Make A Gorgeous Feathery Lantern From Yogurt Cups

Whether you’re looking for a last-minute gift idea or just feeling crafty, this fun, glowing lantern is an ideal DIY project that will bring a little brightness into your space this Winter Solstice week.

All you’ll need is a few cleaned plastic yogurt cups in addition to a plastic water or soda bottle. Easy! Dig through your recycling bin and you’re halfway there.

Cut randomly-sized triangles from the yogurt cups and glue them in concentric rings around the plastic bottle (with the bottom and top of the bottle snipped off).

Let the glue dry, add a pendant lamp socket and a low-watt LED bulb and enjoy the glow!

For the full tutorial, head on over to my Inhabitat piece.

make a sweater pillow!

got cabin fever? freezing to death? (if you live anywhere but california, that is…sorry!) try out this fun DIY tutorial i created to make two different couch pillows out of recycled sweaters from a thift shop. one version has a button closure and utilizes the existing hem of the sweater. the other has an envelope-style closure in the back so you won’t need to sew on any buttons. have fun! 

full tutorial here

xo, emily