House of Hydrangeas

{triple chocolate cheesecake truffles}  I made  these  for the 4th, and they were a big hit...and not to mention, oh so easy! {gorgeous invites with a classic monogram} {DIY art inspiration} {DIY inspired candle lantern via Lonny mag} {colorful kitchen on Design Star}

Our new guest bath was looking a little pitiful without any artwork on the wall.  I generally like a simple design in bathrooms, but the blank wall above the toilet was a little too bare for my taste. I already had some frames I knew I wanted to use, but I didn't know what I wanted to put in them.  I did, however, know that I wanted to put artwork in them and not personal photos.  And I knew I didn't want to spend a lot of money. Then I remembered one of the casualties we suffered in our move--a 18 x 24 frame with the glass cracked right down the middle.  The artwork that was left in the frame just so happened to be in the color palette of our guest bath.  And it was an abstract print, so cutting it up wouldn't be an issue.  I immediately thought I could turn this one piece into the multiple pieces I needed for my frames.  Hello, free artwork!  I laid my mats on top of the print to figure out what sections I wanted to frame and began cutti...

Jon and I had a great time in Kansas City this past weekend!  I'll post more on that tomorrow, but today I want to share the gift I made to celebrate our anniversary. As you may have gathered from my post last week, I've been really inspired by artwork coming from the pages of books.  And since I always say that this past year is just one of the chapters in our life together, it seemed fitting to create something symbolizing that.   So with that idea in mind (and the tradition of a paper gift for the 1-year anniversary), I decided to make some book page art.  And not just any book page, but one that was personal and reflected our life together.  I decided to take a portion of our wedding ceremony and vows and type them up to look just like a page in a novel.  I used 24, the day we got married, as the page number and titled the book The Vows. I wanted the page to look as authentic as possible.   So after formatting the page, I went to find a real boo...