Friends give good advice

While visiting with my bestest friend last weekend, I commented on her
fabulous fireplace. The gas isn't hooked up, so she stacked some logs
inside and twisted white christmas lights aaaall around
them. Now, you may not know to too well yet, but
Christmas lights and I have a very longstanding love affair. While
wondering at her magical fireplace I said 'man I wish I had a
fireplace, that's such a good excuse to use Christmas lights all
year!' to which my fab friend responded...'well, you could just put
some in a vase....?'. Now why didn't I think of
that? I didn't have a vase big enough, but
I DO have an extremely large crystal bowl that I got as a wedding gift
and couldn't figure out how to use! Voilà! Instant lamp! To boot,
there are Christmas lights in all of the stores now...so get crackin!

Tadaaaaa!

Here is the finished product! On my nightstand! So
easy. The materials only cost about $12, and the
process took maybe 5 minutes. Just glue the wick, melt the wax, and
pour! Follow this link for my inspiration and full instructions.

Lately I love...

Candles!!! I know it's a little corny, but I love candles a lot.
Especially lately. They are just so homey and fall-y and make your
house smell faaabulous! So I took the advice of a fellow blogger and
made one myself :) here it is in progress...

election day party!

we can always count on martha. having an election-results partay?
head on over to the queen's website for recipes that represent different areas of the usa. or perhaps are just plain patriotic...like these cute cupcakes :)

amazing.

ok so maybe not secondhand or sewn...but definitely handmade and amazing! this is a sculpture by artist jeff koons. he is pretty much the picasso of our time. this piece was atop the roof of the metropolitan museum of art in nyc...along with a few others...for a couple of months this fall. it's made out of stainless steel and coated in a translucent material. SO COOL! i especially like how you're always a part of the piece of art that you're looking at, because it's so reflective.

amazing!

martha craft!

first of all, happy columbus day!

i was hunting for an easy sewing project...as i am still pretty much sewing machine retarded...so i of course turned to our favorite craft maven yet again!

this is a pretty cool craft, super easy (once i got my machine working, it took about 5 minutes!), and really useful. we all definitely have a bunch of old t shirts hanging around that we are too attached to and will never throw out, but wouldn't be caught dead wearing. you know you have some...in the bottom of your drawer or a closet junking up your precious clothing storage space!

anyway, this is a great way to make use of those shirts, free up some closet space (!!) and help us be a little more green...ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

all you have to do- flip your tee inside out, and stitch the bottom hem closed. next, trace a half circle around the collar (bowls work great!) and cut it out. last, cut off the sleeves and flip right side out! tadaaa!

if you're feeling extra crafty and have a sewing machine (which i of course was and do) you can use a zig zag stitch around the edges to make em stronger.

go here to get the original instructions and a handy dandy video from ms. stewart herself.

i chopped all of my hair off

well, i didn't really do it...but someone else did per my request.

i like it, but it's SHORT. i have decided that one perk of having short hair, rather than down to my shoulder blades long hair, is being able to wear cute little clippies without them falling out! or completely serving no purpose because they don't hold my masses of hair.

anyway, i had a bag of buttons left over from the pillowcase project....so hot glue + buttons + bobby pins = hair jewelry!


if you try to make these, maybe try a different type of glue. the hot glue took some trial and error, and some of them seem a LITTLE bit fragile.