Roadtrip blues on a Thursday

I love going on little road trips! This last week I went to Carpinteria, the little town just outside of Santa Barbara and saw Big Sur for the first time.

I got a bought a few trinkets and things and ate tons of good food. If you are venturing out of the area of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria has a beautiful beach and an adorable downtown. 

Local's call this beach 'The Jellybowl.' 

If you're hungry grab a delicious burger and fries at the The Spot, one of Julia Child's favorite places to get a yummy cheap bite! If you're looking for a hidden gem check out Gigi's Vintage Blues. I found an adorable 60s cotton day dress for $24. I was expecting to walk in and find some old Levi's 501's because the Yelp advertised a lot of vintage denim but the denim is more just a mish mosh of stuff that's a lot of early 2000's Goodwill. They do have some old men's Pendleton flannels and denim jacket's but definitely over priced for what I can find in Oakland and Berkeley. It was still fun to browse through!

I have been looking for ages for a cool Mexcian blanket that I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for! $24 at the local Mexican general store, I couldn't beat it! Poncho is from The Big Sur River Inn shop and the little vintage Betty Crocker is from F.O.L. bookshop in Carp.

I also snagged this cute mother of pearl cuff at The Big Sur River Inn shop for $12, the cheapest trinket I could find in Big Sur, haha.

Traveling from Carpinteria on our way to Big Sur we stopped by The Cold Spring Tavern which is a painfully cool little spot that puts the R in rustic. We had a beer in the back patio...

We were bummed the antique store connected to the tavern was closed (it was Monday) but I bet they have some rad stuff! Props for the cute kitty though.

Inside..

Venturing on to Big Sur we wanted to feel a little fancy and grab a drink at Nepenthe. I had a 'Super Cider,' and it was pretty yummy. It was nice to look at the beach from their cliff top patio, even when it was super windy outside. The Phoenix shop is fun to check out located right under Nepenthe. Good quality new housewares like Pendleton blankets and pillows and nice cosmetics and perfumes like Tokyo Milk, Butter London, and Library of Flowers. 

In Big Sur we stayed at a cozy cabin in Ripplewood Resort that had a small kitchenette. We thought we would save a little money cooking there which is a good idea if you want to do Big Sur on a budget. Cabin number 9 provided us with a little fire pit and we cooked chicken apple sausage hot dogs for dinner. And the next morning we..

If you are planning on staying in Big Sur sometime check out my upcoming post about Ripplewood Inn! Love and happy travels!

-Craft Bunny

Denim and Fringe 90s inspired OOTD

The new fringe dress from my friend's Jasmine and Kaelyn's line Delusions of Grandeur is now available to order! I have the most talented friends! Be sure to check out my weekly blog posts for them where I do 'On Wednesday's We Wear..' a weekly post of how I pair my D of G items with vintage, and 'Fri D I Y' projects and recipes.

Vintage oversized 90s denim from Down at Lulus and 90s J crew boots from Chicka Boom vintage

This dress is so soft and stretchy I find myself lounging around in the apartment in it, usually with my D of G kimono. Or, a lot of the time when I have to run out of the house really quick and need to throw something on, I just slip into this dress. It's comfy but definitely not too basic, and I don't really like or have a lot of basics in my closet. This is the perfect balance for me of sassy, simple, and effortless. 



Stay sassy people! Love and fringe. Till my next DIY...

-Craft Bunny

Fall OOTD, Pumpkin spice coat

Vintage Dooney&Bourke bucket bag is from Pretty Penny

Granny boots are from Resurrect Oakland. I'm guessing they're 1980s era.

It finally really felt like fall today and it made me so happy! This time I didn't even have to add little leave decorations to the ground! A family friend of mine gave me this coat she bought in the 70s when she was a teenager in Haight Ashbury.. I feel like a duchess in it.

With the crispy fall weather came the greatest gift of today.. the Starbucks Chestnut Praline latte came out! I am a total Starbucks nerd and I don't care what anyone says I love their holiday drinks. Starbuck's hasn't released a holiday drink in 5 years! Was it yummy? I thought it was..

DEE licious! I love the crunchy sprinkles on top. I have a major sweet tooth so I was in heaven. This drink actually wasn't sickeningly sweet with the amount of syrup that's in it like the PSL. I usually tell them only one or two pumps but I always forget hehe. Hope you are enjoying fall as much as I am! Love and lots of sugar!

-Craft Bunny

DIY Winter Woodland decoration aka Mr. Minty Boot's

I haven't been feeling very much inspiration lately, so I wanted to wait until I could post something that I worked hard on. 

If you are a holiday fanatic and love ultimately cheap decoration and gifts you HAVE to go to the dollar section at Target RIGHT now. Yes, it seems freakishly early to be preparing for Christmas and the holidays... it may even scare you, but if you don't act now that dollar section will be empty, sugar!

This DIY holiday decoration came out to be $4 because I already had the paint and I'm sure if you're a Crafty Mc Crafter-son like me you already have acrylic paint, so that will come out to zero dollars! If you can't specifically find this little reindeer you can always go to your local craft store where they will definitely have cheap wood cut outs to paint for only a few dollars. 

Just for reference, these are the paints I used! Acrylic is good to use because it dries fast.

I began by painting the whole thing my own custom shade of mint green. Obviously, I love this color hence the color of my wall!

When that dries I'm painting on fluffy white snow-like icing on him. I did one layer of white acrylic paint and then the pearlescent white by Martha Stewart. I also painted on little icy hooves. 

When the white dries I am flattening the paintbrush to an edge to paint little sprinkles on of pastel yellow, blue, and pink.

 Don't forget the hooves!

After my sprinkles are dry I waited a full 30 minutes to paint on glitter glue to add holiday sparkle. 

Enjoy your new minty friend!

I gave him a little bow made of the gorgeous aqua colored baker's twine that I also found in the dollar section. Happy crafting, and please share this DIY if you like it and tag me in your creation on Instagram @thee_craft_bunny! Love and sprinkles!

-Craft Bunny

DIY Hamburglar pet costume

Happy Halloween!!!

Oatmeal is the Hamburglar! (Don't know who the Hamburglar is?)

This was a last minute little project I decided to do this morning because I am an insane bunny mom. If you want to make your pet a Hamburglar, you will need:

• Felt 
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• A little hamburger (I made this tiny one out of Sculpey clay)
• Black twine
• White acrylic paint
• Colored pencil

This costume is very much makeshift so there are no measurements unfortunately! If you eyeball it to the size of your pet, you really shouldn't have any problems. My only tip is to keep using them as a little mannequin in between making the hat, cape, and mask so the sizes can turn out right!

I traced a circle about 6 cm in diameter on black felt with a yellow colored pencil for the brim. The top of the hat, which pictured here, is measured about 10cm. 

The mask here ended up being too small so I tripled it in size. 

Here I am gluing the top of the hat together which is the 10cm strip. 

I am tracing the glued 10 cm strip to make a top of the hat to the felt to seal it off.

Hot glue it!

Here is the size comparison to the mask and hat. This is the mask that I ended up tripling in size to fit Oatmeal's big head :) To make holes in the mask simply fold your mask in half and trace a half oval shape. Cut out the half ovals and unfold your mask. Now it has eye holes!

Glue twine to both sides of the tiny mask. Make the twine way longer than you expect it needs, you can trim the length later!

I glued a thin 11cm strip of yellow felt to the hat. The tiny clay hamburger was something I had laying around oddly enough, I made it into a magnet a while ago and it broke off the magnet, so it served a purpose today for Oatmeal's costume! 

I traced and cut out a cone shape for the cape. The length of the cape measuring from bottom corner to corn is 28cm. I attached a mini collar which is 11cm in length.

A closer look at the shape of the collar

I traced, roughly measured 2 cm stripes in height, with a colored pencil and filled it in to paint over with white acrylic paint. 

Here is the first coat of paint for the stripes. I recommend doing two or 3 to make them bold. I glued on twine to the cape so I could tie it on to my poor bunny.

Guarding his poop and hamburger...

He was a really good sport about wearing it. Hope everyone has a magical Halloween! Love from Oatmeal and I!

-Craft Bunny

DIY breadless cucumber sandwich snacks!

This is an easy and (somewhat) healthy snack that takes minutes to prepare.. You will love this if you love cucumbers!

I got fancy and sliced my cucumbers with the wavy side of my mandolin. I cut rather thick slices.

Spread whipped cream cheese (for easy spreading) and sandwich your slices together.

Season both sides with salt, pepper, dill and you are all set for munchin! I love making this when I get carb crazy and want to eat a whole bag of chips, which a lot of the time I will do any way but I try not to :) Hope this sounds yummy to you! Quick and easy. Happy Friday ya'll!

-Craft Bunny