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. 
A few weeks ago I reached out to the Decor It Yourself Facebook page asking who would be down to join me in pledging to do this. I eat meat WAY less than 6 days a week, but I wanted to see if we could motivate a whole group to make a committed pledge. I was seriously stoked to see the response, so decided to make Meatless Mondays our Earth Day episode, since how we eat is one of the most powerful impacts we have on our planet. Here is the episode:
When you make the pledge, you can sign up for the Meatless Mondays news letter that brings delicious veggie recipes to your e-mail in-box each week. How easy could this get? 
Some foodie friends helped by blogging about the subject and including some of their favorite vegetarian meals for us. Matthias and his fiance` have a food blog, Milk in Glass Bottles and contributed A Vegetable Matter. My friend and vegetarian, Daisy, contributed a , meatless Shepard's Pie recipe (and a fun way to learn it) over on her blog, Pushing Up Daisies. Rebecca Lando, from the delectable Working Class Foodies gave us her take on the issue and some fav dishes here. And lastly, here is my round-up of vegetarian recipes in my post from a few weeks ago.
Treehugger reports here that if we stop eating meat one day a week, this is the positive effect it will have on our environment....
*Our greenhouse gas emission reductions equal US switching from a car with average fuel efficiency (that's about 22 mpg for the entire fleet) to a high efficiency car such as the Toyota Prius (50 mpg).
* We will save about 1 ton of water, enough to fill up the bathtub 22 times per week.
* If everyone in the US did this, we'd collectively save about 12 billion gallons of gasoline.
This is a small life change that will make huge changes for the planet.
I love diving into different design decades, and in this episode of Decor It Yourself, we are inspired by 1970's string art. 
Here is the episode....
In the episode I made this poppy red orb and the blue and mustard stars to start. 
I chose a simple design for my first piece, and hope to expand to more complicated designs like this one from Apartment Therapy's post on art over the mantle. 
Or this perfectly kitch sunset couple silhouette piece I saw on ebay.
Following Lighting Part 1 I visited with Louise, of the Etsy shop Warpe Designs. In Lighting Part 2, Louise shows us how to make a paper lantern of the New York City skyline.
Be sure to check out my DIY Lighting round-up over on the Threadbanger blog.
Click here to watch it!
Whether you have recently watched Food Inc., read one of Michael Pollan's informative books, or have just been hearing the information about what is in our meat these days, you may be wanting to make a change. On the Decor It Yourself Facebook page yesterday, I pledged to start each week with a Meatless Monday. 
My husband is a vegetarian, to him and to all vegetarian and vegans out there- BRAVO! This whole post and pledge is dedicated to you for making responsible, healthy, and above all, kind choices every single day. Thank you. 
For the rest of us, this is a way for us to make a difference. I wanted to officially pledge to (at least) cut out meat one day a week with this awesome initiative and see who would join me. I was thrilled to see so many of you are! Please share your stories, recipes, and journey with our Nest readers and Decor It Yourself viewers by commenting here. We can really help each other out with this.
If we cut out meat just ONE day a week, it will reduce our consumption by 15%. Reducing the amount of meat we eat doesn't just save a lot of animals, but it cuts down on a tremendous amount of energy it takes to ship the meat. Cutting down on our meat consumption opens up a lot of grass to have free-range farms instead of factories that manipulate the animals we eat, and feed them hormones and anti-biotics in order to survive in their unhealthy conditions. This movement will also provide a day to recognize that we have a choice in what we put in our body, and can change our body's and planet's health by making the right choices.
Here are lists of delicious vegetarian recipes from a few key websites to help you go Meatless on Mondays. Each link is that site's list of vegetarian recipes.:
The Meatless Mondays website offers weekly up-dates on this list of recipes to help you keep your pledge.
Food & Wine Magazine
Gourmet
Everyday Food
International Vegetarian Union
Top Tastes
Epicurious
What are your favorites? Send them in, add some photos or video, and they could be featured on the blog or on Decor It Yourself! Best of luck with Meatless Mondays!
xo, Meatless Monday Meg
P.S. This sticker was on a vegan burger my sister got from our fav veg place in Brooklyn, Foodswings. It worked.
Lighting is the back-bone of your home's aesthetic. 
If you want to make ONE change to up-grade the look and feel of a space, I say invest in your lighting. There are so many cool ideas out there for us to tackle, I had to make 2 episodes dedicated to DIY lighting.
The first installment aired yesterday, where I made a Structured Blossom lamp, as seen on Design Sponge, here. 
I added the element of color in the red lamp, and in my shades I used twice the felt I anticipated because I loved the really dense look. Spin it how ever you want, and share the result by sending me photos to meg@threadbanger.com 
Check the Decor It Yourself Fanpage to see iconic lighting fixtures through the decades. Familiarize yourself with choice pieces you may want to collect over the years. This will help you score a sweet deal when you stumble across one.
See you next week with Part 2 of DIY Lighting!
The above print and the post card below have hung in every bedroom of mine since age twelve. We all have artists who we adore, who inspire us, whose work has enriched our lives by speaking directly to us. As I said in a previous post, one of those artists for me is Andy Warhol, whom I've adored since the sixth grade when my weekly planner was filled with his work. Not aware at the time of what an icon he was, I thought he was my on personal discovery. Kinda like in elementary school when I thought the Pixies BELONGED to only me.
Not only does his artwork move me, but the things that came out of his mouth are absolutely priceless. I did a whole line of Enderby tote bags hand stamped with this quote a few years ago:
Wanting to bring his work into my home, I was inspired by an Apartment Therapy post on how I could do just that. So this week's episode of Decor It Yourself was Warhol Quote Wall Art.
I created the piece on a door we needed to re-paint anyway. The door is in between our creative space and bedroom, so we get to enjoy it from both rooms. I love how it turned out, and love that you can create the same effect as a gift on a smaller piece of wood. An easy technique and great end result. How will you spin this project?
I always miss my Nana. When I have a big surge of missage or just can't get her out of my mind, I try to make something out of her old fabric. For a Decor It Yourself episode a couple of weeks ago, I made a Nana silhouette pillow. 
You can see the full episode here.
For the latest installment of Decor It Yourself I indulge my addiction to dishware and learn how to etch glass. In the accompanying blog post, I provide these simple designs to use as templates for your etching if you want. 
You can also download any font you like and do initials for a customized glass. The second half is a cool tutorial for how to brew your own beer by Erin Bried, author of How to Sew on a Button and Other Nifty Things Your Grandma Knew". Click here to watch, and enjoy!
My Thanksgiving special with Rebecca Lando from Working Class Foodies where the chef helps us whip up a delicious vegetarian dish for the holiday! I also give you some easy table decor ideas that will set the mood for your Thanksgiving dinner.
