1. Sew a cool leather bucket bag with this tutorial. 2. Organize your stuff with this super-simple memo board. 3. Spice up your photo display with copper paint. 4. Love this unique hanging vase holder. 5. If macarons aren’t already photogenic enough, take them over the top by making floral macarons. 6. Make the packaging […]
10 Last-Minute DIY Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
When you have a busy life, it can be too easy for holidays like Mother’s Day to sneak up on you. You know it’s coming, but you think you have plenty of time, until suddenly it’s Friday and the holiday is on Sunday. I shared a couple of ideas recently (eye magnets and a striped […]
DIY Eye Magnets
Make your own eye magnets out of clay and paint.
Links I Like
1. I love this midcentury-modern-inspired hanging planter. 2. Make your own hexagon trays to beautify your desk or vanity. 3. This mirror on stilts looks like a fun project. 4. I’m dying to sew myself a skirt using this pleated skirt tutorial. 5. This week I made my own succulent terrarium, but this succulent garden is super pretty, too. 6. This […]
Striped Succulent Terrarium
One thing I definitely inherited from my mom is a love of plants. She has extensive gardens, and often during the summer she doesn’t stop weeding and planting until it’s too dark to see (although I wouldn’t be surprised if she kept going with a headlamp). While growing up, often I was drafted into helping, […]
My DIY Industrial Pendant Light
Lately I’ve been working on house projects that we’ve been meaning to tackle ever since we moved in a year ago (see bathroom painting). We go back and forth between “What’s the hurry? We have years ahead of us to get this stuff done!” and worrying that we’ll get so used to the status quo that […]
DIY Inspiration: Mesh Inserts
Lately I’ve been seeing clothes with mesh inserts that I really like. It’s easy for sheer inserts to read as super sexy, but I’m especially drawn to the looser pieces that are more sporty or casual. A sewing pattern would be easy to modify to add inserts, or you could start with an existing garment and […]
Mini Bathroom Makeover
Before: After: I kind of can’t believe that we’ve lived in this house for a year, and until a few days ago, we hadn’t done anything to the upstairs bathroom. It felt like until we could give it a full makeover, why bother? Now it feels a thousand times better to be in the room, though. […]
Links I Like
1. This copper pipe vase/candle holder would make a lovely table centerpiece. 2. Printing your own eye print pillow cover might be easier than you think. 3. These free bird printables would be a great spring decor update. 4. Make pretty clay and gold foil necklaces. 5. I never thought I’d want to make my own toilet accessory, but these fancy toilet paper […]