Archive for February, 2009

My apologies to those of you who had difficulty with my site this week. I tried something that didn’t work. It’s back to the old design until I work out the kinks. While I do that, I thought I’d post a project from two years ago. I bought a bunch of canvas tote bags, fabric [...]

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Some of you may remember my first faux capiz shell lampshade that I made for Sunset. I was going for the mod look but didn’t quite pull it off. Then I discovered, after two years of use, that the colored rice paper fades badly. The white circles still look beautiful, however, so I decided to [...]

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When I told my brother about this week’s project, the first thing he said was, “You know you can buy those, right?” Halfway into the project, I started to wish I did. My old shower slippers fell apart recently. I examined the shreds and decided that I could make my own—only better. I bought a [...]

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I admit these thrift-store plastic sconces look pretty good in the before photo. But trust me, they looked dated and icky on the wall. Plus they’re broken. Luckily the pieces were broken off symmetrically, so you can’t tell after a fresh coat of paint is applied. I’m tickled that the mirror and sconces look like [...]

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words to decorate by

“Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful.” -William Morris (1834-1896)

flickr photostream

  • two paper lanterns: flowers and pom poms
  • angel Christmas ornament with pants
  • potted Christmas tree
  • sparkly Christmas lights
  • reusable wrapped gift canisters
  • white craft stick snowflakes with rhinestones
  • red craft stick snowflakes
  • craft stick advent calendar with "origami" boxes
  • window frame + botanical prints