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{Apothecary Inspired Halloween Decor}

October 1, 2012 by meredith · 23 Comments

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I’m so excited to share with you today one of my most favorite projects I’ve ever made. I would have shared it with you this time last year (when I actually made them), but this little ‘ole blog didn’t exist yet.

This craft is perfect for Halloween candy or objects…you pick! I just knew that if I filled these jars with candy, they wouldn’t have stayed full for long!

{Apothecary Inspired Halloween Jars}

You’ll need:

black & white acrylic paint

three glass jars of varying sizes

3 wooden balls

glitter ribbon

orange and black filler items

wooden letters that spell out BOO

hot glue gun/glue

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About Meredith Hazel

Meredith is a stay at home mom and has been blogging since 2012. She started Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home as a creative outlet in between nap times for her little one. Wait 'Til Your Father gets home is a combination of crafting tutorials, DIY projects, recipes and, sharing some of life's journey along the way.

Filed Under: Crafting, Decorating, Inexpensive Tagged With: apothecary, boo, candy, crafts, decor, diy, halloween, handmade, holidays, inexpensive

{handmade hair elastics}

September 19, 2012 by meredith · 16 Comments

In case you missed it, my good friend Sara @ Applestone Drive is having a fun giveaway to celebrate reaching 200 GFC followers this week!

I’m donating one of my latest {and greatest} craft items to the prize pack.

A set of eight Handmade Hair Elastics.

In case you don’t win the giveaway {because, let’s face it, we can’t all be winners everyday}, I’m going to share with you the super simple way to make them for yourself!

You’ll need:

sharp scissors

measuring tape or ruler

fold-over elastic {Pick Your Plum had a set of 5 colors available a few weeks ago and I’ve also seen it sold at craft stores as well}

Before we get into the details of making one, let me start by saying that I have somewhat thick hair. Usually I like to wrap a hair elastic twice for a ponytail. You may need to play around with the measurements before committing to a length to cut. I started with 10 inches and realized it needed to be a bit tighter, which brought me down to 8 inch cuts.

To make each elastic, simply cut a piece of the desired color to 8 inches (or what you find to be a comfortable fit for your hair type).

Fold the elastic in half (lengthwise) and tie a knot at the end.

You may need to trim the excess elastic after the knot a bit.

Soon you’ll have a whole handful of cute {and unique} hair elastics!

Don’t forget to enter Sara’s giveaway for a chance to win the set pictured above {and other fabulous prizes}!

I’ll be linking up at these fantastic parties!

Enjoy!

About Meredith Hazel

Filed Under: Beauty, Crafting, Gifts, Inexpensive, Style Tagged With: crafts, diy, elastic, gifts, hair, handmade, inexpensive, no-sew, pick your plum

{menu planning: guest post}

August 18, 2012 by meredith · 3 Comments

I’m hanging out over at Bear Rabbit Bear today with my good friend Melanie for her Kitchen Week series!

I’ll be sharing a huge part of my kitchen (even thought it’s really not big). I’m sure you’ve seen tons of different (and super cute) versions of this all over Pinterest. I was inspired by a few myself, but wanted to keep it super simple. I give you the,

{Menu Planner Board}

Head on over to say hi to Melanie and see the rest of the tutorial!

Enjoy!

About Meredith Hazel

Filed Under: Blogs, Crafting, Decorating, Guest Posts, Inexpensive, Organization Tagged With: inexpensive, kitchen, menu board, menu planning, organization, recipes

{handmade baker’s twine}

August 1, 2012 by meredith · 6 Comments

I wanted to share a super simple and inexpensive twist on a favorite packaging material of mine, Baker’s Twine! I’m sure you’ve seen it…the stuff is all over Pinterest! I love the simplicity of it, but I haven’t been too fond of the prices that I’ve seen them sold at. When I saw a fellow blogger’s tutorial for making a handmade version, of course I wanted to give it a try for myself.

To make handmade baker’s twine, you’ll need:

sharpies (choose your colors)

ruler or a strip of cardstock

white string

wooden spools (found at Michael’s)

I already had a bag full of sharpies (I’ve told you before…this girl = school supply addiction). I purchased the string at Michael’s on sale for $2.45 and the wooden spools were something like $.50 a piece. See, it’s already so much cheaper than just buying baker’s twine!

To get started, wrap your string (as evenly as possible without overlapping too much) around your cardstock strip or ruler.

If you’re using a ruler, you may want to cover it with painter’s tape so you don’t ruin it with your sharpie lines. Once you’ve got it wrapped to your liking (mine was about 6 inches wrapped), choose one color and make straight lines vertically down the wrapped string.

I chose to make a lime green…

…and a purple one.

After you’ve colored (make sure to do both sides), begin wrapping the twine onto the wooden spools. If you don’t have spools, clothespins would be a nice alternative.

Voila! Handmade Baker’s Twine! The awesome thing about making your own is that you can choose the exact colors you want to use.

I actually included these two spools in my Christmas in July Gift for my friend Melanie! Hopefully she will find some good use for them.

Enjoy!

Please leave a comment, I LOVE to hear from my readers!

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About Meredith Hazel

Filed Under: Crafting, Decorating, Gifts, Guest Posts, Inexpensive Tagged With: baker's twine, crafts, gifts, homemade, inexpensive, packaging

{hey, college kids…}

July 25, 2012 by meredith · 4 Comments

Wow! Do I wish I would have known about CampusBookRentals.com back when I was a little Chi Omega at Michigan State University (Go GREEN!). I could have saved a ton of time and money for sure.

If you are headed to college this fall, or know someone that is, I urge you to give this company a try before heading to your local college bookstore (I know they’re fun and exciting and all, especially as a freshman, but they are also stressful and very overpriced). You can avoid the hassle of the crowds and expensive cost of purchasing textbooks by using CampusBookRentals.com instead!

Some perks are:

save 40-90% off of bookstore prices

free shipping both ways

you can highlight in the textbooks

flexible renting periods

And, if I haven’t sold you yet…

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For those of you not familiar with Operation Smile, it’s an international children’s medical charity that helps to heal children’s smiles, forever changing their lives. More than 200,000 children are born with cleft lip and cleft palate each year, and the condition threatens both the life and livelihood of the child. Operation Smile devotes their time to research and understand the cleft lip and palate, so they can find better ways to help treat these precious children.

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And look at that price! Wow! I can remember paying over $100 easily for textbooks.

And remember, shipping is free! So if I were to rent this Psychology textbook for a semester, it would only cost $23.14! With over the largest selection of textbooks in the nation, and their unbeatable prices, I think your best choice for saving time and money this semester will be with CampusBookRentals.com!

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