As I see it: project ideas

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6/18/09

6/4/09

Isn't this mobile stunning? A bright and colorful bird mobile might be just what the corner of my daughter's soon-to-be-yellow room needs. Read more about the how-to here and here, and see the bird pattern here.

5/10/09

Window Panel Chalkboard Calender

This chalkboard calender would be great as the kids get older and busier.

A bit about it:

"Tell us about the unique chalkboard/calendar. Is it custom?

Funnily enough, we found this wooden frame at a church rummage sale for $5 when we lived in NY. My husband didn't see the potential, but I promised I would think of something great to do with it. A few months later, I was looking for a big family calendar and ended up painting a piece of masonite board with chalkboard paint and fit it into the frame. It is one of my favorite things in the house. It helps keep us running smoothly."

I'm not much of a bug person, but this is a great way of displaying a bug or any other collection in progress. It would remind me to keep on searching and collecting.

via

4/21/09

Color + Animals

Aren't these details great?
I am loving the color and the genius way of displaying stuffed animals.

{See more from this room here.}

4/19/09

Squares On Wall

I did something similar to this with squares of cork on my office wall and use it as a place to pin and save things. I have loved the look so much that I have seriously toyed with doing it in my entryway. These squares look nicer than cork and show how great the idea can look.

design by re:place, image via dti

4/5/09

Art - 2Michaels Design

I like these canvases.

{Design by 2Michaels}

via dti

2/4/09

Preserving Children's Art

I can't wait till we have enough artistic "favorites" from each child to create one of these art collages for each of them. It is the most genius solution to the never-ending struggle over what to do with all of the kid's masterpieces.

via tutus & turtles

12/30/08

Simple Geometry

Don't you feel like you are about to enter a secret garden?

I want to duplicate the centerpiece of succulents.

scanned via sept 08 garden design

11/10/08

Chalboard Wall

How is this for an inspiration board?

via dti

8/7/08

We Love Jam - Labels

Isn't this label delightful? I love its simplicity. I might have to get ambitious and come up with something similar for next year's freezer jam or to encourage my plans to learn how to can. Seeing how our fruit trees are starting to come back to life I need to figure out how to preserve the abundance of produce.

This company, We Love Jam, makes small batches of jam with disappearing and high quality fruit varieties. I am tempted to get on their waiting list.

7/15/08

Towel Tote

This might be the most useful beach idea ever. I hate carrying loads of sandy stuff just to lay in the sand and read a book. Throw in a water bottle and some sunscreen and you're set!

scanned via 8/08 MS Living

Perfectly Lovely

This was created by repeatedly balancing a sheet of paper on the nibs of a set of Pantone pens.

There are so many neat things you can do if you just let your mind wander for a minute or two.

Note to self: Let mind wander more often . . .

via Oh Happy Day

5/25/08

Something to try

Figure out how long you'd spend on something if you were doing it at the last minute. Then give yourself only that amount of time (try setting an alarm), but do it right away instead of putting it off.

-Excerpt from Julie Morgenstern's When Organizing Isn't Enough

I might need to read this book. This is great advice.

5/22/08

Paper Cakes

To make a long story short, there was an attempt at making a paper box cake with individual wedding favors for our guests to take home after our wedding dinner. It didn't work out so well. When I saw the paper cakes from this Etsy company, Daisy and Dots , I knew I had to remember it in case I ever felt a need to improve upon the previous attempt. (By that I mean simply purchase one of these.)