A quick and very cute project.
Halloween bottles for center piece.
The white gost is a wine bottle.

The cat is a sparkling water, and the pupkin is a liquer bottle.
Spray paint and paint for eyes and mouth, and leaves

Painted rocks

Being back in Wales again, I've had some time to do some crafting.  I collected some rocks and painted them for paperweights, and I glued magnets on the smaller ones.

One of Wales national symbols is sheep.  

I used acrylic paint and acrylic ink to paint and at the end I coated with varnish a several times.  

What am I going to do with them?  They are too have to take them home.

Trashcan

We needed a trashcan.  You can't find anything under $10.00.
For us it is enough to have a temporary thing, because we'll have to leave most of the things behind. We can't take too many thing back to the States, so it must be something very budget friendly.
I picked up a cardboard box in a store.

The future trashcan

Marked the length of the trash bag on the box and cut it under approx. 3" of the mark to leave room to turn it over.

I inserted the cut off piece into the box to make it sturdier.  Ta-daaa.

Done

and functional

The least expensive picture frame

Remember, we need inexpensive decorations because we won't be able to take it back to the US due to weight restrictions on the flights.
So here is what I came up with for a picture frame.
Saved a filler box from one of the IKEA's purchases.

Csak kis emlekezteto, hogy nem akarunk sok mindenre kolteni, mert nem vihetjuk vissza Amerikaba a dolgokat, mert a repuloi csomagfeladas nagyon draga.
Ezert gondoltam ki ezt a megoldast kepkeretre.
Az IKEA-ban vasarolt csomagban volt egy kis doboz kinezetu helykitolto amit felhasznaltam erre a celra.

Painted the outer side of it black.
A kulsejet feketere festettem

The result.
Az eredmeny.

The picture is so elegant, I did not want to decorate it and take away from it.

Olyan kis elegans a kep, hogy nem akartam tobabb disziteni a keretet, hogy ne vegyen el a kepbol.

Wedding glasses

Before I left for Wales I decorated a couple of champagne glasses for a friend's wedding.
Mielott eljottem Walesbe, ket eskuvoi pezsgos poharat diszitettem fel egy baratunknak, aki juniusban hazasodik.

Congratulations Tyler and Hayley!!
Gratulalunk, Tyler es Hayley!!

The flat

One bedroom with a double bed and a wardrobe ( no built-in closet).  The building must be old.  A small bathroom with an open shower, and heated towel rack which is amazing!

Open living room and kitchen.

The apartment was advertised as a furnished apartment, but the furnishing contained of three things.  A bed, a wardrobe and a neon green loveseat.

The lime green love seat.
A neon szinu zold kis ulodolog.  Garnituranak igen csak nem nevezhetem.

The kitchen has a bar area without bar stools. No cups, plates or utensils.

Where are you, my favorite Goodwill?

It had to be IKEA.

First week I'd been there four times.  Only 45 minutes walking.  Good exercise.  I know my friend Sonia would be very proud of me.

We got two barstools, a coffee table, side table and an area rug, and it feels soo much homier already.

A box of a microwave serves as side table.
Egy mikrohullamu suto dobozabol lett egy kis asztalka.

After IKEA
Az IKEA-ban vasaroltunk egy par olcso dolgot.

In the building there are no mailboxes.  When the mail man comes, he drops the envelopes in the stairwell through the mail slot.  After that the first person coming in or out of the building brings it up to the landing and from here it is self served.

Mailboxes or the lack of it.
Ez itt a lakok "postaladaja", vagyis olyan nincs es csak leteszik a foldre a leveleket.

The apartment is in the middle of the city.  Walking street, can't even drive to the house.  The furniture we got had to be carried from another street.

Very close to the famous castle, shopping centers, restaurants, and bars,

Cardiff Castle
Cardiff vara

Our street, from the Castle.  The building is the one with the first Welsh flag.
A mi utcank a varbol fenykepezve.  A Wales-i zaszlo van a haz elott.

I wanted to have a Welcome sign for the front door.  Had to find cheap material because I won't be able to take it home.  I had cardboard boxes so that's what I used.  Previously we bought some ready mixed grout to fix the bathroom a couple of places, and I used that paste on the cardboard to make the background a bit more interesting.

The cardboard piece
Egy karton doboz darabja amire kesobb festettem

The cardboard Welcome sign.
A festett Isten Hozott kis tabla amit a karton papirra festettem.

Thank you for checking back with me, next time I'll try to show you the kitchen.

Cheers!