Dying fabric with tea is great because for the most part you don’t need a mordant! Tea is rich in tannins which acts as mordant, giving the dye great staying power. Tea is still a natural dye so it will fade slightly over time, especially if you use stain removers or detergents with bleach. For […]
Last week I was given two large jars of avocado dye by my pall at @Backyardbedding and I showed you our ‘Ombre Avocado Dyed Macramé Cord’ project. Today I’m going to show you how you can make your own avocado dye so you can start turning your own house millennial pink. **So far I’ve only done 3 […]
When my good friend over at Backyard Bedding gave me 2 large jars of avocado dye, I had to take some deep breaths and slow down before I avocado dyed everything in my house! I’ve vowed to do one project at a time before my entire house turns millennial pink. Here is the first of […]
If you are following along, we are showing you little projects we did to collect enough interesting pieces together for our front hallway gallery wall. We first showed you our Quick and Easy Dried Flowers and now we are going to show you how to make a new piece of pine wood look like barn board to […]
We’ve been wanting do a gallery wall in our front hall for a while now. First step is finding enough interesting pieces to make up a nice gallery! So I decided to make a few pieces myself using a very easy and very quick flower drying technique. I love the simple look of specimen art […]
We love chalk paint in this house! Mostly because it sticks to just about anything, plus it’s easy to clean up and has a stylish matte finish to it. What we don’t like about chalk paint is that it comes in such a limited assortment of colors and it can be really expensive. So when […]
If you haven’t had a chance to check out our Gold Leaf Ikea Hatten Table Hack. Please have a look for more context on this post Hi, Abby here! My first inclination when I got this table was to just paint over the rust. I mean, it’s a $20 table that we found for free […]
