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I wasn't able to go garage sale shopping last weekend so I turned to items I had readily available for some quick makeovers.
Yup, food cans.  The big one is from a can of baked beans.  The smaller is from a can of alphabet soup (my little guy's favorite!).
It's amazing what a few coats of paint and some lovely French graphics can do to some lowly tin cans.
The images are from The Graphics Fairy, of course.  I used some waterslide decal paper again to add them to each can.  I noticed it works better on spray painted items rather than ones I've painted with chalk paint.
I filled them up with sand so I could add some of my French script candles.  I love the look and the fact that I'm recycling!  Will I ever look at tin cans the same way again?  Probably not!

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I'm so enamored with religious pictures and pieces these days.  It's definitely reflected in some of these random projects I've been working on.
This one was inspired by Rhonda from Little Bit French.  She made the prettiest French journals last week that I just couldn't stop myself from pinning all over Pinterest.
I actually found the religious image on Pinterest after my sister (Kathy from Creative Home Expressions) had pinned it.  It's just so lovely.  I've used it on bottles, tags and now this little book.
I purchased these downloadable images from Etsy last week.  A little smaller than I expected, but the perfect size for some petite tags.
I have these in my Etsy shop.  I used some of them in my necklaces as well.  My late mother-in-law was a devout woman and I feel as though I'm paying homage to her with these religious pieces.  I think she would have loved them!

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I was just about to dump this pickle jar last week when inspiration hit.
I gave it a couple of coats of robin's egg blue spray paint.  Once that was dry, I added a chalkboard paper tag.  It's kind of small so I really had to squeeze in the word fleurs on there.
Add some faux flowers from the Dollar store and voila, instant pickle jar vase!  Definitely my speed on these scorching summer days we've already been having.

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The winner of the Mason jars book giveaway as chosen by Random.org is...

Patti from Ivy and Elephants!

Congrats Patti.  I'll be in touch for your info shortly.

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Just a reminder, today is the last day to enter to win this fabulous Mason Jar Crafts book.  Enter here.  I'll be picking a winner tonight!

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Long before I was a wife and mother, I started my crafting endeavors by making jewelry.  It was the perfect distraction for what seemed at the time to be a stressful life (little did I know!).  When I first started my Etsy shop, I had some earrings and necklaces in there that quickly sold and that was the end of that.
Over the weekend I popped into Michael's and saw some nice jewelry templates from Mod Podge.  I grabbed a packet not sure if I was ready to plunge back into jewelry making.
At about the same time, I bought these precious religious images off of Etsy.  It seemed like the perfect fit.
While my boys were busy upstate with their Dad over the weekend, I sat and made some necklaces.  It was like revisiting an old friend.
And it was right then and there that I realized how much I truly missed it.  I'm sure I will take baby steps getting back into it but it is like riding a bike: you never forget how to do it.  In the meantime, I'm enjoying these pieces so much that I'm struggling with deciding on whether or not to add these to my Etsy shop.

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