The Essential DIY

Red paint + terra cotta plant pot + fishbowl = so much adorable cuteness it hurts.

With Father's day around the corner these will have to wait but you can bet your sweet patootie as soon as I find out if Nut Butter cookies are available in Canada I'm making some.

According to one of the comments these might be duds, so I would recommend trying one first before making a billion.

And here is the most wonderful way to reuse the tops from your plastic bottles after you have made the groovy decorations I posted previously.

I'll forwarn you now, we are having a bubble party for my daughter Wednesday's 4th birthday next month so you might be seeing a lot bubble-party-kid related posts. (Well more than usual ;)

Keep your room and furniture colours on you with this stylish little bit. Because we all know that while paint chips are similar, they are not exactly what the paint looks like.

Our household is paper towel free, has been for years. I keep a drawer of old t-shirts and rags for spills, but these, well I think they are divine. I would love to have these pretties sitting out for at least the counter spills. And I'll save my drawer of rags for floor spills. I have a billion yards of flannel, I wonder how many snaps I have?

My daughter Wednesday is an avid painter, drawer, glitterizer etc. and I am an avid photographer of her in process. I love this idea of combining the two. I think it would make a wonderful Christmas or Mother's day or Father's Day gift!

This is as pretty and detailed a homemade play kitchen I have seen. I love the addition of a market stall. So much fun.

The thing about using thrifted doilies in crafts is that most of the work is done for you. All you have to do is the simple stuff like stitch them together fore a table runner, or this which is even easier.

Ruffled Place Mat / Sewing and Quilting | Fiskars Ruffles make everything pretty don't they?