At least some of these modern-looking geometric shapes are inspired by Himmeli, which are hanging Scandinavian ornaments originally made out of straw and thread. These have been popular around the blogosphere for quite some time now, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon pretty late, but they’ve really grown on me to the point where I […]
Faux Fur Scarf DIY
I’ve been wanting to make a colorful faux fur scarf ever since I posted this roundup of inspiration back in November. In the meantime I encountered even more examples of colorful faux fur looking stylish. From left to right: This slideshow, Anthropologie, this slideshow. Although spring is well on its way here in Portland, I know […]
DIY Fringe Tassel
Aside from going out and buying a pre-made one, this is definitely the easiest way to get your hands on a tassel. And unlike the pre-made ones, when you make your own you have lots more options for the color and size.While I was looking for the embroidery thread to make these tassels with, I […]
DIY Tassel Earrings
After I posted my tutorial for a tassel chain necklace last week, I started thinking about different types of tassels, and how to make them. I’ve shared a tutorial for how to make leather bag tassels and beaded tassels, but I had never made tassels from thread. So I made two different versions, one from embroidery […]
DIY Chain Tassel Necklace
After I went a few months without being able to go down into my basement, when I finally did make it back down there, I was dismayed by how messy it was. So I started trying to organize some of my supplies. While doing so, I came across a whole lot of random lengths of […]
DIY Felt Resolution Banner
I’m not big on traditional resolutions, but when everyone else is talking about them it’s easy to come up with things I’d like to do differently in life. And then I’m liable to forget about them five minutes later. So this year I decided to make myself a little visual reminder of a few things […]
DIY Reversible Leather and Felt Coasters
Learn how to make these reversible leather and felt coasters.
DIY Gift Guides
For the last couple of years I’ve done round-ups of DIY gift ideas. (I also included buy-able gifts in last year’s guides.) I’m terribly behind with my Christmas shopping, but just looking through some of these old round-ups is inspiring. So if you’re still planning to make some (or all) of your gifts this year, […]
DIY Glittery Geometric Paper Ornaments
I mentioned last week that I was excited about Christmas this year, and I really must be, since last year we waited so long to get a tree that they were on sale by the time we got one, and this year we have one already. Since we didn’t have many interesting ornaments, I decided […]