shed some light: upcycled candle lanterns

Watch this video tutorial to see how I upcycled light bulb covers to make these candle lanterns.

send some love: diy watercolour stationary

There’s nothing like receiving some snail mail. What better way is there to brighten someones day than with some stationary made by yours truly?

upcycled: paper dogwood flowers

dogwood branches leftover from a winter floral arrangement

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a white paper shopping bag and sienna tissue from Anthropologie

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paper dogwood flowers

spread the love: heart pattern friendship bracelets

Growing up, I spent countless hours making colorful friendship bracelets. Their resurgence prompted me to rediscover this summer pastime. Here are instructions for one of my favorite patterns – hearts!

on my work table

[ a ball of hemp ]

[ embroidery floss ]

[ seed beads ]

[ pins ]

(hotter) coffee and cake

Determined to improve my sewing skills, I dusted off my sewing machine and tried to think of a simple yet useful project. Finding something that fit the bill wasn’t difficult. Every morning, we make coffee in a French press. Then, to keep it hot, we haphazardly wrap a tea towel around it. Perfect – anything I put together was bound to be an improvement. I started out with a tea towel (this one is from IKEA) and some cotton batting. After testing out a couple of methods to join the two ends, I settled on using braided hemp to tie them. Naturally, after assembling this French press “cozy” I had to test it out! This Olive Oil Cake recipe with fresh rosemary and chocolate from Whole Living was a delicious accompaniment for (hotter) coffee.

P.S. – This cake is even better the next day, as the rosemary flavor has had time to intensify.