Shabby Little Jewelry Holder

Hello and Happy Friday!! WootWoot:)


I have the winner of the Simple Daisy Ring give-away.....

Yeah for her!!! Be sure and stop by her blog.....The Hairy Peach to say congrats:)




I can't wait to see which ring she picks for herself!!!!


I've been really enjoy creating rings and can't wait to tinker on a few ideas i've had swirling around in my head!!
There really isn't enough time in the day to do all of the things I day dream about:)


For awhile i've been wanting to teach myself how to make my own stamps using my drawings....

Because I love to doodle and I thought they might work on my jewelry designs:)

The stamps turned out so cute!!!! I love them! But I think they are a bit too bit for using with the silver and bronze clay.

This is how the clay looks before I fire it in the kiln! I think the owl is just so darn cute but it's pretty large for a pendant. And I LOVE the horse....and planned on writing......fences are made for those who can't fly.....
but I want to perfect the horse just a bit!


It's so fun just tinkering around teaching myself new things!


My studio is quickly becoming overgrown with jewelry!
And well...plants too:)

But it's my happy space! It's usually quite messy with drawings, doodles and quotes laying around everywhere!

I try to organize.....but it never lasts!
See that driftwood jewelry stand.....I made those awhile ago and love them!


But I needed a way to organize my jewelry on the wall....so that it takes up less counter space.


Here's what I came up with just using what I had lying around!

Sorry for the not so great photos....i'm a little under the weather and just wasn't up for taking a million photos to get nice ones:)

Simple & Cute!

Plus....you can use whatever you happen to have on hand to make your own!!!

And the best part....it can hold a ton of jewelry!!

Ok...well...sure hope you have yourself a wonderful and creative weekend!!!!

“Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out." Tina Turner

{Oyster Shell Wreath}

Good Sunday Morning to you!!!


Each day really is up to you! Why not start your day off right from the moment you open your eyes in bed!
It's going to be a great day! Each day is a gift and it's up to us to do what we want with it:):)


It's been hot...hot...hot here and I couldn't be happier!
Well....it's been a little too hot to go outside and run or ride my bike....so i've spent a little more time at the gym this summer than I usually do. Owell....at least i'm still getting my workouts in!

Since I haven't been riding as much....i'm not sure how far i'll get in the Apple Cider ride in September.
Last year I made it to 76 miles and was hoping to do 100 miles this year....it's not going to happen:((

but you know what....it's ok! I'll just do my best and forget the rest! Right!?!?!?
And to tell you the truth...i've found a little more balance to my workouts this summer!
I love goals...don't get me wrong...I am a super goal oriented kind of girl....and I do kind of feel guilty not training for the 100 mile bike ride.....
But I also love that I can actually enjoy my workouts and not feel stuck because i'm training for something!

OK....enough about that......

I still have tons of oyster shells left over from our trip to Edisto Island!!

It was so fun collecting the shells on the beach.....
I was a collecting fool:)
My husband was laughing as I was scurrying around collecting shells that most folks down there throw in the trash....
but I say....one person's trash is another's treasure:)

I'm not sure where this cute little wreath will go....maybe in the spare bedroom that we are slowly re-doing!
Remember.....beachy frenchy is the look i'm going for:)
soft and warm greys...creams...simple and pretty:)

Maybe by next year i'll have it all done!! haha:)

I love the random pattern of this wreath!
By now you know I like things perfectly...imperfect!

And so I just glued the shells on this wreath all willie nillie......

Kind of as if they were all still scattered along the beach:)

How can you go wrong with burlap!?!?
It goes perfectly with the beachy simple feel of the wreath!

I probably won't keep the burlap...but it didn't hurt to try!!


Have a fabulous day wherever you're at!!!!
I am hoping to talk my husband into a little beach day:):)

~Heather

"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same."  Francesca Reigler

{seaglass vase}

Hello and Happy Friday to you!!
Guess what.....we have a winner for one of my sweet little stacking rings:)

Be sure to stop by her blog and say "congrats!!!"

That was a fun give-away!! Thank you so much for participating and for your feedback I always appreciate it:)

You know how much the summertime makes me happy!

I just love it...

many mornings I pour a steaming hot cup of joe and just take a little nature walk around my yard! I love to see all the new activity....flowers blooming, the rabbit chew marks on my hostas, broken robin's eggs from sweet little birdies hatching. It all just makes me stop and really appreciate the simple things in life!

And I just love when I come to this little patch of my yard....

I have to tell you....this has been one of the best years for my hydrangeas!!! They are in full blooming bliss and they make me so happy every time I walk past them:)

These are actually my grandma's hydrangeas! She gave them to me about 11 years ago....I dug them up, planted them at our first home and then when we sold I dug them up again and moved them here! They make my heart very happy:)

My husband thought I was nuts....but I even had it written into the contract when we sold....the hydrangeas go with us:)

I thought it would be a perfect complement to make a happy little seaglass vase to display them in!

The aqua blue of seaglass matches the pale blue of the hydrangeas perfectly! And best of all.....I have something to use in my home that cost only $10.00!
Flowers....free
Vase...I had
Seaglass & glue....$10.00

Not bad for something that makes me smile:)

Simple & sweet....just how I like everything!
Perfectly NOT perfect and just very simple:)

Oh and you know what else I love....driftwood.
I think it's just so cute tied in little bundles and put on display around my home!
Another thing that's pretty much free!!

Well there you have it.....a simple little craft to occupy your time this weekend!!!

I know i'll be spending lots of time making jewelry!!

I have lots of ring designs just flying through my mind!!

Take care and enjoy your weekend:)

~Heather

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be.
Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

{simple french ocean inspired decorating}

Well hello and Happy Sunday to you:)

{I wanted to answer a few questions from my last post...

the paint I used for the bowls was just cheap craft paint in all hues of aqua blue....and the letter stamps were just rubber letter stamps from the dollar bin section at Michaels craft store! Hope that helps!}

I'm not sure about your weather....but it is completely beautiful here this morning! I am enjoying the sunshine, the birds chirping and  my cup of joe while writing this post this morning:)

You know just how thankful I am whenever we get lovely weather here! It just inspires me so:)

I want show a little sprucing I have going on in my home...but first!

Look at what I caught in my house the other day!!!!!!

Poor little guy {or girl}! This sweet little birdie was just flying all over the place probably scared out its wits! I finally caught it and well....had to take a few photos of it!
Then when my husband and I came home the other day...it was in our house again!!
I wonder if it was trying to tell me that we need a little birdie!!
You never know!!

It's pretty darn lucky that my kitty didn't catch it...
Must be one blessed birdie:)

It was kind of fun holding this sweet little birdie....and I think it was so shocked it hung out for about 5 minutes so I could snap some more photos of it!


Ok...onto the sprucing!

We have this bedroom in our home that for the past 4 or 5 years has been a complete junk room!
We tore the carpet out and just never did anything with it!

Well finally we are starting to work on that room! And so I have been thinking about how I was to decorate it!
I think I am going to go with....french chic inspired by the sea!!
Soft and simple with just a few tiny touches of shells and such:):)

So here is just a glimpse of what i've been tinkering with!

...I collect vintage fans and use them in lots of my decorating! I L*O*V*E them! I think they are so cute and happy. Plus all of the ones I own...actually work. Just in case I ever needed them:)

 I kind of want this room to be vintage inspired.
So I made these cute little doily bowls!
So easy to do...
mix plaster of paris with water (about thick milk consistency)
mix the doily in with the plaster of paris mixture....make sure the doily is totally covered with the mixture.
drape the wet doily over a bowl or something and let dry..

That's it! When they are dry pop them off and you have the cutest little bowls!
Of course you could probably sand yours and poke holes where there should be holes...
but I thought these were fine just the way they were:)

I love the doily bowls! Doilies always make me think of my great grandmother! She had them laying on and draped across everything she owned:)
In fact....I inherited quite a few of her doily table clothes!
Maybe i'll have to do a vintage inspired table scape one of these days:)

 I also made the oyster shell mirror out of the shells I collected at Edisto Beach.

So easy to do....
collect shells {whatever kind make you happy}
get a frame {this one is from Ikea}
glue them on all willie nillie hodge podge
and hang it on the wall:)

I love it! I think this room is really going to shape up nicely!
i just need to get my husband motivated to lay the floor ....
{until we can spring for real hardwood floors it's just the cheapy look-a-like laminate flooring...but still better than carpet in my opinion}
and I am thinking of building a super cute little farmhouse inspired day bed!
I found plans here! But I would build the sides just a bit taller:)

And of course...paint it white and scuff it up!

The one thing I know about decorating and life for that matter is....simpler is always better!

You just can't go wrong with simple!

and I thought I would take my color scheme from the muted tones of these sweet little oyster shells!

Soft creams and greys.

Maybe a tiny...tiny...touch of aqua blue:)

Anwyho...I am just so excited to get this room finished! We will have 2 more rooms to go and will have succeeded in taking a straight out of 1976 home into the current with barely spending any $$$$!

So there you have it!
Decorating made affordable and so very simple!

Hope you have a really wonderful and inspired Sunday!
I am off to mow the lawn now:):)

     “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning..."
Joseph Priestley

{happy little craft}

Hello & happy Monday to you!

Life's been just pure bliss...even with the not so fabulous weather.

Since i'm off for the summer...i've been able to devote all of my time to Simple Daisy. And that makes me more than happy:)

I am really working hard on trying to get my name out there!
and I just designed a simple little blog button so that I can start advertising .... you can take a peek at it...on my facebook page:)

I've been tinkering with new designs and am also still trying to perfect my little stacking rings:)

A sneak peek at one of the styles I have been working on!!
Artsy, gypsy, bohemian....and it will go perfectly with my little bangle bracelets.....I think it's the perfect way to wear a happy little reminder on your wrist!
100% handmade and designed my me:):)


While I have was working on the new designs...
I thought it would be perfect to make a little jewelry bowl to hold all of your jewelry in!

I am IN L*O*V*E with these cute little bowls and they couldn't be any easier to make!

Take polymer clay  {the stuff you get at the craft store} roll it out. Use a bowl to cut it into a circle....stamp letters onto it.....form it into a bowl and then follow the directions to
bake it in the oven!

What a super cute gift idea:)

and if you included some Simple Daisy jewelry with your gift...well I wouldn't be too sad:):)

These little bowls just make my heart so happy!

You can write anything you'd like to on them.
but I like inspirational sayings and quotes the best!

And then I couldn't just stop with the bowls.

I thought it would be cute to make simple little inspirational signs.

These would be super cute gifts too!!!

Make them as big or as little as you like.
Just follow the same directions as the bowls....but cut them into organic squares.

Hang them anywhere you please:)

Or you could make some as wine bottle tags:)

So there you have it! A happy little craft to start your week off:)

“They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over it!” Bill Watterson