{Real Wedding} Tina & Derek: Homespun Outdoor Lovebird Wedding

Some weddings are so reflective of the couple being married, and this wedding is one of those.  This couple wanted a wedding that would reflect their laid-back style and their love for the outdoors.  The bride weaved the idea of 'lovebirds' in many of the details.  The centerpieces, cake stands, garlands and signs were all DIY.  Birds were found on the vintage hanky invitations, on each table

{Real Wedding} Alexa & Andrew: Pretty Preppy DIY Wedding

The bride was going for an "elegant casual by the seaside" feel for this Massachusetts wedding.  I think she succeeded, with a touch of preppy to boot!  I love the use of patterns and colors in the details and DIY elements.Is this a gorgeous venue or what?!Such pretty florals!Colorful + preppy + a hint of nautical = perfection!The drink flags and pinwheel escort cards were both DIY projects.I

Inspiration 220: DIY Mint & Antique Coral Wedding

Lovely, lovely, lovely!  I love the combination of soft mint, vintage coral and aqua... and it really works well for a spring wedding.  This board has a lot of sweet DIY elements that are just to die for.sources:  One Wed, La Partie Events, Snippet & Ink, Style Me Pretty, Seesaw Designs, Green Wedding Shoes

{DIY} Easy Easter Egg Escort Cards

Having an Easter weekend wedding or party?  This egg escort card/place card idea would be perfect for you!Supplies needed:-eggs (hard boiled)-chalkboard paint-small paint brush-chalkPaint your eggs with chalkboard paint, let dry, write names and table assignments (for escort cards, or just name for place cards) and voila!  You're done.  Simple, easy, and super cute.{source}These would also be

{Real Wedding} Melissa & Ross: Rustic DIY Texas Wedding

This outdoor Texas wedding was a DIY labor of love by the whole family.  The bride's mother made all of the bouquets out of silks; moss, burlap squares, lanterns, candles, and river rocks were used to make the centerpieces; the bride and groom's mothers made the eight foot long 'celebrate' sign; and the groom's sister and boyfriend painted the signs used to guide the guests.  Don't you love these

Favorite Photo Friday 30: Cuddle

How sweet is this shot?  I love how candid it is, seems like they are just chatting in bed like nothing is going on!  Have an amazing weekend everyone!Green Wedding ShoesLovely Links:Indie Bohemian Styled ShootLove these bridesmaids look!Really cute DIY chalkboard paint plate from Fancy Frugal Life

Old chairs/new chairs

Hank and I have had these dining room chairs for a long, long time. We originally purchased the entire dining set (table and four chairs) from a woman via Craigslist about four years ago for a total of $50 or so, and she had gotten the set from her mother, and dated the Drexler pieces to the 1940s. Now, I am clueless when it comes to old furniture, but they are such quality and I've always loved them so I knew we should hold on to them. The details are really gorgeous- check out the flowers engraved on the top- and they are really sturdy pieces. Originally I wanted to get a new dining set for our new home, but recently I've become inspired to try redoing the things I already had, and I thought I would try my hand at the simple task of reupholstering the chairs. And it really was simple! Before this year I was almost an anti-DIY kind of girl. My attitude: why make anything when I could easily buy it? (sad but true). Once I took Home Ec though something in me changed, and now I LOVE making things. Sewing, crafting, creating...I can't get enough. 

I'm really proud of the way these chairs turned out, and I think they definitely add a lot to our dining room. Once I finish the room (slowly but surely- on the hunt for the perfect sideboard now) I will post photos of the entire thing. Below though I'll share the steps I took in restyling our chairs. Enjoy!

What you'll need:

fabric
scissors
screwdriver
staple gun
short staples (5/16 inch)
iron
ironing board

First, find fabric that you love. I saw this fabric at Joann's, and immediately fell in love! I initially wanted to use it to make curtains for the front sitting room/library, but the print was really too small for such a big window- perfect for our chairs though! I purchased four yards but used a total of about 3 and a 1/2 yards for the four chairs.

To get started, turn your chair over and unscrew the cushion. If you have to replace the actual cushion I can't help you there, but luckily the previous owner had redone the chairs before we got our hands on them so they were in good condition. I chose to staple my fabric right over the fabric that was already in place to save time and a lot of work. Plus, extra padding can't hurt!

Once you have the cushion off, lay it on top of your fabric and cut around it, enough to fold over onto the cushion.

Iron the fabric.

Next, staple the fabric to your cushion base. Make sure the fabric is pulled tight and the corner are folded and tucked neatly.

When you are done, trim the excess fabric and be sure that the holes are clear so you can reattach the cushion to the chair.  An optional step here would be to apply stain guard, which I didn't do.

Finally, screw the cushion back onto the chair and wa-la! You have a beautiful "new" chair!  Or in our case, four!

DIY remove Suzuki Swift front bumper (CKD)

Today I taken an annual leave to renew my passport and driving license.
I also take the chances on the free time to learn how to remove my car's front bumper.

First is to remove the fog light. Just need to use a flat head screw driver and carefully take out from the side.

 Fog light cover removed

 Remove the 3 screws of the fog light assembly.

 Remove the fog light wiring. It is easier to remove the H11 bulb first.

 Then the bumper drop down.... :) Haha... sorry for the short cut as my hand was dirty removing bolts and clips.

Anyway... here are what I done... Remove 4 bolts and 2 plastic clips on top of the bumper.

Remove 3 bolts at the bottom, 2 screws at the side of the bumper. and 4 clips at each side of the lower part of the bumper.

The tough part is to slide out the bumper side holder by pushing to the front direction. You need to use some force but not to much until you break the holder.

 The side holder of the bumper - there are 4 holding latch on the top.

 Here are the holding latch of the side bumper.

 This is how it looks like when the bumper is gone

 Another angle

 This should be the temperature sensors if not mistaken.

 See how thin is our condenser - our swift having air con not cold enough during idling,

I think we may improve it by installing another fan at the front of the condenser.

 Many tiny stones hide at the fins of the condenser. So I also take this chance to remove the tiny stones and clean the condenser too.

DIY wrap car aircon hose

This is an easy DIY; you just need to buy aircon insulation hose from air con shop and wrap your car aircon hose.
I bought a 6 feet long superlon for RM2.50 and able to wrap 2 cars.
Hopefully the aircon will be a bit cooler this time... hahaha.... :P

The insulation hose is quite thick

Cut it a side and wrap it around the aircon hose and cable tied it

Wrap until the aircon hose into the firewall

Voltmeter installed

I had DIY installed my old Autogauge Voltemter into my Swift on Saturday.

Nothing so spacial on this DIY; it was an easy one compare to vacuum meter.

I just use the cigarette lighter adapter socket for the power supply.