Hanging Lights

I needed more light in my room, as well as something decorative to put over my new, little blue table. I bought some decorative wire (looked like twine was over the wire), as well as some fake candles to put inside the decorative, hanging balls I wanted to make. To make the hanging balls:
1. create a circle with your wire to the desired width you think you would like your ball to be. make sure to twist the ends together.
2. make another circle going vertical your first circle. It should look like a "circle X" so to say.
3. from there keep making circles around your two base circles while sometimes either hot gluing overlapping parts together, or wrapping wire around overlapping parts to keep the whole ball together
4. once your ball is finished, push your fake candle (should be smallest fake candles you can find) through the biggest opening on the ball you can find.
5. To hang, use additional wire to connect your ball to the ceiling. I put removable (clear) hooks on the ceiling to connect the additional wire too.
6. your ball is finished! now just switch on your fake candles and be proud of your hard work!
-The Elegant Crafter



Easy-To-Make flower vase

I saw an idea like the blue flower vase on pinterest and just had to try it! I bought a jar for about $2.50 at Wal-mart, and some purple flowers for a dollar at (can you guess ;) the dollar store. I found some blue paint and then painted the outside of the jar. After that dried, I cut the flowers into individual flower pieces (to the length the stems needed to be) and then put them into the jar. What a great idea!
-The Elegant Crafter

Cost Effective Decor

Ive been redecorating my room and wanted cheap ways to make beautiful decorations. I found this little tin bucket at wal-mart for about $2.50, the fake green moss ball for about $2.99, and I also found fake hydrangea flowers at the dollar store, for well,  one dollar! I painted the tin bucket blue, and then I placed some old blocks inside the bucket to have the fake moss ball up high enough in the bucket. Lastly, I cut the fake flowers into single flower pieces, and stuck them all over the top of the moss ball by stabbing the stems into the ball. Now you have a beautiful, easily made, and cheaply done decoration.
-The Elegant Crafter

Sparkling Candle

My friend gave me a beautiful, sweat pea candle for Christmas, but it was a light pink color, and didn't match my room colors at all. I decided to search for some black paint and used that to paint all over the outside of the candle. I found some black sparkles and sprinkled those all over the black paint (still wet) to make it stick. My new candle looks great in my room now, and I am glad I didn't have to put the candle away in my closet to sit and collect dust until I needed to use it.

-The Elegant Crafter

The Little Blue Table that Could!

I really wanted a small, decorative, but still useful table to put in my room. Lucky me, I found a worn out table down in the basement that used to be apart of our old patio furniture. I took the table, and then painted it with blue paint left over from painting our game room. It's amazing what old junk you can find and make beautiful again. Just need a little inspiration and creative thinking.:)
-The Elegant Crafter

Cute Decoration

I found this old conk shell that we got on vacation, but it didn't fit into the theme of my room. I really wanted to keep the shell on display, so I spray painted it silver, and then found a vibrant colored spot to place it on so that it could stand out. :)

-The Elegant Crafter

Center piece? Storage?

Need a cute center piece or object to hold some of your things?

Well use an old cupcake holder! I found this in some of our old Tupperware and pans we weren't using anymore, so I took it and spray painted it to go with my room colors. I still need to put some miscellaneous objects in the cupcake holders. So pretty!

-The Elegant Crafter