Because you really should. Tassels make everything better.
Now, obviously fort decoration is the best possible use of handmade tassels (click here to learn how to make 'em)…but you can use them lots and lots of other places if you're not planning to install a tent in your living room (although you should).
WE MADE THIS.
You will note, please, that I said "we" and not "I." That is because I had literally nothing to do with like 99% of this project, because I am not talented like that. I do, however, have a friend, Erin, who is, and who responded to our son's love of cave/fort things with "Well, let's make him one!"
And so we (and again, by "we" I mean "Erin and her husband, who just happens to be a master woodworker") did. And then we covered it with polka-dot flannel and added rainbow tassels, and the whole thing is just flat-out RIDICULOUSLY COOL.
But really: there are few things in life that can't be improved by the addition of a little neon.
(Painted that penguin, too. How cute is he?)
Looking for good neon paint? It's weirdly hard to find; trust me, I've looked. Try Martha Stewart Satin in Lightning Bug, Orange Soda, and Lime Zinger; they're the paints I've been unleashing on everything we own lately. (Especially fond of my Pollock-ed mirror project.)
I’m a bit of a home scenting obsessive, but stocking up on candles can get super pricey. Fortunately, you can get all that lovely fragrance without shelling out a ton of cash (or any, really). All you need is just a tiny bit of craftiness (and I do mean "just a tiny bit," promise).
Presenting: my favorite (easy) DIY Home Scents.
Lavender
I cannot stop making dreamcatchers these days.
I've always loved them - the tattoo on my arm is inspired by one, and I've had a huge one hanging in our house ever since my dad and I picked it up on our post-college cross-country drive - but what happened to ignite the recent obsession was that I found one on the Internet that I was completely over-the-moon about.
