DIY Hanging Mason Jar Lantern or Vase.. Make it for MOM! Hi!
And dare I say, how’s it hanging? Yep, great here too Now I’ve got a question for you!! Want to learn how to make this sweet hanging Mason Jar? I am wired up and fired up to share with you, my dearlen’ readers! And yes, this would be perfect for Mother’s Day! Talk about an inexpensive, heartfelt, handmade gift! DIY Design Community « Keywords: DIY, Craft, Inspiration, Mason Jars. As Chris mentioned a few weeks ago, mason jars have exploded (again?)
Onto the craft and DIY scenes. Mason Jar Sunday {DIY Mason Storage from Liz Marie!} Today’s Mason Jar Sunday comes in the form of a DIY guest post from one of my favorite fellow bloggers, Liz Marie!
If you haven’t yet met her in this wonderful blogging world, go say hello! All photos in this post are credited to Liz. I’ll let Liz take it away… One of my favorite elements for interior design costs less than two dollars at your local grocery store. That’s right, Mason Jars. How to hack together a modular Cat Ladder from Ikea bits - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community. My cats are bored.
If you're honest with yourself, yours probably are, too--let's face it, the average urban dwelling doesn't offer much in the way of excitement for felines genetically predispositioned to hunting in the jungle. So, in order to give them some exploration options (and because I thought it would be adorable), I decided to give them access to the top of my entertainment center from the back of one of my couches via a series of shelves spaced on the wall at with cat-navigatable spacing, aka a Cat Ladder. (couch on the left, entertainment center on the right) Paper Fortune Cookie Favors by La La Laurie. Furoshiki - Wrapping. How to Make Crayon Monogram.
Messenger bag. Last Friday, I mentioned there possibly was a tutorial in the works for little H.'s bag.
How to reuse glass jars in the home. Hung to Life: Hanging Vases. Dining Room Projects, Part I. There were lots of fun little projects from my dining room redo that I have been anxious to share with you all!
I started writing this post thinking that I could get it all in one long entry, but I think this is going to be a two-parter!! First up, I've had these little brass and lucite lamps for a long time now. They are sort of a little too...fancy for my taste, but I liked the scale in the room. I wanted the shades to have a little color and texture so I ordered some grasscloth wallpaper samples to use for covering the lamp shades. But, thankfully, the order got messed up, and I was able to find this grasscloth for $3/yd at a fabric store in Philadelphia (BTW, if you live anywhere near Philly, please go check out Fabric Row! {And yes, that is my big baby belly popping into the shot! This was a really simple project. Once all the side were covered, I trimmed the grasscloth down all the way to the edge of the shade. After some drying time, I carefully glued and folded down the edges. DIY Origami Brooch. DIY Origami Brooch by Rolando Robinson for Honestly…WTF The inspiration behind this brooch derived from this video, by soul-pop group Quadron.
Since origami is such a huge part of my art, I especially gravitated to this video with a huge liking for it. To begin this process, you must begin by making the components in which you will assemble at the end. Step one consists of making the small triangular shapes which can be found here. DIY Leyendecker Dress. When Lisa and Jessica of Leyendecker confessed to us their love of DIYs, we immediately jumped at the opportunity to collaborate with the designing duo.
Not only are we in love with their line, we are huge fans of the charming and talented ladies themselves. You can imagine how much fun we had spending the entire day crafting in their LA studio! Drawing inspiration from Leyendecker’s signature trims and unique handmade details, we’ll show you how you can easily make your very own lacy fringed dress. You’ll need:a long plain tee or dressa half skein of yarna lace applique or lace doily cut into the shape of the collar of the teea pair of scissorsa legal sized file folder Start by measuring the bottom hem of the t-shirt to determine how may tassels to add. Wrap yarn around a legal sized file folder approximately 12-14 times.
Using a dowel or pair of scissors, pierce small holes into the tee using the marks as a guide. Painted Detail on My Kitchen Island. Last weekend was perfect.
Mother's Day was lovely - Michael and the girls surprised me with a necklace I've been eying for a while and a gorgeous bunch of peonies. The arrangement was so pretty that I thought it was a good excuse to break out the camera and take some 'after shots' of my kitchen island that I've been meaning to share with you. This old dresser was one of the very first things Michael and I bought as a married couple. We got it for almost nothing at a thrift store in Arizona. It's been about 20 different colors over the years and the hardware's changed a half dozen times.
DIY Box Braid Necklace. The moment we saw Phillip Lim‘s Box Braid Collar Necklace, we were immediately overcome with a wave of nostalgia. DIY Wrap Bracelet. You should all know by now that we are all about stacking bracelets on our wrists.
The more, the better. In fact . . . the most, the best!