There used to be three sections of wine in my house: Closet wine – expensive/special or bottles that need to age Fridge wine – daily drinkers Shelf wine – somewhere between daily drinkers and special, ie don’t drink it as bottle 2 or 3! But I realized I was doing it all wrong. Here’s the…
I wanted to paint to fill the big white space above my bed. But then I inherited this awesome painting, and I didn’t need to paint anymore. But I still wanted to, so I picked up some gems at Goodwill to repurpose—a wooden block to turn into a giant coaster for flowers, a mirrored picture…
Dumpster rescue. The perfect skinny entryway piece, with drawers. A repository for keys, dog treats and poop bags, purses, with bins for backpacks and shopping bags underneath. I found it outside my new apartment almost a year ago, and it took me about 7 months to get around to redoing it, but boy was I…
“Maybe she won’t notice if I just camouflage” … Someone is a little disconcerted by all the buzz around moving, but ultimately she’s happy in this new spot. And hey, if puppy is happy, I’m happy, because I couldn’t be more grateful for this dog. My parents being here this past weekend kicked my butt into…
The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday! I’m going for a bachelorette party, and we’re also attending Oaks on Friday. So I need two dresses and TWO hats and two fabulous shoes! For the 141st Kentucky Oaks, on Friday, May 1st, the theme is Think Pink in support of Churchill Downs’ official partnerships with Bright Pink and Horses…
Y’all, this is toilet paper. I would pin this convertible!! dress in a heartbeat, not knowing it was made from TP. This is 2014’s winner, Susan Brennan, who made this insane dress out of toilet paper. Toilet paper!! Think you can top this masterpiece? You can win $10K and see your dress made into a…
In the wake of my extraordinarily tomboy-meets-girly six-item me-centric Christmas List, may I present to you the flipside of the coin: ten things that I already have, that you should give people for Christmas, because they are awesome. Broken down into who the eff those people are. You’re welcome. Female, Any This Coach Mini Skinny wallet is…
Living in sunny SoCal has really hampered my ability to kill my own Christmas tree this year. I’m super excited about what I did find though: Living Christmas Tree, a tree rental company! They drop ‘er off and pick ‘er back up, all you gotta do is keep ‘er alive (um, easier said than done,…
The longer I live by the beach, the more of a dirty hippie I become. I already try not to drive or wear shoes on the weekends. I already eat happy animals, get a farm box of veggies delivered, and cook with healthy oils. I already work out, take long walks, play, laugh, breathe deeply,…
<— You want this. Even if you didn’t know you wanted it before, now you do. Being able to make your own tutu gives you infinite options for costumes! It’s stupid easy. All you need from the fabric store is tulle and elastic. There are all sorts of tulles, so you can mix colors and…