A little green for the holiday ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I'm not Irish or Catholic, so I don't do much for this holiday, but I do enjoy an excuse to wear bright green!  So I have another outfit post for today.  I know I've been doing a lot of post about myself lately, and not so much on the DIY front.  I guess I've just been inspired by the bloggers I've been following.  

Here are two more blogs I started following this week.  I found Diversions over on Elycia's blog.  I love Stef's style, great combination of colors and patterns!  Plus she always seems to have her nails painted and super cute rings on.  The other blog is Fine & Feathered, and I found Josie on craftgawker with her post about covering your lappy with contact paper.  She executed it perfectly, so I decided to poke around her blog some more, and I really enjoyed her other posts!  She has cute style, more muted colors and patterns than I usually go for, but she's so pretty and her photos are inspiring, and she has fun DIYs!  I'm excited to see what these two ladies put out there in the future.  

My Outfit:

headband -- from Target

sunglasses -- from Urban Outfitters

necklace -- from Urban Outfitters

sweater -- from T.J. Maxx

yellow & grey tank top -- from ModCloth

peach tank top -- H&M

pants -- Delia's

socks -- Target

shoes -- DIYed Dirty Laundry

Most of the photos my husband took, except for the close-ups I took those.  Hope ya'll enjoyed, and are being safe this holiday.  There is no rule that says you have to drink until you're green (or at all for that matter)!  Until tomorrow, happy DIYing, chris.

Kitty Window Perch

For today's DIY I wanted to do something for my cat.  She loves to look out the window, but there aren't any great kitty perches in the rooms she likes to occupy.  i wanted to put up a shelf for her, but I wanted to add some padding so it would be soft and warm to sit on.  This project cost me a total of three dollars!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

- Small Ikea shelf

- 2 Ikea shelf brackets

- 1 Urban Outfitters' reusable shopping bag

- Batting

- Needle & thread

- Scissors

- Staple Gun

- Proper screws and screw driver

Directions:

Start by folding your batting to fit over your shelf.  Double it over once or twice to make a soft cushion.  Then center inside the Urban Outfitters' reusable shopping bag.  Stitch along the seam to hold the batting in place.  Now fold the handles in, and sew the top closed.  

Place the bag pillow on the ground, and center the shelf over it placing it down on top of it.  Pull the sides of the bag around the side facing you, and staple down both edges.  If you  have trouble with the staples going through, use a hammer to finish the job. 

Now attach one of the ikea brackets an inch from the end. 

Next attach the other bracket.

Finally, attach the shelf under the window with the proper screws and screw gun.  Use the window to keep it level.

Now you kitty can enjoy!

Look outside and look oh so cute.

Or easier head level kitty lovin'!  

Hope you enjoyed!  Happy DIYing!