Posted on | February 9, 2011 | 26 Comments
seems i couldn’t go anywhere on the world wide web lately without seeing someone doing a fun tutorial on yarn wreaths. i swooned at the cuteness, and the loveliness of making something that can be used all year long. made myself a mental note to grab the wreath form next time i was at michaels. and then! like the craft gods knew i needed to make one, they placed a form and some bags of yarn at goodwill for a price i couldn’t say no to. how convenient!
so the other day, during a nugget nap, i sat down and wrapped to my little hearts content. then i wrapped some more. i kept wrapping. and after all that wrapping, some felt flower magic and some hot glue, i had a sweet little accessory for our crib.
i used this tutorial from my friend morgan for the wreath and this one, also from morgan, for the flowers. i got the wittle brown flowers at a local craft place called artco.
now? i want to wrap everything in yarn! i want to make sixty three more wreaths. it’s fun, cute and addictive. and soooo much easier than knitting, which i attempted to learn (thanks bree) and just can’t seem to get into (imma keep trying though). if you need me, i’ll be hunched over my glue gun, under a pile of yarn and felt. seriously, make one of these.
here are some gorgeous ones i’ve found around the interwebz to inspire you! and if you really aren’t crafty, then buy one. but really, it was simple and fun to create. you can doo eet!
via knock knocking
via itzfitz
via astrausa
and most definitely my next project, yarn wrapped letters! so much more fun than painting. i absolutely love the look of these, and what she did with her letters, be sure to check it out here!
happy wrapping!
Posted on | July 20, 2010 | 28 Comments
yesterday i left goodwill very few dollars lighter and with a few super awesome things. i will never get sick of looking for cute stuff with potential in a sea of well, gross stuff with no potential. my possibly favorite find was this little wooden deer statue (or as kenny called it, “oddly-long-necked/long-legged-bunny”, which i suppose i cannot argue with). i snatched it up so fast, because seriously, what was this precious thing doing here? how has no one taken it? HAVE PEOPLE NO TASTE? anywho, i adore it. i was going to leave it be, but all i could see in my mind was him being turquoise. so turquoise he became.
the cute little yellow balls on sticks? i got that inspiration from my friend Morgan over at mrs. priss. only i could not find the balls pre-packaged anywhere, so i bought some silk floral crap that had them on the branches and sprayed them with a bit of yellow spray paint, then jammed them on wooden kebab sticks. TA NA! of course, i put them in one of my many milk glass vases, because like i’ve said before, OBSESSED.
i also picked up this old frame and decided it would be a perfect home for some of my necklaces. since i had the turquoise paint out and i love the color unreasonable amounts, i did it the same color. i’m pretty happy with how it came out, and i’m going to keep my eye out for more frames and things for the rest of my giant necklace collection. wouldn’t it be cute to make a little frame collage?
lastly, i scored this little chair and side desk for the H monster for $3.99. she absolutely LOVES it. she sits in it and reads books and eats snacks and exclaims “CHAIR!”. i’m glad she likes it because i literally sanitized the thing within an inch of it’s plastic life. i could do without the same songs and sayings as every fisher price toy we have, but that is what on-off buttons are for right? and if necessary, removal of batteries. because really? WE GET THAT IT’S LEARNING TIME.
the moral of the story? thrifting owns mah face. i can never quit you, goodwill. even with the mouth breathing, really old people milling about and the whatnot, you own my face FOREVER.
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Posted on | June 25, 2010 | 30 Comments
a trip to goodwill is like a drug for me. searching through the shelves for treasures is thrilling, and there are moments when i actually ALMOST understand those people on Hoarders. almost. but don’t go calling a&e or go looking for flatcats at MY house. the best part about thrifting is that it’s, well, thrifty. and if you have the time and patience, you can find some amazing things. just be sure to bring hand sanitizer and try to mouth breathe if at all possible.
today i took a trip to our nearest gw on a whim and i found some rad shtuff. this KICK ACE frame was a whopping 99 cents. at first i picked it up and then put it back because it didn’t have glass. STUPID. who needs glass? i came home and during naptime, put different patterned papers in it that i already had. 99 cents later, new art for the guest bath.
my newest obsession is milk glass. we really need to get a house so i can have room to get me a nice big hutch so i can really go bat poop crazy on this stuff. today i found this really pretty bowl and 2 cute vases. yes, i did at one time pay money for fake plastic lemons. thanks for asking.
(placemat from target. the lemons, too.)
since the nugget was still sleeping and i was on a crafty/organizing binge (see, not a hoarder!), i decided to finally finish my wine cork board that had literally sitting on our dining room table for months (crap. i’m NOT a hoarder!). you too can make a wine cork board. first step, drink wine. like, a lot. NOT all at one time because the one i made is roughly one square foot and it took over 100 corks and you could really hurt yourself or embarrass yourself or even possibly buy something you don’t need like this puppet from the bloggess. either save your corks for a really long time, like i did, or buy some on ebay (i’m serious). anywho, i found this frame thingy at goodwill a few months back. i could tell by looking at it that it used to be a wooden calendar of some sorts. i painted it brown, and got a piece of chalk board for the top. if i were to do it again, i’d paint it with a white crackly antique-y. i may still do that.
any quotes that you have that is better than EAT are welcomed. ’cause LAME.
you can really do this with lot’s of old frames. all i did was use hot glue to attach the corks in a herringbone pattern. be sure to only use actual cork ones. the plastic-y ones aren’t so easy to stick pushpins into, and in my opinion it doesn’t look as good (although i suppose my opinion doesn’t really matter when it comes to your kitchen). if you have any other questions, leave them in the comments and i can answer them.
well friends, i hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Posted on | April 7, 2010 | 76 Comments
welcome to Harper’s nursery! since i wasn’t bloggin’ here when H came along, i never got to make a pretty post about her room that we worked so hard to create. i often get emails and comments after posting a photo of her room asking about various items, so i thought it would be doubly fun to make a nursery tour. i would have done it video style but well, my voice annoys to me to no end on camera and this way you can just read my commentary. :] i hope you guys enjoy.
welcome!
Scot and i worked diligently to make this room a fun and soothing place for Harper to call home. i will never forget the hours we spent on it and times i sat in here before she came just folding and refolding things and wondering what she’d be like.
guard dogs.
we bought these prints through etsy seller brian rubenacker and they could not look more like lulu and stella. we knew (hoped) that H would have a great bond with them and so we got these for her room. i love them!
i heart this rug. we got it from Target and it’s supposed to be a bear, but it’s up for debate. it looks like it could be a hippo or a big. so we just call it the hippobearapig rug. it’s huge and awesome.
i love all the tiny touches that her room holds. special things from special people fill her nursery, and that is important to me. i made 2 of those pillows (the bird and the fawn one) in my first attempts at crafting. the owlie pillow was made by my friend emily. the bookshelf (which is old, and we repainted) holds favorite books, cute trinkets from family, an awesome piggybank (from target) and photos of her as a tiny baby. a CD player sits on top that plays her favorite lullabies every night as she goes to sleep.
this ikea shelf above the changing table is a lifesaver. we put little baskets that hold everything from socks to diaper creme to binkies to thermometers. but of course there is still room for the cute. i downloaded this cute print from feed your soul, and put it in a frame from ross. the lamp is also from ikea and the adorable cat? an amazing gift from my MIL and her trip to Paris.
my very favorite corner (uh, minus the diaper pail…heh). my mom refinished this glider and then sewed the cover, and she also knitted that yellow blanket for Harper. she made me one just like it when i was a baby, but in rainbow yarn and i still have it. the “H” we got at michaels and painted white. we bought the wall decal on etsy and i couldn’t be more thrilled with it. it came with enough birds so that they are sprinkled around the room, perched atop various things or flying around (see the little guy on the window sill? he’s my favorite buddy). i found a cute birdcage hook at joann’s and placed it so it looks like it’s hanging from the branch.
these paper lanterns are by martha stewart’s party decor line. meh. it’s always a party in Harper’s room. i love what they add to the space. “all because two people fell in love” plaque is from target (sensing a theme here? my husbands wallet sure does).
Scot’s favorite project was making Harper;s name above her crib. i wanted something a little less common, and he did an amazing job. we ordered plain wooden letters online and got the moulding and corner pieces from home depot. painted it all white and he cut to make the frame. since i’m not a dude, i don’t know the logistics of how it’s on there, but if you really need to know i’m sure i can ask him. :]
because i get wild hairs, Harper must often succumb to my crafting experiments. this is the first clippy holder i made (i’ve improved since then) and a few canvases i painted and decorated with paper and buttons.
Harper’s room has definitely changed a little as she has grown and her needs and likes have changed, but i can say it’s my favorite room in the house. it’s where i rocked her as a newborn, changed tiny diapers and have watched a crib go from the highest setting to the lowest. i’ve sat on the floor and gotten teary while i put away newborn clothes, listened to the humming of her sleep sheep just to watch her sleeping. i still remember vividly peeking in when Scot was painting and yet here we are. so many things ahead of us in this room.
i hope you guys enjoyed it. it was super fun to do, so thanks for stopping by to see it! if you see something and have more questions just leave it in the comments and i will answer!
post summary: Harper has a cool room. ours however isn’t even painted. we know who runs this house.
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