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Who wants to commission a tray or a pillow?

I’ve had these two ikats in the closet for over a year. They are dying to be either a lucite and ikat tray or pillows. (My last ikat tray was sold on etsy! Woohoo!)

Anyone want to either A. Buy it as is B. have me make them something with it?

I should run a camp. A Tie Dye Camp.

In case you were wondering what I do every day out here in NJ in this blazing heat…. Projects. My two little sisters(Steph, 17 and Jen, 13) are home from camp/school and almost every day we go on some kind of adventure. They actually call hanging out with me “Camp Nicole”.  One day [...]

LOVE this DIY!

By Zevs
And the DIY version HERE by Court of Big Beige Box.

GORGEOUS!

Vanilla Ice is a DIY-er? Who knew!

Apparently, Rapper Vanilla Ice has a way with tools. He is getting his own  home improvement show on the DIY network, called “The Vanilla Ice Project.” I think its gonna kick the shit out of Design Star.

The M&J Challenge…

You can go see what I and some really talented other bloggers made on the M&J Blog right now! It was really fun to participate! Thanks for all your advice Hannah!

Help me win a DIY challenge! Ideas please!

This came in the mail today…

Its a delightful little package of trimming from the blog at M&J Trimming.

They are having a little blogger DIY contest and they asked me to participate!

I have to create something with the contents of the pretty little package above. I can make [...]

My kid could have made that!

Did you ever go to the MoMA and hear people whisper “I dont get it, my kid could have made that!” Yea, me too. A lot of people don’t get modern art. But I do. That’s why my kid really did make it.

I did painting projects with the baby today… Guess [...]

New to the Etsy Store…

Day of the week pill boxes…

Adorable little pill boxes make taking your meds so much more fun! Adorned with semi-precious stones like turquoise, quartz and coral these pill boxes can be bought as a set of 7, one for every day of the week, or individually.

Happy Poppin!

$3 [...]

The Shower Painting – Framed

The painting I put in the shower, framed in gold as promised. It looks so legit now that its not crippled by a warped frame! Even the hubs likes it now. I cant wait until my new  pendants get here.

(Btw, that’s a fish tank in my kitchen. BiOrb.)

Yesterday's Art Project

To create this masterpiece, I painted the entire canvas in acrylic paint. Then I put it in the shower and let the paint drip off. Messy, but effective. (Except that the stretchers WARPED and now the painting wont lay flat and needs to be framed!)

It kind of looks like [...]