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payday wishlist
YAY! it’s the first spring weekend! although that also makes me have a mini panic attack every time i think of how soon that is to the wedding – but whatever.
this weekend i’m doing some wedding stuff, i’m also having my portrait taken by kate miss! i am so excited to finally have a photo that i like of myself. get ready sidebar. you gons get updated. HOPE YOU HAVE A WARM WEEKEND!
01. looove the colors of this simple little ceramic pot.
02. i kinda want a pretty portable speaker in every room of the apartment.
03. vintage fisherman sandals. GIMME.
04. measuring cups are one of those things i never end up updating. my plastic ones are shit.
05. enough with the copper already! i know. except oops — just planned two more copper DIYs. then i’ll be done.
06. love everything young frankk – these earrings are killer.OH! and check out this monday morning with me over on mint love social club.
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i link you
DIYing your own beaded bridal sash is a LOTTT cheaper than buying one. have you seen how expensive those things are?! (via green wedding shoes)
love this april fools prank. now if only i had children to mess with. (via oh happy day)
neil degrasse tyson is awesome, but what’s really awesome is how stoned he sounds slowed down. (via sploid)
i love me some crystals. so naturally i love crystal projects too. (via design love fest)
this mid century plant stand DIY is so so rad. i want 10. (via a beautiful mess)
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diy leather bar tags for sugar & cloth
i made a fun diy gift for the guy in your life or the avid drinker over on sugar & cloth today!
these leather bar tags can be totally customized and are actually pretty fun to make because you can bust them out like a factory worker once you’re in the zone. they’d also make really special gift tags.
visit sugar & cloth for more photos and the full how-to tutorial!
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diy copper + wood paper towel holder
a paper towel holder is always an afterthought for me. case in point – i’ve been wanting to DIY one for a year now. but the other day when i deep cleaned the kitchen for the first time in months, i noticed how gross and rusty ours was – i headed out to the hardware store that day.
this project is SUPER easy to make, but you need some good tools and some arm strength or some boyfriend.
MATERIALS
a piece of wood (we got this birch in the precut section of the hardware store)
copper pipe
copper cap
industrial strength glue
drill spade bit (we used 7/8″)
miter box
hacksaw
wood conditioner (optional)
DIRECTIONS
ONE // determine your shape and size. i simply used the hexagon shape tool in photoshop and printed it onto cardstock at around 7″ wide. you can also just draw it. carefully cut out your shape and trace it onto your wood with a pencil.
TWO // saw your shape, we used a miter box which helped a lot, and if you have some sort of jigsaw you’ll have a way easier time. once your base is cut, sand the edges without rounding them, and then if you’d like to, condition the wood. i used feed-n-wax which gave it a much richer color.
THREE // measure the exact center of your base. with your spade bit attached, drill a hole into the base. go as deep as you want to for how much of the pipe you want to show on top.
FOUR // using a paper towel roll as your measurement, cut down your copper pipe with your hacksaw. cap it off.
FIVE // make sure your copper pipe fits snugly in the hole, apply glue and let dry for a few hours!
i am so so happy with the final result. and it makes such a difference when i am looking at our sink now!
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printable watercolor bookmarks
i’m going to cincinnati, ohio today until sunday — so i’m saying goodbye early this week. my cousins kids are having a b’nai mitzvah so it’ll be a weekend long family reunion / party. hoping my down parka that i keep in storage will keep me warm!
here’s a confession : i never read books. ever. EVER. i took a book to hawaii last year with me and got halfway through. that was huge for me! when i was in high school i read all the time, but then i just stopped. it’s really bad. and you’ve seen my shelving. i own about 17,000 books. anyway — i’m always hopeful when i’m on an airplane that i’ll have nothing else to do but actually read so in honor of the attempt, i made myself some simple watercolor ombre bookmarks and i wanted to share with you too!
see that book right there? never read it. totally just a prop.
anyone have suggestions on books that are so good you can’t put them down — even if you’re a non-reader?
my favorites are (were) invisible monsters by chuck palahniuk, breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut and heartburn by nora ephron. pretty much the only books i got through in the last ten years.
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registry : wanted
now that we’ve sent out our save the dates and i’m so so close to done with vendor booking – we’re starting to setup our registry! while we would love to just register for a house, i don’t think it’s very polite to ask for money. so instead, we’re gonna mostly go with stuff that can be placed in said future house.
uncommon goods is an online shop that sells a bunch of unique home decor and art prints, that i always look at when i’m holiday gift shopping, but since i’m in the registry market, they asked me to take a look at their stuff and see what i liked. well unfortunately there’s a ton. this teak root mirror immediately screamed out “buy me”. doesn’t it look just like the one in the ace hotel palm springs lobby?! also anything we can do to feel like we’re in new york is good with us, so i would love to get a couple of those porcelain coffee cups.
01 i’ve always wanted salt lamps, they give off super warm mellow light just like i like.
02 teak root mirror. gimme.
03 part of being a grown up is having real art. love this city of angels double exposure print.
04 i can handle no handle (PUN) with these greek mugs
05 this minimalist teak wall shelf is the perfect size for those weird unused corners
06 you know i like wood. so naturally (PUN) i love this photography transfer wood wall art.
07 the prettiest nesting mixing bowls i would ever own for sure.this post was sponsored by uncommon goods. all opinions are 100% my own.
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freeloader // 7
not only am i sharing a new iphone background today, i’m also giving you a sneak peak of the pattern we’re working on for our wedding suite! now that spring is about here — let’s celebrate with some palm trees!
this wallpaper is for personal use only, and NOT for re-distribution.
if you’d like to post a link sharing them, you may not directly post the downloadable files.
please credit and link back to this post for downloading the wallpaper.
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diy metallic sacks
after doing those paper bag picnic printables, i had a whole ton of bags leftover. and after a year of seeing these foiled coated sacks, i thought to make them for easy office storage. now you could make these a lot more metallic and foil-y with silver leaf, but you can also do it the cheap and easy way which is this way.
MATERIALS
paper bags (these are the lunch size from the grocery store, you can also buy big ones online)
silver spray paint
scissorsDIRECTIONS
01 SPRAY PAINT unfold your bags and take them outside to spray. i held each one up with a bottle puppeting inside. spray paint the bottom and sides. let dry
02 TRIM DOWN cut about 2 – 4 inches from the top of the bag once dry.
03 DOUBLE BAG IT for extra support and to have a cleaner inside, i double bagged all of them, place a clean bag inside and trim to about the same length
04 FOLD FOLD FOLD wrap the inside bag over the outside bag and roll down until you’re happy with the height. you can redo as much as you like, and go pretty rough. just make sure you’re not too rough or you’ll rip the hell out of it.
i have a fancy hotel shampoo hoarding problem. the problem is now solved. i’ll just throw them in this sack and display em all pretty in the bathroom!
i also have craft supplies everywhere. like i mean everywhere. the kitchen, the dining room, the couch. another problem SOLVED.
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six diy wedding favors
because i’m now a wedding monster — all i want to do is stop this boring planning stuff and move onto the fun stuff! the design and look of the thing. now that i have almost all of my vendors booked, i can start brainstorming. YAY. i’m definitely DIYing some sort of favors – and right now i’m thinking of custom tote bags full of goodies.
but my big question is : if the guests are getting tote bags in their hotel rooms, do they still need a small favor at the wedding itself? help!
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payday wishlist
happy friday! today is an especially happy friday for me — because we’re driving out to the desert to see hall & oates perform! at a casino. my favorite type of concert because they’re always small and intimate and awkward and filled with old drunk people. i have seen h&o live maybe 6 times before — and i won’t stop. i love em so much.
hope you have a fun weekend too! if you aren’t, because you’re going through a breakup, here’s my favorite hall & oates breakup song. i’m always here to help.
01. another woven tapestry from urban that i want?! ugh.
02. love this little round cutting board so much. shall i register for it?
03. always want a new weekender bag because i have a soft spot for cute weekenders.
04. a lovely throw i could wrap myself in all day when i refuse to get dressed.
05. i’m not into placemats, but these fringed ones are so far from rigid like most placements seem to me. placements = rigid?
06. as always, i want baskets i can throw junk into. it’s a real fetish of mine.
