Medicine Cabinet Makeover

I live in an apartment and while I love it, there's a few things I've wanted to change. I don't think I'm legally allowed to do too much as far as renovating, but I figure if I'm going to live here a few years, I'm going to make it as comfortable for me as possible, right?

That said, I had this ugly medicine cabinet in my bathroom. My main problems with it were that the top was stained, and that the doors to it were glass so everything on the inside was visible at all times.

I didn't take a proper "before" picture, but I took this one once I had started blocking off the doors to redo.

I found this great product at Home Depot called Frosted Glass Finish, a specialty product by RustOleum. It's in a can like spray-paint and you just spray it on the glass surface you want. It shows up clear and then minutes later dries into a soft frosted finish! Very cool and so easy to do, and for less than $10 it's such a great quick fix.

In this picture I've already started frosting the glass (it took a few coats), but you can see the stains that I really didn't like on top of the cabinet.

I decided to paint the metal surfaces with a high gloss white paint to create a clean and modern surface.

Finished product! I think it looks a lot better than before and I'm happy with the results, considering what I had to work with (if it were my own house, I would have just ripped it out and done something else with the area).

Crocheted Cowl Scarf

In the midst of knitting the orange scarf below, I had the urge to go back to my roots and do some crocheting. I saw these pretty cowl scarves by jenloveskev and thought they'd be pretty easy to make myself.

(this one's by jenloveskev)

Three evenings later I had myself a pretty blue cowl scarf. I'm super happy with the results.

I love that its warm enough that I can wear it with a jacket outside, and yet light and chic enough that I can wear it with a sweater to work inside.

It's also something that I can whip up and give as a gift. I'll probably end up making a few of these for friends yet too, and experiment with feathers and buttons like Jen does.

Knitting

After several months, I've finally finished my first knitting project!

I started off easy and made a scarf, following a Purl Bee pattern called Easy Mistake Stitch Scarf (can't go wrong with a name like that, right?)

For knowing nothing of knitting before starting this project, I was surprised how easy it was, though it seemed a LOT more time consuming than crocheting. It ended up being big enough to easily wrap around my neck twice and used up two skeins of yarn. Plus, it stretches out a lot in width!

Jenloveskev

I wrote a long time ago about a blog I've been following called Jenloveskev, about an art teacher Jen in New York who posts yummy recipes, daily fashion updates and neat homemade projects.

Every now and then Jen sells her goods on Etsy and I was lucky enough to pick up one of her beautiful homemade headbands!

My pictures don't do it justice, so I apologize for that ahead of time, especially for the close-ups.

The Most Beautiful Die

I stumbled upon an absolutely gorgeous die cut piece today.

This die piece is done by Arjowiggins Creative Papers and is absolutely amazing.

From a blog entry about the piece:

Responsible forestry management can and will make a significant contribution to the preservation of the environment. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place next week, Arjowiggins Creative Papers is launching an innovative and thought-provoking campaign to support the global summit.

Click here to see a full-size version of this piece.