Weekend Wanderlust [003]

Here I sit, on my bed, fresh off an afternoon of shopping with birthday money, looking forward to a fun evening of gallivanting around the northeast neighborhood of Minneapolis with friends.

Our first stop? A place that dubs itself a “country club on crack” including a ferris wheel known as “The Danger”. Good times will be had.

All of this carefree-ness is giving me a fresh whiff of inspiration. I haven’t tackled a crafty project in awhile, shame on me for having a creative blog. I’ve spotted a few projects I would like to put my own spin on that I wanted to share with you (these posts used to be known as “I actually want to make this“).

Crate Bookcase via Burkatron

For my birthday this year, my husband got me a nice record player so that I could do justice to the record collection that I had. I bought one of those bookshelves with the canvas storage boxes that you see in EVERY HOUSE to store my records and set the player on top of. I wish I had stumbled upon this tutorial beforehand because this is a million times more creative.

Our front door has been lacking for some time now. We repainted the door, the post, and the trim, but something is still missing. I love how this frame is traditional enough to appeal to everyone (you don’t want your front door to give off the “weirdo” vibe) yet unique enough to be eye-catching. This might be at the top of my DIY to-do list!

So, Bean already told me she wanted to be a skeleton for Halloween this year (gotta love that kiddo) but if I had total say over it, she would most DEFINITELY be a Rockford Peach. A League of Their Own has always been one of my all-time favorite movies, so when I stumbled across this tutorial for a girl’s Rockford Peach costume I almost died.

The desk lamp that I originally made is getting a little boring, and I have been stalking marquee light tutorials for literally 2 years. This marquee light tutorial seems totally do-able, plus you could do whatever word you want. I see a lit-up “RAD” in my future.