Fall DIY - leaf chain for your window

Fall is now officially enrolling here in Germany. The temperatures get really chilly over here, especially at night. Today was a beautiful, sunny fall day out here and I took a small stroll around my neighborhood. The leafs have started to turn their color and it’s really appealing to me, so I wanted to bring this home with me.

 

In general I’m a huge fan of everything natural but for my DIY project I bought some fake fabric fall leafs as real one world crumble and won’t stay beautiful long enough.

Supplies you need as shown on the first picture:

• fabric fall leafs
• ribbon ( color of your choice)
• hot glue
• scissors

So this is what I did:

1.) I arranged my fake leafs in a to me appealing pattern. As I have two different colors of leafs it’s all about the mix.

2.) Then I simply glued the leafs in a row to the ribbon

3.) Knot a small loop to hang the chains in your window

I made 3 of these chains to gather next to each other in my windows and finally found some time so rearrange the decoration on my windowsill.

So that’s how it looks like right now in my living room when you peek out of the window.

Crafty, perhaps you enjoy to try this simple DIY for your home? I would love to see pictures or hear how this DIY worked for you. It’s so easy and quick!

I think this DIY is great for any other season to simply substitute the items or shapes you sew together. This is going to be a go to for me to try different styles in upcoming seasons.

Have a lovely week and be creative!

xoxo,

Updated “About me”-page

Hey girls, I have finally updated my “About me”- page with an up to date photo with my new hair color and more blog connected information telling you what I collect in my blog and why I do it.

 

It’s all about feeling cosy and the benefits of it. I experienced for myself that in situations and atmospheres I felt cosy, content and happy I could pull the best out of me and be more relaxed. So whether it is about a home that you feel absolutely YOU in and have comfy corners to snuggle up or special treats for your soul I intend to gather it here on my blog and share it with you.

Also I felt the need to include my talented husband in my “About me”-page as he takes most of my photos. :)

I hope to hear some thoughts of you considering my updated page. Perhaps things I missed to mention that you think important to add or any other related question you like to ask me.

xoxo,

My goal to get more organized in 2013

Starting over with BYW class has build the urge in me to start over anew in other areas of my life, too. I feel that over the past five years I have gathered so much clutter in our apartment that it’s really weighting me down.
From heart I’m no a-type in organizing and having a clean, structured home. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no messy either, let’s say I really try and most of the time it works well, but there are some areas that need improvement.

Until Christmas/New year I want to get some things more structured and organized.

• closet (mine, hubs and general like bedding and towels)
• bookshelf in our living room ( I have way too much books, honestly!)
• my magazine collection ( as crazy as it seems, I can’t simply throw them out without re-looking at them)

So my goal is to accomplish these three golden milestones until New Year’s Eve. Crossing my fingers that I can stick to it but pressure is up because I share it with you guys now and hope to show you results soon.
Have you re-organized any part of your home lately? Have you sticked to the changes or have you slipped in old habits?
xoxo,

Color transferring into fall

You might have noticed that I did some adjustments on my blog design yesterday. Actually I just changed the color theme and added a new profile photo.
The funny thing is, that I feel now really ready for fall, colorful leafs in warm shades of orange, yellow and red and just cosy surroundings. Have you noticed that my hair fits this setting perfectly? The question here is like the hen and the egg…what was first?
While surfing the internet yesterday evening I came round an adorable fall aquarelle print on Lauren Trevey's Etsy shop which fits my mood perfectly. It’s on my wish list now, perhaps the hubs is noticing?

Source: etsy.com via Jasmin on Pinterest

xoxo,

Blogging your way…getting ready for class!!!

 

Whoop, whoop I’m so excited to finally getting started with blogging e-class tomorrow.

It’s been really quiet here for the last weeks but I hope to be back now with more drive and inspiration gathered from this blogging class held by Holly Becker, the famous editor behind the interior blog Decor8 which I absolutely adore!

So what I did Friday straight after getting my log in details for the online campus was to set up my little home office at our dining table. Our dedicated office sadly isn’t a place of inspiration this days as it’s really stuffed with boxes and things we don’t need right now that I took with me from my parents house when it was sold last fall.

Of course I started a new notebook for all my notes and ideas ( honestly, who can’t resist buying stationary and notebooks??) and I really feel that writing my ideas down physically is more necessary for me than I ever thought. I honestly don’t have a thing for typing creative stuff on a blank page with this blinking bar making me feel crappy and no space to draw little things around my bullet points. I’m more like getting in action and brainstorming right away ( and allowing my thoughts to come right out of my pen whilst writing) and coloring along with some colored pencils.

So with this things said, I try to stick to my new notebook, assembling my thoughts and sucking in the new inspiration for my blog and my life, too.

A catalyser is dearly needed at this point, so I'm really looking forward to get to know my fellow students and amazing teachers more closely.

For this course I try to stick to the quote “ Most smiles are started by another smile!”(Frank A. Clark)

 

xoxo