Botanical Vibes

Okay, Okay, We've been saying it for weeks now but it's truly and officially Spring!! We couldn't be more ready for beautiful walks to the park, bike rides in the neighborhood, and garden ready backyards to hang in! Here in Boise, all the trees are starting to sprout leaves again, and the tulips are peeking up from the ground. Here at the shop, we created the ultimate botanical corner. 

Going green never looked so good! We got in the hippest little pots around. Their clean shapes and simple color palette make them versatile for anybody and not to mention the perfect gift for your:

1. Best Friend

2. Co-Worker

3. Neighbor 

We also have a bunch of new botanical prints by some of our favorite Artists. 

Our cute pots are planted with a variety of succulents and herbs. They are super easy to take care of add so much life to your home. 

To care for your herb gardens, place them in a semi-bright place in your home. You'll only need to water them once a week. We water ours every Friday. We also like to take a spray bottle of water throughout the week, and give them a little spritz. Keeps the leaves and stems fresh.

Succulent care is almost easier than herbs and achieves the same liveliness. Succulents thrive in hot dry climates. If you're local then you know winters aren't so hot. Keep your succulents in a bright space. Direct sun is best. Take that water bottle and spritz them once a week. Forgot to do it one week. That's okay! Succulents are very forgiving and sometimes like it when you forget about them. 

Just some of our stationery sets killing it with coolness!

We also have botanical gift wrap that is making a statement!

So much eye candy goodness. This corner has surely become our most favorite corner. If you are local come and check it out, it's truly happiness!!!!

Eggsellent DIY

Easter is literally right around the corner, sorry St. Patty, and we have been super busy putting out all our new Easter goods in the store. You guys, LITERALLY, the cutest wittle bunnies you ever did see. We all have baby boys and are stuck giving them white or brown bunnies, but ladies with baby girls, GET IN HERE NOW! They'll go fast. 

Enough about bunnies, lets talk about your egg game for this Easter. While scouring the isle of Target, we came across these craft eggs and instantly had a light bulb. While the possibilities are endless, we narrowed it down to three things, cactus and pineapples and paints.

Now we know painting eggs can be a commitment of a craft night, but we also know that our Monday nights just opened up now that the bachelor is over. #teambecca You can still get together with your girlfriends and a bottle of wine and let the creativity come to life. We personally love doing these projects with other friends because everybody brings something fresh to the table....and you can steal the really cute ideas for yourself!

Here is a, not so quick, but totally worth it, DIY!

You'll need:

Paint (assorted colors, and defintely white)

Paint Brushes

Craft Eggs (We found them at Target and Hobby Lobby)

Hot Glue 

Glitter 

First, you'll want to start painting your eggs. We used a plastic lid and just started squirting colors on it. We chose to work with one mint color and one pink color and one orange color. You can use white or black paint to make the colors darker or lighter, but still keeping it in the same hue family. The paint drys moderately fast and is washable! For the cactus', you'll want an assortment of greens. 

While the paint is wet, decide what eggs you want glitter on. For the pineapple, we definitely knew we wanted glitter and for some of the cactus. If you are undecided about the glitter. You can always use a spray adhesive later on to adhere the glitter. This just helped us skip that step. Plus you can never go wrong with to much glitter.

For our "tall" cactus we wanted to stack the eggs. We used toothpicks and poked holes in a top and bottom of an egg. We then hot glued the eggs together for extra support. We found these pom pom toothpicks at hobby lobby and stuck them in the top for the desert flower. 

We used a pen to make little hash marks all over. 

The pineapple was super simple also. we took a gold pen and made half circles all over the egg. Then took the tip of a paintbrush and added polka-dots right under the half circles. We cut the leaf top out of green wasabi tape, then taped it to a toothpick. 

After that, creativity really started to flow. Adding polka-dots was so easy that we wanted to polka everything. Patterns started to form. Our advise, keep is SIMPLE! It's the easiest and achieves the most cuteness. We have a couple "ick" eggs that didn't make the cut. 

After painting our eggs, we wanted to display them for everyone. The easiest way was to use the carton they came in, but ew, the brown drab color was really bringing our cute eggs down. While the paint was still out, we quickly painted the cartons. It was super easy and took an extra five, totally worth it, minutes.

With our cute eggs and painted egg cartons, we made cheap stringy easter grass look desirable!

We'll have more ideas on how to create cute easter baskets leading up to Easter so check back! 

Happy Weekend All!!!!!

Tassel Tuesday

One trend that has been around for ages is the tassel. Madonna wore it, your mother tied back her curtains with it, and now it is your turn to revamp it. Anthropologie puts a tassel on just about anything. From Bedsheets, to wallets, pillows and bookmarks. 

Making a tassel is SO super easy too!

You'll need:

Embroidery Thread

Scissors

Jump Rings

Slip the jump ring around the thread. You'll need all the thread to make a great impact.

Next trim the ends.

Pull one or a couple threads loose. You'll need them to wrap around the top of your tassel. 

Tie a knot and trim up the ends. WA-LA! You are a professional tassel maker

We used a jump ring, because it's super easy to slide on to a chain necklace, add to your keychain, purse, you name it! Dare we say, wrap your invitations up with a tassel. 

Tassels are so fun and something that is so in right now. It took us longer to boil a pot of water than make a tassel. 

Now we are off to get manicures because based on those photos, we're in dire need of one. #creativelife