

DIY Canvas Art - $9 Total
I found this pretty fabric at a garage sale for $1, so I scooped it up because I figured I could find a use for it some day... story of my life, just ask my husband (and look at our crap room... I mean "craft" room)! So I decided that I would make some inexpensive DIY artwork for our house since being newly married, we didn't have much in the way of artwork. I went to AC Moore and picked up a set of 3 canvases and got to work! You can find similar ones on Amazon here. You can


The Crate Bookshelf
I have always admired the crates they sell at the flea markets and have always wanted to do something with them. But they are like $40 each... To do a bookshelf out of those crates would be almost $500 - Let's be honest, that's not happening! I found a listing on Craiglist for grocery crates for $5 each. I guess the guy had made friends with some of the local grocery stores, and they would give them to him for free! Some were in better condition than others, but I picked the