DIY clock

Finally I opened the packaging of the ikea clock I bought 2 months ago..(or more?). At first I wanted to change the face of the clock to a colourful one, then changed my mind to be have a simple one instead. I had accidentally took out the clocks hands and have to fix it back my self. Fiddling for 1 hour, finally it is in a working mode.. I practically opened up the mechanism at the back of the clock and fixed it back again without help of DH! Hahaha!

 

here is my final project, just to spice up the joy of Time

 

My DIY Clock

Then I must let you guys know something else. I got this plastic earring holder from the $2 dollar shop and I LOVE IT! now my earrings have a place of their own!

 

$2 earring holder

 

my earrings!

DIY THerapy

I always think that DIY (Do-It-Yourself) things around the house do really de-stress us in our busy life. Babies, Work, Family, Housework has taken a big chunk of my life and I want to ‘break-free’.

So I looked around the internet, usually after my girl has gone to bed, to look for great ideas for DIY-ing and I found plenty nice ones especially with lots of beautiful well-taken pictures with brilliant colors. Even if I don’t think I can do those lovely DIY stuffs, looking at the pictures does brighten my mood most of the time.

Here are some of the links

• How about Orange
• decor8
• The Best of DIY
• Simple Mom
• theInstructables

my DIY wall decor

 

DIY wall decal

 

SH finds the wall at our dining area very plain, so I bought this wall stickers from IKEA. I spent around an hour re-arranging the flowers, the leaf and finally the product.. Ta Daa! This is an inexpensive way to add life to the boring walls in the house.

My next project is the wall at my living room, Stay tuned!

DIY-ing part 2

I finally moved my butt and do something about the untreated picture frames from IKEA. While Chrissy was having a nap, I sat @ my balcony and start wood-staining them (the picture frames). Out of the 9 frames I had bought only 2 can make it…

 

Only the 2 frames on the left looks nice.. others.. hmm.. i think..

 

 

I want to decorate my ‘feature’ wall down the hall here.

 

The feature wall of the apartment

 

dirty finger nails

Because my impatience, I did not use the glove and in the end I got some ’souvenirs’  left over in my short nails.

To be continued…….

DIY-ing

Here are some fantastic sites on home and decor but in DIY I like to visit.

Curbly 

Ikea Hacker 

Nice Spice