Lingonberry Headband Tutorial

 Lingonberry Headband Tutorial (this was part of a look I created here)

Supplies needed:
:: 6.5"X2" green wool felt
:: several red ball buttons
:: thin elastic store bought headband
:: red thread
:: hand sewing needle
:: disappearing ink marker

 Instructions:
:: First with paper and pencil, draw your pattern, creating a leafy design with a heart shape at each end. Do this within a rectangle that is 6.5"X2"

 :: With disappearing ink marker, trace your pattern on to the green felt.

 :: With scissors, cut out your green leafy design.

 :: With hand sewing needle and red thread sew each red button through the green felt and the headband (make sure to made nice big knots and sew each button on separately this will prevent each button from popping off as the headband does get stretched a bit each time it is put on).

 All done !

Enjoy wearing your new lingonberry headband.

Holiday 12 Ideas House

 {this is not my house}

Are you ready for another tour of the Bachman's Ideas House? If you'd like, you can visit some from the past: Spring 10, Summer 10, Holiday 10, Spring 11, Summer 11, Holiday 11, Spring 12 and Fall 12.

This house was built in the early 1920's and for Holiday 2012 it was decorated with an alpine chic theme. A glamorous take on the rustic lodge with a mix of deep, natural tones and textures like wood, fur and antlers accented by a glitzy twist on traditional holiday colors and patterns.... “cozy, up-north cabin meets big city bling”. Nearly every item is priced for sale.... enjoy the photo tour...

In the porch, saddlebag as planter

 In the living room, coffee table made from a wooden wagon & layered tree rounds

 End tables made from stacked luggage & glass top

 Wall embellished with hand-panted grandfather clock outline

 Christmas tree topped with feathers & antlers

 Christmas presents wrapped with fur & burlap ribbon with ornament accents

 In the sunroom, vintage wooden toolbox used as wine holder

 In the dining room, decorative bark panels on wall

 birch candles

 In the kitchen, chandelier decorated with kitchen utensils & dishtowels

 workbench as kitchen island

 oversized vintage metal sign used as recipe magnet board

 In the bathroom, toilet paper holder made from a mailbox

 In the girl's bedroom, headboard made from a cabinet & table, chandelier made from painted & deconstructed plastic water bottles, wall covered with furry blankets

 wall calendar made of clear bulb ornaments filled with candy

 hose reel as tinsel Christmas tree base

 In the boy's bedroom, headboard made from a basketball backboard & rope lighting, basketball rim mounted to wall as nightstand, pillow made from referee shirt

 basketball cage turned into a desk, basketball halves turned into lamps, graph chalkboards hung from metal rulers as wall art

 media unit made from vintage lockers

 In the den, vintage trunk as coffee table

 salvaged wood & oversized black & white photo turned into wall-mounted TV cabinet, vintage snowshoes & birch logs as wall sconces

 metalworker's cabinet as bookshelves

 birch poles as valances with pinecone finials

 In the master bedroom, vintage arched window as headboard, lamps filled with holiday ornaments

 dresser top covered in sheet music

 hand painted family tree with hanging frame ornaments

 birdcage as ceiling lamp

 jewelry holder made from vintage retail key tag fixture

 A theme throughout the house white knitted decorated items...

 basket

 vases

 candles

 Christmas ball ornament

 mug

I hope you get a chance to visit this Holiday 2012 Ideas House (there are so many more ideas to see than are in these photos), it's open until December 16th, 2012 . And if you cannot make it to Minneapolis, Minnesota to tour the house in person, I hope you can get some inspiration from this photo tour.

PS Sounds like the Ideas House will be continuing in 2013 (Spring, Fall and Holiday) as they have been so successful, so hopefully I can offer another photo tour in May :)