Hair Bow Holder

I LOVE having a little girl!  Don't get me wrong, I love my little boy too.  But girls are so much fun to dress up!  When I found out that I was having a girl with my last pregnancy I was beyond excited.  I couldn't wait to buy all the girly things. One of those girly things are hair accessories of course.  Before Molly was born I was busy making headbands and bows and I soon realized that I needed something to hold all of these things.

I soon discovered a tutorial on Pinterest and got to work.  First, I found a cheap frame (plastic) from Goodwill that matched the decor of her room.  I then took it apart and had my husband add the hooks to the bottom.  It then got 2 coats of spray paint. I also found some cute ribbon with little birds on it.  I cut and hot glued the ribbon to the back of the frame evenly spaced.  I also created a little bow and glued it to the top of the frame for decoration. 

Here is my little model showing off the GIRLY things!

Newborn

10 months

Bathroom Window Redo

For a long time, I've wanted to try and make roman shades.  Well, today I finally got up the courage to take on this project.  I found some great directions thanks to 365 Days to Simplicity!  I followed the directions in her blog almost exactly. 

Here are the small changes I did make:

• I did change the size to fit my window.  
• She suggests in her directions to use fabric glue and I didn't have any so I choose to use mod podge.  I ended up going back through some of the slats and using hot glue.  (If I were to do this project again I will probably just use the hot glue.) 

Overall Cost: $9

• Mini-Blind (owned already)
• Fabric, $7.00 (with some left over for other projects)
• Hot Glue (owned already)
•  Heat n'Bond, about $3.00

DIY EASY Table Runner

Do you remember my DIY Envelope Pillow Cases?  Well during that same shopping trip I found a pattern I liked in the clearance section.  I'm always looking for a good deal!  The fabric was an outdoor fabric: thick and easy to wipe off.  I thought this could make a great table runner.  So I bought 3/4 of a yard to give it a try.

I took the fabric home and measured my table so I could have the length and width I wanted.  17 x 55 inches.  I then folded the long sides 1/2 inch and then folded again and sewed a straight line on each side.  I then repeated those steps for the short sides.  It was done in about 30 minutes...not too bad.  The project cost me $5 and I have a super cute table runner.

The great thing about the outdoor fabric is it was thick enough that it didn't need a fabric for lining AND it's durable enough for two crazy kids!

My family liked it so much I decided to make some for Easter gifts!

The Lamp Project

In November I bought two lamps from a garage sale site on Facebook.  I have had these lamps sitting in my sun room waiting for the day to be made over.   Well inspiration hit when I made those pillow cases a few weeks ago! I decided I was going to paint those lamp bases yellow.    YES....YELLOW!

I started by taping up all the hardware that I didn't want to get painted.

One coat of Kilz white primer (spray paint)

Three coats of Krylon Colormaster spray paint

Then debated: do I buy new shades or try and fix the ones that came with the lamp?  Well I was having so much fun with the spray paint I decided, let's try to paint them.

White spray paint I had left over from another project

I then sanded the lamp bases a little to give them a rustic look that I like and wiped them off.  I then also decided to add some gray ribbon to the top and bottom of the shades with some hot glue.

Final product, what do you think??