This just adds fuel to the flame of my desire to start knitting again!  I never thought of knitting with twine, but it makes total sense to get the end result of a great pot scrubber!

Here’s what you need:

common garden, hemp or linen twine found in most hardware stores

Size 7 needles

Heavy black thread

Directions:  Cast on 12 stitches.  Garter stitch until you form a square.  Cast off.  Sew it closed with blanket stitch in contracting heavy black thread.  Stuff with wool.  Wool is resistant to water and naturally anti-bacterial.  A piece of natural or synthetic sponge would work too.

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This weekend is Mother’s Day, so I hope that you’ll be spending time on Sunday lovin’ on your mother.  I certainly plan to!

For now…here’s what caught my attention this week!

I’m such a sucker for “food art”!

I’m smitten with Kristine Mays’ Garment collection.

Paula Hayes’ gigantic terrariums are magnificent!

This pork tenderloin recipe with fresh herbs looks divine!

Here’s what 2000 calories looks like…

Does this stress anyone else out besides me?  Slow down, people!

I recently heard Andy Andrews speak.  Now I want to read every one of his books.  Best speaker ever!

Show your mom your love!  The very best gift…make her think you’ve sealed your love permanately….then make her happier by showing her that it’s temporary!

Ahhh, Paris!

I want to stay here.

Have a great weekend, lovelies!  XO!

I’m smitten with these sweet little crocheted lamp shades from Curiosities en Tissu!  What a precious little nursery!

Not your grandma’s crochet, right?  Get out those crochet hooks and get yourself your own lampshade!

I love the idea of stitching found doilies together to create a one-of-a-kind creation!

Go old school, with a granny square lampshade!

Grab your grandmother’s doilies, some Mod Podge and a balloon?

Crocheted wire! Yes!

Here’s a great how-to to make your own doily pendant.

Do you crochet?  If so, when canl you teach me?  I knit, but never learned to crochet past the chain stitch!  Would you put a crochet lampshade in your home?

My friend, Tracy Porter, is back in a beautiful boho way!

In the words of Tracy, 2011 was the year of the “skinned knee”, but this “knee” is healed and better than ever!  Her new Poetic Wanderlust is full of all of the things we’ve always loved about Tracy’s boho style and passion for all things lovely.

I’m totally crazy in-love with her rugs!  Each one is custom made in her California studio and no two will be alike!  (You all know I love unique!)  Total statement of true poetic wanderlust!

I love Tracy’s heart and her genuine heartfelt style that inspires her designs.

Follow Tracy’s new Poetic Wanderlust journey here with me!!

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Happy Friday, everyone!  The weather has been “California-like” this week in Dallas!  My plans this weekend are to spend as much time outside as possible and enjoy it before the Texas heat begins to burn!

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I love planting herbs this time of year.  In the past I’ve stacked terra cotta pots for herb and flower gardens, but I’m loving the look of these galvanized buckets for a more industrial look.  Perhaps this year’s basil will get a new look for it’s home!

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I really want to do a pallet garden like this one that’s been pinned on Pinterest a bagillion times!  If you have any old wooden pallets in the Dallas area and want to get rid of them, give me a shout!

OK…I’ve decided to try a new Friday series and I would welcome your feedback.  During my romp around the web during the week, I find many exceptional things that I don’t share, simply because I don’t have time to put together a complete post, so I thought I would share several links that I feel are highlights from my web travels…

This sweet kitty is ready to come to your defense!

I’m swooning over Eden & Eden’s vintage folk cushions!

Wallpaper that looks like scrap wood  - Check out a similar look on the walls of Highland Park Village’s new Five and Ten

Could possibly be the perfect dress for this spring and summer

Anyone care to join me at this retreat?

Hmmm…Where shall we brunch in Paris?

Easy changes for less toxins in your home!

It’s on!  Cover the night today! 

Let me know what you think about the quick links and if it’s something you like, I’ll continue every Friday…

Have a great weekend, ya’ll!  XO!

There’s nothing more precious than a little girl with a great hair accessory.  Check out Silla Soup for one of my favorite places to find unique clips and pins that both mother and daughter can enjoy!  Most of her products can be used as a brooch/pin or hair clip!

Clip Sila’s creations on your shoes, sweaters or pony tail to dress it up a bit!

Find all of Sila Soup’s products here.  You can also see all of her products at this weekend’s Urban Street Bazaar!

Do you wear hair accessories?  Are you headed to the Urban Street Bazaar this weekend?  Be sure to tell Sila the you saw her on THL!

Allow me to fill your weekend with spring markets!

First up… McKinney, TX brings their annual Arts in Bloom festival on Saturday, April 14th to their beautiful historic square. Over 150 artists will bring their works and line the streets!  While you’re there don’t miss my friends Kaci and Luann at Patina Green.  Kaci’s husband, Robert, will make a lunch for you at their in-store cafe that will have you asking for an extra serving to take home for dinner that night!  He’s an amazing chef!  Eating and shopping under the same roof!  What more can you ask for?

Another one of my favorite stores is Cotton Hearts.  I love Dorie, the owner, and every stitch of cool clothing that she brings in her uber cool clothing boutique!  She carries my favorite brands… Odd Molly,  Johnny Was and Farrah B jewelry…so I always get in trouble when I make it to McKinney to see her.  (That’s trouble in a good way!)  Don’t miss her vintage laundry baskets and shopping carts outside the shop door full of great deals!

After you spend your morning and early afternoon in McKinney, head over to the Bishop Arts District for more shopping!  The Urban Street Bazaar  that we all know and love is back…just as it began…a modern craft fair on the streets of the Bishop Arts District in North Oak Cliff!  This bazaar runs two days…Saturday and Sunday!

Don’t leave without stopping in to see Denise and Keith Manoy at Indigo 1745 for a little uptown fashion inspiration!  You’ll also be surrounded by several of the hottest restaurants in Dallas.  Take your pick!  You can’t go wrong!

Last, but CERTAINLY not least, is a very special market on Sunday that my Stash {vintage finds} girls and I are involved in over at Random at Hillside Village in Lakewood.  Owners, Mark and Shelly Hearne have planned a Fresh Picked Vintage Market.

We’ve unloaded a fresh crop of the season’s freshest vintage picks and they’re yours for the pickin’ from 2 to 5pm this Sunday afternoon!

Find your invitation to this market here.   We sure hope to see you there!

What’s your favorite spot to shop to brighten up your home for spring?  What’s your favorite spring market in your area?  Do you plan to check out one of these events this weekend?

This is amazing!  Mary Temple‘s Light Fragment installation is a collection of murals created to look like sunshine streaming though trees creating amazing shadows in the room.

Find all of her work here.

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Don’t forget to…

Love Yourself print, $30

Can you relate?

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