cute party idea!

Pears as place cards
found at Sweet Paul's blog

I also love this card tree

and this advent calendar made out of matchbooks.

Old stuff

and I don't know where it came from. I'm usually pretty good about citing my sources, but this post fails in that regard.

love this patio!

I love the idea of chalkboard paint! Here are some DIY ideas:

Last day of 2009!

It's the last day of the decade, and I'm back with a ton of back-log of cool stuff that I love. I'll start with this:

It's marvelous, and I found it over at Little Dash, in this post. She also made the cutest pirate bird:

I really want to try to make a stuffed animal. I don't know why, but I'm nervous about getting into crafts that involve stuffing. I think it's because I don't want to have to go out a buy a ton of it. Haha I'm kind of a dork!

Frame decoration

Once again, no idea where I got this. But it's neat :)

Garden

Later in life, I want a beatiful garden. It is a non-negotiable requirement of any living arrangement. :)

I don't know where I got this photo. Sorry :/

beautiful recycling

I love this!

http://www.junkmarketstyle.com/item/16074/editors-challenge-5-bed-spring-candle-holder

New ideas

Both of these ideas are from the book Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition by Sue Whitney. You can preview it at Amazon.

This is an old washboard with house numbers on it, and planted in the ground.

And this is a candleholder made from the inside of an old electric heater.

You can check the blog, too, at http://junkmarketstyle.com/