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It’s time again for our Inspire My Creativity blog hop. If you haven’t visited us before, you can check our link up from last month with all of our great crafts using Embroidery Hoops. Each 2nd Wednesday of the month, we post our latest and greatest creations. Each month has a predetermined theme and this month’s theme is “DIY Gifts”. With the holidays just around corner, this is the perfect blog hop to pull together some easy, cost effective gifts for all of those on your list. My DIY gift is a super easy sugar lip scrub.

If you live anywhere that has a cold, harsh winter, you know how chapped your lips can get. Using a sugar lip scrub can help scrub away those chapped lips and leave them smooth and kissable. The sugar lip scrub is so super easy that you can make it in no time but include it in a cute little container and add a ribbon or stickers and you have a perfect little gift to give this holiday season.

All you need for this sugar lip scrub are a few ingredients:

White sugar
Coconut Oil
Vanilla extract or any essential oil of your choice
Container with a tightly fitting lid

All you need to do is mix equal amounts of sugar and coconut oil in a bowl and add a few drops of oil in and mix well.

Once the scrub is mixed well, spoon it into the container of your choice, it is seriously as easy as that.

You can make as little or as much as you want based on how many containers and their size. You could make enough for everyone on your list. They make great stocking stuffers too. Who doesn’t love gifts that make your lips feel super soft?

Are you looking for some other DIY gift ideas for this holiday season? Check out the other hostesses for our link party and see what great ideas they came up with.

Shani | Sunshine & Munchkins

Anna | Practical and Pretty

Ali | Home Crafts by Ali

Emy | Semigloss Design

Missy | Gypsy Magpie

Christine | Swordfights & Starry Nights

Kim | Creigh-ations

Candice | She’s Crafty

Lauren | A Life of Love and Joy

Sarah | Making Joy & Pretty Things

Do you have some great DIY gift ideas that you want to share? Join our link party below.

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I am co-hosting a link up party with some pretty crafty ladies and on the second Wednesday of each month we will be bringing you our latest DIY creations. This month our theme is “Thrift Store Makeover”. I don’t have a budget for home decor these days so I was ready to hop on the bandwagon and see what I could come up with what I could find at my local thrift store.

Since I moved back in February, I haven’t really done anything with my bedroom except the basic unpacking. I have decided that I am going to try and focus as many of my DIY creations on my bedroom as possible. I need to make this room my own and a reflection of who I am. So for my Thrift Store Makeover, I decided I would replace my nightstand table lamp.

The one that I currently had took up a huge amount of space on the table and left me little room for anything else.

Thrift Store before — Nightstand beforehand – no room for anything else.

So I took a quick trip over to my local Value Village to see what I could find to replace this old lamp and make some more space on my night table. There were a lot of options to choose from but I finally settled with a base and lampshade that I felt would do the trick.

Luckily there was a Dollarama right next door so I headed there next to find something to cover the shade and some paint for the base of the lamp. I wasn’t sure exactly what type of material I would use for the lampshade or the exact color scheme I was going to use. I just so happen to come across this package of paper that showed right on the packaging that it could be used for lampshades and a color palette that I really liked. So now for less than $15 in total for supplies I was ready to start the transformation.

Thrift Store paper — The perfect paper for my lamp shade

The first thing I did was traced the outline of the lampshade on to the back side of the paper and cut it out it out. I then used my trusty glue gun and attached the paper template on to the old shade.

Thrift Store Shade complete — Paper is attached to shade

Because I was still able to see parts of the old shade at the top and bottom, I then attached a silver ribbon on each end to cover it up.

For the base, I just gave it 2 coats of silver paint that I also picked up at my local Dollarama.

Thrift Store base — Ready to tackle the base.

I ended up using a sponge style brush as it made it much easier to get into all the little nooks and curves.

Thrift store paint — Base paint being applied

After letting the paint dry overnight, I was able to grab a light bulb and assemble the finished product. I am very happy with the outcome. It will make a great addition to my bedroom and definitely take up a lot less space on my night stand.

As I previously mentioned, I am a co-host for the Inspire My Creativity: Thrift Store Makeover and link up party. If you’d like to join us, we post the second Wednesday of each month.