How to: wear your heart on your sleeve. Literally.

I'm too excited to get home and give this a whirl to waste time banging out any words to go with these delightful how-to pictures, but one thing I will say is... look out old cashmere sweaters, I'm a coming to get you.

For the full run down, make sure you swing by here before the day is out.

Honestly WTF

Try Something New Tuesday: Paint Tins As Table Centre Pieces

I've already started collecting a few, but if you can't find decent-loking paint tins, try large food cans, like the ones you get tinned fruit in.

Donna Hay

Try Something New Tuesday: Badge Art

It's been a while since I did one of these, folks, so let's take baby steps, starting with this glue-gun, paint-tin free badge art.

Rockett St George

You'll need:

• That jar of badges you've been hanging on to since high school.



• 1x white frame.



• 1x piece of white cardboard or fabric to pin the badges to.



• Sticky tape to secure the fabric/cardboard to the backing board of the frame.

Too easy, right?

Try Something New Tuesday: Braided Marni Bracelet

I (along with 387 million others) have a serious soft spot for all things neon at the moment. Case in point, my new pink Zara mini which I plan on dressing up with a few of these little bangle-jangles. Only problem is, I don't know where I'm going to find the spare time to make them. Any helpers?!

For the full run-down swing by Here.

Who What Wear

Try Something New Thursday: Drawer-To-Wall Hooks

Oh. My. Golly. Gosh. Could this project be any easier? All you need are a few cheap pine drawer handles, a couple of tins of paint, and Bob's your uncle! I'd also throw in a few of those daggy finials (you know the decorative fixtures that get added to the end of curtain rods?!) to mix up the sizes.

Weekday Carnival

Try something new Tuesday: DIY Art

No hot glue gun, scissors, or painting-skills required today, folks. All you need to do is keep your camera at the ready to snap some shots, like this cloud pic that's been enlarged on high quality paper and slipped into a good ol' IKEA frame. Yep, it's that easy.

I'm thinking it wouldn't look too bad in a kids room either...

Thanks for the inspiration, A Cup Of Jo.

Try Something New Tuesday: Wall Snowflakes

Way more sentimental than a wall decal, I'm loving this idea of making snowflake-ish cutouts out of fancy wrapping paper for a nursery, or kids bedroom wall. You could get the kids to do them and frame them for (cheap) keepsake art.

You can stock up on cracking wallpaper for girls over at Love Mae and for the boys, Lox + Savvy, is where the magic is at.

Love Mae

DIY Desk and coffee table

I love hairpin legs. Full Stop. And now, thanks to this post over at Silvia Song, I know I am going to own either a coffee table, or desk with them one day. Seriously, how dead-easy does this look?

All you need is the surface and you can pick up the hairpin legs in a host of different sizes over at, Hairpin Legs. Too easy.

For Me For You

Check out these shots from Silvia Song's coffee table...

Silvia Song

Tinny Idea I Love # 3

Remember this post? And this post? Well, I think this one may have just topped them in the cuteness department.



Once Wed

More DIY Action

Okay, this DIY folder is getting out of control. When you're done making stamps, why not start on this headboard. Too easy.

Thank you, Bodie and Fou

Can't-believe-it's-that-easy customised stamps.

I was looking for moustache-printed products, like mugs and tea towels, when I stumbled upon this DIY post and almost lost my mind. Quick, easy and virtually mess-free, it's my kinda DIY project.

P.S If you haven't paid The Sweet Occasion a visit already, you're nuts. Go check it out, it's the definition of DIY amazement.

Here's what you'll need to make your every own fancy shmancy customised stamp:

1 x Pen

1 x X Acto knife. You can buy one here.

1 x Ink pad. Pick one up for next to nothing, here.

A couple of erasers - I'm sure you've got a few floating in the top drawer of your desk at work. If not, raid the kids pencil cases.

PS The shipping tags are optional, but in my opinion, worth ever penny. You can buy a stack, here.

Here goes...

Step 1: Draw the shape...

Step 2: Outline the shape...

Step 3: Remove rubber outside the boundary...

Step 4: Get ready to stamp...

Too easy!

The Sweet Occasion

Try Something New Thursday: Embroidery Hoop Pin Boards

Throw out that daggy cork board, because embroidery hoops are in the house! I did a shoot like this last year, with a cluster of embroidery hoops covered in Liberty print as a wall feature, but I never in a million years would have thought to use them as a notice board. And the best bit? They cost near nothing to make. You can jump some hoops, here, for next to nothing.


Table Tonic