This coming week, I promise you, you'll have PLENTY to DIY
Up in the air.
How many times have you watched at an airplane flying on the sky and think: "wow, that's pretty, I should take a picture" (and of course, by the time you pull out your camera, you focus, yada yada yada... it's gone, it's too far, there is that ugly water tank on the roof in the middle of what should have been a perfect shot).
Not Nathan Harger's problems.
He can capture an airplane in the perfect blue sky. ... Times 20.
Then he puts all these pictures together and you end up with something that you can't stop staring at. Most of his work is black and white: series, perspectives, repetitions. I'd take one of each!
Untitled (Holding Patterns), Brooklyn, NY 2008
Three Ikea hacks you'll love
Swiss industrial designer student, Andreas Bhend has realized the best-ikea-hacks-ever!
This is a short video that will tickle the inner DIYer in you.
The best part? Not only he made these Ikea hacks, but he's giving you the option to make yours!
Part of his work are the booklet manuals made for his X, Y, and Z versions that look just like the real deal, with the clueless guy that scratches his head and all!
I'm really, really... REALLY tempted!
A picture is worth a thousand words... or both
Make a picture into a picture of words in very few steps (if I could do it, you probably can do it better!).
Here's one of my favorite pictures of Lucky and the word version of her using "a shelter dog's prayer".
I always had rescues or stray (dogs mostly but also cats).
I used to volunteer at the city's shelter and I know that even if dogs (& cats, too) don't speak, they do say this prayer every single day...
a DIY blog worth checking out.
Love this necklace? I LOOOOOVE it!
By now it's pretty obvious that I like big statement pieces, and this is a DKNY necklace is a DIY.
... and it's g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s.
And there are clear instruction on how to make it.
there are some pretty DIYs to try with plain canvas shoes
I'm partial to espadrilles, but any plain pair of shoes can be the white canvas (pun intended!) for your own - unique - personal style - shoes of the summer
I had espadrilles each and every summer since I can remember!
This year is no exception.
...And I gave the espadrilles' bug to my s-daughter, who wanted to make something with her plain white ones!
while looking at my favorites inspirations for the week!
jewelry and art.
Artist and Jewelry designer Denise J. Reytan has an eye for colors, balance, and mixed media like no others. I love every single piece of her art(my favorite:the fabulous beach finds) and jewelry.
She mixes nylon ropes with random objects, casted plastic from real jewelry, beads and more to obtain the most eye-catching, colorful, statement pieces.
when graphic design meets embroidery
... you land into Briar Mark's world.
If you like typography, embroidery and a good spin on anything Apple, you're in the right place.
One of her work is, indeed, called: iCraft. Love it!
I first stumbled on her pieces when looking at ideas for thetypography challenge, and followed her on tumblr every since then.
...she could have done this on her mac. But she didn't.
Love this video.
...stepping on typography: type
This "type" rug is made by illustrator (and crazy cat lady as she describes herself)Jessica Hische, using carpet tiles. And this is a tutorial!
I wish I had an empty floor.
Actually, I wish I could doodle like this and then also had an empty floor.
the art of knots.
Beautiful, easy to follow,video tutorials, 240 knots and growing.
festinate and the many things you can do with your words (or poems, or songs)
In a matter of few seconds I copied and pasted the lyrics of Imagine into the form, and ... ta-dah!
Turned into a heart.
If you need to make a nice card, a thank you note, anything involving words onto a piece of paper. Love. (you can make more than just hearts... go check it out!)
(yes, I am a dreamer, BTW)
This shrug can be worn also up-side-down.
That kind of thing that you can pull out of your purse and get on. without thinking :)
It's a simple project, and a simple diagram: if you are feeling like knitting something to throw over your shoulders during the summer nights.
Something I might make soon.
Artist Jake Evans made this gradient ombre cut flowers as part of his work Flora Sway II.
I did something like that back in school for a physic/chemistry project, turning white roses blue using ink mixed with water.
I wonder if using food coloring would be just as good?
I saw this project onto the Sharpie blog, made by A beautiful mess
and I was intrigued.
I used the Pebeo Porcelaine 150 marker to write on ceramic, but sharpies are: cheaper, come in more colors, and write probably much easier that a liquid tip. Something I want to try!
I posted this picture on my Facebook and some of you commented on this t-shirt.
(The picture was about the food, not about the t-shirt, but most girls love clothes more than food, including myself!! LOL!)
Anyway, this t-shirt refashion is my attempt to the "pratia tank" from Anthropologie.
I found at my Dollar Store the perfect sky blue t-shirt,
This is Birba in her "cone of shame": she had an extra set of declaws and needed to be removed.
Although she is doing better than expected (she is the least tolerant of the pack), she'll be pretty happy once that cone that make her look like a lamp will be removed.
The idea was to put an inflatable collar on her (which are more comfortable and less stressful), but she was still able to reach her back paws.
So we ended up with the E-collar (Elizabethan collar)... and after the initial stage of craziness, she is now coping with it much better!
... She'll have it removed on Friday!!
And because this is a DIY blog... in case you need it, here's a link on how to make one for your pet :
I love how the sharp edges of the wood morph into the soft woven and knitted textile and back.
I'm not sure I could place this piece into my home, but I just love it.
By designer Kata Monus (check out her blog, it's really cool and love her jewelry collections!)
Ok, I'm not sure how I feel about this. The "old used shoes" part creeps me out. On the other side, I wouldn't mind if it would be made with just old, un-sold shoes.
But it is interesting, for sure a "think outside the box" kind of thing.
By designer Baptiste Viry(who has also lots of cool jewelry in her site).
