Since we are leaving for London in September, I felt that I should commemorate the efforts I took to make this place cozy and fun. Lots of good DIY memories here. We had lovely friends who showered us with chocolates. ♥ I needed a board to stick things on because post-its are a failure. They are supposed to stick but they constantly fly off everything. Also, this is a rented house so you can't really nail anything into the wall. Necessity is the mother of invention! I took the layer above a packet of Lindt chocolates and used some blu-tack to stick it on the wall. It works perfectly with thumbtacks.
I had a collection of lovely postcards, some of which were given to me by my sister and others collected during my visit to Australia. I decided to put them up on a giant piece of paper and stuck the paper to the wall.
I bought a cheap corkboard to hang on an existing wall hook. I used it to organise my accessories. :) Really loving the versatile use of thumbtacks. Hey, work with what you got right?
The paper crowns from Christmas crackers made for a very whimsical frame for my mirror.
Plastic trays from dry groceries made for great makeup organisers.
On an unrelated note, for a while now, we have been part of an online bookswap community. You can get rid of books you're tired off or don't want and exchange them for other books. We decided to choose this as a swap. We could tell from the other books listed by the other owner that he was interested in art. We were pleasantly surprised when this came with the book in the mail. A handpainted card of horses with an envelope! How nice!
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