Make Your Own Tea

I found this creative little project via merrimentdesign, on how to make your own tea bags. In this case there was a tea party where you get empty handsewn tea bags and you get to fill them with your own blends and take them home to enjoy.

You can find the tutorial {here}

tea with handsewn labels

tea selection in a variety of flavours

Paper Mash

I just recently came across this neat paper goods store while browsing for some letterpress, it's called Papermash. I love their simple and pretty collection of everything from notebooks to bakers twine. I have included some of my most favourite pieces.

pretty striped tape in pastels

lovely jute fabric notebooks

funny wine tags...I love the honesty!

classic bakers twine

love lists paper...very handy

They also have a section on their site calle "Free" where they offer a bunch of free downloads for great easy DIY projects like these drink parasols...

{download found here}

Pink & Grey

Here is a little Etsy treasury that I put together featuring one of my favourite colour combinations pink and grey and another favourite of mine some vintage pieces! Hope you can all go and check it out here

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Do you guys have any favourite colour combos?

Garbage Bag Table Runner

My last month's Style at Home magazine featured the home of television personality Karen Bertelsen and I love her place! I especially love that she has a mix of high and low pieces in her home all the way from antique artwork to dollar store finds, which brings me to todays post.

Karen is an avid dollar store junkie, she frequents them a lot and she came up with a brilliant idea to re-purpose a garbage bag from the Dollarama into a table runner. Let me just say that you will be amazed with how awesome it turned out, so much so that it had me planning my next outing to my friendly neighbourhood dollar store tomorrow!

the before

and the after

Great results right! you can find the complete tutorial here

Do you like those 3 beveled glass mirror boxes she has on the table? Yup me too, well she made those as well, check out the tutorial here

I love her entire dining room, for plenty more dollar store finds and amazing commentary and banter head over to Karen's own blog called The Art of Doing Stuff, word to the wise make sure you have a few hours to browse her blog, you won't want to leave...trust me!

Beauty Bag: Liz from Wallpaper

I've decided to start a new bi-weekly series on WALLPAPER called  "Beauty Bag" which will feature some of my favourite bloggers's own makeup bags including a list of products they use and of course the one product they can't live without.

I've always been fascinated by what women have in their makeup bags or what their beauty routines are and I think that it would be fun to get a sneak peek inside their beauty bags. Plus, I love when I hear a great review or I get a makeup suggestion from someone that I know has used and loved a product... so let's all share our beauty bags and favourite beauty finds!

If anyone out in the blog world would like to participate in this new series please send me an email.

I've decided to start out the series with my own makeup bag:

Makeup
1.SEPHORA BY O.P.I in metro chic- this is a great fall colour

2.DIOR show mascara in black-highly recommend for that full lash

3.NARS multiple in South beach-bought this on a recommendation and I love it!

4.ESTEE LAUDER high gloss in Amethyst

5.SHADY LADY shadow in Caught in the act courtney-awesome eye shadow with a bit of glitter

6.ANNABELLE Kohl liner in Charcoal

7. MAC blush in Pinch me- gives the cheeks a nice flush

8.MAC sheer pressed powder in NC35

Makeup tools:

1. MAC blush brush #129

2.MAC Kabuki brush #182- I use this to put on my pressed powder

3.QUO eyebrow brush

4.SHU UEMURA eyelash curler- great lash curls

5.ESTEE LAUDER makeup bag

One beauty product I can't live without:

it's a toss up between my Quo eyebrow brush and lipgloss (any brand)

(what can I say I have unruly brows!)

Soft Grey

My little desk nook all decked out in soft grey... a new sweater, my trusted hobo bag and lots of new books.

American Envy...

I envy my fellow American bloggers who have such great shops in the US at such great price points! I wish we had a Target or at least a Z Gallerie... oh well I guess I will just have to dream! Here are a few of my favourites from Z Gallerie, please excuse me while I go cry...