Rainbow Party Invitations in my shop!

Are you throwing a last minute St. Patrick's Day Party or a Rainbow Birthday Party? Then I've got the invitation for you! 

Print them at home or at your local print shop and cut them out yourself. Easy! They're available to purchase in my shop, click here.

photo: By me

Feather your Nest for Easter

Can it actually be that Easter is only a couple weeks away? I feel like I just packed up my Christmas decor last week. Sheesh! And I'm not even thinking about St. Patrick's Day this year. I'm really digging these DIY ideas for Easter. The Easter Tree is a Scandinavian tradition and is basically collecting sticks and twigs and then putting feathers on to them. It makes for a lovely unexpected decoration and you can add ornaments to it. We've made an Easter Tree this year; I'll have to take some photos of it

 And what about these gorgeous naturally dyed eggs. I love those shades of blue. 

Feather Tree found on Little ScandinavianNaturally Dyed Easter Eggs found on Honestly Yum

Celebrating my 3,000th Pin on Pinterest with Pom Poms!

Wow! I've reached my 3,00th pin on Pinterest. You know what that means? I've spent a lot of time on Pinterest! And I'm not surprised that my 3,000th pin was something to do with pom poms; I'm obsessed with pom poms. Check out these lovely diy pom pom projects. 

And to follow me on Pinterest, click here or visit the link on your right.

image and diy by artbarblog

image and diy by The Lovely Drawer

image by me! Nest Vintage & Handmade

DIY Dip Dye

It's slowly getting warmer here in Australia, and it's getting colder in the Northern Hemisphere, but one trend that is HOT in both places is Dip Dying! I've gathered together a few tutorials to help you make your own dip dying projects. I'm looking forward to trying one of these this weekend. 

Dip Dye Placemat tutorial and photos via designlovefest
Dip Dye Ombre Tank Top tutorial and photos via Wonder Forest
Dip Dye shoe tutorial and photos via Trends with Benefits
Dip Dye Pillow cover tutorial and photos via Martha Stewart

Collage layout by Nest Vintage & Handmade

DIY Flower Projects

It would be hard not to notice that one of the hottest trends in fashion, wedding, and diy in general are flower crowns. I've put together a round-up of diy flower projects including a flower crown, flower bracelet (corsage), and a flower napkin holder. These are super cute and I can't wait to try them out. 

flower crown photo and tutorial by 100 Layer Cake

flower bracelet (link here) and napkin holder (link here) photos and tutorials by Paper & Stitch

collage layout by Nest Vintage & Handmade

Define Your Interior Style

I find it difficult to pin down a common thread in my interior style sometime, because there are so many different things that I like, some really modern, others super rustic. After reading The House that Lars Built recent post on 'defining your style and how to identify it', I thought about it, looked through my Pinterest boards, and nailed it down. My Interior Style is 'Contemporary Scandinavian Cottage'. I love a good mix of old and new, modern and rustic, and I gravitate towards Scandinavian design. Maybe it's because I'm half Norwegian and grew up with my grandparents midcentury arm-chairs covered in orange wool fabric (never liked them growing up, but I'm really digging them now!), and lots of old stuff from my mother's childhood home in Norway. 

We've got a weatherboard house that was built in the 1950s, with wood floors and heaps of character that screams cottage! We have to compliment the architecture of the house and add our own things. My husband and I lived in Eastern Europe for a little while and picked up some treasures in Estonia, Hungary, Finland, Russia, and Norway. We got a contemporary looking sofa, but almost all the wooden furniture, like tables, hutches, shelves, bedside tables are vintage or second hand. We just love them up a little bit with a lick of paint or a polish and put them in amongst the other things. And of course, there are some IKEA pieces thrown in here and there. 

I think the prerequisites for Contemporary Scandinavian Cottage are sleek surfaces paired with raw or natural surfaces, such as wood or stone - bringing the outside in with floral fabrics, wall paper, or branches and floral arrangements - animal hides such as cow or sheep, and cozy textures in fabrics. 

Here are some photos of things that I think capture the 'Contemporary Scandinavian Cottage' style.  

Image found on Pinterest by another user

Image via The House that Lars Built

Image found on Pinterest via Decor8

Image found via Dwellings

Image via Desire to Inspire

Image via The Design Chaser

Image found via Design Sponge

images found via links below the photo

Easter DIY Round-up: Bunnies

Even though Easter is a little later this year, I still feel like it snuck up on me. In fact, I still think it's January! But these cute DIY Easter projects are getting me "in the mood". How about lets do some Easter decorating this weekend? Here are some fun Bunny inspired projects to work on. 

bunny plate by Ishtar Olivera | bunny basket by Mer Mag | egg carton label by Design Is Yay | bunny bowl by Alice & Lois