Recently, my friend Laurie over at Indulge Your Shelf put out a challenge that I just could not resist! She had begun a diet routine that included eating yogurt each day. The yogurt she chose was Fage Greek yogurt – you know the one with the little “handle” in the back that holds the fruit? Then she decided she wanted to do more than just throw all that plastic away everyday and thus issued a challenge to her readers to come up with “blingy” ways to spruce up and use all those leftover cups. I took up that challenge and made my mom happy in the process.
Mom has arthritis and osteoporosis along with some carpal tunnel syndrome that her two surgeries did not take care of very well which makes lifting heavy objects now days impossible. She already dropped her salt well several times in the kitchen as well as shattered the Q-Tip holder in the bathroom when she dropped it on the tile floor. Now, we do not need to worry about it because of the Fage Yogurt cups!
I did not bling it up too much because mom is not a blingy kind of gal. Instead, I painted the outside with Rustoleum Primer for Plastics like this:
Then I sprayed the outside (after stuffing the inside and taping around edges with newspaper) with stainless steel look paint. 2 coats did a great job. Then I went to my favorite graphics blog: The Graphics Fairy and found a little vintage valentine I thought mom would like and would match her bathroom and put double sided tape on the back then cut around the edges and stuck to the front of one and let the other one alone as it matched her stainless steel appliances.
I put Q-Tips and cotton balls in one for her bathroom:
And I put salt and pepper in the other for her kitchen:
Drying time on the paint was overnight but together the rest only took about 30 minutes. The great news is that if you live in an apartment, you can do your painting in a box or in one of those plastic garment bags from the $1 store and the cost is nothing if you have the paint but if you have to buy it, then the cost will still be less than $10.
Too cool! I love the paint that looks like stainless steel! Now you just need to find your mom a fancy demitasse spoon to use for sprinkling her salt and pepper.
Thanks for such a great idea! I actually have one that I stamped “Cereal Killer” on so I will give that to her……..she may find it as funny as I do! 🙂
Really cute and practical idea.
Lillian
Thank you!
That is a fantastic DIY idea 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you CCU! It was a challenge and I always try to rise to a challenge!:)
This is so awesome — they are beautiful and functional! I know your mom will love them, and how thoughtful of you!
Thanks Laurie! Sorry I was about 12 hours late!
What great ideas! Cute and useful, too.
Thank you so much!
I wish I had one oz. of your creativness! 🙂 Love the salt cellar idea!
Aw….thanks! I have my moments. 🙂
Such a great idea. A win win in my book. Reusing something and taking care of your mom! BTW, I love the new look of your blog. 🙂
Thanks Beth! I’ve had it 2 months today and it’s been such a great change for me!
I love what you did with your containers and even more the inspiration for it!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and hope you will drop in again!
Oh my gosh…what a neat idea!
Thanks for linking up this week at the Link Up!
Great idea!!
Thank you!
That is a very creative idea, very good. I must try it. I use FAGE Greek yogurt too.
Thank you!