Canned Food Organization With Dollar Tree Bins

Here is a solution on how you can organize your food cans in your pantry or cabinet with Dollar Tree Bins.

Check out the video above on how I organized my food cans in my pantry.

Kitchen Decor Idea with Dollar Tree Items

Hi everyone I wanted to share with you guys a Kitchen Decor Idea with Dollar Tree Items that I created in my kitchen.

All the items in this Decor Idea are from the Dollar Tree.

To see how I created this Dollar Tree Kitchen Decor Idea check out my youtube video below:

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope I gave you some ideas on how to create some Kitchen Decor of your own.

XOXO

RIA

DIY Dollar Tree Kitchen Decor

Hello Everyone! I am here today to share with you another "DIY Dollar Tree Decor" project that I made for my kitchen. It is so easy and simple to make but really looks great in the kitchen to decorate the kitchen.

First thing I used to create this "Kitchen Decor" was two of the "DIY Dollar Tree Apothecary Jars" I made which are the two pictured above.

To see the post on my "DIY Dollar Tree Apothecary Jars" click HERE 

To fill the jars I used fake lemons and limes that I bought at Wal-Mart for $1 a piece. Dollar Tree does sell fake lemons and limes too but I liked the ones at Wal-Mart better because they are smaller than the ones at Dollar Tree and fit better in the jars.

Here is how the jars look filled up with the fruit. I LOVE the way they look and I can't wait to put them in my kitchen in my new house. I am so ready  to move into my new house so waiting for it to be done being built is hard LOL. I know I need to be patient though because I want my house to be built right. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and found it helpful or got some ideas from it of your own. Please leave me a comment below on some of your favorite ways to decorate the kitchen. I love to read or see other peoples decor ideas.

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XOXO

RIA

DIY Dollar Tree Apothecary Jars

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I LOVE Apothecary Jars! I have always wanted them because you can do so much with them and put different things inside them to go with so many different themes. What I DIDN'T like about them was the price! Apothecary Jars can cost anywhere from $18 to all the way up to $60! Yikes!!! Even though I LOVE them I couldn't see myself spending that much on one Apothecary Jar. Recently I had been on Pinterest and saw some posts on how to make Apothecary Jars with some old vases and candle sticks and I got inspired to create my own. Usually I would post on here the websites that I got my inspiration from but the truth is there are so MANY post on Pinterest on how to make Apothecary Jars that if I would link up all the post it would take up this whole post LOL. So lets just say that I got my inspiration from MULTIPLE post on Pinterest. LOL Thank you  to all on Pinterest who inspired me and gave me some ideas. I took from each post what I liked about them and came up with some ideas of my own and create my own Apothecary Jars. I was so happy with how my Apothecary Jars came out! In fact, I like the ones I made better than the ones in the store and mine only cost $3 or less to make them. So let me get right into the post so I can show you guys how I created my own Apothecary Jars.

Sorry for the blurry picture. The main material that you will need to make these Apothecary Jars is E6000 glue. This glue works great for glass projects. You should let the glue dry for at least 24 hours without touching or moving the pieces that you are gluing together. 

These are some of the things I used to make the different types of Apothecary Jars. I used different size glass vases, different size glass bowls and glass candle sticks. I got them all from Dollar Tree. I also used small and large glass lids from old candle jars that I clean out after the candles were burned down.

To make my first Apothecary Jar I used this slim glass vase, glass candlestick, and I used the lid from this round glass jar that I also got from Dollar Tree. The round glass jar won't go to waste because I have another DIY project in mind for the round glass jar without the lid. Nothing will go to waste because I will always have something in mind for it.

First thing I did was, I attached the glass candlestick to each vase. I turn the vases upside down and glued the candlestick to the bottom of the vase in the center using the E6000 glue. Do not touch or move the candle stick for 24 hours.

I then used a butter knife to remove the plastic rim from the jar lid because I didn't want the plastic to show through the Apothecary Jar and I love the look better when it is all glass.

This is how the first one came out.

I use the same things to make this Apothecary Jar except for this one I used a smaller vase.

For my next Apothecary Jar, I had to make a different lid for it than the one I used in the previous Apothecary Jar because this Vase's rim opened up wider than it's base. This is one of the ideas on pinterest that I saw but instead of gluing a knob on the small bowl, I decide to use what I had at home instead of buying something. What I had at home were old glass candle jars and the lids would be perfect to use instead of a glass knob to glue onto the small bowl.

I popped off the plastic rim off the small glass candle jar lid just like I did with the glass jar lid from  the previous Apothecary Jar I made.

Then I glued the small glass lid onto the small glass bowl with E6000. Wait 24 hours to dry.

This is how it turn out.

Now I will admit if you do not put the lid on right with this Apothecary Jar it will tip over like this.

One way to prevent this is by putting four hot glue dots on the bottom of the bowl. I didn't like the way it looked so I removed the glue dots and just kept it without it. Once you put your contents in the Jars your lid won't move much and unless you bump it, it won't move so I didn't have a problem with it staying in place but if you want some security then you can do the Hot Glue dots on the bottom of the bowl.

For the next Apothecary Jar I needed to make a different lid as well because the vase I used for this Apothecary Jar was a wider vase. To make the lid I used a medium size glass bowl and a small glass candle jar lid.

I glued the small glass candle jar lid to the glass bowl with E6000.

This is how this one turn out.

My last Apothecary Jar was easy to make because I did not have to make a lid for it. The lid from a old large glass candle jar fit perfectly in this shaped vase.

This is how my last Apothecary Jar turn out.

This is how three of them looked put together.

Again I am sooo HAPPY that I found ideas on Pinterest on how to make my own CHEAPER and BETTER LOOKING Apothecary Jars. All these Apothecary Jars cost me $3 or less each to make and that is WAY CHEAPER than $18-$60.

Stay tune for future post on how I use my new Apothecary Jars and what I put inside them.

Coming soon is a post title Valentine's Day Dollar Tree Apothecary Jars.

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XOXO

RIA

Pantry Organization Part One

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Hello again Everyone! So today I am writing another post on ORGANIZING FOOD in the KITCHEN. Having a ORGANIZE PANTRY is so helpful because you can always find what you are looking for and it save you money because you will not over buy FOOD items because you will know exactly what you have on hand in your PANTRY. I title this post PANTRY ORGANIZATION Part one because I have two closet PANTRIES in my KITCHEN and today I am going to share one of them with you. The other I will share in a later post.

So in my last post title "Trash to Treasure Shelf Makeover" (click on the title and it will take you to that original post) I showed you how I took a SHELF that someone was throwing away and gave it a MAKEOVER to fix it. This SHELF is the SHELF that I used in my PANTRY to ORGANIZE my FOOD. 

This PANTRY closet only had one wire SHELF in it and it was at the top of the CLOSET. I knew I wanted to have SHELVES in it to be able to store all my FOOD. At first I wanted to buy SHELVES that you can install into the walls and create yourself a SHELVING area, but than I thought we are only staying in this house for a short time so I really didn't want to put holes or much effort into a house that is not mine. If it was my own house than I would have. So the solution for me was just to get a SHELF that could fit into that space for me to use. It so happened that I had this SHELF that someone was throwing away that I fixed up and it fit PERFECTLY in this PANTRY CLOSET.

To ORGANIZE all my FOOD I used baskets from "DOLLAR TREE". Love Dollar Tree!! I separated the FOOD by categories so they would be easy to find and put away after Grocery shopping.

Whenever I ORGANIZE I try to MAXIMIZE my space and use every nook and cranny I can to be able to get the full use of the space I have. To MAXIMIZE space in this PANTRY CLOSET I used green crates that I got from WAL-MART awhile back. They fit perfectly and helped create another shelf for that higher space in the closet. Here is where I store my SNACK items that I buy. I have them here until I open them to bag, sort, and ORGANIZE them into individual SNACK bags for my "Organized Snack Cabinet" (to see my post on my how I create and organized a Snack Cabinet click on the title). Like I said in my "ORGANIZED SNACK CABINET" post I do COUPON, so yes this may be a lot of SNACKS more than your family eats. Because I do COUPON I buy things when I see them close to or nearly FREE so yes I do STOCK up when I see a good deal so that is why there is a lot of snacks. I felt I had to say this again because when I posted my "ORGANIZED SNACK CABINET" post I got some mean and rude comments about having so many snacks. Again I do coupon and stock up when I see a good price and also if you don't want to buy that many snacks that is ok I am just trying to share some ORGANIZATION TIPS with everyone that has worked for me. Sorry had to say that real quick now back to the post. 

The top SHELF is where I have my paper plates, Ziploc bags, and food wrap papers. I made labels for the baskets with my computer in Microsoft Word and then I hole punched holes in the top of the labels to attach the labels to the baskets with ribbon.

The next SHELF is where I store my baking supplies, seasonings, and spices. I like having the baskets because you can hid all the clutter and different size items in it but it is also easy to take out and look for what you need.

The next shelf is where I keep my oils, syrups, condiments, cooking wines, and sauces.

The next shelf is were I keep our Vitamins and miscellaneous things. I feel you always need at least one miscellaneous baskets when you are ORGANIZING because you will always have those things that don't fit into a category so they can go in there.

On the bottom SHELF is where I store all my canned goods. I used different baskets for them than the other things I stored above. I used baskets with handles that you can also get from "Dollar Tree" which most all size canned good items fit perfectly. I separated the basket by categories so that it will be easier to find the kind of canned food you are looking for. The categories are Pasta, Veggies, Fruit, and Misc. I put the older cans on top so I use them first.

Like I said before when I ORGANIZE I like to use every space possible to ORGANIZE with and it really helps when you have small spaces. In this CLOSET PANTRY I even used the door to be able to ORGANIZE my food by using a "OVER THE DOOR SHOE ORGANIZER". Over the door shoe organizer can help you ORGANIZE any room or thing in the house. In fact I have them all over my house to ORGANIZE things and rooms. 

Even though the shoe organizers have clear pockets and you can see what is in it, I still like to add labels to them because for one it looks pretty (well to me at least lol) and also when your little ones or hubby is helping you put the grocery away after shopping they will know where it goes. Also some shoe organizer don't have clear pockets like this one and you will need to label them to know what is inside them. Here is a easy and quick way that I labeled my pockets and it adds color and a prettiness to the shoes organizer. I just took some decorative DUCT TAPE and put it above the pocket. Then with my label maker using white plastic label tape I created the category label and stuck it onto the middle of the DUCK TAPE. The good thing about labeling it this way is if I decide to put something else in the pocket all I have to do is change out the label part not the whole label. Because the tape has a smooth surface and the label is the plastic kind it comes off easily without ripping the tape.

At the bottom of the shoe organizer is where I keep my trash bags. Sorry that it looks weird and the labels are not aligned. The trash bags on the right are the ones we use often so we have pulled on that pocket more making it look lopsided lol.

The next two rows up is where I store my  paper cups and disposable utensils. We have get togethers and I do different projects with the kiddos so that is why I have different size cups. The utensil I also use for parties but also for packing the girls lunches for when they need a fork or spoon for their lunch meals. Having the utensils stored this way makes lunch packing easier as well.

The next two rows is where I store our Oatmeal, Vitamin C, Sazon, and Cocoa packets. Things that you have in packets store great in these shoe organizers.

On the top row is where I store soup and taco seasoning packets. Again I am sorry that organizers looks crooked. We have had this one for some time and pulled on it so it has shifted.

There you have it a look and break down of how I store some of the foods in my pantry. I hope this helps you or gives you some ideas on how to ORGANIZE your PANTRY or anywhere else in your house. Stay tuned for my next post which will be title "Pantry Organization Part two". In that post I will show you how I ORGANIZED the rest of my FOOD in my other PANTRY.

So how or what are some ways you ORGANIZE your PANTRY?