Thursday, September 30, 2010

More Cute Wallpaper - Osborne & Little

Hello again! Sorry for being MIA recently... I have been so swamped that I couldn't justify (or even really think about) blogging. But I suppose that is a good thing, I will not complain about being busy! I really do miss it though- I guess I didn't realize how much I love comin up with these little posts all the time! Its a fun little variation in my days.
Well here is another one... more wallpaper to make you droooool... or at least it made me drool. :) Or maybe that was the chocolate chip cookie I just ate for breakfast..oops!
Osborne and Little - they have amazing fabric & such cuuuute wallpaper! Wanna see lots of wallpaper pics from many of their collections? Well here ya go, enjoy!

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Image via Four Walls and a Roof

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Image via Examiner

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Imae via vip wallcovering

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Image via The Style House

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Image via Tangletree Interiors

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Image via Osborne and Little

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Image via Osborne and Little

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Image via Osborne and Little

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Image via Osborne and Little

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Image via Osborne and Little

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Image via Wallpaper Direct

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Image via Citified Blog

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Image via interiordesign.net

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Image via Osborne and Little

osborne and little,oh louise blog,wallpaper
Image via Osborne and Little

Hope you love these osborne and little beauties as much as I do... have a fabulous thursday!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Country Lovin Floral Arrangement

I found these pretty little blue glass mugs for $1 each at a thrift store down the street from my house & thought they'd be perfect for some cheeeery flowers!

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"Country Fair Drinking Jar"... so preshhh. Now i want to go to a country fair!
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Unfortunately though, I've noticed a trend about myself lately..I kill flowers. dangittt. I can't help it! I'm too forgetful, ugh. I'm hoping this is just a phase and I will learn how to keep them alive, but for now I am sticking to fabric flowers or fake flowers.

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I really thought I hated fake flowers, and I know most people do... but I found some at JoAnn's the other day that I think look pretty! Especially compared to my dead flowers whose innocent lives I've taken in the next room.

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These flowers, combined with a tiny bit of greenery and some spanish moss make for a quick & easy floral arrangement centerpiece with a down-home country feeling. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy..

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oh louise!,oh louise blog,blue glass jars

oh louise!,oh louise blog,blue glass jars

oh louise!,oh louise blog,blue glass jars

oh louise!,oh louise blog,blue glass jars

Have a wonderful weekend! Go to a country fair for me! :)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Our Home: Kitchen Cabinet Clothespins

Kitchen cabinet clothespins... love me some alliterations. Anywayyy...

Lately I have feeling a little irritated by the cabinet underneath our kitchen sink... I mean, its not terrible (especially not in comparison to my previously awful bathroom cabinet)... just a little jumbled & in need of some organization.

You can't really tell, but that bucket on the left is full of "stuff"... rags, sponges, brush refills, etc. Annoying to find stuff in especially while doing an already not fun task like the dishes!

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I have lots of clothespins around my office from my craft shows so I'm always trying to use them when I can... also they remind me of camp, so I love to use them.. hah I'm cool!

Anyway, I used mounting tape & cut each piece in half. I tried hot glue first, but it wasn't holding well enough. Mounting tape was perf.

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kitchen organizing,oh louise blog,oh louise home

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Easy access to some rags...woohoo!

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All the dish cleaning supplies you need...hanging right where you can see them! Glorious.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Crafty DIY: Moss Covered Frame

Last week I did a post on creating moss covered letters and mentioned that I did another project with the leftover moss...waste-not, want-not people!

So this is what I had when I was done with my moss letters...

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I knew I just couldn't throw away all that expensive moss ($8.99 for a sheet), so I found this old clearance frame in a closet & thought, heyyy this will be cute covered in moss!
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First I cut the moss in strips after measuring the frame.
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Then I just hot-glued the strips on & filled in any seamy or bare spots with the little moss pieces that had scattered themselves all over my table.
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It literally took about 5 minutes. I think it would make such a cute gift!
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I found a random honeymoon picture of Peter & me (I thought a black and white picture would go well with the moss) & just put it in the frame like normal!
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Again, I didn't cover the back because I knew where I was putting it would not expose the back of the frame...
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And here it is in its happy home on our built in shelves in the den. Cute!
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Lovin: Amy Butler Wallpaper

I'm kind of obsessed with wallpaper lately and really sad that I don't have any in my house! I have a million wallpaper pictures where these come from stored on my comp, but for now I thought I'd share a few from one of my favs... Amy Butler's wallpaper line for Graham & Brown.

So cute... I love the patterns and the bold colors!

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Photo via Decor8

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Photo via Waterwaif

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Photo via Decor8

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Photo via Corina Bermudez

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Photo via Waterwaif

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Photo via Svpply

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Photo via Decor8

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Photo via Waterwaif

Would you put Amy Butler's wallpaper in your casa? Have a different fav wallpaper designer?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Etsy Throwdowns Thursday

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Which love birds melt your heart most?
Lovebird Earrings, Gold Vermeil - Sparkle True
Together, Signed Fine Art Photograph - Green Island Studios


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Which cute pillow would make your couch less of a grouch?
Safari Pure Silk Cover - Be Still Shop
Grey and White Stripe Pillow Cover - Hettle


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Is one of these your cup of tea?
A Cup of Tea...Charm Necklace - Laura Baillie Designs
Black Tea and Huckleberry Honey 8x12 - Honey and Jam Photos

Note: This is not a real competition... just a fun way to show-off awesome Etsy items!
All images are from their respective shops.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Crafty DIY: Moss Covered Letters

At the Cowtown Indie Bazaar my mom purchased 2 really cute moss covered letters from Lil Anniebell's Soap Co. I loved them but also felt too cheap to spend $18 on them, so decided it was time I learned how to make them on my own! I read a few how-to's online (which were all kind of different) & just went for it, using what I felt were the best tips from each set of instructions.

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I had actually already purchased these letters at Hobby Lobby a couple weeks ago.. I saw them when I was there shopping for something else and they were on sale for like $1.50 each, so I just grabbed them. I have so many P's, E's, and B's that I thought HOME would be a cute way to mix things up a little. I had no clue what I would do with them at the time, but was quite thankful for them when the moss covered letters urge hit me!

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moss letters,moss covered letters,oh louise,oh louise blog,DIY moss
Only supplies you need: sheet moss (sheet moss is key! don't get regular moss), hot glue gun, scissors, & a letter or letters of some sort that are sturdy-ish - I read that some people cut their letters from cardboard and then cut styrofoam and attach it to make it thick or something.. ugh sounds too hard. Just buy some cheap letters people.

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moss letters,moss covered letters,oh louise,oh louise blog,DIY moss
To cut the moss the right size, I would just hold the letter on top of the moss and sort of guage how much I needed & then cut straight up the grid... I learned and got better as I went, but it was really easy.

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Then I just hot-glued the strips on. One thing I did figure out is that I should cut the strips wide enough to cover the side or sides as well. See below how I didn't cover the sides... so then I had to go back with thin strips later to cover the sides, when I could have just done that all in one piece. Make sense? I ended up doing that for the other sections of the letters later & it was much faster.

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moss letters,moss covered letters,oh louise,oh louise blog,DIY moss
After I covered each and every side (except not the back because I knew I would have mine on a wall or against a wall, I used the little moss scraps that were all over my table to glue in places where you could see the seams or where the moss seemed a little thin. Super easy.

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I only used one package of sheet moss & still had a ton left over! In my efforts to not be wasteful (especially on $8.99 sheet moss), I used the leftovers for another project, which I will write about soon!

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This pic just shows how I didn't cover the back... why waste all that moss (and time!) if the backs of your letters aren't going to show anyway?

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moss letters,moss covered letters,oh louise,oh louise blog,DIY moss

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I put the letters here for now, but I don't think I'm going to leave them there... too much going on. I might put them above the doorway that you see when you walk in the front door. I'll take more pictures if/when I move them!

Hope you feel inspired to make some crafty moss letters!