The Interior DIYer
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Skull candy

I’m such a sucker for skulls. I’ve recently acquired quite a lot of skull items, such as these glittery skull Christmas ornaments today that were marked down to €1.50, which I immediately had to have. I don’t think they’re strictly Christmassy, but that’s just me. They’re about to seriously jazz up some door handles around my apartment.

This skull and bone ice mold marked down to €1 which was still straggling behind after Halloween, so I had to pick it up. It was so lonely out there. Welcome to my freezer.

Teeny skull skewers. Perfect served up in a glass for finger food entertainment. 
And this is something I want badly – Crystal Head Vodka by Dan Aykroyd and John Alexander. I can count the many ways in how awesome this is. Hell yes I would just buy it for the bottle. Except it’s not available here in Ireland. Fuuuuuuuuu.
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Mini makeover – attacked with tape

I’ve been attacking things around my apartment this week, and my alternative weapon of choice was electrical tape. As crazy as it sounds,  it transforms any basic shaped storage easily into a punch of stripes. And please believe me when I say the electrical tape is no way obvious. Fiance was well impressed when I showed him this mini project and couldn’t believe it was thanks to tape. 
Easy as one, two, three: all you need for this project is two contrasting shades of electrical tape, and a pair of scissors. It takes under five minutes, a steady hand, and a good eye for straight lines. It’s so simple and can update any piece you have in stead of buying a new one.

Other items I’ve covered recently were empty Pringles tins {to house my knitting needles}, empty hot chocolate containers {now home to my pens and pencils}, and this large chunky ceramic red vase, whose colour did hurt my eye balls, but it was such a handy size for storage around our apartment, so I simply took a trip to our local hardware store and attacked it with tape. Reduce, reuse, recycle!

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I want it now – himmeli ornaments

I first saw it, or them, on Design*Sponge ages back for a DIY class coming up in Portland. D*S reminded me again this morning about these magical creatures, and I really think I aught to get down and make one, or seven, of them. I found a really good tutorial on Elsie Marley‘s site, and I’m excited to try my hand at making some himmeli. I  really like the monochromatic ones, compared to the more traditional straw himmeli. I really think one would look good alongside my bookcase … 
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