The first day of September means that it’s fall, right? At least it means we can start preparing for the best season ever (aka fall is my favorite season).
To get you inspired, I’ve gotten together with some blog buddies to round up our best fall projects from last year. Any long time readers remember any of them??
What’s fun for me is that last year right around this time is when I first started my blog, so I was prepared to have a cringe fest when I went back into my archives to look for my fall projects because these were some of the first projects I EVER did. While there are some things I’d change about them now, I had a lot of fun looking back at where I was back then and still like a lot of the projects that I had done!
I really think these ideas are worthy of inspiring again this year, and at least for me, I’m inspired to switch things up and challenge myself to do things differently this time around. So check them out! See if there’s a project here that can inspire you to make something for the fall:
So where are the other 96 fall ideas? Each one of us shared four of our best, so hop around and give everyone a visit and you will for sure be prepared to start your fall crafting.
It’s been a while since I last did one of these, and I just so happened to be feeling like doing something casual, so this works out quite nicely! This also gives me a chance to just chat with you and say things like dang, we are already soon entering SEPTEMBER.
I’m sure you guys can relate when I say I’m guilty of chasing Fridays, crawling along all week with the impression that all will be at peace if I can just make it to Friday. It’s a bad habit of almost wishing away the days, no? So now it’s September, and I’m feeling like I should have been a lot nicer to all the past Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays… I’m feeling the pressure to savor every day that’s left of 2014.
I’ll never stop looking forward to Fridays though, especially with it usually marking the start of a crafty, bloggy weekend for me, which is my favorite <3 so here’s a little weekend send-off of inspiration and fun stuff for us to enjoy together.
Ok, check out this ceiling, wall, and rug combo. What?? Isn’t it so amazingly unexpected? From Tommy Chambers’ house tour.
A lot of the things Anu from Nalle’s House creates are so amazing in their simplicity that it’s mind blowing. Who knew something like hanging up fabric could look this beautiful?
These Target collabs are major and always so fun to look forward to. Wit and Delight for Target launches September 14th!
Caitlin from Desert Domicile layered rugs in her living room, and they are FANTASTIC. If you aren’t familiar with this space, you can already tell she has killer style, right? And you also see that blue velvet couch, which you already know how I feel about, right? <3 <3 <3
I pretty much love every single thing that A Beautiful Mess puts out there, and one of the many great things they do is share advice derived from their own stories of success with their blog and brand. Out of these 5 secrets to success, #5 has probably been the biggest thing I’ve started to learn so far. Equally as important as knowing what works is knowing what doesn’t work, identifying that quickly, and changing it stat. I will always be striving to master this.
Wendy’s Lookbook is one of the first blogs I ever started following, and Wendy just so happens to be one of my favorite fashion bloggers ever. She shared a tour of her loft and it is just as gorgeous as she is. I’m in LOVE with the exposed brick walls, and you’ve got to see her glam bed frame.
Just a fun little quote that I adore and already printed and put up on the magnet board on my desk. By Drew Ellis. Dreams can only get you so far- you have to WORK for them!
You know what’s better than Fridays? Three day weekends! I’ve got a birthday party to go to and a friend in town, but other than that it should be a pretty relaxing weekend. Have an amazing labor day weekend, everyone! I’ve got something fun posting up here on Monday so see you then if you aren’t partying too hard that day.
Ok guys, let’s do this- we’re going to have a vote on which art print I’m getting next. Halp.
A big reason why this gallery wall project has been taking me so long is because I like too many things and change my mind a lot. While it would have been ideal to collect art over time, really my problem is that I’ve been sitting on top of all the choices all along and never actually making any decisions.
SO, I’ve organized my list of favorite prints by sources, and today we’re looking at some of my favorites from Minted! I’ve probably spent a combined total of several days looking through all their prints, and these are the five I’ve narrowed down to. That’s as far as I got, and now I need your help, because I want them all but that’s not going to happen. I THINK I have a good idea about which one I’m going to get, but I’m sooo curious to know what you guys think and am for some reason asking to become more indecisive than I already am.
Aren’t they all gorgeous? I’m decidedly going for something abstract with a mix of warm reds and pinks with blues, which all of these prints have somewhat in common. I also realized later that three of these were created by the same artist. Imagine that. I must really like her style ;)
One of these prints was actually picked by my boyfriend and I was very surprised by his choice!! In fact, I’m very surprised by any choice or opinion he expresses about any decor because it is so rare to get him to willingly do that.
So I want to know, which one of these prints would you pick?? Or, if you’re not feeling any of them or just want to have some more fun, want to take a guess at which one my boyfriend picked? I’ll be sharing the one I get once I put up my gallery wall!
This post is sponsored by Minted, which I’m thrilled about because I’m a fan of theirs and hope you are or will be too. I do genuinely love these prints and would seriously love to get your opinion on them. Thank you for supporting the brands that help keep Homey Oh My! a fun and happenin’ place to be <3.
*All images of the art prints and the backdrop in the main photo collage are from Minted.
For this back to school season, I’m sharing how to make these really cute customizable notebooks with DIY labels over at the Pottery Barn Teen blog, The Stylehouse! This is absolutely how I would be decorating my own notebooks if I was going back to school (or really for any occasion that I’d need a notebook for), and let’s be real… the best part about this time of year is back to school supplies. That always got me excited for the new school year ;).
I wish this is what I did with my supplies back when I was in school, but unfortunately I did not! I didn’t even THINK to do this, but I wish I had. I’ve become a firm believer in surrounding yourself with things that inspire you or just make you feel GOOD, and if something as small as decorating your notebooks in a design you love can do that for you, I’d say that’s pretty amazing and well worth your time. It’s easy, fun, and should put a smile on your face knowing that you made your own, one of a kind item :).
So back to school or not, make something unique that inspires you and gets you excited for what’s to come!
Obscure fact: I made sure to pick a south campus and north campus subject for the notebook labels (any fellow Bruins out there?)
Still here? Thank you <3. Check out the tutorial for these notebooks over at The Stylehouse!
Project art gallery wall begins! If you didn’t see my Blog Hop post, I mentioned there that I’m working on putting up a gallery wall around our TV, and to help the process along (and have some fun) I’ll be making some of my own wall art. So far I’m pretty decided on keeping the art abstract, bold, and geometric.
The great thing about abstract art is that it doesn’t have to look like anything, and what could be less restricting than that? Sometimes though, I get it… it can be easier if there’s something you’re trying to make your art look like, some guidelines at least. So while this is an original abstract piece, technically I had guidelines to help me make it. I found those guidelines here:
Inspiration really is everywhere, guys. I loved the design on this dress so much that it didn’t take long for me to start thinking that I should recreate a similar look for wall art. I also knew it would be really simple to do since the color palette is monochromatic, and the messier the brush strokes, the better it would look.
I went with a flat head brush to make thicker strokes, which is probably the only aspect of this project I can give the most definitive instructions on since the actual painting part really has no right or wrong way about it. Because of that, this won’t make much of a tutorial, but let me try anyway!
I traced the photo frame insert onto some poster board and cut it out to be the “canvas”. Then using black acrylic paint, I roughly recreated the same shapes that were on my dress, being careful not to overload the brush with too much paint so that the strokes would show more.
I also wasn’t afraid to go over strokes again to make them thicker as I pleased. I tweaked strokes here and there until I was satisfied.
I tell ya, anything can be art if you put it in a frame! Truth, after I finished I was just like ok this is fine, but when I put it in a frame I was like oh ok this is NICE.
I like it. I like it a lot. Really loving how it looks here on top of my book case, though it won’t be staying here…
There’s definitely going to be more black and white in the gallery, and probably some prints I’ve had my eyes on for a while and am spending some final moments asking myself if I’m sure that I really want them before pulling the trigger. You know how that is.
So now I’d love to know… any favorite sources for art? Etsy shops? Artists? I’ve been perusing so many different options and am still itching to browse even more. I keep thinking I know what I want, then I see something else and totally want to change my plans. This might be a while…
*psst* In case you were wondering about the floral monogram, you can find my tutorial here on how to make it!