DIY Pallet Headboard
Via the Stylizimo blog….which is just one person’s house with a lot of fun DIY projects in it. I would love to live in every room! I also love this headbboard <3 im quite fond of the color scheme of this room as well. The headboard is cool but masculine so my sweetie would dig it!
DIY Cinnamon Oil. When I was in elementary school the commodity for sale was toothpicks with cinnamon oil. About $0.10 each. SO SIMPLE tutorial at Deliciously Organized here. *Cinnamon Oil is usually really expensive, so I’m all about saving money right now.
(via dizzymaiden)
Pretty Painted Pumpkins | Alisa Burke
These pumpkins are super classy. These are the kinds of pumpkins I imagine Oprah would have on her stoop. But hers would probably be made by Martha Stewart with real gold. Anyway, you can make these classy pumpkins for yourself with some great instructions from Alisa. I love the blue and pink pumpkins - they remind me of what Cinderella rode to the ball!
Pretty Pretty Hair | Bettencourt Chase
A hairstyle that lives up to it’s name! I love those hairstyles that look messy/beautiful, like a girl who lives on the prairie who’s just pinned up her hair randomly so she can go pick wild flowers! Oh Emma. Anyway, this style takes a bit of effort, but once you’ve worked it out you’ll be gold!
Stamp Cookies
Ghost Dresses
Make these ethereal ghostly gowns for your yard this Halloween. All you need is some wire (chicken wire was used on these), wire cutters, thick gloves, and a little creativity.
Lace Lamp Shade | Add Some Paint
This lamp shade follows the same lines as the coffee table I posted earlier - you simply wrap it in lace, spray with spray paint and peel off the lace- voila! You’re very own designer shades! And the fact that you can get lamp shades so cheap from places like IKEA, you can change up whenever you want. And of course if you don’t like lace you can use any other kind of pattern - use some store bought stencils or cut out your own.
Decorate in ways you’ve never imagined with these DIY Succulent Planter Projects and bring in a little green this winter.
(via Soap Deli News: Succulent Love - Creative Ways to Not Have a Green Thumb)
Use old sweaters to cover vases for a cozy winter bouquet.
from a cereal box to a pretty magazine/paper holder.
(via The Wicker House: X-Mas Gift Idea #3 Cereal box Magazine holder)
DIY Enlarge and Frame Old Letters. Love this idea. From Southern Living here. My Grandfather used to address letter to me in gorgeous old fashioned script and they would look so lovely enlarged, like when he simply wrote to me at Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC and it actually got to me because I worked in the building! But it could be sentimental cards, letters, envelopes with interesting stamps - anything that means something to you. Places like adorama (my favorite for quality and sale prices) often have great sales on big prints.
I'm a clinical psychologist by day, but in my free time I dabble in DIY and collecting things that I find meaningful and beautiful. From the ridiculous to the sublime. There's plenty of both to go around. Welcome to my little magpie nest. Hopefully you will find some things that interest you amongst the bits of string and baubles...
untitled by chelsee ivan on Flickr.
