The holiday season has officially gone, and we are well on our way into 2012. I just realized I never shared the windows that we installed at Trohv for November, and December. They were a true collaboration of many on the Trohv team. Gary, the manager in Baltimore, came up with the concept. Katie laid out the text and got everything organized to go onto the windows. Finally I came in and painted the words. I think that they were some of our best windows yet!
My parents are in town visiting and my mom and I are side by side on the sofa busy on our pinterest accounts. I stumbled across a project that I did for ReadMade last fall on a pinboard that I follow. It was really very exciting. I then realized that I did not have the image pined, and that I actually had never really shared the image or the full project here. So a year late, but better than never! Enjoy
1. Purchase saplings from a local garden center or nurseryman.com. They generally come anywhere from 5 to 14 inches, and take only a few days to ship.
2. Put some dirt into the bottom of your jar. The amount will depend on the depth of the container, at least an inch is a good base.
3. Place your sapling into the container and fill with dirt. Be sure that your roots are covered.
4. Water sparingly as there is no drainage.
5. When you are finished with your decorations donate the trees to a local school, city project, nursing home, or association of our choice.
This is such a fun project that I have done for many years. These are also fantastic hostess gifts, or projects for kiddos.
I have recently received a few emails about how we created the pencils globes that were in one of the photos from the Trohv DC grand opening post that I did a few months ago. So here is my how to, you will need to gather the following items.
Sharpen all of your pencils. You will need tons, and tons. The size of the styrofoam globe will dictate how many pencils you will need. I think that there are upwards of 400 pencils on each of our spheres. If you will be hanging your globes tie some heavy twine around them a few times. Make sure that it can hold a lot of weight as these will get heavy.
Make a small pool of hot glue on a piece of paper, and dip the tip of a sharpened pencil into it. Immediately plunge the pencil tip into the styrofoam globe. I prefer to work in a grid, but you can be a little less retentive, and place the pencils as you like. The results will be about the same. You can always go back in and fill in holes at the end.
That’s it! Nice and simple.
We are getting ready to put up some new windows in Trohv’s DC location and I am super excited about them. I can’t wait to get working on these great windows next week, but thought that you all might like a little sneak peak! I drew the inspiration from this great find on Pinterest. Sadly the link that is associated with the image does not take me back to its original source.
Saturday was the grand opening party for the new Trohv store in DC. We had a great time getting the store ready for the big night and adding a few extra details to make the evening extra special.
1. Pencil displays that used an alarming amount of pencils. 2. Hand glittered T cupcake toppers. 3. Flagged paper straws
I almost forgot about these gems. 1. Tissue banner to spice up the kitchen 2. The summer window finds a new use 3. The balloons found a new home above the register in the new store
April has somehow flown by. Does anyone else feel this way? I thought that I would share a window display that went up at the beginning of the month. I was inspired by a piece of artwork that I found on Pinterest.
Source: None via Amanda on Pinterest
I fell in love the with balloons and thought that they would be the perfect welcome to spring. They are also extremely inexpensive to make, and are a fabulous family project.
photo by Katie McDonough
photo by Katie McDonough
photo by Katie McDonough
I did not make it to the restaurant supply store the other day, to which my kitchen says thank you! Instead I ended up at my new favorite place that bring me back to my childhood, the asian market, pig hearts and all! After a full shopping cart I returned to the store and began work on my project. I had a great time on this one, and I think got a lot of bang for my buck!
I am off to the restaurant supply store today. We are spending the next few days overhauling the kitchen section of the store and what better place to grab a few display items than a restaurant outlet! {I’m a little nervous about what I might come with for myself!} We have decided to do a project with wooden spoons and paint. I thought that this lovely image was a perfect bit of inspiration to start the day!
found on Epheriell Designs via Happy Mundane
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Fold the top of the pennants over the twine, or rope.
Third…
You can hand sew the pennants together, run them through a sewing machine, or follow the instructions on a package of iron-on fusing tape.
Ta-Da! Hang and enjoy!
Here is anther smaller version…
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