Happy Friday! Since I had surgery on my knee and hip on Monday, this has been a weird week for me. I’ve spent most of it laid up in bed, on lots of painkillers, which means I really haven’t gotten much done. Luckily my dear husband has been taking great care of me. Despite being a little bit loopy and feeling not-so-great some of the time, I’m healing up, and looking forward to someday having a leg that works better.

This week the first piece I wrote for Curbly went live, about stupid and expensive mistakes I’ve made as a first-time homeowner. In the hopes of saving other people from making similar mistakes, I got real about some dumb stuff I’ve done in my home.

Tanya’s beautiful results have me dying to try out alcohol inks. Luckily she goes over everything you need to know to make your own alcohol ink art.

These linen pajamas sound dreamy.

Wow, what a gorgeous DIY headboard.

I posted about DIY embroidery kits recently, and if you’d like to try out a simpler version, this cute embroidered monstera leaf wall art would be a great place to start.