Get Motivated: Free Spring Prints for Your Office
I'm blaming this excruciatingly long winter as the reason why I haven't been productive lately. I usually find Spring to be a motivating season; with projects blooming right along with the buds outside. But I'm finding it really hard to get
Styling the Threshold Bar Cart
After looking fruitlessly for an affordable bar cart, I finally found the perfect piece on a routine stop at Target. This Threshold Wood and Brass Bar Cart is just the right size for our living room, and was just the
From the Heart of Haiti to my Living Room
I'm not one to hawk products. But every once in a while, something comes along that makes sense to share. The Macy's Heart of Haiti project is one of those. On the surface, it's a collection of exotic housewares and
No-Carve Painted Pumpkins
It’s time I get honest with you: I don’t like carving pumpkins.
I love picking out pumpkins. And I love roasting up a pan of pumpkin seeds and eating pumpkin-flavored sweets. But that whole part in between where you have to wade through pounds of pumpkin goop and struggle with a knife trying to stick to a pattern that you know full well isn’t going to turn out the way you want it to? Yeah I hate that stuff.
So this year, I decided to change up my Halloween decor with a different “gourd” idea: Painted pumpkins. In lieu of carving up a Jack O’Lantern for my stoop, I put down the knife and reached for a paintbrush. These colorful, modern and whimsical pumpkins are less of a mess to craft and harder to mess up.
Skull Shot Glass Planters
I'm a sucker for succulents. I have what they call a black thumb, which means succulents are the only thing—besides myself and hopefully the dog—that I can manage to keep alive in my care. But besides the whole "they're easy to
Paint Chip Easter Egg Garland
Don't you love it when projects are so simple?
Stop fumbling with plastic spoons trying to triple-dip stripes onto your Easter egg. You can get the same colorful pattern, in a convenient 2-dimensional form, without any dye stains thanks to this paint chip Easter egg garland.
The idea came from Modern Parents Messy Kids.
All you really need to do is buddy up to the paint guy at your local home store and grab a punch of paint chips. Go rainbow, go monochrome. Whatever! You could even extend this to a birthday party or any other occasion by cutting out different shapes from your paint swatches.
Color-coordinating party decorations has never been easier.
Ready to get started? Grab your chips and some craft supplies and let's get going.
(Oh, you'll also want to print out our free Egg Garland Template, below)