Crafting
I have been having a lot of fun lately working on some projects that I have been wanting to get done. I have several crafting blogs that I love to look at to get inspired. I love crafting and making something for a lot less than you can buy it for is so rewarding. The first thing I made was my first upcycled project. I think it turned out so cute and can't wait to make more of them. Plus they were super easy to sew too. I made a cute little ruffle dress for my niece. I found a t-shirt for a few dollars at the store and then took old colored t-shirts and made the ruffles and little flowers and attached them to the shirt to make a dress. If anyone is interested in the tutorial I found here are the links
Dress
Flowers
The second project I did was to cover my lamp shade. I have had the lamp shade for awhile and knew that I wanted to do something to it but it sat there plain and boring for quite some time. Was going to cover it with fabric but then I saw this tutorial and thought it was perfect for my lamp shade. I ended up just tracing the outline on and then painting it because I didn't have the stencil film. There are quite a few mistakes but because of the ribbon you can't see it. I thought it turned out pretty good though. And now my lampshade is not plain and boring anymore.
My next project was the book slings that I made for Em's room. Her books had just been sitting on the little table in her room and were often just all over the floor. Now her books are nicely displayed in the slings and she can easily see which ones she wants to read without them falling all over the floor. I even managed to hang the brackets myself too. Used a drill and even had to put molly's in because there were no studs where I wanted to hang it. I am sorta known for putting a lot of extra holes in the walls when I use a drill so the fact that I managed to do this without any extra holes was pretty impressive.
I also included a few pictures of Emily's room so that you can see the bed that her Grandad made for her. We love it and she loves it! Right now she is all about sleeping on the trundle so we pull it out everynight for her to sleep on. I walked into her room the other day and she had set up a little tea party for her friends. She was making them a strawberry, cookie, cereal, hot dogs, chips, and soda smoothie. She said her friends thought it was delicious! I love how she got books so that her doll would be tall enough to sit at the table.
And because I know some would be disappointed if I didn't include any pictures of the girls here is one that I took when I found Em reading to Clara the other day!
Dress
Flowers
The second project I did was to cover my lamp shade. I have had the lamp shade for awhile and knew that I wanted to do something to it but it sat there plain and boring for quite some time. Was going to cover it with fabric but then I saw this tutorial and thought it was perfect for my lamp shade. I ended up just tracing the outline on and then painting it because I didn't have the stencil film. There are quite a few mistakes but because of the ribbon you can't see it. I thought it turned out pretty good though. And now my lampshade is not plain and boring anymore.
My next project was the book slings that I made for Em's room. Her books had just been sitting on the little table in her room and were often just all over the floor. Now her books are nicely displayed in the slings and she can easily see which ones she wants to read without them falling all over the floor. I even managed to hang the brackets myself too. Used a drill and even had to put molly's in because there were no studs where I wanted to hang it. I am sorta known for putting a lot of extra holes in the walls when I use a drill so the fact that I managed to do this without any extra holes was pretty impressive.
I also included a few pictures of Emily's room so that you can see the bed that her Grandad made for her. We love it and she loves it! Right now she is all about sleeping on the trundle so we pull it out everynight for her to sleep on. I walked into her room the other day and she had set up a little tea party for her friends. She was making them a strawberry, cookie, cereal, hot dogs, chips, and soda smoothie. She said her friends thought it was delicious! I love how she got books so that her doll would be tall enough to sit at the table.
And because I know some would be disappointed if I didn't include any pictures of the girls here is one that I took when I found Em reading to Clara the other day!
posted by Brenda at
4:05 PM
5 Comments:
Nice work babe!
Oh wow the book slings are ADORABLE! as are the girls.
Wow. Those are some amazing crafts.I think I could make a dress out a t-shirt by pulling really hard on the bottom hem, but no flowers. And we have book slings, too. They are called plastic grocery bags. We do not have a new bed, nor do our children read to each other anymore. Thanks a lot for today's post.
You amaze me! Can't believe how much you got done with a newborn. Such cute projects too!
Love all the crafts! I especially love how you did Emily's room-such fun colors!
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