a table for coffee and other things - a tutorial

About a month and a half ago, I found a coffee table sitting by its lonesome on the curb. To be fair, Philip saw it from afar. Regardless, both of us could see beams of light and possibility shining down from the heavens as we approached it on an afternoon run. We traded looks, knew we should at least give it a try, and I ran back home to get the car.

reviews-day tuesday: a successful pinterest project

This is a review of sorts. It's the necessary type of review that either thumbs up or thumbs down Pinterest project. Unfortunately, Pinterest is constantly intriguing but often leaves me dissatisfied with my version of the product. Is it just me? Maybe I'm missing a crafty gene? It can't be me all the time. It's that Pinterest simplifies not-simple things, roping you into a project and convincing you that even YOU can do this...which absolutely will not turn out like the picture. Regardless of these disappointments, I have found a goodie in this Pin, and I invite you to DIY following the steps below. You will need:

• An old t-shirt (or in this case cami)
• Scissors
• An extra pair of hands 

Hope it works for you! It's a small headband, and I'll probably make a bigger one on my second attempt. Also - I walked by these today on my way to work, and I thought you'd like them...Happy Tuesday!

the one where I do something crafty

I think just like there's a time of the month for more chocolate than usual, there's a time of the month for craftiness. I don't know when that time is or what inspires it, but the last couple weeks, I've been tapping into the creative lobes of my brain. Most recently it came from a desire to have curtains and lamps that were cute and not expensive. So I dug through my collection of random linens and found a tapestry I once bought at Anthropologie to serve as a cover for my duvet when I was in college. After I got married, it was a nice tablecloth. But then I needed curtains to cover our very unsightly closet. So after choppin em up and yelling at my sewing machine for a good three hours, we have a couple nice panels that I can use for a closet now and one day for actual, real, non-basement windows. They aren't half bad. Philip likes them too, I'm sure, even though his first reaction was "this room is way too girly now..." Here is the process documented in case you'd like to see how it's done (note Mina's help):