Ooh, Shiny!
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Craftiness
Excuse me while I jump on the Mercury Glass bandwagon. I just love the look of it. So pretty and weathered.
I didn’t really feel like shelling out any moolah for this look so like any good blogger, I headed deep into the interwebs for a DIY tutorial. I found tons. Here, here, and here. [...]
Tags: crafts, Mercury glass tutorial, tea lights, votives
Moonlighting
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
Happy Friday! I’m posting a fun (and easy!) craft today over at the fabulous site HowDoesShe? Hop on over and check them out. Be warned though, you’ll be there for awhile. So many great ideas!
Tags: crafts, guest post, how does she
Beans: The Magical Fruit
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
I’ve had my eye on these shell balls (insert that’s what she said joke here) for awhile now. I love the texture and they’re pretty unique.
I just couldn’t part with $50 of my hard earned cash this close to the holidays. I decided to take on this project as a crafting adventure. I gathered my [...]
Tags: crafts, projects, shell ball
Fashion Finds
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness, Happy Homemakers
This weekend Matt and I hit up the famed Los Angeles Fashion District. I was in the market for some new fabric for a couple of new ruffle-y aprons and Matt loves ogling the downtown buildings. So, we were off! I followed Dana’s advice over at MADE. I stopped by Michael Levine’s shop and a [...]
Tags: FIDM, LA fashion district, Michael Levine, santee alley, shopping
Pillow Toss
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
I picked up these brown pillow covers at Ikea when we first arrived in Santa Monica. It was kind of an impulse purchase. We hadn’t painted yet but I needed something to replace the dog eaten pillows. They weren’t that bad so I left them alone.
I finally got up enough gumption to find [...]
Tags: apartment DIY, easy projects, throw pillows
CSI Project
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
I’ve found a great new site that features projects from all over the web. You may have already heard of it- the CSI Project. Each week they have a new theme for project submissions and a guest judge chooses a top project. It’s a great way to find some inspiration for your upcoming projects. Last [...]
Tags: CSI makeovers, top 10 projects
Map it Out
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness, Decorating
I was on another kick to find a way to add some fun, inexpensive art to our new home. My brother dutifully delivered an Iowa road map to me on his vacation to visit us.
I simply rolled it out, used the mat as a guide and cut it out. Wha-lah!
In only 10 minutes I [...]
Tags: DIY, easy projects, office, road map art
You + Me
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
We’ve had a blank wall above our bed since we moved in. Bo-ring. I didn’t want to spend much (re:any) money on art since this isn’t our forever home but I hated the white expanse that was our room.
I thought about ordering a vinyl decal with our initials on it. Again, back to that zero [...]
Tags: cheap art, crafts, master bedroom
Ahh, memories
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
Since we’re all sentimental about our first home I decided to keep one of our keys *note to new homeowners, we’re totally not going to crash your pad. It’s been in our new junk drawer for a few weeks and I decided to get crafty and get that baby displayed.
I scooped up some scrapbooking [...]
Shining Star(fish)
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness
So I saw this idea featured on The Nesting Place. Alisa made this great shadow box of starfish and I had to have it! Cute huh?
Well, I checked out Michael’s for starfish. $4 a pop. No thanks. I followed Alisa’s advice and went to Ebay and found a steal of a deal. 50 starfish [...]
