There’s pretty much nothing in my house that is immune to my crafting and DIYing.  While I take the time to plan and actually think  about my living room redo (Not flying by the seat of my pants?  Crazy Town!), I’ve been doing a few quick and easy things here and there.

The most recent victims were the soap dispensers in our master bathroom.  That room has seen exactly zero change from the moment we moved into it’s blah blah builder’s beige glory, so it needed a little Lindsay-fying.  And Oh, Deer!  It got a little Makely touch.

These DIY soap dispensers were so easy to put together.  They are probably a little over the top for some of you, but they are hilarious to me….

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A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this hanging succulent garden on Pinterest.  I pinned it.  I Facebooked it.  I obsessed about it for days. Yep, I had to make one, and it had to be done immediately.

The only problem was that I have two black thumbs and wasn’t willing to sacrifice the lives of a few dozen sweet little succulents for what would end up being a gorgeous, but temporary, display.  Luckily for me, Hobby Lobby had all of its faux succulent picks for on sale for 50% off last week.  I’ve already used some in my office, so I knew that they are very realistic looking – the only kind of fake plant I will allow into my house.

So, I built a display frame and added what seemed like eleventy billion fake succulents.  The result was pretty awesome.

My faux succulent hanging garden took longer and cost more to complete that I was expecting.  I put together a tutorial on the project as I was going along, and I will give you some tips on how to save money if you choose to put together your own….

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