The Thousand Apologies & DIY.

Oh my goodness, I feel we must apologize for the amazing holiday we have both had...

Since we last post anyhow.

A number of things have happened.

We have made many sales (Woohoo!).

Anyway, I want you guys to check out this awesome

DIY "LOVE" knockoff pillowcases for your beds!

Absolutely amazing!

Over at Flamingo Toes they have a DIY tutorial to get these letter on your pillowcases!

If you do it, I wanna see your creations!

Buhbye,

 
Tams.x

The Pendant Lampshade.

More from How About Orange with a really inspiring post that features not one but 

FIVE different handmade pendant lampshades sourced in blogland

that you can copy at home!

See here for the links to the how-tos

Stephanie.x

The Neat Treat.

If you liked the idea of Advent boxes filled with little treats in an earlier post,

here is a clever idea from
How About Orange

Little boxes made from paint swatches! So cool.

But not, in my opinion, quite as cool and clever as this 

AWESOME paper ball ornament!

See here for the how-to

I think these fantastic balls in white would fit right into a simple-but-sophisticated Christmas theme, don't you?

Stephanie.x

The Just-In-Case Gift.

If you are still searching for small-but-perfect gifts, look no further than

boygirlparty on Etsy.

This gorgeous shop features items drawn and hand-painted by artist Susie Ghahremani. Susie has been a "proud indie artist" since 2001 and was the winner of a
2010 poll for Best DIY Designer. 
See here for more about Susie, her work and blog.

2012 planner

pocket mirror

recipe cards

magnet 

Check out Susie's Etsy Shop 

for these and hundreds more great gift ideas. These are affordable enough to have one or two extra gifts wrapped in your home/handbag/desk for that AWKWARD moment when you are given a gift by someone you hadn't planned to buy for!

What do you mean that doesn't happen to you? It's just me??

Stephanie.x