Perfume Trays are very expensive.  But with cardboard and a little time, you can make one for free!

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How to Make a Perfume Tray

Hi Everyone!!

When I looked in my bathroom, I discovered I had no where to display my perfumes. Everyday, I had to look through bags and boxes to see what I wanted to wear. I got an idea. If I could make a makeup organizer, then I can make a perfume tray. I used cardboard and the same shelving paper I used for my makeup organizer. Because the perfume bottles were glass, I put scrapbook paper as a liner for the bottom because vinyl has a tendency to be slippery.  Also glass tends to stick to vinyl when sitting on it for a long time.   I felt like a paper bottom would be better suited for glass bottles.  To decorate, I added pink and white polka dot organza ribbon  and I used a pretty purple butterfly and put it in the middle of  lovely paper roses.

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How to Make a Makeup Organizer

Hi Everyone!

A few weeks ago, Someone had asked me about making a makeup storage case.  I thought that was a great idea.  I watched a viedo by TsukasaBaby on Youtube.  This person did a great tutorial on this.   I made the whole thing out of things I had around the house and I did a few things differently to personalize the organizer.

I started off with a box that held canning jars.  I chose that box because of the size and the fact that it was already cut down to the size I needed.  Then I used an old post office boxes for the back and the compartments.  For the brush holders, I used one toilet paper roll and rolled up cardstock for the other one.  To make everything match, I painted the inside of the rolls a creamy beige.  Then I cut a matching piece of scrapbooking paper for the inside of the center compartment.

When I got done, I realized that I needed something for my lipsticks and lipgloss.  I made a little square for them.  I covered everthing with vinyl shelving paper that I had around the house.  This is to made it easier to keep clean.  If I drop lipstick or eyeshadow inside the package, I can wipe it off with a damp cloth.  Finally I dressed it up with lace and stick on flowers in pink and purple.

I went online to see the prices of makeup organizers.  The cheapest one I saw of the same size was $29.99.   By using the things around the house and a little of my time, I was able to make a makeup organizer for free and you can't beat free!  LOL

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Hurricane Irene 2011

Hurricane Irene coverage.  I tried to do crafts yesterday but wasn't able too in the middle of the hurricane.  I had no lights and I was doing all I could to stay cool.  All the stores were running out of ice.  Then as the storm got worse, they started closing everything down.   Hopefully this will be the last one for a long time.  LOL.  I had no lights, no ice, no internet, no computer, and no way to heat up my hot glue gun.  But Thank God it's over and I can get back to my crafts.  LOL!

My Storm ripped apart my Umbrella

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How to Make Paper Flowers

Make Watercolor paper flowers!!  All you need is card stock paper, watered down paint, glitter glue, hot glue, and button or beads of your choice for the center.  You can save a lot of $$$ by making your own flowers.

I made a variety of these flowers using a design by YDontUCreate on Youtube. The flowers that have yellow in them are going to be used for my scrapbooking project that I am still working on at this time.  I also made a rectangle tag and a round tag using the flower design. I will use the other flowers for other upcoming projects.

You can use paper flowers in a variety of different projects including scrapbooking, mini albums. wedding invitations, greeting cards, and baby showers just to name a few.  Making Paper flowers is a fun, easy craft that is also very cost effective as well.  I brought a  pack of 500 sheets of white card stock paper last year for $5.99.  This breaks down to pennies per flower.  You can also make these and sell them for profit.

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My Scrapbooking Tags

On the second part of my video is about my scrapbooking tags. I had said that I would upload a video about them last week, but I wanted to do the show about the lace flowers first because I was very excited about them. I started out making my tags first, but I soon discovered the best way for me to make my tags, is to use the scraps that I have left over from my scrapbooking pages.

I really enjoyed making the tags and my favorite tag is the sailboat tag. I used different scrapbooking papers in variety of colors and textures.

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Oriental Trading Crafts Haul

Recently, I've been looking for ways to save money on my arts and crafts supplies. I've been going online and I found Oriental trading, a company that sells party favors, small crafts, and scrapbooking supplies. I purchased a few things from them. I saved a lot of money too, especially on the buttons. I love the wooden buttons I got. They look very crafty and natural looking. I know they will look great on my scrapbooking projects.

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