Wrap It Up

Customize your holiday gifts with your own design. Paint, stamp, color or draw, you can customize the wrap to suit the recipients personality or reflect a gift theme.

DIY homemade gift wrap...instructions here.

No gift is complete without a decorative bow. Learn how to tie the perfect bow here.

All images courtesy of Home Made Simple.

Furniture Painting

I am in the mood for a new project.

This is the ideal piece for my project. I have been looking for something like this for months. I passed one up because it was a little beat up and more work than I wanted to invest at the time, I wish now, I would have nabbed it.

I really need some storage. I have been looking for some kind of case piece to store all my "work room" stuff. I don't want anything new, I want something with some character, something I can make my own, something I can paint.

Here are some other DIY paint projects I like.

Wallpaper on the drawers. Put your leftovers to use.


This would be a great backdrop for pictures. But to find one...?


Stencil a simple chest of drawers.

You can view more projects like these here.

I'm off to forage the area for some sweet find.

All images courtesy of DIY Ideas

Pantone Color of the Year

Mimosa is one of the 3,000 colors available in Pantone’s line of superior-quality, eco-friendly paint. Mimosa is also the Pantone Color of the Year.

Mimosa is a versatile shade that coordinates with any other color, appeals to both sexes, and translates to both fashion and interiors.


...the abundant flowers of the Mimosa tree.

"In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow...read more here


What I find really cool about Pantone Color of the Year is Pantone has collaborated with clothing manufacturer Gap to produce a limited edition series of men’s and women’s t-shirts in varying Pantone shades. The temporary store is located in Gap’s 5th Avenue flagship store in Midtown Manhattan and features clothing for purchase representing a full palette of true Pantone colors as part of the retailer’s spring collection.


You can have your t-shirt and paint it too.

Everywhere I look lately I see a green wall. Not the eco kind of green wall, but green paint. I love the bright, bold greens being used.

I think I may have to add some color green to my white pallet home.

I like the true green on top, but it may wear on me after awhile. I like the yellow-green here, but I don't know if this one will work in my home without furniture redo.

Thoughts?