Who doesn't love great decorating ideas? Especially ones that are cheap, easy, DIY-able and make you look like you put down some serious cash to do? That's what I thought.
Hot glue mints to a styrofoam cone, place on a candle holder.
Some ideas are so simple they're stunning. Tall glasses with thin pine branches inside..
Fabric scraps knotted along the wire (make sure to use LEDs where they don't heat up.
Feathers and another styrofoam cone.
Epsom salt and glitter for snow, and a candle in a mason jar.
My FAVOURITE! This idea is brilliant and can be used any time of year with any flowers/candle heights.
Ornaments are nothing new for the holidays, that's for sure, but I wanted to share some fun new prospects with you. A few new ways to use, decorate and customize ornaments for your house. Also, pinterest, as much as I love it, has failed me this time. Seems like everything I looked at didn't have a source. Sorry guys! If you own any pictures and want credit leave me a message.
Fill a vase with ornaments, water and floating candles. Looks gorgeous! You could also use fake flowers.
Clear ornament with paper inside (wedding invitation in the picture but could be anything. Sheet music, colored yarn/thread..)
Or tinsle/garland! Clear ornaments are the bomb diggity.
If you have enough, string them all like beads onto twine/something strong and make something like this. You would need a fair few though.
Well, it's getting closer, and I'm getting more nervous! But I've got a lot done so far.
I've got 2 record purses almost finished to bring with, including this badass Queen purse.
I've got some more spoon pendants done, including in my opinion, the best one I've ever made.
I don't want to part with it.. I've had that eye pendant for YEARS. Just holding on to it for something.
I also decided on how to package smaller items. Bags made from recycled magazines and comic books, home made ornaments and curly ribbon.. So cute!
Now I just have to figure out the table layout, how to package the bigger items and where to fit the clothing on the table.. I'll have to set up a couple trials on the kitchen table in the next couple days to see what works :).
I can't wait to see how this goes.. I'm nervous, but a good nervous, and even if I don't sell everything on the table (though how great would that be?!) I'll learn a lot and I'm sure I'll have fun.
..Not to mention I'll probably get to buy cake pops and get burgers at the Hintonburger after. If anyone is from/coming to the Ottawa area, seriously check them out. Its the best burger I've ever had and you don't need anything along side of it besides a can of pop. Mmmm...
So what do you guys think? Any ideas for packaging larger items? I might just go buy bigger paper bags or something..
I don't know about all of you, but when I was a kid I would always take the paint chips from the hardware stores when I was in there with my mom. They were colorful and pretty and I wanted to make things with them.
Well, many years later, I've now seen many amazing things made with paint chips that I never thought of. Some people are so creative and (most of) these can be virtually made for free!
No source. Various sized circles (or whatever shape you want) on a white base, in a frame. Eeeeasy!
Fairly pain free if you have a basic understanding of shapes and enough tape.. No source, sorry!
What happens when you mix 3 shades of green nail polish, gold glitter and what was left of clear nail polish in the clear jar? My frankenpolish, Gravedigger. (My boyfriend gave me the idea for the name, said they were gravedigger nails cause they looked like the monster truck :P).
2 coats plus 1 topcoat, I really like how it turned out. I think it'll be good for the holidays as well, especially if I can get my hands on another empty jar and throw some red glitter in as well!!! Only problem with it is because of the dark green polish mixed in, the formula isn't great. The dark green likes to lift up the first coat when the second one goes on so you need to work fast and make sure there's enough on the brush. But I'm really digging it.
Frankenpolish on the right with the ingredients beside it.
Thankfully I have 2 days off in a row so I have the change to paint my nails, haha.
Do any of you make your own polishes? Let me know! I should keep my eyes peeled for clear polishes on sale so I can keep making my own colors, I'm having a lot of fun with it now that I'm getting the hang of it... :)
I've been wanting to make hot chocolate at home for a while now, but normally when I want to is when we're out and I'm cold and we end up going to a coffee shop. But after seeing lots of peppermint cookie and dessert recipes I decided I finally would make some mint hot chocolate.
Mint Hot Cocoa:
1 cup milk (any kind you want, we use 1%)
1 tbsp cocoa
2-3 tbsp sugar (White or unbleached)
Mint extract to taste
2 tbsp water
Optional: Whipped cream, crushed candy canes to garnish
In a pot on low heat, mix water, cocoa, mint and sugar. Mix until everything is desolved.
Turn up the heat and add the milk. Keep stirring until it's hot.
Pour in a mug, add any toppings you want, sit back and enjoy.
This recipe is perfect. Its easy, you can replace the mint with any other extract flavouring to keep your tastebuds happy all year round.
The holidays are coming up, and I know I'm starting early but there just aren't enough days in December for me to share all the ideas that I want to share with you. I've seen some amazing tutorials, homemade gift and decorating ideas trending online that are sure to be hits for the holidays this year. Then there's all the things I plan on making and sharing their tutorials with you... I've got my work cut out for me ;P.
First up: Cookie cutters. They make cute cookies, yes, but I've seen some brilliant ideas for other ways to use them!
I think these look great and they're all pretty cheap/easy to do. And to all of you not in the holiday spirit/not celebrating, don't worry! I'm not going to go overboard right away and overwhelm you all with holiday nonsense too early. But for those of you who like an early start, you're welcome ;P.
PS: If you have any ideas you want me to include in my holiday posts, let me know and I'll check them out.
This post is a little different. Instead of talking about crafts, I'm going to talk about something I find very inspiring, and something that helps me work for the hours on end from the creating of a thought to the details of a finished product. Music.
I just discovered this morning that one of my favourite bands, Florence and the Machine have a new album. I'm giving it its first listen right now and it is so overly amazing. Her voice is enchanting and gets stuck in my head in the most wonderful ways and I am so happy to have new music to listen to. If you haven't heard their music before, or only heard a single or to, take the time to sit down to listen to her album (either of them) as a whole. I am a strong believer of listening to music as an album as opposed to songs. Yes, I make and listen to playlists, and shuffle songs, but if you want a truly great experience, find a great album and listen to it the whole way through. All earlier this week it was Muse flowing through my speakers, with breaks of Coeur de Pirate's 'Blonde' album and Feist's new 'Metals' album.
I used to rarely listen to female vocalists (with the exception of Sheryl Crow and No Doubt when I was young, and The Spice Girls of course.. haha) but recently I'm finding many more that I like.
If you want some new music to listen to, here are 10 artist suggestions in no particular order, with over half being female vocalists. I must force myself to stop at 10 or I will have a list so long it won't help anyone.. This music is VERY varied so I hope that you give it all a chance to see if you like it. Album names (that I am suggesting, not necessarily all) are in brackets and I've included a video so you can sample each artist without going anywhere. You're welcome ;).
1: Florence and the Machine (Lungs, Ceremonials)
2: Coeur de Pirate (Blonde, Coeur de Pirate)
3: Feist (Metals)
4: Grand Theft Bus (Birth of Confusion)
5: fun. (Aim and Ignite)
6: Slowcoaster (The Darkest of Discos, Leaves, Where are they going, Future Radio..)
7: Spinnerette (Spinnerette)
8: The Creepshow (Run For Your Life)
9: The Legion of Doom (Incorporated)
10: The Like (Release Me, Are you thinking what I'm thinking)
These are the pins I mentioned in a previous post that I made for the craft show coming up; I really love how they came out. They're all different, made with assorted buttons from the collection I took from home when I moved out.
They'll be $1.50 each, or 4 for $5, so if you're interested come out to the craft show on the 26th and pick a couple up!
