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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: nautical decorating, shadow box, starfish project
Slip On Over
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Craftiness
I showed you our fancy new slipcovers that we found at Overstock.com last week. I finally finished the homemade version for our ottoman. This thing was in seriously bad shape. The dogs had used it as a doormat to wipe their muddy paws, there was that red gatorade incident and the cross country trek didn’t [...]
Tags: ottoman slipcover tutorial, sewing
crafting up shirts
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness, Happy Homemakers
I don’t know if it’s the small town gal in me or the sorority girl but something about big life events drives me to commemorate the day through t-shirts. Even Matt joins in on this one. He actually won a t-shirt design contest for his Eastern Iowa Cub Scouts (Hawkeye Area Council for all of [...]
Tags: fun stuff, moving, t-shirt making
Take a Seat
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Craftiness
This is going to be one heck of a post ladies (and gents? Are there any out there?). I have FINALLY finished the chairs. You know, the ones I started 2 months ago?
With my first upholstery project completed I can tell you that you need to be equal parts crazy adventurous, cheap and [...]
Tags: DIY project, garage sale find, reupholstery
Wordle
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Craftiness, Decorating
We’re always on the lookout for inexpensive “art".” I saw Katie’s idea about creating a collage representative of their favorite places. I immediately wanted one for Des Moines. We love it here. We started our married life here and have so many memories so we’re pretty sentimental. I wouldn’t want to be around me on [...]
Tags: inexpensive art, inside projects, Wordle
