Showing posts with label gift ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gift ideas. Show all posts

Thursday, June 5, 2014

The one with the dino and polkadot jewelry dish

Some time ago (actually months ago.....) I started this DIY. Somewhere in winter, I found a photo of an Anthropologie trinket dish. Silly me forgot to pin it, but in my mind it was white, had polkadots, and involved an animal figurine. I DO remember a very scary price tag. I don't like scary price tags, but I do like recreating things I like, low budget style! I got a dinosaur figurine at the toy store back in january, started painting away and for some reason the pink dino ended up in a closet and stayed there. I guess the dinosaur wasn't a big fan of winter (just like me) and decided to go into hibernation mode..... It resurfaced again a week ago.


What you'll need:
  • an animal figurine
  • paint (or spray paint)
  • glue
  • a plate
  • a paint brush
  • a nail




Cover your workspace with an old newspaper and start painting away. This dino apparantly wasn't a big fan of the colour pink, and needed multiple layers to go from green to pink. Maybe spray painting would have been the better option, but I got this paint a long time ago and it needed to be used! 



After the painting, and when the dino is all nice and dried up, glue it's feet to your plate. Give it some time to dry.





Try out some different sized nails on a scrap piece of paper, to see which size of polka dots you like most. And surround the little dude (or dudette) with dots.




Let it dry, et voila!






 
Have you been doing DIY's lately? I'd love to see your tutorial or result in the comments below! If you're in need of more DIY ideas, you can find some projects over here.



Wednesday, May 14, 2014

The one with the Etsy finds

Oh my! I think I haven't done an Etsy find post since somewhere before Christmas. It's about time to have another one. No theme over here, 'just' gorgeous things that have been calling my name.








Thursday, December 5, 2013

The one with the paper and pencil gift guide

When it comes to certain things, I am a bit old fashioned. Although I love all of the awesomeness internet has to offer, I am still a pencil and paper kind of girl and thought it might be a cool theme for another holiday gift guide. There are some more gift guides at the blog that are here, here and here. Like the other ones, all of these goodies are budget friendly, all being under € 10,- / $ 14.-







Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The one with all the art

Here is the third collection of gift ideas (1 and 2 are here). This one is filled with gorgeous and affordable art. All of them are under € 10,- (14 USD).

I am most excitited about the Charlotte's web art print. Charlotte's web was my favourite movie as a kid. Not the one with real people and real animals, but the cartoon version. It's a bit odd that I liked this movie so much, because I have had the most terrible fear of spiders for as long as I can remember. What's your favourite childhood movie? And do you have any special works of art to cheer up your walls?

Enough talk. Without further ado, I present to you: art!


Vintage Japanese art print




Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The one with the last minute Valentine shopping

I do like giving presents and sending out cards all year round, so Valentine's day is no exception. Here are some of my Valentine's favourites.

for your single friend 1/2/3/4
for him 1/2/3/4
for her 1/2/3/4