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Thrifted Thursday–A Vintage Book Pumpkin Tutorial

In case you missed this a couple of weeks ago on Miss Lovie's Halloween event.... In our house right now we are redoing our office space, and I got some new bookshelves for my birthday (yes, I asked for bookshelves and a dress form for my birthday---so it's ok).  And I am finding that bookshelves can be hard to style.  But out of my arranging and rearranging, and stacking and restacking the idea for this book pumpkin came about. By the way, I am still rearranging those ... View the Post

Projects

And then my husband jumped on the bandwagon…

Recently I wanted to make something new for the front porch. But where as our time and budget are both limited this is what I came up with... ...a "new" wreath (made from an old wreath and some flowers I bought at the Dollar Store) and a new coat of paint for the front door. (The door had been white but I literally mixed up a whole bunch of left over paints in the garage to have enough to paint the door a new color which looks like this and miraculously matches the rest of our house.)Then ... View the Post

sewing

A Fall Skirt

I originally bought these two fabrics to make a tote bag out of.  But, as  I was looking at my pile of fabrics...I thought how cute they would look together as a skirt.  And since it is Elsie Marley's sew kids' clothes week, a skirt it became.  In a naptime.  Day 1---done.   Whew! (I am hoping I can do the whole week--I'll let you know.) I made this skirt the same way that I made the Vintage Dishtowel Skirt.  The tutorial is HERE.  The only difference is that instead of the vintage ... View the Post

Announcements

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programing

As I am writing this Elizabeth and I are waiting for this weeks results over at Project Run and Play. What a fun time we've had over these past few weeks! We've loved each of the challenges and seeing what the other contests have made. It has been so great to see the variety of ideas and perspectives taken for each of the 6 themes.Unfortunately, like all good things Project Run and Play has come to an end. This was the last week of the competition, today the winner will be posted, and then it's ... View the Post

Dresses· Project Run and Play· sewing

Final Run and Play Project–Tulle Cute

Today we are showing our final project at Project Run and Play. Since it is signature look week, you all knew we were going vintage, didn't you?Grace's dress is designed after a classic Shirley Temple dress, which fits her personality. The dress is made of white cotton and yards of swiss dot tulle with black bias tape around the hem. A rounded collar with a tulle overlay and puffed sleeves complete her look.Each of the girls has a handmade "hoop skirt" under their dress to give it some extra ... View the Post