Succulent DIY

A while ago I bought these two little plant from the Spar down the road from my house. They got a bit batterd and lost some leaves while our house was getting painted and this morning I thought it was about time they got replanted. 

Last night I bought a very cute enamel mug by Tjou-Tjou at I Love My Laundry and I had another enamel mug in my studio that I was using as a pencil holder. 

Its ridiculously easy, just hammer some holes in the bottom of the containers for drainage, add soil and its done!

Now I just hope the succulent grows some more leaves, its looking a bit sad.

DIY Hex Nut Bracelet

I have had this DIY tutorial by Honestly...WTF saved for ages and I haven't had the courage to make it till I saw someone wearing a Hex Nut Bracelet at a market the other day. Well its definitely not going to be a new Bow Peep product because it took about four hours to make and its not very neat. Even if I got it looking better I would charge a fortune just because it takes so long to make.

If you want to try making one yourself the instructions can be found here.

This is the Honestly...WTF version 

images from Honestly...WTF

My version

I think after some practice it could be much neater but I don't think I have the time or patience to get it looking as neat as theirs. 

Let me know if you try making it!

Initial Paper Collage

Mothers Day is coming up, and I found this lovely DIY tutorial by Blank Space on The Pretty Blog. Its a nice idea for mothers day but also for any one really as you can use any letter. Look out for cool frames at second hand shops and somewhere like Exclusive Books usually has the best wrapping paper which would be perfect for this project. Let me know if you make it, I would love to see a picture!

 

All images were found on The Pretty Blog

Keep Calm...

I'm sure you have noticed all the Keep Calm images on the internet, they are everywhere! Yesterday I found a website which generates your own Keep Calm poster. These are the one's I made.

Suitcase love

I just finished converting a R30 suitcase into a display 'case' for an upcoming market (will post images soon) so thought I would post the inspiration behind the idea.

 images (above) from: Sarah Klassen and Poppytalk

images from Natty Michelle and Indie Fixx

Paper lanterns

How beautiful are these parer lantern? I found them on the Martha Steward website.

Bling ribbon

I haven't had a very productive week so this morning I decided to price some fabric hoops at Fabric City and find some fabric to make a cover for my new MacBook Pro (yes I did just casually drop that in) but I walked out with more than I expected (as usual).

I found this very kitch glitter ribbon which was a little 'expensive' at R5 a meter but I got half a meter of each colour to pay around with as it could be a bling addition to some Christmas stuff I need to start making for the end of the year. 

But the other day I saw a tutorial on Pugly Pixie on how to make glitter 'washi inspired' tape and thought the glitter ribbon could work well instead of loose glitter. 

Stick the side without the glitter on some double sided tape and stick the other side to what ever you want and bam, you have glitter tape! 

DIY bakers twine

I am still on the hunt for Bakers Twine (which doesn't cost R5 a meter) but in the meantime I found these cool tutorials (click here and here for links) showing how to make it yourself! And for a small business owner like me cheaper is better! I only saw the tutorial by Persia Lou after getting home from the fabric shop, it looks like a neater option so will try it out one day.

The permanent market was about R1 from a Chinese shop and I used some crochet string (probably not the correct term, sorry) which was not expensive at all.  

Its super easy to make and cheaper than ordering bakers twine from the USA. The tutorials that I looked at made theirs much neater than mine but I think it takes some practice to get it neat.