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DIY Magazine: Spring 2012 Issue

January 27, 2012 Michelle inspiration, projects

Guys, I’m in love.  In love with a magazine.  Have you heard of DIY Magazine?  It’s part of Better Homes & Garden so of course it’s fabulous.  The new spring issue has me drooling and itching to get DIYing.

These are a few of my favorite things…“Tilt A Whirl”  Painting Glass Vases…page 12/13

“Concrete Jungle”  Cement Block Bench….page 30-34 (picture from pg. 32)

This bench makes me want a backyard NOW!  How many people would have a cement block bench…and NO ONE would ever try to steal it!

“DIY Get the Look Style Guide”  ….pages 56 & 57

Following a front porch makeover, this front porch style guide is adorable.  I would mix the pink door with the funky oval numbers, the flower rug, and the star light pendant.

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The “Hip Hues” article and spread has me obsessing.  It is by far the most coveted part of the issue.  It takes us through designer Kat Schintzius’ amazing house!!! Her whole house is beautiful, these are just a few of my faves.

Pages 80 thru 87…

1) how fabulous is the fabric for the shade!! 2) I love the retro feel of this WHOLE kitchen. WANT, WANT, WANT!  pg. 84

The Shams, the side table, the lamp, the pattern mixing.  Excuse me while I faint!

Pg. 86

I want a retro bathroom! I love how she made it modern with fun and funky colors and prints.  Pg. 87

To see more from DIY Magazine, visit www.bhg.com/decorating/do-it-yourself-magazine/.   The site is full of so many projects that my mind goes crazy with excitement!!

Photos were taken with my camera OF the purchased magazine.

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Home Tour: Welcome to Our Dining Room!

June 17, 2011 Michelle Home, I Made It

I’ve been promising you a look into our ever evolving home for a while, and now I deliver!  Welcome to our dining room!  You’ve already seen a little bit of it from when I redid the table and chairs: here!  And here 4 months later is the final result of all that hard work!

I’m utterly in love with our dining room and everything in it! Probably because almost everything has been redone/remade by us.  I.E. us means me. 

The only things in this room that remain “un-redone” are the wine racks (from Ikea) and the column (from Hobby Lobby)!  Through the double doors is our kitchen.


This is 1 of 2 storage units.  The other is by the window.  They were orginally in Mr. T’s duplex and bright white before we got married.  He found them on MAJAH sale at Target a few years ago and he insisted on buying them.  I wasn’t keen on it but now I couldn’t be more thrilled that we own them and he let me paint them.  I found the baskets at Big Lots for $3 a piece and was able to make the shelves into storage!

I found all these pictures online.  I got inspired by pictures from posters.com and searched vintage liquor ads.

I picked the ones that matched our color scheme, printed them out and found matching mats.  I wanted to add interest by staggering them up and down in thick black frames I found at Dollar General.

The chevron patterened interior fabric is from Hancocks and I sewed it along the pattern with red thread.  It was the absolute last piece to finish our dining room. It really tied it all together just the way I wanted.

My painted table and chairs!

The curtains were another redo.  They were short white tabbed curtains in Mr. T’s old duplex. I found some awesome ribbon and yellow fabric and made them into floor length curtains. I’ve had this LOVE sign in the front window of my last two apartments. It’s now a tradition!  Another random: the floral arrangement is in a tea pitcher! We got two as wedding presents and it made a cute vase!

That’s our dining room.  More of our apartment coming soon….

HAPPY WEEKEND!

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How To: Headband Holder

March 9, 2011 Michelle Accessories, Hair, projects

Remember when I asked if anyone had a good idea for a headband holder? Well I didn’t get any feedback, looked up a few things, got really fed up with my overflowing shoebox, and decided to make my own.  Here’s how I made it!

 

I searched for a good 2 different evenings finding the exact headband holder that I could make easily with NO SEWING!  And I did! (Thank you to a girl and a glue gun!….I used her tutorial, but tweaked it a little bit)

 

Supplies:

Large D Ring

1″ Wide Ribbon

(if you want another layer, 2″ Wide Ribbon)

Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Scissors

Cut your ribbon as long as you think you need it.  I cut my ribbon REALLY long, like 2 1/2 yards.  I cut the 2″ ribbon long too and trimmed it later.   I have ALOT of headbands.

Start by pinching about 3 inches of your 1″ ribbon. Flip this over and glue it together.

After that is cool, glue under the pinched part and lay it down flat.  This creates your hook for the headbands.

Space about 4 to 4 1/2 inches between each pinched loop. This is so your headbands can hang evenly. No exact measurements were exactly taken; judge it.

Make enough loops till you run out of ribbon.

This is were I made a tweak.  Glue your looped ribbon to the 2″ section.  I glued the looped ribbon at the top then at each loop and the very bottom.

I left enough 2″ ribbon on the top to glue the D ring to it.

I pulled the two ribbons over and glued the D ring in between and then glued the end together. That’s all it took!  Finished!

Close up of finished project.

Finally…in use, out of the shoe box, and off the floor.

 

I picked this blue/black ribbon combo because it matches the color scheme of our bedroom.  If you have a problem organizing your headbands. This is the perfect solution, easy to make, and takes about 30 min…less if you have more of a plan!

 

UPDATE: If you do make a headband holder, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see it. Please link it back to this post! or email/twitter/facebook me with the link!!

To find A Girl and a Glue Gun’s tutorial: http://kimboscrafts.blogspot.com/2011/01/headband-holder.html

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Invitation to the Jungle, Welcome!

November 8, 2010 Michelle projects

Remember a few weeks ago I went on a rant about hearing about babies? (here) One of the hugest baby priorities I’ve had has been my cousin’s baby shower which is this weekend. Mom, Aunt and I are throwing the shower and  I was put in charge of making the invitations. LOVE!  We modeled the theme of the shower after the baby’s room Queen of the Jungle.  Hello, pink and animal prints! 

 

To see more fun stamps visit: www.stampinup.com

To see some awesome card ideas visit: http://aprilstamps.blogspot.com/

The cardpaper is from Hobby Lobby. All the stamps/colors/markers are from Stampin’ Up.

I stamped the backgroud with an Itty Bitty Background dot stamp in Basic Brown. I rolled the white strip with the Jungle Roller, also in Basic brown, then colored in each leaf and animal.  I glued the white paper to green.  I cut wired zebra/fur ribbon in Pink from Hobby Lobby in half and attached the ribbon and strip to the card.

The inside was also stamped in Basic Brown and teddy bear was colored in.

I then passed the invitation onto Mom so she could write in the details.  My writing SUCKS!  Anyway, there’s the invitation! I think it turned out super girly and super jungle-y!  Excited for the shower. I’ll post all the fun details and also the gift I’m making.  Its all gonna be pretty amazing

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