DIY Soap Bottle

Okay, so I love the Dial hand soap and I love the container the soap comes in. Problem is, they are not very pretty to look at. I decided to go ahead and try and spruce it up some. (since I just refill it anyway) You will need a few things: The soap bottle, Scrapbooking paper, scissors, mod podge and a pen.

I laid the bottle down on the paper and traced the bottle. (just to get the shape) Then I cut it out a little smaller, but big enough to cover the old Dial sticker. After that I just mod podged it onto the soap bottle and then put a coat of mod podge over it to seal it. (this will keep the water from getting in it and ruining it. Anyway, it came out SUPER cute, but I will let you judge that for yourself :) It is a super easy and cheap way to spruce up a little bit!

My husband even noticed it and asked where I got it. He was stoked when he found out I made it with stuff laying around the house ;)

New Ottoman?

Okay, so I recently saw a picture of a coffee table that someone turned into an ottoman. I thought it looked simple enough and I have been wanting one for a long time but was not willing to spend the money that they cost on one. I decided to give it a try and it came out wonderful! The kids are loving it and the corners do not hurt as much when they bump into it anymore! You will want two people to do this, it helps get everything tight and done faster. I have a wonderful sister in law that came over and helped me with this project. You will need a few things for this project...

- a coffee table
- 2 1/2- 3 yards of whatever fabric you want to use
- a glue gun with glue sticks
- foam (I used 2 1/2 inch, and got just over 2 yards of it)
- quilting batting
- fabric scissors
- heavy duty stapler with staples

Okay so, I did a good job and took a before picture, aren't you proud?! So here is what our coffee table looked like when I started.


First I took the foam and cut it to fit on the table everywhere that I wanted it to be softer and glued it down with the hot glue gun.


After all the foam was attached I rolled out the batting and stapled it in place. Make sure you pull it tight to give the ottoman a nice clean look.


The final step is to measure out your fabric and staple it on just like you did the batting. Make sure you pull the fabric tight as well. You don't want any lose fabric that can get snagged. Plus you want it to have a nice tight finished look. We thought it would look even better if you added the buttons like most ottomans have, but since I have small kids I did not want them to pull them off. So this is what our finished product looks like. We love it and so do our kids!