DIY Round-Up: inspiration boards

Pinterest has been very helpful in keeping the images I collect online in one place but I still find lots of inspiration away from the computer.  Magazine pages, my sketches, colour swatches, found objects and scraps of fabric are all currently stowed away in various folders scattered about my work space.  This means they aren't doing their job of inspiring me after all so I've found some great ideas which Im going to have a go at in order to organise my creative chaos.  Here are a few of them.  I think the plywood and the pegboard are my favourites and super easy too, just requires a visit to the local hardware store to pick up some board.

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Bonkers about Buttons (and fifties style dresses)

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A rather disjointed post but I just love these two images. This dress is adorable, love the contrast of the grey and red underskirt. Think it might go prettily with this lovely necklace seen on Bonkers about Buttons.

On a shoestring

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OK, so some of these are probably not really shoes you could buy on a shoestring really, but they are all ones I would like to own! I'm all for having a shoe closet like Imelda Marcos but I think I'm gonna have to settle for one full of smelly old plimsolls for the moment.

All things bright and beautiful

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Unbearably cute

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A couple of adorable little handmade chaps to confide your deepest secrets in. The mohair bear is by Missy Ballance and she sells patterns too! So you could make your own little version of cute

Mellow yellow

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Put a bit of a spring in your step with this sunny spring inspiration

Color scheming

Make choosing colour schemes easy by picking images which jump out at you because of their colour and use this as a base for your colour scheme.

Yummy in my tummy

If I had kids, I'd stamp their sandwiches every morning

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icing stencils - I missed the boat on this one, but Im all over this idea for next xmas

Peanut and chocolate homemade spread - yikes!
oooh heavens above
Some sort of maple syrup amazingness

Finger buffet for one please! - mini mac n cheese
Peppermint Patties - I don't even like peppermint but these look awesome

Probably not the best thing to do while I'm trying to eat healthily (not doing brilliantly at that it has to be said), but I can't help looking at pictures of amazing looking food. Which one of these delicious offerings should be my prize if I manage to eat heathily for 1 month? I'm leaning towards the french onion soup.

They call me mellow yellow

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They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow