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Coffee Mate Girl Scouts Thin Mint

I recently had the opportunity to try out Coffee-mate® Girl Scouts® creamer in the Girl Scouts® Thin Mints® flavor. This yummy flavor took me right back to my Girl Scout days! I can remember selling boxes and boxes of tasty cookies and Thin Mints was my absolute favorite flavor… we always purchased several boxes of that flavor for our family! Nestle® Coffee-mate® is kicking off a campaign called “One Smart Cookie” which celebrates the spirit of making the world a better place through smart, resourceful ideas … which is something that the Girl Scouts are well known for! In honor of this campaign I’ve put together a Life Hack post showing you how I used Vintage and Antique pieces (from around my house) to create a Vintage Coffee Station in my new home!

Coffee Station Before

I was so excited when we moved in to this house and I realized that this little end part of our kitchen was the perfect size for a Coffee Station! As you can see here it’s rather plain and needed some livening up!

Muffin Tin Coffee Organizer

We happen to have a drawer right in that area, so I looked around to find a way to keep the coffee pods organized and this is what I came up with. I used my Antique Muffin tins to store the pods in!

Vintage Coffee Station Drawers

Now if you don’t have a drawer, you could add some vintage drawers to your countertop and store your Coffee or Tea there. You can find these at Antique shops and Flea markets. The metal ones are easier to find than the wooden ones, they are usually less expensive too, but they still look great!

Napkin Holder

I used an old basket on top of the drawers to store paper napkins in. The basket used to belong to my Grandmother.

Coffee Station Antique

I snagged this old Biscuit crate out of my office, it’s the perfect size to hold our Coffee Machine. I liked that this one had a lid, since it hides the cord and outlet behind the coffee maker. An open Crate or Basket would work well too.

 

Sugar

This old Stoneware English Marmalade Jar is perfect for storing spoons (or Coffee Stirrers). You could also use a Mason jar or whatever you have in your vintage collection! The pewter sugar bowl was also my grandmother’s and works well for the Sugar Packets.

Vintage Coffee Station

Both pieces fit nicely in the crate next to the machine, but they are cute enough that they could go on the outside of it too.

Coffee Mate Coffee Station

I bet you have all kinds of fun vintage pieces around your house that you could pull together for a similar look. Just think like a Girl Scout and use what you have! Now it’s time to enjoy the fruits of my labor …

Coffee Mate Girl Scout Creamer

with a delicious cup of coffee flavored with Girl Scouts® Thin Mints® creamer! I love that I can enjoy all the delicious cookie taste, all year long! To learn more about all the fun experiences girls and volunteers have at Girl Scouts, visit www.girlscouts.org/join And for lots of great recipes, tips and DIYs be sure and follow Nestle® Coffee-mate® on Pinterest!

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Comments

  2. Janice says

    I picked up a stunning etched glass antique lampshade thrifting but already had enough lamps in my house. I love how the light coming thru shows the etched design. I cut a piece of plastic out of a clear office page protector and glued it onto the opening where a bulb would have gone thru. I wrapped french lace around the bottom and urned it upright. It sits next to my bathtub holding my bar of milk soap and is the most unusual and beautiful soap container!

  5. steven weber says

    A good one would be to put saran wrap on the end of bananas to keep them from turning brown.

  9. Pendra says

    I can’t wait to see more of your new home, you always have such creative ideas, love this cute little corner of your kitchen. I guess I love to repurpose whatever I can get my hands on. I have an old barrel I have turned into my umbrella and cane holder by the door, I love to change up old picture frames into chalkboards, corkboards, idea boards and one I changed into a tray. I have even used old toile curtains for the backboard of my craftroom bookcases.. It’s fun to think outside of the box! What I could do with $100.00 gift card… off to ARC to look for more goodies!

  11. Lisa says

    What a fun little challenge! I’ve shared the URL on my facebook feed (totally missed the FB share button beneath the post).

  12. Kelly D says

    When we travel, I use a pool noodle under the fitted sheet of the hotel bed to keep my daughter from falling out.

  14. Susan says

    Something I did last weekend was go into the hardware/feed store and look for things to use in jewelry making. A favorite is taking copper tubing and turning it into enameled beads! Fun and inexpensive!

  15. E J says

    I think one of my favorite upcycles is turning a Twin or Full bed into a bench, bench with storage or a planter. It’s a great way to give a new life to an old bed.

  16. Brenda Caldwell says

    I love using the flavored coffee creamers to cook with…I have included them in cake frostings, both bought and homemade, also the cakes themselves. When a dessert recipe calls for cream and I don’t have any on hand, I add the coffee creamer and it’s even better with it : )

  18. Nancy Blue Moon says

    Thin Mints have always been my Girl Scout favorite too Karen..I have to taste this creamer..YUM..Thanks for the chance to win!

  19. Rosie says

    I’m amazed at the timing of seeing this post. I was just talking with someone from long ago, we used to use old cable spools for tables when we were young, and I also recall using crates as chairs!!!! It was cute and funky. Also using old crates stacked as open cabinets!

  21. Nancy Carr says

    When flying to keep the seat in front of you from reclining into your lap place a water bottle between the tray and the back of the seat. Then the person won’t be able to recline in that seat.

    • susan says

      I just watched on ABC news this morning about this incident. A guy used a product called “knee defender” to stop the person in front from reclining. The woman in front could not lean back and she was not happy. They got into a heated argument and the pilot was forced to make emergency landing mid-way. Those two people are kicked off the plane.

      United Airline tells ABC news that they do not allow the use of knee defender.
      http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/knee-defender-led-planes-emergency-landing-25125881

  22. Teddee says

    Icy Hot ointment, which is actually for sore muscles, is great for sinus congestion. Rub it on your forehead and the back of your neck. Just be careful not to get it in your eyes. I expect any ointment for sore muscles would work.

  25. Vanessa B says

    Mine is Keurig too! Nothing like a steaming cup of joe at a moments notice anytime of the day 🙂 Thank You!

  27. Nicole says

    I brake off the clip ends on those plastic pant hangers for chip/bag clips. Simple solution that work just as good as the store bought ones.

  31. Erin Kaven says

    I remove furniture rings on my furniture by rubbing them with ash from my neighbors fireplace (my house doesn’t have one._

  33. Laura says

    I like to purchase bottle brushes for baby bottles at a dollar-type store and use them to help clean and get out lint from the lint trap holder behind the lint trap in my dryer.

    Thanks for the chance to enter!

  34. cheryl says

    I had a coffee station set up in my house too. As usual, you have a good eye for design and I love mostly all of your choices…especially the old wooden file drawers for the pods. Perfect. (I use the exact same marmalade jar for my coffee spoons too although they remain inside the cupboard due to lack of counter space). The only suggestion I have is that if you get tired of the crate, use a tray instead and another tray standing on its side could hide the outlet and cord.

    I so enjoy your blog and all of the images you send us. You’re so generous and it is greatly appreciated! Thank you Karen

    Cheryl

  36. Sylvia says

    I use pony tail bands to keep gift wrap rolls tidy! No reason to buy those fancy gift wrap sleeves or anything else, Just get a nice little pack of pony tail bands and keep them in with your wrapping supplies. The larger ones will work for ribbon spools, too!!!

  37. Donna Self says

    I found a old tall office mailbox sorter with all the slots and use it to store all my cake and cookie mixes in. you can see in an instant what you have or what you need to buy to keep it stocked with your favorite mixes.

  38. Marsha Lamberth says

    I love to use inexpensive contact paper in my Cricut die cutting machine instead of the much more expensive crafting vinyl.

  40. TPowers Lady of Dunan says

    Sweet I love this kind of stuff thanks Karen!
    OK so I use re-purposed containers for the following: (Be sure to run them through the dish washer first).
    Plastic sorbet containers with screw on lids are now home to craft supplies. They are clear and hold a large amount of beads, guitar picks, jump rings etc..
    Plastic Rice Containers. Hold paint brushes and tube paints.
    Plastic Laundry Containers (Pod type) Hold large supplies like rolls of material that you want to keep dust free and you can pretty all of these up with cute images from the Graphics Fairy! Yea!

  41. Sandra Dee says

    I love using pretty containers as planters. I’ve used old tea cups, collanders, whatever is available. I currently have a vintage sugar bowl (just like yours) with a succulent.

  42. Sandy Lewis says

    I use pants clips from the big box store that starts with a W to keep my chip bags and cereal bags closed. They are inexpensive, last forever and don’t have those darned springs that cause one side to fly across the kitchen at odd times. Thank you for the good reading here – picking up some wonderful tips. Thank you also for a chance to win.

  43. Donna Hutchings says

    I order to keep bacon from shrinking, I always dredge it in flour before cooking. It’s a trick I learned from the original Eloise.

  44. Sandi Allen says

    Love your coffee station! What a wonderful idea.
    I use bounce dryer sheets to do my dusting. Base boards, top of DVD player, lamp shades, end tables etc….

  45. Cat von Hassel-Davies says

    I have Kayak racks on the roof of my car, the four ends above each door stick out a little to far and people are always hitting their head against them. I now use pool noodles to cover the four ends, the soft foam is enough to cushion the ends.

  47. Sherry says

    For $1.00 at the thrift store I found a large, fancy engraved aluminium serving tray which was missing one handle. With the missing handle side facing the back, it is the perfect size to fit the narrow space on my counter next to the sink under the dish draining rack.

  52. Sandy says

    First of all, I love your coffee bar! I recently made one in my kitchen too. can’t wait to try the thin mint coffee creamer because those are my favorite Girl Scout cookies! I use old maple syrup, glass vinegar jars and whatever else. I can find that’s glass in a cool shape and decorate them to look like fancy perfume and decorative bottles.

  53. Sherlynn Miller says

    I used a large vintage peanut butter crock with a 1940’s hospital stool to make an end table. My husband made a round wooden top for the crock so it is an end table with storage space.

  54. Suzan says

    I have a large number of silverplate pieces. I never use polish to clean them. For large pieces, I line my kitchen sink with inexpensive foil from the dollar store, add a about a 1/4 c. of baking soda and 1 tablespoon of salt and pour in boiling water to a depth of about 5 or 6 inches. In go my silver pieces and they come out tarnish free. A quick wipe with a clean, damp cloth and buffing with a dry cloth and I have perfect silver that looks like I took hours to clean. For smaller pieces like flatware, I buy the aluminum pans from the dollar store and use the same ingredients (cut by half). They are great and can be used several times before having to toss.

  56. Ellie W says

    I keep a box of latex gloves in my pantry. They are very reasonably priced for a large box. I grab a pair and wear them whenever I handle raw meat or other messy job.

  59. Brenda Newberry says

    I love to look around the thrift stores and hardware stores and give items a new life as a piece of art. Currently in love with copper and metal shaping. My wire hangers are in danger of becoming yard art in the spring. Happy crafting!

  60. Lady_D says

    I use a 30+ year-old plate rack to hold an assortment of my music cds. Meant for about one dozen small plates, it holds about 2 dozen cds in the jewel cases so I can keep some of my favorite music at my fingertips.

  61. Cindy ziliak says

    I separate my bananas when I put them in my fruit bowl. They seem to last longer! I also freeze leftover coffee in ice cube trays to make coffee shakes!

  62. Doris says

    I use our old faded t-shirts as towels for my hair after my shampoo so they would not get frizzy. Works better than towels!

  70. Kimmy Ripley says

    I like to make and freeze meals ahead of time so I can just thaw them out and heat them up when I don’t have time to prepare a meal.

  73. Erin says

    I utilize the space above my kitchen cabinets by using “old” wooden crates of various sizes, textures, and colors to hold all of my holiday baking items that I use maybe once or twice a year. l try to find or make a box with a Christmas color or theme for the Christmas cookie cutters and cake pans, etc. Karen always has fantastic images to use!

  74. Jaclyn Reynolds says

    Use olive oil in boiling water to keep a pot of cooking noodles from overflowing!

  76. Denise says

    I buy pool noodles from the dollar store, cut them up, and insert the pieces into my boots to keep the leg part from folding over and making a crease.

  77. Mary Jenkins says

    I buy those straight razors intended for eyebrow shaping and carry them in my purse for stray patches of hair on my legs. This saved me so many times during bikini season!

  78. Honey says

    I use a vintage school card catalog to store my husband’s collection of baseball cards. The best part…the card catalog is from a school where he used to work!

  80. Jami C. says

    I have a mason jar fetish, so I use them for everything—decor, organizing, vases and of course canning!

  86. Elle says

    I re purpose everything – old chairs, tables, picture frames, etc… there is really no reason not to take the time to fix something up and re use it.

  88. Cheryl W says

    Hmm my comment did post, but my tweet did. So here it goes again. I like to repurpose milk jugs for all sorts of crafts and storage.

  94. LAMusing says

    You can remove wood stain from your hands with cheese. Yep, seriously – rub a piece of cheese (I used cheddar) on you hands and that wood stain comes right off!

  121. shelly peterson says

    I like to use dryer sheets in drawers and linen cupboards to keep things smelling fresh.
    cshell090869 at aol dot com

  126. Betty C says

    I like making a room smell good with eucalyptus leaves or orange peel simmering in my mini crock pot.

  133. Lisa Kubin says

    OMG! Such wonderful ideas! I have saved sooooo many! My idea is to use 3M clear hangers in a row to hang up all of my jewelry (necklaces and bracelets) in my closet so I can see everything and find the pieces that match best!

    Lisa K.

  134. Laura says

    I reuse cereal and granola bar boxes for storage, small ones cut in half are great for gravy packets. I use coconut oil as a lotion and leave – in hair conditioner.

  135. DESIREE H says

    I use toothpaste on a pimple if I get one on my face. 🙂 It helps the redness and swelling. Seriously.

  136. TerriSue says

    When my daughter was learning to crawl, she is now 31 but we did the same thing with her daughter who is now 7, to keep her dresses from getting caught under her knees and ripping, I would gather up her dress when she went down on the floor in the back and just secure it with a clothespin. The clothespin kept all the gathers up out of the way but was gone in an instant if someone came to the door and I wanted her to look pretty.

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