I have been putting together a baby's room and I thought that I would share some of my progress with you all. I am doing the room in turquoise and red (a new color obsession of mine lately) and since I was making the quilt and sheets (I'll show you those soon) I searched and searched for a turquoise bed skirt for the crib. No such luck. So, I got creative with my staple gun. I decided that I wanted a very simple flat skirt anyway, so I literally took out the wood piece, folded the corners to ... View the Post
Archives for July 2010
I am going through pictures
from our trip to the family cottage and found this picture that I had to post. I just love it when my kids are happy playing cooperatively together. Is it just at our house that this scene is sometimes a pretty rare event? ... View the Post
$5 Monday
I was slowing recovering from a month of weeds and laundry on Friday so I am playing catch-up. I have a few yard sale purchases that I carted all the way back (2500 miles to be exact), that at the time I wasn't sure why, but now am very glad for the trouble. This is my $2 dollar chair.And here she is after a can of primer (I had the primer) and a $2.97 can of Krylon cherry red spray paint.Lovely. ... View the Post
The Project that Started it All
A friend asked me for a photo of this wall so I decided to post it for her on the blog with a description of what it is.This is the project that started it all for me...The wall in my entry way. I had some photos to hang but didn't like the arrangement. I talked over the framing in of the photos with my husband and one night when I had returned home from my night class ViolA! there it was just like I had imagined it! (Thanks again Jon.)So just like that we started making things---everything from ... View the Post
Time to Buy an Iron
Apparently it's time for me to buy an iron. (Or at least use one.) I just looked at the blog and really looked at the photo I posted of me wearing the flower pin. My shirt looks like trash! And, yes, that's really what I wore today.I should not be allowed out in public. ... View the Post
$5 Friday…Flower Pins
Hey!So I forgot it is $5 Friday today. It's a holiday here in Utah and we're on our way out the door---the boys to go fishing and me to go fabric shopping. But since we were gone last week.....Here's a quick $5 idea. I put it together just a few minutes ago. When I need a quick something to put on a plain T-shirt these pins are easy to whip up.Supplies:1. Scrap Fabric (For mine I used 3 different sizes of scrap.)2. A Pin BackInstructions:1. To make each flower run you run a piece of scrap ... View the Post