mother's day

My mom is my favorite..remember this? Soooooooooooo...I spent a few hours this weekend working diligently on my mom's Mother's Day gift. I'm giving her one hell of a Broadway show tunes CD collection. Totally DIY.

I rented them from the library, illegally copied them (shhhhh!), made CD sleeves for each of them using their vintage cover art, and will include the song list. I'll have to post pictures once I have a camera that works. I'm proud. There are a crazy ton of them...like 20 in all.

She'll go nuts. I'll be her favorite.

quirkybeauty

I love headbands - wear 'em all the time when my hair is pulled back into a sloppy bun. But never have I ever seen the likes of these before! Love 'em. This would clearly bring some style to my curly head. I love the one below with the leaves (soooooooooooooooooooo pretty! and quirky!). She also has a bridal line of crazy beautiful hippie headbands that are definetely worth a browse (and her prices for those are amazing). Check out this style maven's stuff over at her Etsy shop, quirkybeauty.

ooooooooooooooooooo! and fancy one's for the special occasions!

morning

This is cool. I found it at EmilyAbigail.

diy: bottles up

buy these AMAZING recycled wine bottle tumblers from etsy's bodhicitta

So I'm sort of obsessed with saving glass "stuff" these days. Old spaghetti jars, canning jars, pretty beer bottles and allllllll the wine bottles. I have a couple lil projects I'm saving up for. One is that I want to make drinking glasses from wine bottles. There are loads of DIY instructions plastered all over the web on how to accomplish this...but I think that I will stop with the collecting and cleaning stages of the process. Seems awfully involved to make these glorious lil glasses, and I think I'll leave it to the pros for now. It might be a project I get to someday.

But I've been saving wine bottles for a few months now - the top of my fridge is full of them in their jeweled Earth tones. They really are so pretty all cleaned up. Beautiful lil vases if you ask me.

Here's how I cleaned 'em (and my bottles had no excess glue residue which I've heard can be tricky):

soaked them in a big bucket of water with dishsoap...I soaked them overnight.

and they peel off crazy easy! I then washed them in the dishwasher.

ps: I saw colored glass bottles like these at a craft store for $7.99 a piece - seriously.

cruiser dreams

via Star Guitar

I can't honestly say that I would use it if I had one, but every time I see one I want it. I might ride it to the library. Maybe to Hob Knob Cafe. Perhaps to the Basilica downtown, or the Art Museum for free Thursday evenings. Maybe.

mother's day 12 hour sale

You know my obsession with Strawberry Hedgehog right? I felt slightly faint after reading about this sale. I have my mom's present already....but if you don't you should go buy her this. Pronto!

i heart this

So the med student side of me, and the art lover side of me agree = this is cool.

Found at OrkPosters (that place is full of fantastic inspiration)

a contest for all you preggies

One of my BEST friends is pregnant right now; actually, I have quite a few friends 'with child' at the moment and I'm so excited for them. Having babies seems like a billion years away for me: but those of you with the kiddos in tow, check out this contest to win a stroller and car seat from Stroller Patroller! Gotta love free.

ruche

Just found this online mecca of beautiful beautiful clothes at ca-razy affordable prices...Ruche. As I scrolled through their amazing collection it reminded me of Anthropologie clothes, with their vintagy edge, and pretty details (I love Anthro designs btw but will probably never own anything from them because of that seriously painful price tag) . But these prices rock. ROCK I say! Check it. Be amazed for yourself. Oh. And they have a handmade goods collection AND an organic eco-friendly line too.

fashion plates

Ohmygosh this make my heart race a lil bit! My sisters and I would spend hours making and coloring these fashion plates when we were kids! This exact kit in fact!! It's fun to see that they are making a come back...as home decor.

ohdeedoh

Wait till I tell my seeesters - I bet we share a moment squealing and smiling.