I’ve been wanting to play with concrete, and I thought a two-tone concrete letter would look awesome sitting on my shelf. My concrete letter didn’t turn out quite right, because I was impatient. I picked up the mold before the allotted drying time was up, because I wanted to see if the concrete was still [...]
We swapped Daniel’s office and the guest room last summer. I fixed up the new guest room right away, but I wasn’t inspired to do anything with Daniel’s home office until recently. I’m sure you’ve seen those big black and white (cheap!) engineering prints from Staples all over the internet lately. I got it in [...]
Late last year I was asked to remix my color block terracotta pot project for the April 2013 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. So, I painted a bunch of pots and sent them off to BHG with instructions to make them. I just got my copy of the magazine in the mail! The steps to make [...]
I’m going to sell my wares at the Rock & Shop Market in Durham on April 6th. Hopefully you can stop by and say hello! I’ve never sold offline before (excluding my retailers and that West Elm thing), so I’ve been collecting a few odds and ends to set up my table and display my products. [...]
Would you believe I’ve never done a DIY ornament post? So weird! This is an easy one, and it would make a cute gift. All you need is a boring ornament you want to monogram-ize, puffy paint, and spray paint. If you choose a matte finish ornament like I did, you can draw your design straight [...]
A while back I made my own suet cakes for our backyard birds, and they absolutely loved them. I have never seen so many birds in our yard before—it was like The Birds but in a good way. When I ran out of homemade and refilled the feeder with store bought suet, the birds didn’t [...]
It’s widely accepted that terrariums are awesome, which means they also make awesome gifts. It’s hard to wrap a terrarium though, so a DIY kit is the perfect solution. It would be easy to whip up a whole bunch of these kits if you need a lot of inexpensive, creative gifts. Or wouldn’t they make [...]
A hand painted chalkboard mug is a great gift for anyone. Fill it with an assortment of loose teas and an infuser, or some coffee beans and biscotti. Personally I’d want my chalkboard mug gift to include cocoa, since I can’t get enough chocolate around the holidays (or the rest of the year for that [...]
I think any garden lover would be happy to receive a new planter, but how much more special would it be if you painted it yourself and made a set of garden markers to go with it? Follow this DIY tutorial to paint a color block terra cotta pot for the gardener in your life. [...]
Three years ago I bought a massive roll of kraft paper for wrapping gifts, and so far I’ve only used about half of it. It’s the cheapest, best wrapping paper EVER! It’s recyclable, it matches everything, and you can use it plain or customize it for the occasion with paint markers (white and silver Sharpie [...]