Thursday, January 19, 2012

Shop Ruche: Decorating the earth!

HGTV has nothing on me...I am the most crafty little bugger you will ever meet! Ever since I was a little girl I would always move my room around and paint random things all over (hence why I have my Interior Design degree). I would paint light switches, make pillows (machine sewn), and one of my favorites was to paint old wine bottles. If you are looking for some interesting shaped decorative bottles for your home or office save all those wine bottles. what you will need:

Grab your favorite wine bottle
Any color craft paint
paintbrush, of different sizes
paint pan or paper plate to put colors on
water jug
* Now go have fun and see all of the possiblities, this is even a great craft for kids
here is one that I have done
Now as you saw the title to this blog is Shop Ruche..and let me just say this is one of the cutest websites ever! It is a mix of nature,indie,native, bohemian, crafty and much more! their home and office as well as eco friendly clothing. You have to check it out
here is a quick look at their Desert Oasis Lookbook shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSBR_t9x878

Getting back to the decorating aspect there is one more trick that I saw on the web and I nearly died when I saw it!

I could see this on the Shopruche website, it's just so delicate looking and honestly perfect for a garden wedding, (cough cough mine). haha but I really hope you guys enjoyed these two different diy or crafty ideas! If you try them out make a video or leave a response below! http://www.capitolromance.com/2011/07/20/diy-project-incandescent-light-bulb-vases-hanging-flower-holders/
All of the instructions for the DIY are in the link...Enjoy


Love and Peace,
Monica

Saturday, January 7, 2012

From the City, to Stardom

Okay so I know I haven't had a blog out in quite some time but don't hate me too much because I am going to introduce you to a fashion loving, quirky model you might have seen before! If you have been a die hard fan of the show on MTV The City then you will know exactly who I am talking about! Her name is Allie Crandell and man is she a smokin girl (Lez moment) :) but seriously check her out.....yea there's a lot of photos of her, just meet me at the bottom haha.


                                                      oh yea almost forgot to tell you, this was and may still
                                             be her hott bf Adam Senn! oh yeaa he was on The City too!!













I can't even describe how much I love her style and wish I could just have the money she has to buy things...ughh well anyway hope you guys enjoyed my model pick for you, I think I'm going to start doing some model of the week blogs to share for inspiration...OOHHH and I also started a great new diet for the new year so next blog will be coming soon I promise!!

-as always love and peace
MONICA <3