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Upcycle Dollar Store Decor :: Beach Bath Decor Tutorial

I’ve always found that the beach fixes everything!!!”  Taking a summer stroll on the beach with the fresh ocean breeze running through your hair and sand sifting through your toes, helps bring a little bliss into your life and clear a space for new opportunities.  There is nothing more freeing than throwing on your bikini, hopping on a catamaran or a boogie board and crashing through the waves.  So I wanted to bring a little beach bliss into my everyday living and this is one little arts and craft project I decided to do and share with you, my beach theme bath set.

Dollar Store Decor
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Create this unique beach theme dollar store bath decor 🏝 for house and home by upcycling some everyday dollar store finds. Just follow the simple how to step by step directions below.

To begin, I really love finding bargains at the Dollar Tree for only $1.25 so you can add your own special touch to them to make them match your own personal style and create a one of a kind house and home decoration.

Here’s the step by step tutorial to create this beach theme bath set.

You will need these supplies:

🏝 Soap pump

🏝 Soap dish

🏝 Toothbrush Holder

🏝 Dollar store paint

🏝 Clear nail polish

You can also expand this list by adding sea shells, sea glass or whatever “floats your boat” to embellish and enhance these items.

Dollar Store bathe set
©️Joanne van Hoof//josunshine🔆

Simply clean the 3 bath items with plain white vinegar and rinse with water to remove any oil and dirt for a good clean foundation.

Then decide on your color palette for painting the items.  For this beach color combination I used turquoise, gold metallic, cobalt blue, peacock blue, navy blue and a sand beige tone from The Dollar Tree or Dollarama.  To create the royal blue paint color at the far right end I mixed navy blue with the lighter blues.  You can mix and match your paint colors to create your own unique custom palette  that reflects the beach tones and water tones you prefer.

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Apply the sandy beige paint towards the bottom as the sand using a medium width brush in a light wave pattern.  Then apply some gold as well blending as you wish.  Next apply the cooler blue tones from turquoise to mid blue paints to the darker blue paints, blending spontaneously to create a harmonious abstract pattern and wave like variation.  Use your power of inspiration and mold your creative imagination to create your own divine decor.  You can be as creative as you like at this stage.

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Apply 3 coats to each item to ensure a well balanced coverage.  Then let stand for 24 – 48 hours until completely dry to the touch.

For the final coats and protection apply 2 coats of clear nail polish allowing 5-6 hours drying time between coats.

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This set makes an excellent gift for your lover or a friend, especially those with a water astrological sign.

Express yourself!!!  Let your creative expression shine.

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©️Joanne van Hoof//josunshine🔆

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To finish this blog, here is a word from the Lord on POWER and DOMINION

PSALM 97:11 AMP

“Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path,
And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].”

Happy Mother’s Day – God’s Grand Love for You is Real

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Happy Mother’s Day free scrapbook image with 3d effect with gemstone rocks and gold positive words “love all the moments”.

Wishing all the mom’s and grandma’s in our beautiful universe a Happy Mother’s Day 🥰👳‍♀️💂‍♀️👷‍♀️👩‍🚀👩‍🦰🤱  The Father loves you so much, God’s grand love for you is so real that He wrote about you in scripture.  Read some of the scriptures below so you may know His greatness and how captivated God is for you.

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“Find the glad” scrapbook image with glass stones, mirror stones and purple green background.

In Psalm 139:1 He wrote, “I know when you sit down and when you rise up” continued with, “I am familiar with all your ways” Psalm 139:2, “even the very hairs on your head are numbered” Psalm 139:3 “For you were made in my image” Matthew 10:29-31 “In me you live and move and have your being” Genesis 1:27 “For you are my offspring” Acts 17:28 “I knew you even before you were conceived” Acts 17:28 “I chose you when I planned creation” Jeremiah 1:4-5 “You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book” Psalm 139:15-16 “I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live” Acts 17:26 “You are fearfully and wonderfully made” Psalm 139:14 “I knit you together in your mother’s womb” Psalm 139:13 “And brought you forth on the day you were born” Psalm 71:6

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“Look for the good everywhere” with yarn, butterflies, wood log and natural fibres background.

I hope and trust you enjoyed this beautiful blending of scriptures and the word of God gives you fresh, new hope, especially during these times of trouble. And I hope the words bring you much comfort as our God is the one true comforter.

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Choose Happiness natural scrapbook image with rocks, tree branch, coral and coral shells background.
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Scrapbook image, “scatter kindness” with agate crystal and sacred geometry background.

Scrapbook images are free for personal use. Create your own creative challenge using the images using your God given imagination or simply print and give them to your friends and family. And remember to find beauty in the every day things.

DIY Galaxy Stones Galactic Beads

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Create gorgeous galaxy beads

DIY galaxy stones (galactic beads) are super duper easy to create. Create a wide array of colors and an amazing assortment with glitter nail polish, confetti like sparkling stars and dancing dots.

Then you can add them to a vase or dress up an empty recycled can of soup.  Use it as a pen and pencil holder and give them away as a gift to a friend or family member.

Here’s how I made mine:  Using clear glass beads you can pick up at any dollar store (mine are from the Dollar Tree), simply paint the flat side of the bead with any glitter nail polish or plain nail polish. Then add a 2nd color nail polish or a 2nd coat. You can use clear nail polish as well and then sprinkle thin or chunky glitter on top of the clear nail polish while it’s still wet or tacky.

Layer by layer, mix and match as many different wonderful ways as you like for a fresh look. You cannot fail at creating something unique and different.  Create something that’s out of this world.  Finally, kick back and relax.

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DIY Galaxy Beads

Use the spacious skies or magnificent mountains for inspiration.

And now from the word of God, “And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.”  Genesis 1:14-15

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Before:  Clear glass beads
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After:  gorgeous galaxy glass beads

Hope you enjoyed this diy project. Please share with friends and family.

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.” II Corinthians 9:15

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