Various projects in the works....

     I started on a lot of various projects, as well as thinking about some new ones.  I made a decision to go in a different direction with the rug pattern in B and C's new room.  I really wanted stripes on their ceiling but realized it wasn't going to work out, so I thought the next best thing would be to purchase Dash and Albert pink stripe rug.  The problem is I purchased the Pottery Barn Kids Rugby pink striped duvet for both beds, and with the chevron wall pattern it would just be to much.  I found that Ikea and Target both carried a similar pink shag rug.  This is just a glimpse of it under a pile of 4 white curtain panels, clips, a huge bag of quilt batting, and the pink and white striped fabric I will be using to make 2 window pelmuts.

 

                                          A close up of the striped fabric.

 

The plywood is sitting in my dining room and has managed to make my whole downstairs smell like a lumber yard.

 

 

I fell in love with this Greek Key trim.  I purchased just a yard to test it out.

 

 

 

                                                

 

I fell in love with this HGTV fabric I found at Joann's.  I purchased a yard to test it out but it's looking like I'm going to make these into curtain panels for my dining room and living room.

 

 

I played around with some fabric remnants from my Ikea footstool.

 

In the end though, I think I might stick with my white bed skirt.

I created some new and simple art for the gallery wall.

 

 

My materials included a white frame, a white piece of paper, a pink Agate (found on Etsy), a hot glue gun, and my gold Krylon marker.

 

 

I used the marker to color around the border of the Agate.

I placed the white sheet of paper inside, but in the future I am going to swap it for a turquoise piece of scrapbook paper.  I hot glued the Agate to the plexiglass on the frame (no fancy glass on this frame).

     

Yup, I changed my bedroom art once again.  I found a use for the chipboard letters from Target.  I used my gold Krylon marker and just colored them in.  This one says "Love", the final reveal will come soon and you can see it finished there.

 

 

For my husband's side of the bed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valentine's day craft, and more updates on the girlie girl's bedroom.

     A whole lotta stuff got done this weekend, so much so I'm not even sure I can fit it all in one blog.  I just might need to tease you all a bit. But seriously, a lot did get done, and I for one, took full advantage of the Spring-like weather here in Maryland over the weekend.
    
     I'm not a big Holiday decorator, but my kids love to see all the little festive touches around the house, so I figured why not?  This Valentine craft project took me less than a half an hour and cost me roughly $15 in materials.  I'm including the shipping in my estimate, but I'm sure you can find all the materials I used at either a craft store or party store.  I just happened to be on Etsy, when these particular materials caught my eye.  As if, I needed an excuse!

 

I purchased 14 small bags to turn into a Valentine's Day countdown, and filled each bag with 3 Hershey kisses (one for each child).  I used my gold sharpie to number each bag.  I then folded over the top and used my butterfly hole puncher (my regular round one wasn't able to punch holes), and made 2 holes at the top.  This is where your string is going to go through.  In the end it will look just like a garland.

 

 

                          Each night after dinner, we take one off.
 
     The next project was the easiest of them all.  I just purchased a package of pink and white heart shaped doilies and used the same string I already had.  The hearts already had holes in them, so it was just a matter of stringing them through. 

 

(Psst, here's a little secret, my mantel isn't one white box any longer) It's also going to become a little more en-deer-ing ;-)

 

The heart was an Ikea find during Christmas, and the little Love you art is just vinyl cut outs.  That actually will be heading upstairs as wall art for my girlies.

 

 

 

Love Target's dollar section.  I love how cute these straws are.  I haven't found a purpose yet for the silver letters but I know I will, and the chevron boxes are being used to corral stray whatchamacallits that I find around the house.

 

 

And here's another little sneak peek...this box is actually a lamp now, well about 90% of the way.  More to come on that this week.

 

 

     More than anything, I wanted big bold hot pink stripes on the ceiling, but it wasn't meant to be.  The ceiling is just a normal white ceiling color, but to give it a little pop, I hung these paper poufs above each bed.

 

 

This little bird cage I found a while back at the thrift.  It was a really dark green and meant to hold a candle.  Just a little spray paint and 2 little white birds found at the dollar store and voila....

 

Here is a look at the original pictures that inspired me.

 

 

 

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Since I can't have stripes on the ceiling, I found a way to have them on the floor.

 

 

 

Dash and Albert

 

I hinted a while back about switching out the hardware on the dresser.  The box came in weeks ago, but with the wrong size screws.  I kept forgetting to pick up a package of screws but I was determined to get that little detail taken cared of.

 

My inspiration piece.

 

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And for 99 cents each, here are my look alikes.

 

 

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                     Love, love, love these!!!

     Here's my last teaser......the closet doors went from bi-fold to french, got a bright new color, and some really pretty, funky door knobs, not to mention a little more space and organization inside.