Tiffany Pratt - This Can Be Beautiful: Simple DIY Projects to Style Your Home and Redesign Your Life

Copyright 2016 Tiffany Pratt

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C O N T E N T S

CHAPTER 1
EVERY DAY IS EVER DAZZLING

CHAPTER 2
HOME IS WHERE THE GLITTER IS

CHAPTER 3
FASHION PLATE

CHAPTER 4
BEAUTY ON DUTY

CHAPTER 5
LOVE GESTURES

CHAPTER 6
ARTY PARTY

CHAPTER 7
TIFFANY TRAVELS

CHAPTER 8
HANGIN WITH THE KIDS

hat you are holding in your soon-to-be-glittered hands is an inspirational, explosive joyride. This Can Be Beautiful is not simply the title of this book. It is a choice about the way you think and the way you look at what you already have. When you think this can be beautiful about everything you see and touch, beautiful results will follow. If you build your own whimsical dream with your own two hands, your life will come running behind it, wanting to be a part of it all.

Trust me, I know. Ive done the legwork. My name is Tiffany Pratt, and creative projects are my lifeblood. For as long as I can remember, I have held onto my crazy ideas and worked on them until they came to life. As a child, I would hoard magazines and colored papers and pretty images in a file folder under my bed. I would obsessively write to-do and to-get lists even before I had an after-school job to afford any of it. Now, I analyze paintings in galleries to learn about colors and blending. I sit in fancy hotel lobbies, beautiful restaurants, and clients homes to study the finishings and fabric choices. Im thrilled when I find a new lip color in an unexpected place or a bracelet at the dollar store. The contents of others recycling bins give me butterflies on the regular, as does the delivery of a few monthly magazines. For me, scouring through thrift stores and vintage shops is an art form and weekend garage sales are unplanned scavenger hunts where I always win. The truth is that when we get quiet enough and look around for the clues, all of the answers are waiting there for us. I am in love with life and all of the creative things that I can make and do within it.