Tassel garland

Have you seen the tassled garlands on pinterest?

I have seen them in kids rooms and decorations for parties. 

I decided to make my own. 

There are a lot of tutorials online,  I found this one, which was very helpful.

Now go and make your own tassled garland!

Master Bedroom Curtains

As some of you may know, I have just finished remodeling my master bathroom and have moved towards our Master Bedroom, slowly but surely it is coming around. 

 I had trouble finding curtains that I loved. I had something in my head, however I couldn't find anything I liked at the store or online. Don't you hate it when that happens?

So I decided to make the curtains. Well Semi-home made :)

Here they are:

First off, I am going to apologize for the quality photos, I was working on these curtains at night while the kidos were in bed, so the lighting is horrid! 

To start you need two solid curtain panels. 

If you have an IKEA near you, I suggest checking them out.

 I bought two panels at IKEA for only $24.99! 

Then I needed ribbon. 

I needed 20 yards of ribbon for both of my panels. 

I bought my ribbon at Walmart ($3.79 for 10 yards)

First I worked out a pattern I liked:

Then I cut all of my ribbon to size and melted the edges to prevent fraying:

I used two of these heat & bond tape:

I laid out all of the ribbon and used the Heat & Bond to attach to the curtain:

The curtain grommets were silver, which is not the look I was going for. So I used my gold metallic paint and a tiny paintbrush:

Here they are, I have to say I love them!

Can't beat them for the price!

Thanks for visiting!

IKEA EXPEDIT facelift

I am sure that almost everyone as an IKEA expedit bookshelf somewhere in their house because they are so inexpensive and offer great storage.

Here is mine in between my living room and family room, plain jane:

Well I spiced it up a bit with a little bit of paint. I actually ordered an Overlay for my bathroom vanity and traced the design onto the shelf. 

 I used painters tape to tape of the straight lines.

The curves I painted with a small artist brush.

I used metallic silver paint by martha stewart.

(If you try this, use a exacto knife to score the tape before you take the tape off, otherwise you are just going to pull the paint off,  Live and learn :)

The before:

And after:

(my little man is peeking in from the family room, such a cutie!!)

Now I just need to find/make some sort of art work for the wall. 

Thanks so much for visiting. 

My "new" record player

Ok, its not new. Its actually really old, but it is new to us!

My hubby found this treasure by a curb!

Off-course it didn't always look like this, but I saw the potential it had as soon as I saw it. 

The best thing is that it actually works! I have already started picking up records at thrift stores.

Now this beauty stands my living room:

Here is the before.

I am not sure when this was made. 

It has no stickers or tags inside.

The top is covered with particle board and the sides are actually plastic. 

Look at the nasty red fabric over the speakers, Gross!

I sanded the top and gave the whole thing a good cleaning. 

-I gave it one coat of Kiltz primer

-One coat of Crystal Blue by Valspar Signature in Semi Gloss

-I then glazed it with Martha Stewart metallic paint in equal parts of vintage gold and cast bronze.

-Then I gave it three coats of Minwax Water Based Polycrylic Protective Finish

The sound is wonderful!

I have already picked up a few christmas records at Goodwill, I cant wait for the Holidays. 

I bought a small sheet of the radiator sheet cover, I think it goes very well with the original hardware (which I gave a good cleaning to)

Thanks for visiting :)

Refinishing my mirror with Martha Stewart Metallic Paint

Hello my beautiful readers. Today I have another project to show you. 

Check out my new mirror in my Master Bedroom. 

Isn't it just gorgeous? See the before picture below.

(Pardon the towel under the mirror, I want the dresser to completely cure before I place anything on it)

Can you believe that this is the same mirror?

If you want to know how I refinished the mirror, keep reading:

Refinishing my Night Stands

I have been all over the place lately. Working on the bathroom, painting the master bedroom, working on his/her closets and one more thing was refinishing furniture.

I decided that my 2 night stands needed a update. 

I didn't want to go spend money and buy new night stands, since these are nice solid wood and I like the curves and lines they have.

I thought they would look great stained a nice deep walnut with my new wall color. 

Here is the problem, I painted them black a few years back.

As you can tell, they are a bit beat up:

And here is the after:

It was a lot of hard work, but worth it in the end. I am no longer afraid to refinish furniture!

I will show you step by step on how I did this, If you are interested, then read on. 

(WARNING- PICTURE OVERLOAD)

This weeks project...

I was at Joanne's this week, just browsing... Looking for something to inspire me. 

I saw this polka dotted fabric.  I have wanted a polka dotted skirt for such a long time.

  

I picked up a yard of this polka dotted fabric. It was $9.99 for the yard. Minus the 20%.

So technically this skirt cost me $8!

Not bad, don't you think? 

If you want to make yourself a skirt like this, you can follow this tutorial. 

Thanks for visiting. :)

Altering a dress (adding length with the fabric belt)

I am so glad I held out for this dress.

I actually tried it on in the fall and loved it but didn't want to spend $34.99,

Because quite frankly I really didn't have anywhere to where it.

It was to short for church and I don't work in the office anymore.

So, on my most recent trip to H&M, I saw this dress on clearance.

However, they didn't have my size (size 6)

They only had a size 10

I tried it on and decided it was even better, because the size 10 was longer then the size six I tried on before.

DIY Detachable Collar

I love my accessories, and when I saw this post on Megan Nielsen's blog.

I knew I had to make my own!

I think they turned out pretty cute!

(pictures at the end of the post on how I style these babies)

I used Megan's pattern. However, it is for a scalloped collar, which I did not want.

I just printed the pattern and cut the scallops off.

For the pointed collar, I used the same pattern but made it pointy at the end.

Megan has a detailed post on how to make a detachable collar, but if you

want to see how I made this collar, keep reading.

Cut two of the pieces on the fold:

(if your fabric is light weight, you will need interfacing)

Place the two pieces (right sides together) and pin around

Sew all the way around (about 5/8 from the edge) leaving a small opening

Trim around the collar cutting off the access

I used my pinking shears

Turn collar inside out

Iron the collar

Hand sew the opening shut and hand sew on a hook and eye

Next, embellish whichever way you please

(I was lazy and used sequin glue, I let it dry over night)

Thats it!

Here are just a few ways that I am planning on wearing the collars

Thank you so much for visiting!!

Thrifted Dress Refashion

I went thrifting on Sunday, I found this dress for $6.99

It's originally from Forever 21, size large

(excuse the face with no makeup)

I loved the tulle skirt part, not the top

I feel that it made me look frumpy.

So I decided to turn this dress into a skirt.

All I did, was use my seam ripper and take apart the tulle skirt part from the shirt

I then attached a elastic.

It was really easy and fast, now I have a pretty tulle skirt for $6.99!

Thanks so much for visiting :)

Double Layer Knit Skirt

Ok, before I talk about my latest project, I want to put something out there.

I am a BAD shopper, If I see something on sale and I think its "cute" I grab it, usually without trying it on (because I have two little kidos with me and it is too much of a hassle)

so, I usually end up returning a lot of things.

I was at the fabric store buying something for a completely different project, I saw this knit cheetah print on sale ( I usually do NOT wear cheetah print), I thought "ohh, It's so cute! I am going to get this" I paid $16 for 2 yards. Anyways, when I got home I examined the fabric closely, I saw it was a thin sweater knit (something cardigans are made from) I thought oh shoot! What am I going to do with this? Well, I can't return fabric. So It has been sitting in my craft room for about a month now. I never got the courage to make anything out of it, first of all, I am not a seamstress, I can sew a simple skirt and a pillow case, but that's it!

So on a rainy day, I finally mustered up the courage to use some of the fabric to make something.

I used one yard for this project, so I still need to figure out what to make with the rest :) Which is good, It makes me get out of my comfort zone.

I decided to make a double layer knit pencil skirt, It took me about a half an hour to make!

If you want to see how I made it, then read on :)

First, I took my knit fabric and folded it in half and used a knit skirt which fit me well as a pattern.

I traced and cut

I cut two pieces like so:

I put the right sides together and sewed the sides together

When I turned it inside out, it looks like so:

Then I pulled one end inside, and it formed a skirt like this

(I think this would be super cute with two different fabrics for a reversible skirt )

Then I cut some elastic the same length as the waist.

(mine looks a little ghetto, since I didn't have enough of one and had to piece two pieces together, Its all good, It works :)

On one of the ends, I sewed the elastic on like so, and then folded it in:

Then I folded the second fabric in, as well:

Pinned all around:

Then I sewed all around the edge like this:

All done!

I am loving this comfy skirt!

It is cute and still comfortable to move around in while chasing my little man :)

I added a thin belt for a added detail