gold makes everything better

Just until recently, I have not noticed the accumulation of gold touches that seem to be consuming my room. That statement in itself is funny because as a child, I distinctly remember having the greatest dislike for gold. I always said I would never wear gold jewelry, boy has that changed. And now, gold accents are all around my room. Not any large pieces or anything, although I wouldn't be opposed to it, but I quite like these little pieces. It honestly shows me how much my taste in different things has grown. Weird, right? That gold accents in a bedroom can tell you so much about yourself.

From the trims on frames to the plate with the gold watercolor, there are more places than I thought that gold has found itself home in my room. Welcome with open arms you are gold, because diamonds may be a girls best friend, but gold is a girls older sister. All grown up and fancy like.

Anyways, a lot of the DIY projects on this blog contain gold accents, and you can find them here:
apple stamped shelf
gold dipped feathers
card file

Did anyone else have a complete disgust for gold at some point in their life and has grown to love it?

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DIY gold dipped feathers

This DIY is a really fun and quick project that can add something to any room. I know we've all seen these floating around the blog world and pinterest, but why not recreate something so great and put your own spin on it? I got my feathers from my local craft store and when I saw the already made black ink dipped ones, I knew they had to be incorporated. So here's what you'll need:

>feathers

>gold paint 

>paintbrush

>fishing line

>hot glue

Roll out some paper and paint the ends of your feathers. They don't have to be perfect or even since they are not hanging in a straight line. Since I chose to paint mine and not dip them, I had to paint both sides of the feathers.

*I would love to do a room tour in the future. I am going to preface this by saying please ignore the wall color/ wallpaper choices. It was a 17 year old choice. I am just choosing to call it character.

To attach your feathers to the fishing line, lay your feathers out to your liking and taking a continuous piece of line, wrap it around the stem of the feather twice. Hold in place and apply a generous amount of hot glue to the wrapped line. Make sure you apply glue on both sides to hold the line in place. Continue for all the feathers. Leave extra fishing line at the end to hang them on the wall. Mine were hung with clear thumb tacks since it was so light. Simply tie the ends of the fishing line around the thumb tack!

There you have it! Super easy. Hang it anywhere you have a little space or add it to an existing wall collage to add more texture and be more appealing to the eye. Have fun with it!