Recently Steven and I were browsing the fancy mustard aisle at the grocery store, and I remembered that a couple of years ago, I made my own mustards. Condiment companies may have convinced you that you’re better off buying their overpriced jars, but it’s actually easy and fun to make your own mustard. I started […]
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Happy Pi Day! Hope you’re enjoying at least one piece of pie to celebrate 3.14. I’m currently out of town, at a wedding, which is why this post is a bit late. Rumor is they’ll be a pie bar at the reception, though. 1. Wow, this DIY bent-arm chandelier is amazing. 2. Give yourself beautiful temporary gold foil […]
DIY Exfoliating Mint Coffee Soap
I’ve wanted to try making my own soap for a long time. Actually, real soapmaking involves making the soap base from scratch, using lye, oils, and precise measurements. But melt-and-pour soap couldn’t be much easier. It’s all in the name: melt the base, stir in additives like essential oils, herbs, colors or scrubby bits, and […]
DIY Geometric Himmeli Diamonds
Once I got started making himmeli-inspired shapes, I couldn’t stop. The only thing that stopped me from making brass versions of the other straw prototypes I came up with was that my hands were sore from cutting too many brass tubes. But this morning it occurred to me that a cutting wheel on a Dremel […]
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1. Make a lovely moon phase wall mobile. 2. This DIY feminist t-shirt is adorable. 3. This gem mirror almost looks too good to be homemade. 4. Decorate with this gold foil brushstroke pillow. 5. If you’ve ever wished your handwriting was a font, here’s how to make it happen. 6. Turn a cute wire basket into a side table. Materially Crafted: A […]
DIY Himmeli Geometric Gem Decor
Before I started this project I thought the hardest part would be figuring out how to put the shapes together, so I started by practicing with some cocktail straws. I worked out all the kinks with the straw prototypes, and then I moved on to the brass tubing versions. It turns out that cutting the […]
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1. Make using your computer more glamorous with this rose gold leather mousepad. 2. Need some greenery in your life? This hanging jasmine plant would do the trick. 3. Decorate vases with copper in two different ways. 4. Make a neat illuminated glass globe with simple supplies. 5. Build a mid-century side table out of unexpected materials. 6. This […]
Chocolate Coconut Popcorn
Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks, and not just at movies. Maybe it runs in the family, because we used to call one of my grandfathers “Grandpa Popcorn,” due to his addiction to the stuff. His version was drenched in butter and salt, whereas I prefer to air pop it, give it a quick […]
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 […]