I have this jewelry frame that I have been able to complete.  It only took me 6 months.  Yikes!




Now its up for sale locally here in Mesa, AZ.

The frame measures 12 1/2" X 15"  and the metal grill area used to hang hook earrings measure
9 1/2" X 11 1/2".  A good size for hanging multiple earring sets.  Frame is distressed and goes well with the black knobs that can be used to hang fashionable bracelets or necklaces.  Be able to look at a good stock of your accessories at once.





I have been making these frame jewelry holders for years and have even posted a tutorial here a few years ago.


Asking $25


These are some of the blogs that I like to party with here.




~Aloha,
Makalani

Slight Ebay Mistake

Ok, so last week I went to Goodwill on Dollar Thursday to find some deals that I could put on craigslist to sell and make some extra cash.  I was inspired to begin this adventure from My Dear Trash's blog.  She does pretty well for herself.  I am very impressed.  So after reading  her pointers and her experience I went to it.
I was at Goodwill for about 3 hours and got about 22 items.  All for $1 each.  Including this redo.

Well so off the bat, my first item that sells I know I could have gotten much more for, but I didn't change the price from the last item I had entered on ebay. I still made money on it, about $6. Not bad. I'm happy.

Nice Jacket, huh?  The lucky buyer scooped it up for just $7.99 plus $6.95 shipping.  Can't wait to see what the other stuff sell for.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Jewelry Hanging Organizer

I have been wanting to make one of these for a long time now.  I am so happy that I finally did it and now need to make more.

I have purchased this frame from Michael's for about $5 a few months ago.  I forgot to take a before picture.  It was a brown wood looking color.  I took some Antique White and applied a few coats. 

I was not worried about covering into the cracks because I was going to add some distress to it by adding some watered down brown acrylic paint.

I ended up deciding to only use the fleur de lis knobs that I picked up at Hobby Lobby for 50% off of $1.99 making them $1 ea.

I then got a grill from Home Depot that my brother cut down to size for me.

I think I paid under just under $10 for this. 

Then I painted the grill with Antique White spray paint and thought it was a little plain so I added brown paint to the grill as well and then wiped it off until I got the look I wanted.  I then hot glued it to the inside of the frame.

I then added hooks to the back of the frame so I could hang on my wall.  I love these hooks because you just hammer them into the back of the frame.

And walah!  Here she hangs.

And here she is all dressed up.  I love it because I had my earrings in a drawer and would hunt and hunt for my earrings.  Now I can see them and they are all displayed so neat.  I am thinking of making more to hang more bracelets and necklaces. 

Linking to these awesome parties on my side bar ----------->

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

4th of July Headbands

I have been working on these headbands for the up coming holiday weekend for my nieces and daughter.  I have been also working on these flowery headbands.

These are sooo fun and easy to make.

Linking up to

    


Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

AZ Bloggers Tour de Thrift

OMG!  This was the coolest thing ever.  I had a great time, found some great deals, and met some fun and inspiring ladies!

Jax from Aly & Ash and Ashley from Cute As A Fox hosted this event.  We met this past Saturday with 36+ ladies at Mimi's Cafe in Ahwatukee and had breakfast and chatted and won prizes, tons of prizes from awesome sponsors.  We all received swag bags with tons, can I say TONS, of cool stuff in it.  Look at it all

There was Krylon spray paint, Behr paint samples, modge podge, Gorilla glue, vinyl from Choose The Writing, Glitter from the Crafty Chica, a frame from Jacquilyn at DoChara Photography, and discounts and promos codes from Simply Memzelle and Clocks by Staci as well as Goodwill.  We all received $5 gift cards from Goodwill too!

Speaking of Clocks by Staci, I was the lucky winner of her door FABU door prize.  I love it.  It goes perfect in my daughters room.  Thank you so much Staci for being a sponsor.

So, when we finally got done with the winning, we went to 3 different Goodwill stores to find treasures.  Here are the treasures that I found and did not spend {with the gift card included} more that $20.  It was 50% off day at our Arizona Goodwill stores and there were lots of deals I scored. 

Look at it all.  I forgot I bought some grey boots also that are not pictured.  Won't be doing anything to those, I love them just they way they are.

So I got this metal tray that I am going to cover either with material or paper or chalk board paint to make a board for the wall.

And I got this tray that I am going to make black with my trusty Rustoleum flat black spray.

I also got this dish that I am changing to black as well. {Do you see a pattern?}  I picked up a few different size and types of balls at the dollar store today that I am going to alter to make some deco balls that won't cost me a fortune.  Stay tuned for that one coming soon.

I also picked up this shanty box, I love the colors, but it doesn't go with anything I have right now.  It is also missing a leg.  I am going to remove the legs it does have and use it the bathroom for hand towels, toilet paper, etc.  But will have to change the color for that.  Probably to black. lol!  How boring am I?

I also picked up this stand that I am going to paint black and distress to add to my booth at Contagious Boutique to display some of my wares on.

How cute is this necklace?  I love it for a $1.

And then my all time favorite score so far, is this I don't know what you call it, but I can use it for my puter in bed, to read, or for someone to catch the hint a serve me breakfast in bed. hehehehe!  Has a few knicks and scratches, not sure what I will be doing with this one.  Definitely monogramming it, but that is all I have dreamed up for it right now.    Oh yeah, and just paid $4 for it too!

Next 50% day in Arizona is on July 3rd and I will be hitting it!

Linking to all the great sponsors and new friends that I have made.

Cute As A Fox

Check out the stuff that Jamielyn over at I heart Naptime found on here trip to Goodwill this past weekend.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

New Giveaway over at A little of this, A little of that

There is a great new giveaway to enter in at A little of This, A little of That.  One of her great sponsors, The Vintage Pearl is offering a $50 gift certificate to their online store.

Up to 5 chances to win, so hurry over to Alittle of This, A little of That to enter.

Aloha~ Makalani ~LIfe is Good~

Lucky Chic

Have you heard of Lucky chic.  I just became a member and you can to.  By joining here through this link you will earn 3 lucky chips which you can use to bid with for FREE!  Yup, that's right, FREE! 

You now have the opportunity to start bidding on the hottest trends in fashion and luxury like a mac computer, tons of various gift cards from every retailer you can think of, and the best part is, they are up to 98% off.



Aloha~ Makalani ~LIfe is Good~

New restock of interchangeable beaded watch bands

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Heading down to Contagious to restock these beauties.  These interchangeable watch bands are the perfect accessories to complete any outfit.  These watch bands are sold separately from watch faces to give you control of your style.  New watch faces will be coming soon!

Contagious will be open until 9pm tonight and have "contagious" sales going on.  Stop by and check them out and see all their cute and gotta have fashions and furnishings.

Aloha~ Makalani ~Life is Good~

Glamour hats just in...

I just made up a new batch of these adorable glamor hats.  You can pick yours up at Contagious on Main Street in downtown Mesa.  They retail for $25 each. 


Aloha~
Makala
~LIfe is Good~

Tulle Flower from DIY Dish

I recently stumbled upon The Diy Dish blog and am hooked! Cutie twin sisters with their own video blog show and great ideas sooo far. I found this tutorial on they blog for organza flowers as well as these flowers made of felt.
My daughter got some stains on her favorite pair of pants just below the knew so I made shorts out of them and with the cut off part made this flower that she can pin to her shirt when wairing her shorts. I didn't have organza so I used tulle, this is kinda tricking with the flame and I think I still need to practice more on this, but you can add these flowers to hats, necklaces, make pins, headbands, the possibilities are endless.

Flower Bib Necklace

Newest addition to my website. Dress up any outfit. Add a little pop to a plain shirt.

Repurposed old Jeans

I saw this on a blog and it was sooooo long ago, I can't remember where, but I took an old pair of jeans that lost the button and zipper somehow, and used them to make these darling flowers. So easy and so cute with any jeans outfit. I have one on my fave hat that I use and get all kinds of wonderful comments.

Testing out watch video

Just testing out this site for video uploads called viddler.