DIY: Re-vamped penny jar

I thought I had posted this. I had not.

My "DIY" has subsided as we have settled into our new life (along with the blogging ;). We also purged most of our junk/old stuff/used items therefore not much to up-cycle/revamp. To be clear I like to up cycle as much as I can as it's better for the environment AND no-one else is likely to have it AND it usually saves a bit of cash :)

On the note of Purged, I watched the film The Purge last night. Scary.

Back to DIY. I am a fan of saving pennies/coppers/change. I did my wedding scramble from saving the change and have made payments to debt with change! We smashed a couple of our jars that were wedding/engagement gifts before we left the UK (photo below) but this one opens (no need for smashing). Unfortunately it is clearly styled for a 5 year old boy – I think it belongs to Mr Mars from his youth (oops!).  So I decided to take what I had and try and revamp it to blend into the Lodge House living room black/grey/white styling.

Jars in the first 'Life at the Lodge House". RIP Lodge House.
 

Equipment (including cup of tea):

I purchased some fine glitter (£5 GBP) and I already had modge podge, so off I went. Layer of glue, layer of glitter, layer of glue, layer of glitter. GOD it took forever to cover those bl**dy blue stripes!!!

First layer of glue...

 

First layer of glitter...

 

Another layer of glue and glitter...

 

FINALLY!!! After 100 layers of glue and glitter (an exaggeration, more like 3 or 4)...

I dried it using my pepper shaker baby cactus (cool mug from SPCA charity shop).

But I did it. With black glitter EVERYWHERE. Mr Mars was NOT happy. When I empty my purse of the coppers (and steal from Mr Mars’ pockets!) they will be stored here! Then banked at a later date. Small but effective way to gather some savings!

That's all folks

xoxo

It's the humidity...

Anyone remember this episode of friends:

Too funny. Anywhooo...

So after some posting on the Money Saving Expert forums (I highly recommend - great, helpful people), some super smart people mentioned that my clothes are not drying in my old, damp house due to the humidity - sacre bleu! How did I miss that? Are they geniuses or am I just an idiot? That is a rhetorical question, I don't need actual answers on that one...

Since I don't have the funds (or enough research) to purchase a de-humidifier right now, I've resorted to putting the heating up full, opening all the windows and trying to dry all my clothes....

Sorry about the poor quality picture, but erm, I can't take pictures (or good ones anyway). Check out my super sexy pyjamas - Mr Mars is a lucky, lucky man. Not.

Also note the three ceramic jars I've had for like 100 year... combined, they must hold around 40p.

The blue and white striped one is going to be the casualty subject of my next DIY project. Nothing like some glitter and white paint to sort out a hideous blue, black and white striped jar!!!

xoxo