You have probably noticed it by now, but I really enjoy my daughters' room. I like being in there with them and I like fixing it up for them (okay, maybe I do it for myself too). It's probably the effect of seeing too many cute little girls' rooms on Pinterest. But aside from decorating it with their own artwork and craft projects, I also like to make art myself to put in their room. So recently, I put together a small wall gallery of illustrations, paintings and photographs for their room. I really like the idea of an all white gallery and thought it would be perfect for the girls Read More
DIY Toy: Window Charms
Butterfly, Butterfly by Peter Horacek is one of Summer and Emma's favorite books. It's a book about color, insects and nature with a surprise pop-up in the end. No wonder they love it so much! So when I was coming up with ideas for their next craft project, I thought this vibrant book would be a great inspiration. We made a mobile filled with many different ornaments to hang by their bedroom window, so I decided to call it window charms. Materials needed are the following: dried branch, poster paint, cardboard, beads, yarn, assorted ribbon and string, scissors, single hole Read More
The Girls Room
I only got a room of my own when I was eleven. We lived in a tiny two bedroom house and only when both my brothers got married and moved out did I get to take over their room. I remember being so thrilled, having dreamt about it since I was maybe seven. I excitedly worked on the place to make it look and feel like my very own. Now that I have my own two little girls, I'm also quite thrilled for them to have their own room and also to have it early on. Well of course they're sharing it and perhaps will do for the rest of their childhood and adolescence, but it's great that they'll have their Read More
DIY Fabric Tassels
I see tassels everywhere now and they're just so darn cute and festive. Whether made out of paper, ribbon, wrapping tissue or cloth, they are fun and easy-to-make decoration for just about anything! Photos taken from: (Top left) Wrapping tissue tassel garland by Studio DIY, (Top right) Ribbon tassels by Martha Stewart, (Bottom left) Yarn tassel gift wrapping ornament by Two Live Colorfully, (Bottom right) Scrap fabric tassels by The Red Thread So I decided to make some for my daughters' bedroom to spruce up a blank wall. Materials I used are the following: scraps of fabric, ribbon, Read More