Dinosaur Piggy Bank Re-do

Hey there Spicy Folks! Here's a little crafty project I've been working on!

This is the After.

My hubs had this adorable piggy bank from when he was little. It was originally painted orange with maroon dots. It had his name and we thought it'd be cool to pass on to the our little man. It looked dirty and I wasn't sure I wanted to display it in our baby's new room. I decided to attempt to paint it and it turned out great! I even added little hand-drawn base balls into the polka dots.

Here is the before & after.

The top one is a little blurry... & still has money in it. Oops. 

I think our son, Noland Jr. is going to love it and be able to use it for years to come.. 

Good thing I know how to open it without breaking!

Anyways, I was just super proud of how it turned out and thought I'd show it off! I haven't decided if I'm going to go get some googly eyes from Michael's and add them or not. What do you think?

That's it for today! Thanks for stoppin' by,

xoxo. Jen

 

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How to Change Your Headlight

Good morning. This is Jenna's husband, Noland here. Later today or early tomorrow, Jenna will let you know who won her bday blog giveaway. For now I am going to tell you how to change your headlight if you have a Honda CRV. It is a huge $$$ saver and I had no problem at all finding the information. You can find a quick tutorial for pretty much any car.

This is the second time I have changed a headlight in my CRV. The first time was about a year ago when my headlights kept going out and I had to pay $50 each time to change them. I then found out that you can get the part for like $7 @ Autozone and do it yourself. That is a savings of $43. I taught myself to change the headlight by watching a video on youtube. The video is below.

Changing the battery is the same in this video as it is for an '06 CRV. This video actually showed how to change it in an '03 version though. Step by step instructions are here.

My Tips
On newer CRV's there are actually 4 bulbs. The two larger bulbs that are on the outside are the lowbeam lights. The two light that are inside and smaller are the highbeam lights. Make sure you change the correct bulb.

Do not touch the light part of the light. Only touch it by the metal base. If you touch the actual light it decreases the lifespan of the light. They do this a lot at Firestone (NEVER GO TO FIRESTONE FOR CAR REPAIRS) and get the lamp all greasy decreasing its lifespan.

Doing this will save you $40 every time you need to change a headlight. It is a very simple thing to do and takes less than 10 min. So far Jenna and I have saved $86 by me doing this. For a Catholic School Teacher that is expecting a baby, those $86 really count. This is me driving our CRV on our wedding day. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

-Noland