Spring is Too Far Away

Winter has barely started but I'm already excited and ready for spring. If you are with me, here are three things to tide you over until the cold winter has blown through and those spring flowers start blooming.

1. How about some springy lemon cupcakes topped with pineapple flowers that I made a while back?

Martha Stewart's Pineapple Flower DIY and my favorite Lemon Drop Cupcake recipe.

2. Speaking of Lemons, here is a bit of Spring Fashion:

Thanks Alice and Olivia

3. Happy Home. Get that spring cleaning done so you can start redecorating!

Apartment Therapy is awesome.

In the meantime here are my top three favorite blogs to help pass the time:

• A Beautiful Mess
• Delightfully Tacky
• Refinery29

Christmas Craft

 

Do it yourself and get creative. Start with a Styrofoam cones, then cover them with different

 things. Could be yarn, could be fabric strips (little strips work best and lay flat easier), buttons, string, etc, whatever you choose make sure you have a lot of hot glue on hand.

Meow-y Christmas!

Don't be normal.

Gobble, Gobble!

Thanksgiving is a time of family, food, parades and Clark Griswold!

So eat up everyone and have a merry Thanksgiving!!!

Via Rue Magazine

Via Style Me Pretty

Oh! And don't forget the pie!

Framed

 

 

 

Things you will need:

• Fabric
• Glue (Stick and rubber cement)
• Pretty picture Frame
•  Cardboard (if no insert)
• Sheet music (could be newspaper clipping, book text, ex)
• Tiny scissors
• Computer and printer

 

1.   Find a quote and print it in reverse.  Make your letters big, and not too fancy – but if you do:  the fancier the letters, then the shorter the quote should be, and the larger the letters should be.

 

2.  Glue quote to back of fabric.  This way the letters will be a little easier to work with and it keeps them sharp.

 

3. Use the smallest scissors you can possibly find to cut out the fabric and letters.  It is tedious but well worth it.

 

4.  Glue the solid pieces of fabric you have left to the cardboard insert from in the frame.  If not use a cereal box and make one.  Be generous with the glue and make sure the fabric is really smooth.

 

5.  Line up your quote onto your sheet music.  Find a spacing and placement that you find aesthetically pleasing and use your glue stick to stick them down.

 

6. Assemble in your frame and enjoy!

 

Tips:
Pick a short and simple quote & don’t cut the punctuation until the end to avoid confusion.

 

Wishes for a Super Spooky Halloween

From the Girls at Dandelions, Butterflies

may your costumes be clever and your candy not ruin your teeth!

The Outfit:

Via Keiko Lynn

The DIY:

Via Good Ol' Martha Stewart

The Song:

Monster by The Automatic Automatic

other good ones:

Help I'm Alive by Metric

Anna Sun by Walk the Moon

Is There a Ghost by Band of Horses

Now, I must go put on my costume : ]

Fashion Friday: Captain Hook Edition

Back to school has been crazy, so I am sorry for not posting my fashion creativity every week. Hope this sweet Captain Hook one helps you forgive me.

 

man, that pirate sure did know how to color block!

 

 

"I'll get you for this, Pan, if it's the last thing I do"

 

 

Naked Walls

When it comes to decorating I am not a minimalist. I believe walls should have anything from tasteful clusters of vintage finds to simple, however large, statement pieces. If you find a bare wall in my space it is simply because I haven't gotten to it yet. As I finish off selecting the pieces for the wall above my bed I look to Pinterest for inspiration.

Image via Amber Interior Design

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Image via I Just Might Explode

Image via Pretty Stuff

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