DIY inspiration - make your phone case pretty

This gorgeous DIY pressed flower iPhone case almost made me want to have an iPhone just so I can make the case this pretty. Look at it, it's simply stunning. 

We own Android phones, which we love and would never switch to anything else. I have a HTC design and I love it. Unfortunately the case isn't as exciting as all of the iPhone case there are. Otterbox is protecting mine, it's just black color. The outer shell made out of silicone. I've been thinking what can be done to make it more fun and different.So far I have one idea but not sure if it's a good one. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear (read) them.

DIY inspo - Entering the world of Montessori

Internet is an amazing and VERY useful thing if you know what you need. Yes, you can waste way too much time online, but I've learned how to use my free time online as productive as possible. 

Lately I've been learning about Maria Montessori and her educational techniques. I have never heard of her before, never knew such thing existed. Now I'm thankful to my old blog+instagram, where I follow a few inspiring young mothers, I've discovered Montessori. It really is fascinating. If you anything like me (or how i was just a week or so ago) ..have no clue what Montessori education is, just goodle it and start with Wikipedia. Then just keep on clicking the links. When I'm done bookmarking all the things I found, I will make sure to share them with you later on. 

At this point I'm still very "green" in this, but what I am sure of - is that we are in love with principals of this education so far and I can not wait to start changing things around for Ethan and setting up every day activities, so his awake time is spent learning while having fun. It's all up to us what kind of a person he will grow up to be, we want to make sure we are giving him everything he needs to develop skills that will help him in the future. Since I am with him every day it's my natural responsibility to provide him with tools that encourage and feed his curious mind, so  he is learning every singe day. That's what I'm here for. 
The information I already have is quite overwhelming, but when I put things in order, make lists, mood-boards and so on..it helps me not to lose my focus. 

That's why today I threw together super quick DIY inspiration of activities, I would like to make soon. You can buy these guys online, but since I'm obsessed with making things on my own (in hopes it's not damaging our budget lol) I want to try and make this.

diy inspo - Montessori activities by marixa on Polyvore

Let me know your thoughts on Montessori education.

Have a great weekend!

DIY inspo - Mason Jars pendant lights

In a few weeks (I'm very hopeful lol) Ian will finally start AND finish putting laminate floor in our 'new' bedroom so we can switch the furniture. While I'm in a waiting mode I've decided to not waste my time and try to make at least one DIY project I was talking about here. Me and my ladies are having a crafty nigh-in next Saturday with some snacks, wine and DIY projects. So my pick would be Mason Jars pendant lights. I have a bit more than a week to get materials I need. For now I'm just sharing tutorial I found via Pinterest. 

photo and step-by-step tutorial belong to Stephany at Home Is What You Make It.

I'll try to make my lamps look a bit country-ish by adding some rope like here. This was my original inspiration of the lamps for our country style "new" bedroom. You can purchase these beautiful lamps at Etsy shop Boots N Gus.

Wish me luck for next Saturday :)

Show off your wardrobe

We really want to switch our bedroom with the living-room. Ok, I really want to! Haha! But I have a very good point why it'd be way better. You see, we live in the house that was built in 1800' so the layout is weird and after it got split in three different units it became even weirder. When you walk in into our home, first thing you see is our bedroom. I mean, it's like BAM! right in your face. To get to the living-room you either can walk thought the bedroom or take a little hall way, which no one does, because it's inconvenient. You know, why would you have to TURN right if you can just walk straight. I'm exaggerating   of coarse, but there's truth to it too. Plus "now living-room" is right next to Ethan's room, so we barely use it for us..like to watch a movie or something (we like watching movies loud). If we'd have a bedroom there, it'd be easier to get to our son's room and both bedrooms would be in one area of the house. Another good point - we eventually could get rid of the wall in the "future living-room" that is "now bedroom" and have an open plan where kitchen meets living-room. Easier to entertain and no one will ever see where we sleep. HAHA! <- I hope it all makes sense! 

Anyways..I already have the whole room planned out in my head. Unfortunately there's one BUT - the only closet for our clothes we have is in our "now bedroom". It's tiny..and super dark, and it's annoying because i have to actually use my muscles to get some things out lol Ian was using the excuse "there's no closet in the living-room" so we wouldn't change anything. Too bad I have great ideas how to "fix" it. Let me tell you...he is a lucky guy ;)

Ok, enough talking. Here's what I have in mind:

We would have plenty of room to have our wardrobe in the open on one of the DIY  garment racks. Fabulous!!!

These images do not belong to me. Found them all (as most of the images in my blog unless otherwise stated) on google images.

DIY inspo - bottle cap birdcage ornament

And here she goes again with FP!...it's not my fault that Free People has the best ideas ;)

Details over here!