IT'S A STEAL! - LINK PARTY

We've all enjoyed stealing ideas from each other during this series.  Now we'd love to see projects that you've been inspired by from someone or somewhere.  If you've done a knock-off project or if you've copied an idea from someone else in the blog world, link it up here and maybe you'll inspire someone else!

This party is open through Saturday and we'll be sharing our favorites on Sunday! 
  

"IT'S A STEAL" SERIES - DANNI BREAKS INTO MELLYWOOD'S MANSION!

Danni here from Silo Hill Farm and it's my turn to steal an idea   and do a knock-off.  Lucky me because I'm stealing from Mel at Mellywoods Mansion.  I've knocked off Mel before, because she's awesome and has so many great ideas!  Truth is, I knew right away which project I wanted to do because I had planned it a long time ago, but just never got around to it!  
Mel made this Pretty Money Box Makeover last year....

Don't you love them?  And who doesn't want a pretty way to save a little cash?  I wanted to make one of these to replace the jar that we have on our bedroom dresser that Sam and I keep throwing change in.  Of course, I wanted to incorporate some of the things that Mel loves, such as.......

SPARKLE

BLACK AND WHITE

RUFFLEY AND FLUFFY

BOTTLE CAPS

AND A LITTLE BLING!

Hmmmmmm.....Mel likes a lot of things! 
(All of the above awesome projects can be found on Mel's gallery and you can get there by clicking HERE)

Can I make this project using a little bit of all of these things and still have it be tasteful, useful and fun?  I gave it my best shot....

Now I have my own bank for change...minus the slot!  I will say this, it is really hard to get a good picture of something that's black and white striped, blingy and tall!  However, I loved the triangular shape of the container I had.  Can you guess what it used to be?

Yep...a box that contained a bottle of Glenfiddich 15 year Scotch.  Life is short people...drink the good stuff!!  Here are the rest of the supplies I used for this knock-off:

Tall container, bottle caps, double stick tape, black tulle, polka dot ribbon, black felt, black and white scrapbook paper, stick-on gems.  Not pictured...hot glue gun.
I used hot glue to attach the paper to the container.  No-brainer there.

To make the tulle flower in the middle, I followed a tutorial from a good friend of Mel's,  Amy at While Wearing Heals.  You can find that tutorial HERE.  I attached it with a little hot glue.

Again using hot glue, I attached one of the bottle caps to the top of the can.  (Hey Mel!  I did NOT choose the cap with the chevron stripe on it!)

Then I just blinged the whole thing out with some stick on gems, which may be a little over the top, but it's a little bit of everything Mel likes and I like it because it reminds me of her!

Mel, thank you for the inspiration and thank you for being such a good friend!  I wouldn't want to go through the blog world without ya girl!  

Go check out Mels pretty money boxes HERE and browse around her blog for awhile and get some inspiration of your own.

Next week....Mel's going to be stealing one of Heather's project ideas and putting her own spin on it.  You won't want to miss it!

If you've got a knock-off project, be sure to come back to the Cafe and link it up on June 10th at our "It's A Steal" link party.  If you don't....get busy and get one going....you've still got 2 weeks!  (Please don't forget to get permission and use proper link backs!)