Kitchen Up-Do

What did I do this past weekend? Well, I had a spurt of Kitchen Re-Do fever.

This is my toaster. Sad don't cha' think? We have had it since...forever, 13 years?

I really want to replace it with a sleak red one but I feel wasteful because it is only a toaster and it still works. So I decided to make it pretty, but covering it up!


Simple cover. Nothing fancy. But it is red, and that is one of my kitchen colors.

This is my knife block. Isn't it pretty! Well it wasn't before I painted it. It was a yucky brown. I got this idea from Crafts and Deals. Why not paint it! Now it matches the colors, black and red.

I do need new knives, but now I can wait a bit longer.

I got these glass jars form Savers. I loooove Savers.

Clear glass is going to be the theme in the kitchen.

I got these at Target. They were 20% off and I think they are perfect.

So that was my weekend. My kitchen can't be painted {renting} so this is my little touch. I am not done. I have some baskets that I am going to paint black and red and I think I am going to make a soap dispenser out of a jar. I'll show you if I do!

Hair bow Holder Re-Do

My daughter had a bow holder in her room I made a few years ago. I decided to spruce it up a bit so that it would match better with her room makeover.

This is the original. I really like it but it was a little to busy. To much pattern, especially when all the bows were on it.

Here it is redone.

It is made from a foam project board that you get at the drug store.

I covered it with purple fabric and glued it on the back. Then I strung ribbon on it and glued it in the back as well.

Much better! Not so crazy, and it doesn't give me a headache like the old one.

Fabric covered Boxes UPDATED

UPDATED POST!

Another object for my daughter room makeover.

Fabric covered boxes. I don't know if I am actually going to use them to put stuff in or just use them as decorations. We'll see.

This one is covered in felt. I love felt!

This one is covered in pale green fabric with a pick lid. I did a basic ruffle with ribbon to add some detail.

This one is covered in purple with a cute pink rosette.

It started with these boxes I got from my previous work. They were going to be tossed and I thought I could do something with them. They have sat for about a year in the garage waiting for the perfect project. They are about 7 in x 7 in.

I used some of the rooms fabric to cover them. Just a basic present type wrap. I just glued it right on the box.

Cute, cute, and so easy!

Lamp Bouquet

This was a project that I was really looking forward to, the outcome that is. Doing it was a not super fun. But I did it, and I am done. And look how cute it is!

I started off with a lamp I got last year at Big Lots! for $7.00. The lamp was in bad shape. It had a pink boa glued to it! Who would do such a thing....me. It was a bad choice I admit. At the time it seamed like a really good idea. Then I plugged it in a realized the fire hazard. The feathers were everywhere! So I ripped it off and started fresh.
Some ideas just should not be done.

I purchased four colors of felt by the yard.

Cut them into different size squares and then into circles. You can see my tutorial here and here.

Then I started gluing them on with hot glue.

At one point I ran out of hot glue and had to use a different glue. Stressed me out! I am a hot glue girl through and through.

I am almost done!

All done! I really like the different sizes of flowers. Some a huge and some are super tiny.

So cute!

Here it is attached to the lamp base and an my daughters night stand.

She loves it! Can't keep her hands off of it!

Being that she is only three we had a talk about the bulb. I had her touch it so she would learn never to do it again...HOT! We also talked about how she can't just turn it on and off all day. I hope this was not a mistake?!

Oh well, it is cute!

A room of pink and purple

Two weeks ago I got a ton of fabric to start on my daughters room. What have I done with it? Nothing.

I has sat waiting while I make more interesting things. So yesterday I finally did it.
Okay, not the most amazing photo, but I made it, finally! A simple bed skirt. No pleats or ruffles. Simple and pink.

Hear is a trick I figured out. I didn't want a "real" bed skirt that goes under the mattress. The reason for this is that my daughter would just mess with it and it would always be short on one side and long on the other. So what did I do? I pinned it in place! I got a pack of $1.00 tacks at Walmart and tacked the skirt to the wood box spring.

Pretty smart huh! {I tried to do this to my king size box spring...didn't work. Apparently mine is made of metal. :( }

Do you have ugly shades like this?! Well, we rent so I can't change it. So what can I do?
Use Velcro!

Simple and cute. I added a strip of pink from the bed skirt fabric to tie it together.

The top of this window has a 1 inch lip. So I attached some adhesive Velcro to the top, and stitched some Velcro to the drapes.

Sorry, hard to see the Velcro here.

Here is the stitched Velcro.

I added some fabric rosettes to cuten it up. Is that a word, cuten?

Oh well.

So her room is almost done. Only about 10 things left to do. LOL!

Felt Pillow

I decided to make some cute throw pillows for my daughters room makeover. I am in love with felt right now so I decided to use that. I got my felt from Joann's in the fabric section. It comes in yard cuts. I got several colors; white, fuchsia, pink and purple. All the colors that go with her room. The felt was 30% off also. Woohoo!

Now remember, this is the first pillow I have ever made and I am not a sewing diva. It is a little big I think. I may take in the sides a bit so that it looks more fluffy.
I think the flowers turned out pretty cute!

I need to sew circles a little better ;o)

Hope you like! I am going to make another one and I will do a little demo as I go. I will post it next time.

Home Makeover

So here is the plan. I am going to remodel my house. Yes, I said house. The entire thing. Top to bottom. Corner to corner.

I am tired of living in...in...THIS!

I guess I should tell you a little about my house. It is a nice house, but it is really not my house. We rent.

It is very large, about 2500 sq ft. Big rooms and lots of space.

"Then what is the problem?" You ask. Well, it is boring. I can't paint. I can't knock down/build walls. I have horrible carpet. I want to put up curtains but they are so expensive. And if we move the likelihood that they will fit in the new house is very unlikely. I could go on and on but I won't. We have been in this house for three years. It is the longest we have lived anywhere. That is why I have not really decorated. I hate to decorate and then move a year later. But I am putting my foot down!

I have a house, I want a HOME.

So here is the plan. I am going to start with just a few rooms and them move on from there. I am starting with my daughters room and the master bedroom. I have done a few things already and I will keep you up to date as I go on from here.

I only have one rule.

Keep it CHEEP!

Paper Flower Wall Art

I saw this idea at The Blueberry Monkey.

Super cute and it looked so easy.

I am redoing/finally doing my daughters room and thought this would be perfect for my tight budget.

I did make some changes. The original post made hers a bit more 3D, I did mine flat. I also added two extra rows of flowers and changed up the center.
I started by cutting a 12x12 circle out of cardboard.

Then I cut petals out of scrapbook paper. I cut:
8 large
8 medium
16 small
8 x-small

Sorry, i don't have a picture of this part but you can go to the original post to see how she did it.
What I did was hot glue the large petals down first. Then the medium in between those. Then two rows of the smalls and then a row of the x-small.

I wanted t do a different flower center so I took a 12x12 paper and cut it into as large of a circle as possible. Then I cut a spiral, starting small and getting wider as I went. See my felt tutorial to see what I mean. I left it really loose and hot glues the bottom to keep it together.

First time I have done it with paper, it turned out super cute!

I hot glued it in the center and done!

It looks really cute in my daughters room. This took me only an hour. My only supplies were paper, hot glue and cardboard.