The Stars of Craft Have Aligned

As I told you over at my Anthropologie post, I found lots of craft ideas this weekend… sorry in advance for the terrible pictures, but I feel a lot less noticeable taking a picture with it, rather than whipping out my camera.

Regardless, I fell in love with this piece I found at Crate & Barrel. It was a table runner, driftwood, held together with string I am assuming. Even while taking this picture, I thought “this one may be a little difficult, but I can attempt.”

Believe it or not, last night I was zooming about Pinterest, via radmegan.blogspot.com and found this:

Doesn’t look like much? Well! It is exactly what I needed to recreate this driftwood table runner. According to radmegan all I need is vinegar and baking soda. Yippee! I see a crafty project in my future

Anthropologie Inspires

When I was a girl I can remember my mother doin macramé & as I grew I also recall disliking the plant hanger that she made, with a glass surface, that cradled a plant. “It is so 70s style” I recall thinking frequently as a pre-teen. As I became a teenager, however, I had to request my mother show me her macramé skills, that way I could make the latest crazy, friendship bracelets. 

Now the two worlds collide, all because I stepped foot into Anthropologie in Indy this past weekend. I have a bit of a love hate relationship with this store, love everything, and hate the fact that I can afford nothing! This time I am hoping to fix that though. I snapped this shot with my camera phone {sorry for the poor quality} and I would like to recreate this. I have to admit, it is a bit ironic that these are similar macramé hangers to the one that I loathed as a pre-teen :) In my defense, however, they are quite a bit thinner than the one I remember. Now I just have to channel my inner teenager to remember how to macramé.