Tuesday, March 26, 2013

making something simple, extra pretty!


Something I have really wanted for a long time is my own little space. Somewhere to sew or read, or blog or draw or paint a little something or be crafty or arty (and leave it there while I go about my day)...so when we moved I wanted to find somewhere in our new home where this could come true.
That place is in our guest room. 
And this old desk? Was in our shed. So I carried it upstairs and saw its potential! 



Now with its vintage contact paper bought from this beautiful etsy shop...something old has become something perfectly new (to me) and loved. I think it's beautiful!
The pretty wall decal letters are from my beautiful friend, Rachel for my Christmas present last year from little nest. They finish the space perfectly (although I'm thinking i'll change the pale 'y' and 'a'...they are removable and re-usuable too so don't fret!) 

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

A DIY wrapping kit


this past month has been a birthday season for us in our home. two of the gifts that we gave were little wrapping kits for two special people who love stationery nearly as much as me. i got the idea from pinterest (of course) from this lovely diy website Creature Comforts. It was just a matter of collating some pretty embellishments, making a few envelopes, printing off some free printables, organising the gift tags and BUYING fun stationary! my favourite part! and then the rest is up to them to wrap their gifts or decorating something special with these things.

the free printables i used were:
1. Birthday Calendar from The Pretty Blog
(and another option from the blog here)
2. Cute gift tags from The Pretty Blog
3. Sweet little Bird labels from World Label

These are also really cute which I found later:
-Vintage Photo Mountain Gift Tags from Fellowfellow
-Paint by numbers Valentines from My Paper Crane
-Bright gift tags from the Martha Stewart site
-And a whole heap of free DIY printables from Love VS Design! They are so cute! Check them out.

but there are so many to choose from when you just google search "free printables". get inspired & have fun wrapping presents!