Wednesday, January 11, 2012

DIY Wine Cork Letter

A while back as I was perusing Pintrest, I found these wine cork letters on Etsy. I immediately fell in love and decided that I, or at least someone I know, needed one. Put off by the high price tag on something that I could DIY, I tucked the idea away until I could actually make it. Finally winter break was approaching and it was time to gather my materials!

First I went on a seemingly never ending quest to find a wooden cutout of the letter M. I tried both Google and Amazon, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
Although there were more to choose from than I expected, I was left wanting something bigger and more sophisticated. And then, somehow, It came to me: the Greek letter Mu looks a lot like an M! I ended up on a website called M&D Sorority Gifts, where they sell unfinished wood Greek letters. Without seeing a picture, I made the plunge and bought a 12" letter. 

It took a while for the letter to arrive, but it's exactly what I was looking for. I picked up a paint sample from a hardware store, collected some wine corks from my dad, heated up my hot glue gun, and got to work. 
First I painted the letter with one coat of purple paint. Once the paint was dry, I hot glued the whole wine corks on their side to the letter. To get better detailing on the serifs, I cut wine corks into quarters with a small Japanese saw that belongs to my mom's boyfriend. I glued those ones edge-down. 
There were some circular corks included in the mix, which I included by sawing off the foot and gluing the bottom onto the letter. The different shapes definitely made the corners easier!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Day 5&6

I thought I'd be better at posting my pictures every day, but then I got distracted by hikes and kittens. A valid excuse, if I do say so myself. A couple friends and I went hiking on Tiger Mountain yesterday.


We took the wrong trail and ended up climbing up a non-maintained path that goes over a cable line. There were signs saying that most hikers should not use that trail when we were about a mile in...oops! We're obviously just pros. When we got back we played with my friend's foster kittens.


Yes, those are kittens climbing up my pants! They are a month old and absolutely adorable. We finished off the day with yummy pasta and silly movies. It was a good one.


Day Five
Scarf Source: Old Navy

Day Six
Scarf Source: H&M

Friday, October 7, 2011

Betty Goat

I just got a free trial of Photoshop and am having a good time with it. Here's my friend Betty as a goat.


Fasho.

Here We Go

Hi. I'm Ameneh....and I have a scarf problem addiction.

I'm not sure when it started or how it happened, but I've become that girl. You know, the one that you always know what to get for her birthday. That one thing that without a doubt she'll love. For Christmas last year, I received three scarves. For my birthday, two more. Everyone tells me that I'm being ridiculous and need to quit it with the scarves, yet they fuel my fire -- and I couldn't be happier. :)

I currently own about thirty scarves, so an idea was born: the Thirty-Day Scarf Challenge. The idea was to wear a different scarf every day until I ran out of scarves, just for fun. This wasn't meant to be a public spectacle; I was just doing it for myself. But then I told a couple friends about it. Their response? "You should blog about it." So I am.

Here are days 1-4:
Day One
Scarf Source: Mom's closet

Day Two
Scarf Source: Textile shop in Berkeley

Day Three
Scarf Source: Gift

Day Four
Scarf Source: Made by me