things I'm into right now

Blogs I'm reading

This blog. Cannot get enough of A Beautiful Mess, I check it almost everyday. Great tutorials on everything from home decor, crafting and DIY to cocktails, hair and beauty, halloween costumes and adorable pups. They have a very cool aesthetic, mixing bright modern spaces with vintage and repurposed pieces.


Another great blog for awesome DIY ideas can be found here. Skunkboy blog follows one of the team members at ABM as she hangs with her kiddos, plays in her 90's cover band and DIY's.



If you haven't discovered Maskcara yet, you're welcome. This chick creates super easy to follow make-up tutorials that make you look like a pro.

What I’m pinning

Want to read more about this wall? Check it out!

I'm definitely into creating gallery walls right now. My next project will be a huge one going up my staircase! I want to use some inspiration from pinterest to mix materials and create a dynamic collection of pieces. I have a monogram canvas idea in the works, a chalkboard idea and lots of spray painting to come! 

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I cannot get enough neon yellow. And I'm obsessed with neutral spaces showcasing a pop of color! It's the inspiration behind my kitchen re-do. 

Can you even handle how gorgeous this hair and make up is!? (I mean, the girls pretty cute too) 

Uhm, yes please. Found here.

Make your favorite childhood snacks at home? Yup! Found here.

Things I'm working on this week:                                 1. yarn tassel tutorial 

    2. packing for Hilton Head

       3. balancing church, school, work and the home

Things coming in the future:

1.     my weekend Walking to Emmaus

2.    creating the gallery wall in my staircase

3.    Instagram wall art

4.    some recipes

5.    Friday Favorites

So anyways, that's some stuff I'm into right now. Maybe that will be my Fridaty routine: stuff I'm into. Friday Favorites! We'll see, the blogasphere is my oyster. 

xoxo, Lauren 

Hi, I'm Lauren and I'm a Craftaholic.

I love to DIY. Really DIM, because I'm doing myself, lets be serious. I've always liked to craft and make things from scratch when I feel inspired by store displays, (Ikea, I'm lookin at you)  magazines, websites and lately it's been PINTEREST. I am completely sucked in. It worked, the internet, you've won. I am a pinterest zombie and can scroll the endless rectangles of ideas for hours. And while the entire site feels, at times, like a huge waste of time, I've found some pretty awesome stuff. The BEST is when I get an idea then actually bring that idea into the realm of reality with my own hands and know-how...to see the end result of shopping, pinteresting, gathering, planning, trial and error, failing, starting over, failing again, cussing, sweating and then FINISHING the project is so damn satisfying, It's the best. So, naturally when I finish a project I really like, I post it to every social media platform available. And here's the really great part...people started to respond. I would see comments from friends and family asking me to show them how I had made something. Or to sell whatever it was. And it struck me, I was terrible at blogging once, but maybe I could use the blog as a way to show you all how I do, what I do. Where I shop, how I take inspiration from pinterest and apply it in real life, recipes, tutorials, videos; I could even post sometimes about hair and make-up if anyone will read or watch!

Be warned: pretty much everything I post makes a mess. I named the blog the Craftermath for a reason. You know the buzzfeed lists comparing your life on instagram vs. reality? Well dear reader all you've seen so far is the shiny, tidy and intentionally filtered versions of my home and projects. Here, I'm going to try and show you the reality of making things for yourself. It's work, but that is what makes it so special. You can see your hard work produce something you can treasure and it came from your brain. Love that. Plus, I'm gonna show you how to do it. 

So anyways, stay tuned for some cool junk. First post will show you how I updated my white curtains by adding yarn tassels. Pretty excited about it. 

Leaving you with some ideas of what I'll write about....

Printable "C is for Cahill" print and fall floral arrangement I made

Pottery Barn dupe I made for less than $10!

DIY chalkboard painted mirror

Twinkle lights hung behind sheer curtains for some nighttime lights

DIY mason jar soap pump

DIY bleach art shoes

Bleach pen hoodie DIY

Mod Podge and glitter DIY's

Frappacino cupcakes

Oven-baked sharpie art on a coffee mug DIY

Halloween make-up!

Annnnd a whole bunch of pics of my dog. Because she is perfect and I love her. 

See ya later gators!