Saint Salvage

I went to Five Below this weekend with my teenage boys, and I found two palettes from Profusion "Bare" and Smokey".     Profusion Cosmetics "Bare" Palette and "Smokey" Palette on Five Below     Pretty darn close to UD "Naked" and "Naked2", at $5 each, with 10 shadows in each. Any thoughts?   Urban Decay's Naked Palette (on Sephora) Urban Decay's Naked2 Palette (on Sephora) Other bloggers have reviewed similar Profusion palettes: Nouveau Cheap NeutraKris Making up the MW

  I was in the Millville location of Hobby Lobby during July 2012, and I saw a foam cube - shaped denim ottoman. The price was on clearance for around $50. I took a picture of it, and it was put on a future project list.       So.... on last week, I stumbled upon an ottoman at the curb. Yes... destined for the trash.   So, I cleaned it...   Then, I cut up some scrap jeans that we've had. This piece was from one of the legs. It's on the lid.   I cut up more, and pinned them to the sides and sewed them to the sides.   I cut off the patches off the jeans, and sewed them to the top, and hot glued them to the sides.   Lastly, I had some goldenrod colored rickrack type of trim that came as part of a bulk deal from an estate sale. I hot-glued them to the edges of the lid, and then to the bottom edges of the sides. Ta-dah.... all done! Saint Salvage strikes again..... For next-to-nothing!

I bought a very low-key necklace at a yard sale during the summer for $1. I thought it had nice "bones", but I thought it was too boring. So... here I go....   Those itty-bitty tan colored tubes are bamboo. Blah beigey colored.   Here's all the center spokes after.....   I added the green beads, silvery pmpkin beads, black freshwater pearls, glass clear seed beads....   Here it is... all done... one view; the bottom.   Here's the top view. I like it a lot better!!!!

A lot of people, including me are obsessed with Pinterest. A few weeks ago, I pinned a beautiful cuff by Mercedes Salazar , sold on Shopbop. I decided to upcycle a 1970s era Trifari two-toned choker I bought as part of a bulk bag deal at an estate sale, by using brass craft wire from the local Dollar Tree   a purple agate slice I purchased in August 2012 from  Sterling Hill Mine in Ogdensburg, NJ   and some Super Glue   I hammered the wire      twisted the wire, glued it and mounted it to the choker during my lunch break.        Shopbop's original price: $198.00 . It's on sale for $99 . I spent no more than $10 ! Woo hoo! A quickie DIY, and a stylish bargain! Saint Salvage strikes again.