a rustic approach if you will (and I think you will)

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custom rustic.

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Oh hey, happy Sunday!  We've done nothing today but eat a fat kid breakfast--from BK--nap the entire day away, and then finish up with a semi-fat kid dinner at Cinco de DRINKO.  No drinks for this girl today after last nights consumption though.  So I guess I thought that I would at least get a post or two done, and then, you know, go to sleep.  I freaking love Sundays!

So, about this rustic yarn wreath you see here on the right... I made this custom for my bestie Shena's mom (who loves log cabin-y things and such) for Mother's Day actually, but I handed it over yesterday... Listen, different states, different cities, it happens!

Shena gave me the color pallet to work with (forest green and mauve) as well as a request for a black bear muppet.  Here's what I got right--the forest green. Apparently my dumb ass thought cranberry was the same as mauve....HELLO! So when I sent Shena a photo of the first version I finally figured out that, oh hey, it's not Christmas, now is it?!?  NO!

Did someone order a Christmas Wreath?
Oh, they didn't?  SHIT.

Oh, and the black bear request?  Forget about it!  I had the hardest time finding anything that was B.Chen-doable that wasn't a TEDDYBEAR.  So, taking pity on me, Shena suggested a tree or a pinecone, or something that I could actually handle.

Ah, failure......

While I was searching for a pinecone pattern I managed to download a VIRUS that my husband had to lovingly remove for me--that only took a half hour or so.  Man!  After all that I just winged the pinecone myself and actually I'm really happy with the outcome of it.  It's no black bear, but it's pretty cool!

This was by and far the hardest YW I've ever done!  Seriously.    I think that when you're making something custom for a good friend makes it even trickier--I mean, this was a present for her amazing mother and the last thing I wanted to was eff it up!

Here are some photos of the final version:

Oh hey mister pinecone! only one virus and a hot glue blister

So there you have it, ANOTHER yarn wreath notch on my belt.  :)  Yay!

Big (rustic) Smile,

B.Chen


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Mini Bath Revamp!

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Oh heeeeyyyyyy!

So this weekend I worked on a little of this and a little of that.  I didn't really have a room in mind per say, but I was just fresh off a visit to the dollar store, plus had bought some new yarn the other night, so I went to it.  

Yarn Wreath

I started working on this yarn wreath over a week ago, and finally finished it last night, once I decided that I wanted to go with grays and yellows (oh, and a little turquoise) in our bath off the basement living room:

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Branches with Flowers

I gathered up some branches from my dead bush landscaping the other day in hopes of prettying them up.  Again, days later, I finally finished them (today).  I just hot glued on some existing yellow flowers I bought earlier in the year from the Hobbit Lobbit.  

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Fabric Wrapped Pots

Today, at Easter, my Mom sent me home with 4 ugly little flower pots that I didn't really need, but figured that I could wrap in fabric using Mod Podge.  So that's exactly what I did when I got home, see:

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Yarn Flowers

Now, about those yarn flowers you see above.  They are super cute and beyond easy to make!  I picked up a little bag of styro balls at the dollar store (they came in an assortment of 3 sizes, about 8 to a bag) and simply wrapped yarn around them until they were totally covered.  Then I stuck the sharp end of a skewer stick up them (ha!), tied the arrangement how I wanted, and placed those babies in the pot.  Done.

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The Big Reveal!

So....yarn wreath + branches with flowers + fabric wrapped pots + yarn flowers = a mini bath revamp!

Total Dollas Spent:  Maybe $10, with lots of supplies left over.

Before:

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After:

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So there you have it.  I didn't do anything but add the pretties above; no priming, no painting, nothing!  It just goes to show you that a little accessorizing can go a LONG way!

Big Smile,

B. Chen