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🍒3 home decor crafts for $15🌿
Y’all know I’m all about transforming your space to make it a place that makes you happier! Have an ugly piece of decor? Toss it and replace it. Have a shelf and need to spruce it up? Quick craft! Short on cash? I got you covered! Check out my three favorite home decor crafts on the cheap:
1. Homemade Dip Painted Vases

Vase: $2 at thrift store
White Spray Paint Base: $3.99 at Target
Black Glossy Paint: $4.98 at Lowe’s
Eucalyptus Sprig: $3.99 at Target
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TOTAL: $14. 96
2. Hand Painted Wood Round

Wood Round: $2 from friendly Facebook Marketplace man
Acrylic Paint: $.79 per bottle at Joann (priced at 3 bottles)
Polyeurethane Clear Top Coat: $4.98 at Lowe’s
5pk Paintbrushes: $3.48 at Lowe’s
4pk Picture Frame Hanging Hardware: $2.88 at Lowe’s
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TOTAL: $15.71
3. Wooden Beaded Tassel Garland

Wooden Beads: $9.99 at Joann
Embroidery Floss: $.62 at Michael’s (priced at 3 colors)
Jute Cord: $2.99 at Joann
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TOTAL: $14.84
Enjoy my three favorite tricks to spice up a space on the cheap and quick! If you try any of these projects, send me your photos! Happy making!
🍒Dayna
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🍒new year’s resolutions 2021✨
So usually I am the Queen of New Year’s Resolutions because I am a HUGE believer in articulating your goals. in. words. and thats the key 🔑 to making them happen! Every year on New Year’s Eve, I usually sit down with myself and really pound out my clear as hell goals for the following year. Last year, my goal was to save $10,000 to buy a house by the end of the year. And surprise, not only did I save it, but I bought a house 🏡 before the year ended! I really believe you can do anything once you’re clear to yourself about the bite-sized, tangible steps you’re taking to do them.
But this year, I chose not to carve out time on New Year’s Eve to think about 2021 and I didn’t make a single. resultion. Wanna know why?
Because even though I accomplished a lot in 2020, in a year when I’m sure many of us were struggling in more ways than one, I felt the shadow of my New Year’s resolutions following me around, and the weight of them on my back. I felt somewhat confined by the expectations I set for myself and the fear of failing to reach them in the middle of a pandemic.
So I let go.
While I ~daily~ worked my ass off in 2020 to reach those macro goals I had set for myself, I tried not to sit down and micro-díctate every step. I allowed a little more fluidity into the way I approached each day and did what I felt was right for me in that moment. And by being gracious with myself and letting myself have a some flexibility, I found that maybe I wasn’t as aggressive about my goals, but I found a new store of compassion and gentleness for myself. It was a trade-off I felt was worth it and I’m not really ready to let go of it yet.
So while, yes, like many folks, my macro goals are the same ✨to find an exercise routine that works better for me; to fuel my body with foods that are better for me; to take time to engage with my mind and spiritual self in a way that works better for me ✨ I am not going to dive into specifics and break them down into a step-by-step plan in the way I normally might, simply to allow myself the grace to work toward those goals in the way I see fit on that day. And to allow myself room to rest, relax and recoup more often throughout that journey.
This may change! I may feel reenergized and ready to sit down and hammer out my New Year’s Resolutions in March! And I’ll go with the flow and see how I feel. But for now, what I really exited 2020 with is a new skill: knowing when to give myself a little wiggle room and space to change my mind and direction through following my intuition. I know myself now better than I ever have and I trust my gut. And right now, my gut is telling me: now is not the time for pedal to the metal. You’ve gone through it this year, baby girl. Enjoy the newfound calm you’ve reached, and when you’re ready, emerge and kick some ass.
Whatever works for you, I hope you’ve landed in a place after 2020 that you know yourself a bit better and are a bit more prepared to tackle whatever comes ahead. I look forward to sharing the year with you as we all continue to work toward becoming our best selves 💫
All my love,
🍒Dayna
#spirituality#spiritualjourney#spiritual woman#spiritual interiors#meditation#manifestation#intentions#tarot#newyearsresolution
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🍒 four SUPER easy & cheap ways to refresh your space to refresh your mindset! 🌿
In the middle of winter when everything is a little dark and grey, I’ve been asking myself what I can do around my house to refresh it and bring a new, positive energy in. 💫 How do you do this in a well-lived in (maybe slightly crusty) space??
This is where the art of the rearrange and refresh comes in. I would say “feng shui” but I know next to nothing about what that actually means, so this is my bastardized version. Here are four practically-free super simple ways to make your space work for YOU:
1. Tidy. I’m a messy person so this one is one I’m working on on the daily. As someone who deals with a little and sometimes a lot of depression, picking up the dirty clothes or vacuuming the dirt the dog brought in can often feel like an impossible task. I get it. However, you have to get in the habit of training yourself to know how much better you’ll feel, even just dedicating five minutes to tidying. You’ll find it’s not cleaning the whole kitchen, but clearing the dishes in the sink you can see — or cleaning not your whole room, but clearing off your nightstand. Even a small step is better than nothing.
2. Rearrange. Just moving your furniture around is going to shake up your brain and wake you up a little. This is the easiest, down-and-dirty-est way to use your space to refresh your brain. It costs nothing to move your things to a new spot and your spirit will feel the shift immediately, even if all your things are the same.
3. Comfort items. When I feel stuck, one of my first go to’s is an easy, FREE trick of mine that always works. Clear off the table where I’m hanging out and give it a quick Pledge/Lysol/Windex. Replace it with three comfort items. For me, this is usually a cold glass of water, a candle and my chapstick. Guys, I’m talking ~simple~ & ~free~. Just doing that is going to bring you comfort within arms reach, and you can start to bring down your anxiety, bring up your relaxation, and clear your mind.
4. Replace the weakest link. This is the first point where we start to talk about decor. Obviously, interior design can get pricey, and when we are doing a full refresh of a space, you have to put a little money into it. However, I’m a big proponent of baby steps at a time. When I’m in rut and need to wake up my space, I look around and find one thing that isn’t doing it for me. That musky old pillow, that busted lamp, that rug with the dog pee stain on it. Pick the thing in the room that you hate the most. I immediately hop onto Facebook Marketplace (the land of the affordable) and replace that thing. You can find some really good deals — be thrifty and target the particular thing that’s bringing your zen down, and replace it with something beautiful! Automatically having something new to look at and removing a specific thing that was (subconsciously) sucking your energy is going to make so much of a difference!
Give these tricks a test when you’re feeling a little stuck. Let me know how they work for you!
Dayna 🍒
#spirituality#spiritual woman#spiritual journey#feng shui#interior design#interior decor#blog#homeowner#mental health#self care#inner wellness#wellness
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🍒 setting intentions for your space 🌿
In the self help / spirituality / mental wellness world this word is used all the time and there’s a reason for that. You can’t begin to attain your goals if you don’t know what they are. Setting intentions is simply putting some side aside to communicate your goals to yourself clearly. These can be micro goals (my intention for today is to be gentle and gracious to myself) or macro (my intention for this year is to invest more deeply in my relationships). Sis, you can set intentions for your workout, for doing your dishes, for your creative sessions. I am working toward getting better at setting daily, weekly, monthly, yearly intentions more regularly - I like to sit down with some water, some music and my journal and really clearly communicate with myself. Because ✨ you can’t know where you want to go unless you consciously choose it ✨ the more you drill your goals into your head, the more they exist at the front of your mind and the easier it is to make moves to address them. This is science, my friends. 🌡🧬🧪 and here’s the trick: setting consistent and clear intentions is where they turn into manisfestations — because you can only speak your goals into existence and act on them consistently for so long before they 👏🏻 become 👏🏻 real 👏🏻 (but that’s for a different blog)
So how can we set intentions for our spaces?
You can make your space work for YOU by clarifying what you want the space to DO. Grab a piece of paper and list out the spaces in your home. Next to each one, write a verb that describes what you want each space to do for you. Mine look like this:
Bedroom: empower; rest
Studio: energize; creatively stimulate
Living Room: entertain; bring joy
Dining Room: create community
Kitchen: calm; cleanse; enrich
Bathroom: purify; empower
Backyard: create community; bring fun
So obviously a few of my spaces have overlapping descriptions. Also for a few, I couldn’t find the perfect verb so I cobbled together a crude description (bring fun? 😂) but simple and clear to you is more important than fancy verbs. You should be able to read your list and immediately and easily understand what you want from that space. And it’s okay if you want multiple things in a space — I want my bedroom to be a calm place for me to rest, but I also want it to make me feel sexy and powerful when I’m getting ready for my day or dressed for a date or dinner with friends! We will talk later about how to create your space to serve multiple functions.
This list is the first step in what I call ✨ spiritual decor ✨ Before you do any redecorating or soul searching, there are a few daily tricks you can start with to get the spiritual mojo flowing in your home to make this place the place that really helps you be the best version of yourself:
Use each space for its desired function! If you’re feeling like you need to wash off your crazy day and find a sense of clarity, go hop in the shower! If you feel like you need to get your creative juices flowing, relegate to your studio or workroom! I try to always journal, do my yoga and writing in my studio because sofa is for fun. Bed is for sleep (mostly😈). Obviously this isn’t a hard and fast rule, sometimes I’ll work outside in the sunshine, but the more often you do specific tasks in specific places, your brain will associate that place with that task and get you in the mood more immediately! That’s science, folks 👉🏻👩🏻🔬👉🏻
If the space isn’t functioning according to its intention, do a quick organize! The worst thing you can do is eat pizza 🍕 or dump your laundry 🧺 on your bed, or take off your muddy stinky clothes and leave them on the floor of your bathroom! (And trust me, these are lessons I had to drill into my brain) Help your spaces function the way you want to by not cluttering them with items meant for other spaces!
When you move to a specific space for a specific task, remind yourself of your intention. This is cheesy as hell, but it does help to speak your space intentions to yourself. Sometimes I will hop in the shower and say out loud, “I want to purify myself from the day I’ve had” and YALL. That shower becomes SO. SENSUAL. I can tell you.
The thing is we all already have intentions for our spaces — we go to specific rooms for specific things. We just don’t a. always have them named clearly in our minds and b. don’t always have them connected to the spiritual functions our homes serve. But if you can ~name~ them, it will become a lot easier for you to use your home not only for practical functions, but to fill your spiritual cup. 💫
In later blogs, we will start to look at how you can fill and decorate your homes to fulfill these intentions, but it’s not about stuff. You can do it right now with what you have. I challenge to you sit down for fifteen minutes this week and create your own list of intentions for your spaces. And follow my list of daily tricks to start to change how you feel about and operate within your home. I’ll be back soon to continue to share my secret treasure trove of advice ✨
All my love!
Dayna 🍒
#spirituality#spiritual#spiritual journey#intentions#manifestations#interior design#interior decor#homedesign#home organization#self help#mental health#inner wellness
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🌿 welcome to the armadillo decor blog 🍒
My name is Dayna and this is Armadillo Decor, my little labor of love, and I’m glad you’re here. I wanted a space to kind of break down the kind of work I’m hoping to do with this new endeavor. This space has been a long time coming for me! And as a person who was a teenager in the 2010’s, what better place to start than Tumblr... 😂
To spare you the gory details, this project was set in motion about two years ago when I was at a low point in my life. I was dealing with a lot of depression, in a job I didn’t love, on the brink of a devastating breakup, drinking too much, not taking care of myself. Poof, my partner and I split up, I moved out on my own for the first time in my life and I realized — it was time that I really decided to take my own life into my own hands. I started to make an active effort to take better care of not only my physical self but my spiritual self.
I’ve never identified as a /spiritual/ person. However, at this point in my life, ya girl realized she needed to sit down in front of the mirror and have a long conversation with herself. Like, where did I want to go? What did I want to do? Was I even clearly articulating the goals I had for myself? Did I even know what I wanted in a partner? I realized I was a stranger to myself, and the only way to learn about me was to sit down and actively work through these questions. And you guys — how many of us actually do this on a daily basis?
Meanwhile, I somehow found myself in a job in the interior design field. It filled my cup creatively, I got to work directly with people to help them improve their spaces, and only in the last few months did it hit me, the hottest take of all: isn’t interior design fundamentally self-care?
Isn’t choosing to create the space, not only the space you occupy but the space that’s YOURS, into something that YOU intend it to be self-care?
Isn’t making the decision to elevate your atmosphere an active choice toward peace and wellness?
Dude. It clicked for me.
So now I’m here to share these gifts with you. Because not only can we wake every morning and set an intention for what our day will look like, what our focus will be, what our goal will work toward — we can set intentions for our SPACES.
Your home should make you feel safe. But you should also feel relaxed and cozy. You should feel sexy and empowered. You should feel that you are connecting with or providing space for others. You should feel creative. You should feel happy. And you can do all those things through the way you choose to fill and present your home. Clothes and pizza boxes all over the place and four white walls and some busted furniture aren’t going to make you feel your best! We are visual and atmospheric creatures. It’s about cultivating an ambiance, guys, and most importantly: one that speaks to YOU and supports you in your goals.
Because your space can be the first step in lifting you to reaching inner peace and spiritual wellness but you have to do the work to craft and create that space, just how you have to do the work to craft and create a healthy spiritual life in your head. I can help with both. And I can’t wait to start! 🍋
So that’s my story. This blog will not only be home to some spiritual ramblings but also some interior decor + DIY ideas as well that can help you to begin to cultivate your home and your spiritual journey hand in hand. I can’t wait to see what this grows into. And if any of this is ringing true to you and you’d like to work with me personally, I offer FREE 30 minute one-on-one consultations to get your spiritual decor journey kickstarted, which you can book here: https://calendly.com/armadillodecor/30min. You can also follow me for daily thoughts, tips, tricks & projects at Instagram.com/armadillo.decor.
That’s all for now and I can’t wait to explore with you.
Dayna 🍒
#spirituality#spiritual wellness#tarot#mentalhealth#interior design#interior decor#armadillodecor#inner peace#spiritual journey#selfimprovement#manifestation#intentions
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