DIY Blanket Cape

It is the time of year when you really just want to coze up in a blanket and never leave the house. When that just isn't possible (rude) I offer a stylish solution in a DIY Blanket Cape that is basically a hipster snuggie. I am TOTALLY COOL WITH THAT.



My husband, Willie Dictionary, wrote the incredibly beautiful music that is so good I want to stop the tutorial just to listen. But hey, we have a blanket cape to make!

Happy Weekend!

Have a cozy weekend! Mine was made by Refinery 29 posting my latest Geometric necklace video. Feel free/please give their link some love (RIGHT HERE).

Truly Outrageous

I turned on the television and in an instant was back in my best friend Petra's sun room watching episodes of Jem before school being blown over by the killer make-up donning the faces of the Holograms and Misfits.





Pizazz, of The Misfits, rocks an electric/tribal moment that I am totally digging. Not to even mention (ahem) THE OUTFITS.



I think there's lot to learn here, ladies. A lot to learn indeed.

Bowling Lane Coffee Table

This bowling lane coffee table on MAKE could actually get my husband as excited about design as I am. Bowling League season 9 starts on Monday at Brooklyn Bowl!

The dishes are done, man.

I am obsessed with my own fiestaware. Being able to change up the vibrant variety of lush colors daily keeps the collection fresh. It also makes it way easy to incorporate new fiestaware with the vintage I have collected through the years. It even made a cameo in my NEW FAVORITE SHOW.


My husband and I are in a race-through-the-day-to-get-home-to-watch-Breaking-Bad-until-we-pass-out kind of mind frame right now. Thank you, Netflix, for enabling us.

Paper Cut Art Valentine's

I used to be THE BEST CARD GIVER and I fully admit to slipping into allowing the computer to correspond for me (not cool, Meg, not cool). Valentine's Day is a great excuse to hand make some sweet notes for your best friends, your mom (same thing), gay husband, or boo.


It's amazing what a little card stock and paper glue will do. I created some animal friends and some paper cut layered flowers that were really easy and simple to make, please feel free to use them as inspiration, or even print out the images to trace the animals yourself.




Who is your Valentine? Do you celebrate, hate, or not care at all?

Rumors

I heard a rumor that made my heart POUND IN ANTICIPATION, but I can't find anything to back it up. A girlfriend told me that she HEARD Domino Magazine was returning (!!!!!!!/I KNOW). It might not be true. I must tell this right away. Just the thought of this got me so excited I gasped so loud I woke the dogs. I still have every single issue (to my knowledge) and read them religiously.


A couple of years ago my girlfriend Casey was hanging out at my house and asked if she could borrow a few of my Domino magazines. I said yes, clearly demonstrating my undying love and loyalty to my girlfriend. Casey pulled them off the shelf and saw how many tabs, doggy-ears and wrinkled pages there were due to my reading and re-reading them over the years. She looked at my archives (with judgement?) and said "Nevermind, you clearly need these more than me." And I do. I really, really do.

Read my other Domino posts here and check out the Domino Flickr set.

TGIF

Have a lovely weekend!

Geometric Necklace How-To

In my latest MACC video I show you how to make the gometric necklace that I wore in my upholstered headboard video. Check it out and be sure to SUBSCRIBE!

TODAY!

...what would Tess McGill do?

When life knocks me down a peg (I am 0 for 3 this week and FEELING THE BURN), I often think to myself...what would Tess McGill do?


She would pick herself up (steal someone's identity/accidentally drug herself/vacuum in undies/sleep with Harrison Ford in the 80's) and work her way back up to the top, THAT'S WHAT!!


But maybe not before she let herself feel the burn for a hot sec. Am I right, ladies? With three bigger-than-I'd-like-to-admit professional set-backs this week I am having a dollop of what Holly Golightly would call the mean reds. Only dogs, ice cream and watching all of my favorite movies will help this day out. After a few hours of feeling it whilst working (duh) I will do just that. Hopefully with glasses as large as Miss McGills.

Caftan Research

Remember reading about this one in my April post? Well I found it marked down from almost $300 (downright insulting) to $40 in December and haven't taken it off yet! This is real hand-dyed silk and hot damn this caftan looks good. See it live action in my headboard video. My sweet and crafty Corinne and I have something really special in store for you!


I have been dreaming of caftans a) because the are beautiful b) I now have THREE c) in preparation for my DIY Caftan video.




It does not get better than Miss Cleopatra/Elizabeth Taylor in a Caftan with an ornate spiky headpiece (pour some out).


The 3rd image is model Marisa Berenson in California circa 1967, shot by Henry Clarke, bottom image is in the Rajasthan region of India, shot by Ken Scott, also in '67.

Beginners

This is what an exquisite film looks like.

Wrong!

I would have picked Ducky.


A die-hard best friend who loves you through your angst, bad-boy-faze, thrifted fashions and rocks snake skin loafers of his own? All valid reasons but the clencher is a four-letter word that rhymes with Potis Pedding.

My DIY Upholstered Headboard

My husband, Will, and I have completely re-done our bedroom and have been filming it for my CRAFT bedroom series. In part I we painted the room, removed the carpet and installed Ikea click-together floors and added trim. In today's video, Part II, we show you how to make an upholstered illuminated headboard. Here is the video!





I added pillows, one of which is a handmade Mola fabric panel that I made into a pillow. For more info read the accompanying blog post.

Moonrise Kingdom

THIS IS HAPPENING.

DATA

I THOUGHT I would marry Mikey (when I was 5-10ish), even based a first-grade friendship with Marissa O'Grady on our mutual love for Mr. Walsh. Alas, he grew into a hobbit and I married a rock star who bought me this. I win!

Geometric Redux

The geometric wreath I made for winter can be made into any shape for any occasion. I created a heart-filled Valentine's Day wreath to show you.



Here is the how-to from my channel, MACC. I LOVE a project that you can use for several purposes.

Horse Drawn Wagon

The same amazing girlfriend of mine who started Tipico when she moved to Guatamala just opened another beautiful Etsy shop, Horse Drawn Wagon.

Both shops are 100% fair trade, give back and support the locals, and provide a bold and delicious taste of the the textiles and baskets in Guatamala. What I wouldn't give to pop on a plane and visit Alison, only to bring back a horse drawn wagon full o' textiles. Aren't these to die for?!

Word

I found a sweet spin on wall quote art on SF Girl by Bay. I dig their version.



This is my Warhol quote with a video how-to and back story.

Mod Pod Balm

I am INTO this new (USDA certified, my favorite words) organic lip balm, eos. I am digging/oddly obsessed with the all-too-lovely mod design. The balm is stellar too, particularly the mint and lemon flavors.



Why have lip balm that doesn't double as a mini design piece?

Headboard Sneak Peek

The biggest snuggleface and the teeny, tiniest sneak peek of the headboard.

Macrame Neck Piece

Woah. This is macrame neck piece is SICK. Ridiculous. In the best possible way.




I guess I am learning macrame now. Bring it.

Book Hou

I love everything black and white and geometric so am all about Bookhou at Home. Soon there will be two of these in our kitchen...


and one of these round m'neck.