October 9
Every Day Ugly – Part 8
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I do an “Every Day Ugly†post on the second Wednesday of every month. I look around at all the things I use the most, to make sure those are my “best†things. This series was inspired by my friend, Amy, who noticed that some of the ickiest things she owned were the things she used the most. She wanted to change that to make sure that her every day life was filled with beautiful, functional things. This inspired me to take a look around and make sure that I wasn’t saving “the best†for days that rarely come.
This month, the change came for two reasons…form and function. I have two personal care products on my nightstand, lip balm and foot cream. The foot cream tube has been annoying me for quite some time. First, the form. I’m constantly knocking over the tube. Second, the function. I tend to apply the foot cream with the lights out. Coming from a tube, I’m never sure how much I’m squeezing out…sometimes too much, sometimes too little.
Enter, a beautiful solution. I purchased this lovely terra cotta pot of 100% shea butter at Ten Thousand Villages. I love the look of the jar and the low profile. I also love that I need very little of the shea butter to do the job, and I can just tamp my finger on the top of the shea butter, giving me much better control over how much I’m getting.
My only fear is that one of the pups will discover this jar and eat the shea butter. It happened once before with a tin of Booda Butter.
I love to see what you’re doing too. Veronica (Bettina and Blue’s momma), from Yes I Know, My Dogs Look Funny, added a little dazzle to her routine office work. Behold…bedazzled office supplies.
Veronica says it’s a small thing, but it does make bill paying a little more enjoyable. Anything that makes a task like bill paying more pleasant is worth considering. Thank you, Veronica!
I would love to have you join in. If you have some plain thing that you make beautiful, send me a picture or pictures and tell me about it at whatremainsnow@gmail.com.
I have a bottle of lotion next to my bed for my feet too!
The pot of shea butter is cute. It looks very Asian.
My entire dresser is “everyday ugly” right now. I’ve been throwing everything on it and it’s a complete mess.
It does look Asian, doesn’t it? It actually comes from Ghana.
Love the little pot. SHE just has the ugly tube.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & roxy
Mini-Me Theatre looks good.
Lori, I love the little pot.
I have just put up on my blog an altered vase I did recently. I’ll email you the photos.
I can’t wait to feature your lovely vase next month!
LOL that is some bling on the office items….yep dazzle it does. Have a tremendous Thursday.
Best wishes Molly
im just impressed by the lack of dust
urban hounds
Ha, ha, ha! You know I dusted before I took the picture, don’t you? I did.
Hope the pups don’t eat the shea butter. That terra cotta pot fits form and function to a T. That is one belonged out stapler.
That jar is beautiful, and something you can re purpose when it’s empty.
I have that Avon foot cream but I put it on with light ON..LOL Love that little pot 🙂 xxooxxx
Mollie and Alfie
Well I love your little pot!!! When you get 77 rolling down the hill to 78 you couldn’t care less about a pot or a tube sitting there!!!
LOL LOL LOL
Now they are what I call blingtastic! 🙂
I adore the little pot.
Lynne x
I had coffee with a girlfriend yesterday and we were talking about how sometimes the smallest things add beauty and happiness to our lives! Lee and Phod
That looks very nice!
Nola
Oooo! I want bedazzled office supplies, too!
I love that little pot of lotion, too. That is totally something I would buy if I found it!
That is a quilt done by a friend who is now dead. She was only one year older then I!!! That angel quilt was done using only 1 inch squares and a cross stitch pattern. It took her 2 years to finish and it was so beautiful!! It won best in show at our quilt show here in Tally Town.
Love your new pot and lack of dust 🙂 The blinged up sticky tape dispenser and stapler are awesome!