March 14, 2010

Twinkle, Twinkle. . .



My haul of assorted glasswares from The Christmas Shoppe last weekend...slowly being assimilated into the house this week.

I love glass and mirrors. They keep the light bouncing around our small home.

Consider inexpensive wine glasses and use them daily for wine and water.

Consider inexpensive glass pitchers and carafes. Use them daily for iced tea, lemonade, wine and juices.

Consider
a carafe for your mouthwash.

Consider
a gigantic glass salad bowl to display soaps in your bathroom.

Consider glass vessels and apothecary jars in the bathroom for bath salts, cotton balls, and other grooming accoutrements.

Consider filling glass vessels with shells, sand, stones, or other organic specimens. I especially love collecting shells, sea glass, and stones from each beach/lake/river we visit. I put the items in a mason jar. I take a small square of craft paper and glue it to the jar labeling where the items were collected and the date. I cover the lid of the jar with a small piece of fabric and complimentary rubber band, string or ribbon.

Consider empty DIY glass holiday ornaments. Fill them with interesting items: sand, shells, straw and hang them from the window's half sash.

Consider glass canisters for staples like flour, sugar, rice.

Simple items are elevated to elegant and interesting when displayed in beautiful glass vessels.

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