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• Tortured Artist Party Films

  

  For the entire month of October we featured our Tortured Artist party and brought you several spook-worthy ideas to recreate for your own dinner parties complet... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Happy Halloween!

  

  Well, anyone else exhausted from Halloween and the day has only begun? With all the costumes that went on here on the blog over the past month or so, Paul and... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• DIY Animal Headwraps Part 2

  

  Clearly, once I started making animal headwraps, I couldn't stop! If you're just joining, early today I introduced a series of animal headwrap twisty ties (see... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• DIY Animal Headwraps Part 1

  

  Are you ready for some cute?! K, I realize it's the day before Halloween but there's got to be someone who works like me and saves projects for the last... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Tongue Twister Halloween Costumes

  

  If you're anything like me you love to dress up but when it comes down to actually making time to create a costume it ends up super last minute. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Seared Tuna Nicoise Salad with Camille Styles

  

  I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Camille Styles' first book, Camille Styles Entertaining: Inspired Gatherings and Effortless Style, which is out... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Cherry Pumpkins on Design*Sponge

  

  Design*Sponge asked me to create a pumpkin for their pumpkin designer series. How could I resist some cherry pumpkins?! See the tutorial over on Design*Sponge... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Tortured Artist Halloween Costumes

  

  We've had a ball recreating some of our favorite artistic historical characters for you during this season of All Hallow's Eve. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Ghost Tablecloth

  

  We're on our very last tutorial from the Tortured Artist party and this one is my favorite! This ghost tablecloth tutorial is creepy and ghoulish and... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• This Week

  

  I did some experimenting with some alternative ways to craft a pumpkin. Independently from on another, Ashley, who helps me out a lot with projects, and I came... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Finding the Perfect Pink with Valspar

  

  As you know (remember?), I've been struggling to personalize my basement apartment so that it feels like home. And not just any home, but OUR home. Because... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Printable Custom Name Tags

  

  Yesterday we revealed our Halloween Tortured Artist dinner party but we still have a couple of details to add to complete the party so you can easily recreate... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• DIY Room to Room: Succulents

  

  Ever since meeting and working with Cassidy Tuttle of Succulents and Sunshine last year, I'm always thinking about how I can work some succulents into my life. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• How to Throw a Tortured Artist Dinner Party

  

  It's all come down to this! After 9 Tortured Artist costume ideas (10 if you include the double Fridas), one full menu with 3 delicious recipes and a skull... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Georgia O'Keefe Costume Recipe

  

  Today is our last costume in the Tortured Artist party series (see the rest here). We're closing with fellow flower lover, Georgia O'Keefe, whose macroscopic... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Birth of Venus Costume

  

  Happy Monday! We have just a couple more costumes and the final dinner party to share with you to complete our Vanitas Halloween. Let's continue with the Birth... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• 3rd Annual Halloween Costume Contest

  

  If you've been following Lars over the years, you know I love few things more than dressing up. Hence all these artist costumes. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• This Week

  

  I introduced a fun new Instagram project this week, #CraftTheRainbow, and it's slowly consuming all my thoughts. I now think in rainbows. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• This Girl

  

  This girl | Entertains | Drinks See more of This Girl here. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE

• Creepy Printable Art Decor

  

  For our Halloween party (see more details here), we wanted our decor to feel one part Haunted House and one part 17th century Dutch Baroque. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 HOME, LIFESTYLE