FAUX COW SKULL

Believe it or NOT (believe it) this faux cow skull is completely made from Resin! I had been wanting to get this forever from Hobby Lobby but it was $35 dollars so I couldn't bring myself to get it. This particular one I found in the Western theme section, and they had other neat antler and skull stuff as well. I love this one because it has a completely flat back unlike a real skull so it can hang perfectly on a wall. Finally I went and saw they were having a 50% off sale on Men's Resin! Uhh whatever that meansss....

I had seen a post on Free Peoples' blog a long time ago and have been wanting to put something like this together since the dawn of time. I gathered up some feathers and dried flowers I had from different occasions to put in the eye sockets, and the color on the antlers is just embroidery thread. 
When you're wrapping the thread it's best to start by wrapping it once around then making a knot in the back, leaving a large amount of the end of the thread sticking out, and not making any cuts yet. Continue to wrap the antler and when you're finished, cut it and tie it to the thread sticking out from where you made the first knot, so that each color is one continuous portion of thread. Basically you just want the knots to be in the back. I hope that makes sense!

If you want to buy this bag as a tote, click on the picture below!

 
-Jerica- 

SUMMER TRAVELS

Lately I have been trying to organize all my pictures and have been super nostalgic. Some of my favorite pictures are of the landscapes I've photographed across Europe on a few of my family's summer trips. So far we have been to Norway, Sweden, France, England, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. They all so seem so dream-like now.  I'll let the pictures do the talking IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

Any readers out there from, or recognize these places? Holllaaaaaa at ya boyy!

-Jerica-

WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO AND SO SHOULD YOU!

Dive by Tycho

Perfect for charging on homework.

-Jerica-

MY LIFE VIA INSTAGRAM

It's like I am living in the museum of natural science and history! Everywhere I am surrounded by Druzy, Geodes, ammonites, and stalactite! My work is creeping home with me! Check out my sweet geode drawer knobs (mine are from the clearance section of anthropologie) but we have an awesome DIY copy cat version a few posts back! Plus some pictures of the geodes at my work !

 -Amy-

AUTUMN CRAFTS

Some more fall decoratingggg! I saw a post on Pinterest where someone taped dried herbs and flowers to the inside of mason jar lids and placed them in windows. If you do it with smaller flowers you can choose to hot glue the stem to the lid, and then store the jar upside down, so that the flower is standing straight up. I don't think you could do that with these leaves but you could try! Once I get some more jars in different sizes I am going to hang up all different shapes and colors of leaves. You could also do this with pine cones when Christmas comes! Super easy and took me all of 2 minutes. You just have to make sure you offset the tape on the string a little bit, so that the leaf is hanging in the center. 

Another tip I saw online was to dip the leaves in wax to preserve their color. I didn't do that here but they have been hanging for a couple weeks!

I also made this really cute acorn garland to go with it, found here!

-Jerica-

HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER DOG TREATS

I got this recipe from a dog food cook book a few years back that is super simple and quick. It is peanut butter dog biscuits! 

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 Teaspoon of baking powder

1/2 Cup of Peanut Butter

1/2 Cup of hot water

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and mix all of your ingredients in a bowl.  Once everything is mixed together roll it out and use a cookie cutter ( I used a jar top) to cut out the shapes that you want. Then bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown! Make sure to let it cool on a cooling rack before giving it to your pups! 

I made these the other day for a friend and his adorable dogs. For the jar I used a old salsa jar and glued on a plastic dog to the top and spray painted it black. I cut a strip from a brown paper bag to make the label which I then glued to the jar. For the gift tag I used an old map (I chose a map of Detroit because that is their hometown!) and cut it into a gift tag shape with trimming from the same brown bag I used for the label. 

This is such a quick gift to put together. With the baking and all, it took me about an hour to finish! 

-Amy-

BUTTON BROOCHES

For this project I bought a bag of pins with a flat back to glue to the back but already lost it! During my move I have basically just dumped everything in my room on the floor and haven’t cleaned it up… and continue to just dump stuff in there. So nowwwww I have absolutely no idea where they went so I used safety pins instead. Not as good of a base but until I do find them these will just have to suffice.
Another simple project- paint wooden buttons and pins to make button broches! Simple as that! Paint on your design and glue on the button to the pin!

-Amy-