imitation and flattery

"Imitation is the sincerest of flattery." 
  --  Charles Caleb Colton 

I spotted a picture on Pinterest that really caught my attention.

It was from this great little blog.

She turned a soft drink crate into a spice rack.

A Formal Feeling Comes

I've never had a great spice rack.  

I've never found one I really liked.

I do like this idea though and since I have a crate or two,

I decided to imitate it.

In fact, I have the exact same Dr. P red crate.

I first thought about using this one because I like how old it is.

However, with age comes some wear and tear 

and although you can't tell,

there are parts of the wooden dividers that are missing 

so they don't make great "shelves."

Not a problem, I'll use my red one.

I picked up jars at Hobby Lobby.

You see the price?  It was 50% off that week so we didn't have to pay much.

I filled up the jars.

Then put some handmade labels on them.

You know, I like the little jars just sitting there.  

Here we go...my new little spice cabinet.

My husband wants the labels facing out

but I like it with out the labels showing.

We'll memorize quickly enough which spice is where.

Thanks to the blog, A Formal Feeling Comes, for my new spice rack.

Saturday Nite Special

Crates and Boxes

This week's themed link party at Donna's Funky Junk Interiors features crates and boxes.  I love crates and boxes so I want to play!  Here are some of my favorites I have at my house.

Here's some of my stash.

Old wooden crates and boxes of all styles and sizes.

old wooden boxes sitting pretty

wooden with metal trim

rectangular metal boxes

square metal boxes

tiny decorative metal boxes

metal bread boxes

love the latch on the bread box

little bitty wooden boxes

little bitty round wooden boxes

These hold little tool bits my Dad used as a jeweler.

Old wooden boxes pulled from a deteriorating shed...

given a fresh coat of paint...

...and a new life.

and of course these old soda crates that I have had since the 70's.

Soon, at least one of these will look like this:

I love this clever idea straight from Donna herself. Thanks for the inspiration!