Recycled DIY

Gotta love Costco with their extra super sized containers.  We use the Neutrogena bath gel and I like the pump that it comes in. Great for other uses when the gel is gone.  Even, if for just "a while".  The pump container may be Used for dish soap - use a pump or two to wash full sink of dishes. Or other things, like Laundry soap, or lotions.

I chose to use it for lotion. I combined all of the sun lotions that I use on a daily basis into one container.  I had a lot of random bottles with only a bit left in the bottom of the container.  Not really enough to keep it or throw it away.... so I "married" the lotions and put inside the finished, decoupaged bottle. 

I was able to decoupage the outside of the bottle/pump with scraps of paper.  I layered the random sheets of scrap booking paper - (chosen to avoid acidity).  I went with the same color scheme as my bathroom and used the rest of the scrapbook papers on the outside of an old mason jar.  My thought, was to hold our toothbrushes in them. Woo!  A decorative theme (ha ha).

This only took about an hour to set and then a day to dry each layer.  Since they are going to be in the bathroom, the steam and water could be an issue after a while.  The jar is handy dandy since it is wide enough at the opening to hold the toothbrushes that are battery operated.  

The basic supplies I used are:

Mod Podge & Sponge brush
Acid free scrap booking paper
A Popsicle stick to smooth out any kinks/bubbles in the paper
An exact-o knife for trimming the paper as needed
A scrap booking stamp and a black ink pen.
Pictures are posted below!