HOME: Pompom & Tassel Trims

1. Pompom Curtains   2. Tassel Bedding   3. Giant Pompom Throw   4. Tassel Pillow   5. Pompom Narwal   6. Tassel Tent

I love pompom and tassel embellishments, they just give everything an element of happiness and you really can't help but smile when you see colorful pompom or tassel trim! I used pompom trim on the pillows I made for our bedroom, and I think now I need to do a project with tassels. Tassels are simple to make.... now what to use them on?

Home DIY: Ikea Mirror Hack

I think this is the last DIY project from our guest room that I had yet to post. It's a quick and easy project, just a coat of spray paint really. I've seen fun and  inexpensive ornate mirrors everywhere lately, in Target, Ikea, Walmart, etc, (mine is from Ikea) but they are almost always black or white and have a plasticy look about them. An easy way to make them look more expensive and unique is to spray paint them. As unique and really trend relevant colors can be hard to find in your local hardware store, whenever I need unusual colors, I buy them from Utrecht, They have a huge selection. To make sure it looks as rich as possible, always use a primer spray paint first, then multiple light coats of your colored spraypaint, and finally finish it off with a clear enamel coat.

EVENTS: Ombré Wedding Details

Ombré, or having colors or tones that shade into each other, is a trend that has made its way into weddings in full force. Its a lovely way to work primarily with one color without it feeling stiff and boring. The gradation of color from white to a saturated tone creates movement and interest in every place it is used. 

1. Ombré Dress
2. Ombré Feather Backdrop
3. Ombré Wedding Cake
4. Ombré Ribbon Wedding Escort Cards
5. Ombré Wedding Escort Cards
6. Ombré Table Cloth
7. Ombré Hydrangeas

Week One: Vietnam

My first week in Asia is coming to a close. It's been all work, all the time. The first week is always the toughest with jet lag, fortunately for me, I sleep pretty well, unfortunately for those I work with, it makes me crazier than usual. As all we've really been doing thus far is work, I don't have many great photos, just pictures taken from the car on our way to and from the factories. I'll have tomorrow to bum around the city a bit before I'm off to Fuzhou, so I'll be able to share those photos next week! I'm already counting down the days to the vacation part of this trip in Thailand!

Event DIY: Faux Stained Glass Place Cards

Earlier in the week, I did a post about melting pony beads to make coasters which I saw on Style Me Pretty Home. Though I love the coasters, I thought this technique would be even better served as little light catcher, stained glass look, event escort cards! I mixed transparent beads with opaque beads for this project which created a really lovely stained glass look. The square ones I made in a little brownie/ pastry tin I had and the round ones were done in a standard cup cake pan. I wrote on them with a gold calligraphy pen to fancy them up a bit. These would be lovely for an outdoor wedding, especially if you had a fence or a tree to hang them all on where the light could shine through. I did MANY MANY trials and color mixtures with the help of my friend Dana as we sat by the pool one weekend. These two colorways were my favorite though, the colors on the top ones feel so summery and fun, while the blues in the circle ones feel they'd fit right in at a beach wedding.

HOME: Subtle Nautical Details

1. rope stairs   2. berth style bunk beds   3. jellyfish art   4. octopus chandelier   5. ship wood wall
6.  beachy living room   7. rope decorative accents   8. nautical kitchen island

My grandmother was a beach babe through and through. She could spend every day sitting on the beach, with her toes in the sand, making drip sand castles and collecting sea shells. Those are my favorite memories of her, on the beach "tanning her wrinkled curtain skin" as she would always say. Typically, I'm not really a fan of nautical decor, but because of my Mommom, it will always have a special place in my heart. I love it when it's done in a subtle and subdued way, worked into other non-nautical decor. These are some images that embody elements that I love about nautical decor.

Home DIY: Colorful Coasters

I saw this little DIY  on Style Me Pretty Home, and decided I had to do it with my own color pallet. It's simple and satisfying, though the smell of melting pony beads in your kitchen isn't exactly appetizing. All you need is a bag of pony beads and a giant muffin tin,  I stuck with the opaque beads for this project. You fill up the pan, set the oven to 400 degrees, and "cook" them for 20 minutes. You take them out and they are all liquid but after cooling for a half hour or so, they pop right out of the pan! I love how the color of the coasters translated through the classes too. I'll be posting another project I did using this method later this week!