No-Sew Fabric Flowers

Are these not the cutest little bouquets you ever did see?

I love these and plan to make them for my daughters' room. Dana over at MADE made these adorable little no-sew fabric flowers. They are easy, affordable, and ever ever so cute!

Click here for her tutorial.

Cinco De Mayo: Easy Tissue Paper Decor

Who's having a Mexican food feast tonight? Me! Me! Me! I've been drooling over all these Cinco De Mayo recipes I've been researching online. I truly think I could eat Mexican food every day of the week and never get sick of it!

In honor of Cinco De Mayo today, I wanted to share a cute idea that you can do for your family tonight to make your Mexican feast extra special!



Over at her website, the famous and fabulous Martha Stewart has a feature on creating these tissue paper decorations. If you have any tissue paper lying around, you can easily create these by folding them in half and fringing them. So simple, and so perfectly cute!

If you want to see Martha's tutorial, click here

If you are still looking for yummy recipes for tonight, head over to Prudence Pennywise and check out her recipe for Red Chile and Cheese Enchiladas.

And p.s. I have seen Martha Stewart in person when I went to two different tapings of her show. It was so neat! I hope to go back again someday.

Tutorial: Jewelry Organizer

I saw a picture of something similar to this jewelry organizer somewhere out there in blogland, and it inspired me to make my own. My jewelry wasn't this organized before, so I am excited to have it hanging in my Vogue bathroom now!

First, I took a framed canvas (but you could use a regular picture frame) that someone gave me, and painted it black. It took four coats because the gold kept showing through.





After the first coat...it would look pretty like this too, but it wasn't the look I was going for...





Then I stretched out the fabric over the front of the canvas and used my staple gun to staple the fabric to the back of it. Like my lounge pants? I like to be comfy when I'm doing projects! :o)



Luckily, we happened to have some chicken wire laying around since my husband just built us a chicken coop! I used wire cutter and cut some chicken wire to the size I needed to cover the frame just like I did with the fabric. It can also be stapled to the back of the canvas for a strong hold.





Then I put the frame back into the canvas, and hung it back onto the wall. I usually never have these framed canvases laying around, so if you don't either, you can use the cardboard that came with the frame or cut your own piece to size and cover it with fabric and chicken wire.

Tumbleweed Tiny Houses

Yesterday, I got the Sunday paper as usual so that I could get the coupons out of it, and I became very intrigued when I saw the cover of the Parade Magazine insert. It featured a photo of a man standing next to his 100 sqaure foot home! Can you believe it? 100 square feet! I started checking out more about this man named Jay Shafer who helped create this company called Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. They sell tiny homes and plans for building yourself. I think it is truly amazing and clever.










I really want one now! Aren't they cute? You can even travel with these! There are also plans for slightly larger homes that are adorable!

You can check out their website here. I would love to live in the Whidbey model.

Washer Necklace

When I first saw this washer necklace tutorial over at Blue Cricket Designs, I knew that I had to try and make one for myself! I'm all about unique-but-cute jewelry, so I thought I'd give it a whirl! I have my sister Chelsey modeling it here since I went sans makeup today (not feeling that well). It was super easy to make, and cost about $2 total.

My daughter Payton jumped in...She is such a ham in front of the camera! :o)




Click here for the tutorial.

Chalkboard Plant Pots

Have you guys bought yourselves some chalkboard paint yet? It is so much fun to use!

I saw some chalkboard planter pots in a Ballard Designs catalog once, and I thought I could easily re-create them for WAY less! So I went down to the handy dandy Home Depot, and bought some small terra cotta planter pots, as well as the little saucers for them to sit on. They cost about $1 each. Then I whipped out my chalkboard spray paint, and gave each piece two coats. Once they are dry, they are ready for a plant or a seed, or whatever floats your boat. Then you can label them with chalk and it makes for a cute windowsill addition.

Giveaway: Want a cute swimsuit?

I have to share this post because I love all things DownEast Basics! Mique over at Thirty Handmade Days is having a giveaway for a DownEast Basics Swimsuit. So head on over here if you want to enter too! Since I love all things animal print, I would love this giraffe print suit. So cute, and I love how they cover everything!