Ombre crafts are all the rage these days – and I love them all. I love the look of ombre and wanted to make some ombre wall art for my apartment (in my never ending quest to make stuff to put on walls). (more…)
September 2012 archive
DIY Owl Crafts: Owl Figurines Makeover
Who loves owls? Oh me, me, me! I love them. That might be kind of obvious from my owl wall art and owl mosaic. But I wasn’t totally crazy about the owl figurines above.
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DIY Smash Book
I’ve been seeing these “mixed media journals” AKA SMASH books everywhere – they have them at the craft store, in blog posts – everyone has one, but no one can really explain what it is. I guess it’s like a scrapbook but not necessarily with photos. You can stick magazine clippings, concert tickets, maps, brochures – whatever you want in it. (more…)
DIY Pumpkin Crafts: Wine Cork Pumpkin
I’ve been saving up my wine corks for crafts for a while, and finally decided to make something with them – my first pumpkin craft of the season! (more…)
Fall Bucket List 2012
Well these seemed to be a lot more rare last year, but I have seen them popping up all over this year. This is my version of the Fall bucket list. (more…)
DIY Reusable Check List
I have a semi-long story about a really fast project I made for my dogs. I have two pug dogs: Petey and Roscoe. Petey is a year and a half and Roscoe is seven years old. We got both of them from dog rescues last year.
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DIY Anthropologie-Inspired Dollar Store Necklace
I found this bib/collar necklace at Anthropologie (pictured on right) that I really liked, but like most things at Anthropologie, it was just too darned expensive. So I made my own version using dollar store supplies. (more…)
DIY Chandelier Painting
I’ve been really wanting a chandelier for a while now…but in an apartment that you rent (as opposed to own) that’s kind of silly. So I just painted one instead! (more…)