Doilies had a moment. Back in the day they seemingly adorned every furniture surface and even rested on the backs of chairs and sofas.
“I’m too poor to buy cheap things”. Words from my art college instructor, Jean, many years ago have always resonated with me.
The path to entrepreneurship has had one common denominator for Matt Boston, designer, leathersmith and owner of Varsity Brown (VB), a leather goods shop in the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood of West Toronto.
Not every holiday decoration needs to be glitter-fied and look like it was made by Christmas elves. Sometimes something a little rough around the edges says Christmas just as much as the day after Halloween. That’s where this DIY Cement Christmas Tree Garland enters the scene. Hang it indoors or out, it’s really not that fussy and pretty easy to make.
Many astrologers herald April of 1995 as the beginning of the “Age of Aquarius”. That year in the San Francisco Bay Area, Craig Newmark began an email distribution list, posting notices of social events of interest to friends.
Every home makes music. Sometimes it’s the quiet monastic chant heard in the tranquility of monochromatic interiors or it’s the ebullient tempo of a colourful Bohemian home. Other times that connection to music is visual as seen in musical instruments hanging from a wall, a vintage record player on a credenza, or even lyrics framed as wall art.
Many of us start out in our first apartment with furniture our parents generously handed down to us because well frankly, they needed something to sit on when they visited.
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Who doesn’t like a little friendly crafting competition? These DIY Vintage Sewing Pattern Decoupage Coasters were part of the Makeful.com weekly featured challenge and I was game…and a little thirsty.
SCW PRESENTS SUPPORT LeCaShe (pronounced Le-Ca-shay)
This year challenge yourself, your family and your friends to support their local economy, craftspeople, artists, and second-hand economy. LeCaShe, is the acronym that puts this all together: Local economy, Craftspeople, artists and Second-hand economy.
Bunting pennants are on trend right now and so is embroidery. And peace should always be trending. This DIY embroidered PEACE bunting made a cool addition to my niece’s room which I fixed up for her while she studies at my alma mater in Toronto.
