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  • Redone Entryway and Landing Pad

    Our apartment is blessed with a pretty decent entry space. There’s room to hang coats, take off shoes and drop your stuff when you come in. For the past year, however, it’s mostly been a parking lot for our bikes. While it was nice to have our bikes in a place where we knew they…

  • Air Plants: Suspended

    I’ve been wanting some of these hanging glass balls for awhile, and I finally went out and got some. One was pricey from a specialty garden store, the other was a cheapy from CB2. Both work equally well for displaying these cool air plants, much better actually than the dish I had them sitting in…

  • DIY Fall Felt Wreath

    If you want a festive way to spice up your door without having to invest in a serious wreath (those things always cost way more than I expect them to) there’s a simple and easy way you can make one on your own using felt I whipped up this fall version in just a few…

  • Halloween Pumpkin Pillow

    My mom found a photo in a magazine of a Halloween themed pillow she liked and asked me to make it. So I did. It’s not the kind of thing I usually do, but I think it came out cute nonetheless. Through it did require a lot of effort and some special ordered felt. It…

  • Making Your Own Throw Pillows

    I enjoy sewing, but it isn’t really something that I have a lot of natural skill at doing. In fact, it’s pretty usual for me to have to sew something two, three or four times before I figure out how not to screw it up. The seam ripper is my best friend, unfortunately. You would…

  • Fall Before Fall

    Fall is officially still almost two weeks away but I’m already in full-on fall mode. Last weekend the boyfriend and I stayed in and made artwork. I, of course, chose a fall theme. As you can see, I’m still pretty stuck on foxes. In the Oktoberfest spirit, I decided to make some soft pretzels as…

  • Retro Glasses

    When it comes to keeping things that are breakable intact, I’m not so great at it. That’s why I’m always amazed when I see cocktail and drinking glass sets completely intact from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Apparently, some people are a little better with breakables than myself. Despite my butterfingers, I recently ordered some…