home decor

Holy crazy. Moving, followed immediately by a 5 day trip to Ventura for Craftcation (more soon!) and leading 3 sessions is a recipe for, I don’t know, a nervous breakdown? I got home at 1am Sunday night and basically hurled myself directly into this week. This morning I woke up and thought ‘is it the [...]

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The Joinery

by Alicia on March 19, 2013

Along with any move comes the desire to decorate. We only plan to be in this house for the next 18 months, so it’s not a good time to go crazy, but still I can’t help myself. I’ll take one of everything at Joinery, like this large woven rug (just $160, but out of stock) [...]

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Remember a few weeks ago when I shared these leather coasters I found in the Ace Hotel shop? Well, I set out to make my own. And they came out pretty awesome! I used the new Fiskars Fuse die cut and letterpress machine and it actually cut the suuuuuuper thick leather I chose. Amazing. You [...]

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DIY Rorschach Ink Blot Place Mats

by Alicia on November 20, 2012

Want to really get to know your guests this holiday season? Psychoanalyze them using Rorschach Ink Blot place mats! I had a blast making these a few weeks ago – check out the full DIY on Whimseybox. We used DecoArt Ink Effects (I cannot get enough of this stuff!) to print the design and then [...]

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DIY Gold Caviar Coasters

by Alicia on November 9, 2012

We just shared this DIY Gold Caviar Coaster project on the Whimseybox blog. I love how it turned out! In fact, I’m thinking of painting everything gold for the holidays Go check it out! Related posts:OMG It’s December! and The Week That Was – December 2, 2011DIY Studded Minty Top on BuzzfeedZip Tie InspirationHear Ye! [...]

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