Over the weekend I created not one, but two necklaces that made me really, really happy. I thought this tutorial would be the perfect way to kick off the annual DTA Valentine extravaganza. A Return To Romance Necklace Tutorial. A Return To Romance Necklace Tutorial First, I have to tell you a story. See the well-groomed people in the photo below? My Aunt Jan is on the upper left, my mom is on the right, followed by Papa Jack and Grandma Mary. Now my Grandma had beautiful taste. She was ... View the Post
Archives for January 2012
Anthro’s Needlework Garden Shade Knockoff
I am SO excited! I finished the lamp for my office. The total price? $17.00. Like many others I have long admired the gorgeous lighting selections Anthropologie offers. A few months ago I decided to create a knock off version of the Silhouette Lampshade and I still adore that light fixture. But I also needed a little something for my office. The Needlework Garden Shade had me at hello. What I didn’t like? Well the $128.00 price tag to be sure and the color palette of reds and oranges ... View the Post
Pillows & Pictures & Lampshades Oh My!
Thank you so very much for all your kind comments about my new plate wall. It was funny to read that you were both intrigued and horrified that I used paper clips to hang the plates. I had hoped to have finished my lampshade project for the office by today. Oh it is going to be so good. Here is my inspiration: The Needlework Garden Shade is altogether even more lovely in person. It costs $128.00 just for the shade… Ouch! I just couldn’t swing it. But hopefully this weekend I am going to be ... View the Post
How To Create A Wall Of Plates
I’ve been working on my home office for what seems like forever. As I have mentioned before I wanted to keep the makeover costs under $300.00. Here is How To Create A Wall Of Plates. While the room is fairly small it has huge cathedral ceilings and thus requires large artwork to fill the wall space. How To Create A Wall Of Plates Super-sized artwork can get pretty pricey. A fairly inexpensive option is to create a wall of plates. So I turned to Pinterest for ... View the Post
The Ultimate Measure of a Woman
During the Thanksgiving holiday my family and I traveled to Washington D.C. I didn’t write much about our trip when I returned home the first week of December. I plunged full steam ahead with Christmas themed posts. Then, the second week of December, our family was rocked to it’s very core and our lives were changed. I stopped posting for while. It’s been only recently that I have begun to tentatively write again. In thinking about a post for today I remembered that I had taken several ... View the Post
A Pretty Medicine Cabinet
Recently when I googled the words "A Pretty Medicine Cabinet" I began to think that perhaps those two words together just might be an oxymoron. A Pretty Medicine Cabinet I could find images of cabinets that held pretty soaps and bath oils. Adoring this totally gorgeous Eddie Ross MAKEUP cabinet. I also loved Martha Stewart’s idea of lining a BATHROOM cabinet with galvanized steel and using magnet-backed tins to organize hair supplies. But where were the images of a pretty ... View the Post