Epsom Salts + Jars

Ran across this today at The Inspired Room- Epsom salt snow!

The Inspired Room

I love epsom salt. Whenever I feel glum and/or tired and/or sore, I'll toss half a cup of salt into a hot bath and just soak. It never ceases to make me feel better.

I love the way it looks, too- there's something about the way the light hits it that makes it so lovely. Perhaps it's due to the fact that we did not have much of a winter this year... but I cannot wait to make these.

Building the Beehive: Continued

Here's what we have so far. Most of it is in boxes. We should be up and running by next week!

Things I Need:

• File Folders
• Curtains
• Curtain Rods
• Book Ends
• File Holder
• Wallpaper Hanging Supplies

Things I Need to Decide:

• The Desk: Should I paint it the same color as the walls in the rest of the bedroom?
• The Curtains: Bright white? Off-white? A different shade of blue?
• The Files: Too many pretty designs to choose from. Loveliness overload!

Things I need to do:

• Find a home for the remaining clutter in the closet.
• Hang wallpaper (it'll be here Wednesday!)
• Set up smaller closet (custom drawers also arrive Wednesday!)

More Jar Ideas

This weekend I'm obsessing over jar storage. At first I was tempted to find some spice jars with metal lids, paint the underside of my shelf with magnetic paint and simply stick them on. Then I discovered the glass painting technique... I could use cute jam jars in all shapes and forms, and still have them match in color.

But simplicity often is the best route. While browsing for a more time efficient and simpler solution, I discovered this at Country Living.

Country Living

I have to say, I'm impressed. They simply screwed the lids onto the underside of the shelf. Simple. Adorable. Efficient.

And speaking of adorable, I came across this at Design*Sponge in a tutorial regarding paper scrap recycling.

Design*Sponge

This tutorial shows you how to utilize old paper scraps to decorate can lids AND to make gorgeous pencils out of it. I have a nasty habit of collecting pretty paper- I'm glad to have found a proper outlet for it! And more importantly, I'm glad I'm not alone!

So with these discoveries, I'm leaning towards recycling old cans, wrapping their lids so they're presentable (and match in one way or another), and securing them to the underside of my shelf. They might just be far too pretty to hang up though... Decisions, Decisions.

Sunshine on Saturday.

What Dreams May Come

Last night I dreamed about blue mason jars and performing Tai Chi Kung Fu in front of my old classmates.

I'm not sure what to make of this. All I know is that I do miss practicing Tai Chi.
And blue mason jars rock my world.

I've been eyeballing blue mason jars for the last few months. It doesn't help that they would fit perfectly in my micro office- but I have yet to find one in any thrift stores. I'm hesitant to just ebay for them- at around $15 a pop (shipping + handling will get you every time), I kind of want a cheaper solution.

So I was google image surfing when I stumbled upon this tutorial at Bridal Buzz. You can paint your own jars to give them that gorgeous turquoise blue look. Twelve jars? $10. Paint? $8. And I can pick the perfect sized jars to suit my needs.

Photo from Here

Building the Beehive

Welcome to my first post on this blog! First posts are always so awkward (kinda like first dates, huh?), I'm going to be a bit of a hussy and just dive on in.

So I'm in the process of converting our teeny, tiny, little bedroom into a finely tuned workhorse. I painted it a glorious shade of blue (Hello, Behr's Bleached Denim- where have you been all my life?), ordered a custom closet from Easy Closets, and have schemed and planned and made many many lists and made far too many sketches to be healthy.

And because I'm a firm believer in pictures, here's the approximate color of our room:

From Home Depot

And here's the amazing closet office that spurred this great project:

Discovered at Country Living

I had no idea that wallpaper could make such an impact. I never, ever would have considered using wallpaper in a smaller area like a closet- but I can see why they did it. It looks phenomenal! Therefore, I took it upon myself to try to find the perfect wallpaper. I wanted one that was a bit whimsical, a bit brighter than the base room color, and have a good variety of colors to pull from.

And I discovered this:

Norwall Wallcoverings

How could I not fall in love?

Wedding Pictures!

Our wedding photos are officially on their way! I got these shots from Quan today.. Thought you might like to see them. :)