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For the sweet tooth

Taking a break from Holiday Decor....I came across these on UO blog, and I had to post. Don't they just belong to an inspiration board!

Branch Decor for Christmas

Why buy expensive artificial bouquets? Nature provides...branches, twigs than can be arranged/painted into unique creations. Chandelier! Wreaths! Floral arrangements!

Snowflake and Paper Flower

Tutorials for making paper snowflakes and paper flowers right here and here.

Buttons turned into Art

I also came across these& couldn't help but be impressed by how cool buttons can turn out to be. After all, I have tons of mismatched ones stashed up in a box... or two.

The Extra Touch for Christmas Decor this year

Via marthastewart.com

What could be better than to go DIY-way for little trinkets that can be used to add a special touch to Christmas decor? After a visit to Martha Stewart's, I have only one word in mind, doily papers! They really can be turned into beautiful things...

Getting in the Christmas Spirit (I)

Via Martha Stewart












Via Better Homes and Gardens

Etsy: Pamsuniquecreations

Etsy: Stylishstems

Etsy: JennyLeeFowler

Etsy: Melrose Fields








Via digsdigs.com

I vowed to start the shopping early this year& I've been researching Christmas decor ideas. So, thought I'd share with you. In fact, I'll be doing a series of posts on the festive season. Kicking things off with inspiration for centrepieces...

Alphabet from Recycled Jackets

I found these fab repurposing projects from Stilsucht, where I can't understand a single word, but the images speak for themselves, it's packed full with great design stuffs. With these, I think I might jump on board the alphabet decor trend...What say you?


p.s: I keep meaning to post on LiveYourStyle, but then I get inspired for L'Atelier. End-point: you can't force inspiration, it comes when it comes.

Who said spiders are worthless!

Art Historian Creates World’s Largest Shawl Made From Golden Spider Silk

Photo by R. Mickens/American Museum of Natural History

Using silk extracted from more than a million golden orb spiders, which are found only in Madagascar, this spectacular 11×4-foot shawl took British art historian Simon Peers and his American business partner Nicholas Godley more than four years to create using century-old weaving techniques. The glistening silk threads are completely undyed.

Now on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the shawl is believed to be the largest—and rarest—piece of cloth woven entirely from golden spider silk, which is known for both its intense color and strength. Only the females of the species, which isn’t poisonous, produce the silk filaments, 24 of which are twisted by hand into a single strand, then twisted again with three other similar strands to make the silk thread. Roughly 70 people collected spiders daily from webs on telephone wires, then another dozen more drew silk from the spiders using hand-powered machines. Although some spiders died during production, a system was set up so that spiders being used were released every day. The intricately patterned shawl, which features traditional Malagasy bird-and-flower motifs, has its genesis in 19th century stories of a French colonial administrator’s attempts to spin cloth from the threads of golden orb spiders. In the late 1890s, Madagascan fishermen also used spider silk, which for its weight is stronger than steel, to create rudimentary nets and lines.

Source: Ecouterre

Clever Strapping

In accessories design that is! Take a basic tote, change the way the straps are attached to change the whole look of the bag. Very Clever me thinks. And me wanna try. I'll let you know if anything good comes out of my next DIY.

p.s: sorry, seems like I forgot to save the link, so I can't trace it back to the original website. I have a sneaking suspicion I took the photos from Anthropologie though...