A few months ago, we received a large delivery of phone books at work. To my dismay no one wanted them and I feel sad to say I don’t know what happened to them, I think they were trashed. Gasp. More recently I came upon this wonderful creation in a friend’s Ready Made book. I wish had seen it or thought of this earlier. I would have loved to save all those books and feel like I brought a bunch of puppies home from the shelter.
Staying with the topic of elves…my husband’s best friend is Norwegian and their beautiful little family sent us one of these for Christmas. I have fallen in love with the Wik & Walsoe cup. We have the little short one and I am using it as a sugar bowl and the white sugar looks like pixy dust in this elf cup. The inscription on the box said, “We all need dreamscapes…The elfin symbolizes dreams, hope and the belief in making the impossible come tru. They are joyful, noble-minded and master skillful in handicraft. The Elfins are the angles of nature; smart and strong helpers for mankind and earth.”
I love the idea of wearing my nature’s suit behind a nature-inspired shower curtains. The Arbor shower curtain is from CB2. Marimekko brings us the Kaiku birch tree shower curtain available through amazon. The floral Anis shower curtain is available through inmod. The tree shower curtain is from target. The Marimekko and Anis are probably my two favorites.
Are you as excited as I am about the affordable new pouf from CB2? I think they will sell out fast at $79.99. I wish there were more color choices, but I’m not ungrateful for it. I can totally make it work. I just wish my birthday were sooner. Hint hint.
What if…upon entering your home, you felt a certain childlike excitement and a new infusion of energy. I absolutely loved hopscotch when I was little and I think this rug would serve that energizing purpose for me in the entryway.
I also love that specific shade of gray on the walls and the citrus yellow n.a.l. coat rack makes for a great and welcoming color composition.
After playing around with the first attempt at the felt basket, here are my next two designs. I am quite pleased with how they’ve turned out. So I hope my recipients will like them too. They were relatively easy and fun to sew. From cutting to end result two and a half hours at most. Here are the original inspirations.
This might just be my new obsession. I don’t yet own any fabric markers, but I’m obsessed with getting some now. I absolutely love the couch with scribbles and have tried to find that image before after seeing it on a design blog a few years ago. I am so pleased to have finally found it. Remember the blog post on wall scribbles? While I’m over doodles and scribbles as a fine art trend, I really like the idea of these creations migrating directly onto walls and furniture. Here are some fabric marker ideas from i do it yourself.
They’re back and everybody loves them. These elf candleholders from CB2 make for a great holiday gift that your recipient will love using year after year.
This Christmas I am determined to make as many Christmas presents as possible. One of the things I’d like to make are felt baskets. For inspiration I browsed and found various design variations. These are my top four picks. The first one with the downturned edges and cut outs for handles is the Netto Felt Basket. The second set is from Pia Wallen. The orange one is available via Remodelista. I have one of the weaved baskets by Design Ideas. I snagged it from Ross, but it is said to have been available through Room and Board in the past.
I spotted this felt ball rug on emmas design blog and thought of my sister in law who is obsessed with felt and is very much a fan of the balls and called me a few months ago to tell me that she purchased a gazillion felt balls online and wanted ideas of something to do with them. Well…I think this is a fabulous idea.
Labor intensive…yes. Fun…yes. Colorful…yes. So…how would you make this? I have a few ideas mainly involving thread and glue.
