Coat Hanger

We are just in a DIY mood lately. It must be the fresh country air.

I posted earlier about cool wall hooks I've been seeing. So I decided to make my own!

I'll be posting the steps as I do them.

First, i printed out a honeycomb image I found online.
Then I cut out each hexagon using an Xacto knife.

It took a long time.

Especially since I was indulging in wine.



Then I painted the piece of wood yellow! Or maybe I painted the piece of wood yellow, and THEN cut out the stencil.



And then, using very amateur stenciling techniques, I put the tile on the piece of wood, and using a black sponge paint brush, I sort of mushed in the blue paint into the hexagon spaces. Obviously, it needs a tad touching up.

So, that's it so far. I finished the piece of wood. Still have to fix up the yellow spots. And buy some kind of hooks tomorrow to screw on. !! Can't wait to hang all the stuff on our floors on it!

See the rest here!

Turkeys!

Thank you, Martha Stewart, for showing me that anything is possible. (Hire me?)

A pine cone, feathers, and pipe cleaner. My goodness.

Pompoms!!

Find more utterly delightful table decorating ideas here. You'll gobble them up! (!!!!!!!)

EmbroiderBling

For a while now I've been fantasizing about a series of things called EmbroiderBling. Finally, I finished one! I can't tell if it looks good or like a 4 year decided to do her own thing in art class. Thoughts?

See more pics here

Modge Podge Vase!

After months of wanting to do this, I finally made one! All it takes is an empty wine bottle (or any glass bottle. Or plastic I guess!), Modge Podge, and pretty tissue paper.


I cut the letters out of brightyellow legal pad paper, but you can't really tell in the pictures. In reality its much brighter and more vivid.

I love it. I can't wait to get a big single daisy to put in it, or maybe a branch to hang jewelry on.

Record Lamp

My mom just gave me a stack of 45's, and I knew right then and there I had to make a lamp. My initial vision was making something more like a globe, with the light bulb in the middle. But after laboriously boiling portions of the records and getting unhealthily covered in epoxy glue, I decided to call it quits and have a half globe kind of hanging lamp shade. It looks pretty great, but I have yet to get a good picture of it! What do you think? Etsy worthy?

Celphlapods and owls- the new robots and unicorns?

I like to think of myself up on the trends. Though I may use the word "hip" too much, which negates any genuine hipness I possess. In any event, I have been noticing cephalopods and owls everywhere lately. In cups and bowls at Target, on necklaces on Etsy, and even stationary and notebooks. Here is a round up of some of my favorites. Post links to your own and build on this collection!

Sweatshirt from 1aeon

A new pendant from yours truly

Necklace from Untamed Menagerie

Tie from Jes Switaj

The Bright Side Project

I came across this delightful website tonight during my nightly toodling on the internet.  Every day a new artist is featured, and a question is posed to readers. One lucky reader who responds to the questions wins whatever that artist is giving away! Fantastic idea, and a bright and sunshine filled site as well. Check it out! The Bright Side Project.