DIY Leather Wrap Bracelet

We LOVE this wrap bracelet!  A little background:  Jen and I probably spend WAY too much time watching Fixer Upper on HGTV.  Don’t tell her I said this, but I think Jen might be a little obsessed with Joanna Gaines–both for her personal style and her design sense.  Anyway, on several episodes, you can spot her wearing a bracelet like this, and Jen was dying for one but thought that I could probably spend a lot less to make something similar.  She was right, and if you keep reading I’ll share the directions with you!

-Viv

Unusual Sources for Craft Supplies

We LOVE craft supplies! Ummm ok, we’re aware we might have an obsession.  But we do want to point out that you can be creative about acquiring materials for crafting.  The first photo below shows a recent purchase from a hardware store.  All those supplies cost us about half as much as the craft store items in the second photo.  We’re going to use all of them to make jewelry, so stay tuned for a post or two about DIY bracelets soon.  in the meantime, if you’ve ever shopped for craft supplies from an unusual source, let us know!

City Girls Visit Local Farm

 We LOVE visiting farms!

Jen’s little guy is already as obsessed with animals as we are.  At Underwood Family Farms, in addition to getting close to animals like alpacas, emus and baby goats (squee!), you can pick your own everything.  But don’t pick your nose.  That’s unsanitary and socially unacceptable.

Click through for a peek at my recent farm visit with friends.

-Viv

DIY Felted Clothing Embellishment

We LOVE this DIY needle felting project!

Every now and then, I have to face the harsh reality that I am a craft supply hoarder. If it wasn’t for my bestie Viv talking me out of things that I thought about “trying” over the years (most recently quilting), I would be the proud owner of more storage space than what Tori Spelling needs to store her 90210 memorabilia. No thanks.

Despite Viv’s help in getting me to dial it back over the years, I’ve still ended up with a crap ton of stuff that I “buy and try” and then quickly forget about for something new. Normally I would consider it a bad thing that “Hoarders, Buried Alive” could film an entire season based on my craft woes, but not today! Because today, my friends, I found my needle felting supplies!

And now I’m here to convince you that you NEED needle felting supplies, too.  My tutorial uses a lightweight sweater appropriate for summer, and Viv embellished a stretch jersey hoodie.  However, you can do this on any knit/jersey textile, so it’s a great project any time of year. Read on to see the details.

-Jen

We LOVE Pink Hardware

Ok, ok we’re busted. We love pink EVERYTHING, and you probably already knew that.  But did you know Sears has a whole section dedicated to pink hardware? CUTE! Everyone needs a basic tool kit, so it might as well be pink! Just a brief post to share this and say hello–have a great day! ❤ Jen and Viv

Viv’s BFF wielding a pink hammer.

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Our Take On Sharpie Mugs

We LOVE these mugs! 

So…Sharpie mugs have exploded on Pinterest, and we’ve been dying to try this project ourselves.  In most variations, you write or draw on a mug with a Sharpie Paint pen (oil-based) and bake it in the oven to make the design permanent.  There are lots of raves and raspberries about how well (or not) this works, so we were totally intrigued.

Read on to see how it went for us and how you can do it yourself!

-Jen and Viv

Simple Sweets

You have no idea how easy it can be to make donuts at home.

We LOVE sweets!

Both of us have a gnarly sweet tooth and an unnatural attraction to the color pink.  A few years ago, Jen hosted a “Sugar Party” potluck, which was just an excuse for us to get together with some girlfranzzz and eat a bunch of sweets. (Shoutout to Mona and Cathy. Haaayyy girls!)

Another thing we have in common is our mostly no-fuss approach to life, so we both selected a handful of quick and easy options to make for the Sugar Party.  Click through for some of our ideas.

-Viv and Jen

How to Plan a Ragin’ Party (AND Have Fun At It Too)

Photos by Nick Barrile

We LOVE parties!

We’ve now both planned (and successfully pulled off) 40th birthday celebrations for our respective husbands.  Side note:  You can see one of Jen’s super fun DIY projects from her hubby’s recent party here.  The process and the outcome were very rewarding, even though at times we felt like we were spinning too many plates.    We learned a lot though, and it was all totally worth it, of course!

After the jump, we’ll share some of our tips for planning a ragin’ party that you can enjoy as much as your guests do.

-Viv and Jen

‘Sup

We love this gate with heart-shaped cutouts spotted in Viv’s neighborhood.

Heyyy there.  We’re BFFs Jen and Viv; we’ve known each other for 12 years, and in that time we’ve bonded over our love of lots of the same stuff.  This will be a pretty DIY-heavy blog, but we’ll keep the concept open in case we change our minds.  (That can happen.  A lot.)  Here are just a few examples of stuff we love:  crafting, baking, food, nail polish/art, woodworking, makeup/hair, scrapbooking supplies, junk food (especially sweets), diet/health/fitness, beauty products, animals, the environment, unicorns, and the color pink!  Thanks for stopping by.  Come on in, the water’s fine!

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