As I’ve said many times, I’m a big fan of rocks and minerals (evidence: my geode jewelry box and crystal curtain tiebacks). One type that I particularly like is agate slices. So when I saw an overpriced vase with an agate slice on the side, I knew I had to make my own. And now […]
DIY Crystal Curtain Holdbacks
One of my favorite elements to use in my home is rocks. Which doesn’t sound very attractive, but I’m not talking about any old piece of earth. I prefer chunks of marble, fossils, minerals, and crystals. Mostly they just sit around and look pretty, but these particular rocks have a job to do: holding back […]
DIY Cake Stand
Everything looks better on a pedestal. Even in ancient times they put statues up on stands, and at some point somebody decided that cakes and desserts deserve to be treated as objects of worship, too. And so cake stands were invented. The Mosser glass jadeite version kills me (it comes in a bunch of lovely […]
Photo Finish | 25 July 2014
Some experiments with bleach and denim. Not sure what exactly I’m going to end up doing with it, but I like where it’s going. It may not sound super exciting, but this week our big accomplishment was that we finally finished painting our front porch. It’s been a long odyssey of stripping off carpet (ew), […]
DIY Geode Jewelry Box
Turn a plain box into a geode-topped treasure box.
Links I Like
1. Isn’t this brushstroke upholstered bench gorgeous? 2. These honeycomb sugar cookies are super cute (and would go perfectly with my hexagon coasters). 3. I just posted about paint-dipped decor, and here’s a dipped frame to go with that theme. 4. Wake up with this neon coffee set. 5. Wouldn’t these flower combs be perfect […]
DIY Desert Terrarium
For a while now I’ve had a little desert plant that hasn’t seemed to be doing well in my windows. I’ve tried watering it less, I’ve tried watering it more, I’ve tried different locations, and nothing has worked. It’s the kind of yellowish floppy one in the back right of the photos, and since I […]
Rosemary and Pear Cocktail
Pears are one of my favorite fruits, and they just so happen to be in season right now, so I decided to share this delicious pear cocktail. And since everything ties back to the holidays these days, I think it would make a terrific pre-dinner Thanksgiving drink. (Slightly off topic, but have you ever seen […]
DIY Lightbulb Aquarium Tutorial
Earlier this year I came across marimo (literally “ball seaweed”), which look like cute little balls of moss. They’re actually a type of algae ball from Japan that are popular as no maintenance “pets.” I bought mine in a local plant shop (Pistils), but you can also find them on Etsy. This week I decided […]