A little morning inspiration....

So as you all know, I love making things. It's no lie. So as I was perusing the magazine section this morning I found a beautiful bathroom redo in Domino magazine. The mirror was my focal point, but I can't lay down the pretty penny to purchase it from alldriftwoodfurnature.com, so I'm going to make it instead :)
I'll be posting pictures as it comes to completion.

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Easiest Beeswax Candle DIY

Aloha all my bloggers out there. This week I've been on the search for the easiest "cleanest & greenest" beeswax candle making tutorial....and drum roll please....I think I've found it! Woo hoo! Check out these beauties on Creative Soul Spectrum.


 
P.S. I thought these little beeswax acorn floating candle cuties were to adorable to pass up. Click here for details.

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Easiest Salt Scrub: DIY

It's always nice to find an easy and invigorating way to pamper ourselves. I loved this recipe from Craftgossip.com this morning! Thank you for making my morning a little *brighter*
P.S. I also placed some Calendula flowers, as well as lavender flowers in my bath salts as well. Thus, it smells amazing and looks pretty too. :)
For more details click here

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Tea Tree Shampoo Bar!

Check out this amazing tea tree shampoo bar, brought to you by the ladies from Craft Gossip! :)
I've always loved the idea of shampoo bars, but I've never feeted the task of making them. Not only does the recipe call for wholesome organic ingredients, but you'll make enough to have for you and some of your friends too!
Get the details here

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Weave A Cloth Basket

Materials

• 1 1/4 yards of cotton fabric (we used 4 colors), cut or torn into 22 strips 1/2 inch wide
• Scissors

• 6 yards of 1-inch cotton piping cord

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions

1. 
   Start wrapping a fabric strip around the cord, beginning at the cord's tip and overlapping each layer as shown.
   
2. 
   After wrapping 4 inches of the cord, fold the wrapped section in half and wind the fabric around it to start the base coil.
   
3. 
   Continue wrapping and coiling the cord, stopping every 2 inches to secure the coil by looping the fabric strip once around the last fabric-covered ring. When you reach the end of a strip, start the next one using the same overlapping technique.
   
4. 
   Once the coil is about 8 inches wide, start building the sides of the basket by positioning the cord on top of the previous ring. Continue to secure the coil every 2 inches.
   
5. 
   To finish the basket (ours was 4 1/2 inches high and 10 inches in diameter), cut the cord at an angle. Loop the fabric strip around the adjacent ring, covering the end of the cord and securing it to the basket. Trim off or tuck in any excess fabric.
   

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Hula Hoop Rug *A No Sew Project!*

 

   

****Materials****

• Scissors
• About a dozen T-shirts

• 33-inch hula hoop

Instructions

1. 
   For the warp, cut 1-inch-wide loops from the bodies of one or two tees (we found a boy's large worked best on our 33-inch hoop), removing the hem and stopping at the sleeves. Ideally these loops should all be the same color; we used two colors for clarity in our photographs. You'll need a total of 11 loops. For the weft, cut at least 50 loops from the remaining shirts. Save the unused sleeves for the basket project.
   
2. 
   Stretch one warp loop over the hula hoop, as shown.
   
3. 
   Add and secure a second loop, perpendicular to the first.
   
4. 
    Repeat, filling in the spaces, until all 11 loops are in place.
   
5. 
    Push together two warp loops at the top of the hula hoop, as shown. This creates an odd number of warp spokes in your wheel, which allows the overunder pattern of the weft to alternate with each new row.
   
6. 
   Secure the first weft loop to the center of one of the warp spokes (we chose the doubled spoke from step 5) by wrapping it around the warp and then looping it back through itself.
   
7. 
    Begin weaving the weft over and under the warp spokes, forming a tight spiral. For now, treat both parts of each warp spoke as a single unit, weaving over or under the two together. As you work, push the weft material toward the center of the hoop and keep it just snug. If you pull the weft tight, the rug will develop lumps or bends. When you reach the end of the piece of weft, add a new loop by threading it through the end of the first and back through itself.
   
8. 
   When your rug is about 8 inches across, begin treating each warp spoke as two individual strips instead of a single unit, weaving over or under each strand instead of going over or under the doubled spoke. This increases the number of warp spokes, improving the structure of the project. When you get to the two warp spokes that you pushed together at the top of the loom, separate them. Treat one of the spokes as two individual strips, but continue to treat the other as a single spoke. This maintains the odd number of warp spokes.
   
9. 
   When the rug is the size you want, but no closer than 8 inches from the edge of the hula hoop, snip open your weft loop.
   
10. 
    Tie the ends around a warp spoke, and tuck the ends into the rug.
    
11. 
     Cut the warp spokes off the hoop one at a time.
    
12. 
    Tie the ends in pairs, then trim them to make a fringe or tuck them back into the rug.
    

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One of the Best Websites I've Found for Modular Housing :)

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SolarHomes/constructionps.htm#Earth



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Cool Sustainable Floor Idea

Pine Wood~ With log end in lays

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