Friday Finds...At Target's Dollar Spot

Target pulls me in to their "Dollar Spot" section every time because I always have to look, don't you?

They know what they're doing by putting the Dollar Spot right by the front door!


In the Dollar Spot, everything is usually priced at $1 or $3, and I often find answers to my problems right in this little section of Target. 

For instance, this little $3 faux wood charger solved the problem of the messy bird. 

Can't you can see the guilt written all over her little messy face? 

Her nest sits on top of the bottle-dryer-turned-glass-holder. She was always dropping little pieces of her nest unto the white Lazy Susan that holds the glasses near the refrigerator water dispenser.

Until I saw the faux wood charger at the Dollar Spot, I was thinking of painting the Lazy Susan white - yet again - but this time with a glossy paint that could be washed. 

Now...I'm not a "glossy paint" person so that shows you how desperate I was getting!

But, as you can see, the dark wood charger hides any little pieces of nest that might drop off accidentally...

To tell you the truth, until I did this post and read that sales tag, I didn't realize the faux wood circle was meant to be a charger to use under place settings at the table! 

I'm thinking that would really be cute too. Happy Weekend to you!

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New "Magnolia Home" Paint To Try

Joanna Gaines of Fixer Upper fame has a new line of wall paint and a new line of what she calls "Chalk Style" paint. Here's a picture from her website:

Magnolia Home Chalk Style Paint

According to the online information, the Magnolia paints will be carried at selected Ace Hardware stores and local Target stores, as well as online at the Magnolia website. 

I'm really interested in trying the chalk paint after I watched all the videos on the website. Lots of tips and tricks there to help with your painting! 

Magnolia will also carry a special paint formulated for trim and cabinets. 

I have a lot of trim to paint, as well as a big cabinet and bead board wall, so that's why I'm looking forward to trying Magnolia's trim and cabinet paint.

Cabinet Side of Built-In

Bead Board Side of Built-In 

The other day, after putting it off for so long, I started painting the bead board side of the cabinet/wall built-in. 

Since Fusion Mineral Paint has a slightly hard finish to it, I tried two of their colors on the bead board.

It was kind of a Goldilocks day for me... the Limestone color (three boards kind of in the middle) was too yellowish-cream. The Casement color (the last two boards on the right) seemed too bright white. 

I mixed the two Fusion colors together, half and half, and painted the five boards on the left with that mixture.  

The mixed color was just about the right color I wanted, but the finish seemed like it was going to be too dull.

I stopped for the day to mull it over, and by chance I read about the new Magnolia paints. 

The Trim and Cabinet paint is a semi-gloss, so it will have the finish I want. It only comes in two colors, Shiplap and White, but one of those colors should work. 

Shiplap

White

Our local Target doesn't have Magnolia Home paint in stock yet, so I'm going to a nearby town to try their Ace Hardware store to see if they have it in stock. Fingers crossed! I'd like to get that bead board done finally. 

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How 32 Cents Got Really Expensive

As you've probably heard, the Fixer Upper folks have just come out with their new line of Christmas and housewares decor called "Hearth And Hand".

Target Website

I walked right into the middle of the Christmas collection at Target yesterday while waiting for a prescription to be filled. The main colors of the Hearth and Hand's Christmas decor are black, white, and green. 

Target.com

Wild Bill dropped me off at Target to fill a prescription, and I was going to stop at a few stores around Target while he was at the bookstore in the next block. 

I'd planned to walk down the block and end up at the bookstore, but instead I had to text him to pick me up. 

I sent him a picture of my cart full of Christmas with a text that said:

"Need you to pick me up after all...

Found lots of Christmas stuff to buy.

On a good note, my prescription was only 32 cents!"

Here's what he texted back:

So let's look at the new Christmas stuff from Hearth and Hand shall we?

This wreath is done with white berries instead of the typical red ones. I like the colors and style because I think they will look good even after Christmas during the cold winter months.

Two long, chime-type bells hang down from the top. If hung on a door, it will sound off every time the door is open.

There are two types of Hearth and Hand wreaths. This is the one I bought, but there was a Lambs Ear one too.

I found I liked the Lambs Ear garland even though I didn't buy that type of wreath. I bought two of the 9-foot garland, and I plan to buy a few more of those.

My favorite purchase was this white throw with blanket stitches in dark green. 

There were some real pretty matching white knit pillows (without the blanket stitching), but I already have some similar ones from Pottery Barn that are just as nice.

Here it is paired with last year's $14 Christmas pillow from T J Max.

I think I forgot to mention the throw has cute green pom-pom's on each of the corners.

Let's get another shot of that throw...as the song says, 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

That's all I bought of Hearth and Hand stuff, but I did buy some other things while I was at Target. 

I bought three boxes of these lights:

I'm always a sucker for the small, battery-operated twinkle lights! These were hard to pass up because I love the tiny flocked pinecones in the strand of lights.

The battery pack takes two, AA batteries and can be turned to "on" or to a 6-hour timer. 

I'll put a strand or two of lights on this wreath when I hang it, and I'll probably need three strands for the two long garlands.  

As you can tell, I'm gonna need to buy at least two more strands of these lights!

Here's some cute appetizer-size plates from Target's Dollar Spot (usually at the front of Target stores) where things are regularly priced at $1, $3, or $5.

The little plates were a set-of-two package for $3. I like to use these type of seasonal plates as coasters. There were several more designs to choose from, including a buffalo checked black-and-red one.

I bought this Merry Christmas pillow too...

A large gallon, canning-jar-type canister that I plan to put lights in until after the cold winter passes...

And, for the practical side of the holiday, I bought a new remote control plug-in device, with three receptors, for our old Christmas lights. 

We already have something similar, but they aren't flat like these.

Well,...32 cents for my prescription and a good bit more for the Christmas decor! As always, all opinions are my own and I was not paid or reimbursed for my purchases.

I'm happy with everything except the red pillow, which is a little too bright and too much red for me, now that I've gotten to like the black, white and green look of the Hearth and Home decor. 

I'll probably return the red pillow when I go back to buy more twinkling, pinecone lights. Meanwhile, I'm joining the party at Foodie Friday And Everything Else. Hope you'll hop over there too.

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