I have a Google Reader tag called ‘to diy’ that I use to track things I want to make. Lately it’s growing and growing because there hasn’t been much DIYing. Now I don’t even know where to start! Here are a few of my favs…
Balmain leather and metal cuff bracelets. So DIYable!
I want to make a million leather key chains like this.
Photo fabric projects. This one’s been on the to-do list for so long! Inspiration by Cursive and No. 6.
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Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had a fantastic weekend hanging out with my parents and celebrating Mother’s Day by going from meal to meal with a few lazy walks and silly TV shows in between. It was probably the last lazy weekend for a while since it’s now less than two weeks until I move to Chicago for the summer! AHHHHH 
(Clockwise from top left: Room, outfit, room #2, street style, woods, water, words)
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Another week has flown by and now I’ve just 14 days until it’s time to head off to Chicago for the summer. I can hardly believe it! Team Whimseybox is working hard, hard, hard but I’m happy that this Mother’s Day weekend I’ll be able to set work aside for a bit and spend time with my parents who are visiting. Have a wonderful weekend, and Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms!
- Love the est collection. Look at the yellow detail on the shoes! Also, there must be a way to do that to my hair for the day, just for fun right? How?
- Bear ears! Bear ears! Too cool. I love bears and have a Pinterest board called The Case for Wearing Awesome Stuff On Your Head.
- This DIY redefines simple. Don’t Geneva make it look glamorous?
- Pascale is sewing beautiful leather bags.
- Awesome DIY industrial chandelier.
- You know I love a leather project, this Design*Sponge mail basket is right up my alley.
- We shot the first episode of Whimseybox TV this week – please check it out! And we’re running a contest on our Facebook page. (Do you ‘like’ us already?)
- Aw, Spirographs! Wish I still had mine, I’d grab some Sharpies and blank notecards and go to town.
- As you’ve likely read, Maurice Sendak died this week. I’ve never felt strongly about Where The Wild Things Are or any of his other books, but I ran across these videos of him on Colbert which then inspired me to listen to this piece on NPR. It’s 18 minutes long, and you absolutely have to take a half hour to listen to it. (I needed the last 12 to pull myself together.) Have you ever heard that much emotion in an an interview? Wow. wow.
- Wonder how those awesome infographics are made? It’s pretty impressive.
- I was named Lady Geek of the Week! Love it
- Hello Lucky is hosting their Craftacular this Saturday and I plan to stop by and visit Alyssa from Weeko Mika who will be there with some of her awesome jewelry.
- It’s the Art Car Parade! Hope the weather cooperates!
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A while back I wrote about some of my favorite online publications. Here’s a little update in case your as magazine obsessed as I am:
- My newest favorite is Show Pony which just released it’s first issue. Beautiful editorial about creative entrepreneurship is a guaranteed home run for me. Plus, the first article I read was about some rock climbers (a favorite old hobby of mine) who opened a business at Red River Gorge, one of the best places I’ve climbed.
- Llamas’ Valley- perfect places, imperfect people
- What Liberty Ate – food with love
- New issues of “old” favorites Styled, Matchbook, Rue and Anthology are up too and I’m still enjoying them very much.
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A few things I’d like for the house: Jan Chair, Steele Laundry Cart $185, Reproduction 1960’s IBM Clock $235
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I'm Alicia DiRago and I live in Houston, TX where I teach and blog all about DIY, fashion, craft, style and design. You can learn more about Dismount Creative here or register for upcoming classes and events here. 
