Terrycloth pouches with bright, tropical punch colored linings: A custom order for a 75th birthday party. Although apparently 75 is the new 50!!! (Half had pink embroidery, the other half had green.) A nice favor (it was filled goodies for the party) that’s useful to the guests. I did five with turquoise lining: Five yellow:… Read more
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Converting Hard Wired Sconces to Plug In
Wall sconces converted from hard wire to plug in: Please note I am not an electrician by any means but I do love these sconces. Only problem is they come hard wired, our wall is not hard wired for sconces and I wasn’t willing to go through that process. Therefore I converted the hard wire… Read more
DIY Shutter Headboard
How to make a headboard using old shutters. I took these shutters: And made them into this: Â A little makeover for our Master Bedroom, we started with this: (Yes it’s from my husband’s bachelor days but I did paint it white.) And now have this: Here’s how I made the headboard: Â 1. Find old… Read more
Kitchen Renovation at Remodelaholic
Remodelaholic is featuring my kitchen renovation today. In a nutshell we went from 3 choppy, outdated rooms: Long kitchen and living room into dining room Knocked down some walls and now we have one large great room. Complete with kitchen and island: living room area and dining table area: And we used Ikea Lidingo cabinets… Read more
DIY Vintage Style Doll Crib
Build a vintage style doll crib Built using plans from Ana White here. Painted in creamy off white with crackle finish: A special request from a friend. Big enough for two baby dolls: Or one sleepy baby: Here’s how I made the crib: 1. Cut pieces to fit using Ana White’s plans here: 2. For… Read more
“L” is for Lyrics
Paint: Lyrics nursery wall art A special request from a family friend for their first yet-to-be-born baby boy. The piece is big – 36″ x 36″ – and the picture in the middle is 5″ x 7″: The lyrics are from the song “My Wish” by Rascal Flatts. It’s perfectly simple and neutral but so… Read more
Kitchen Renovation
Kitchen renovation complete The kitchen renovation finished over 16 months ago, it was the reason I started this blog in the first place. And since then things have snowballed into all the projects you see on the blog today. I’m sharing the kitchen makeover as it looks today because I get lots of questions about… Read more
“P” is for Pincushion
A little loaf of love with this cutie pincushion! I repurposed my girls play kitchen loaf pan into a useable pincushion for me. Complete with a little applique heart on top. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or any day of the year. It’s a simple project to make – just pilfer through your kids old play… Read more
“R” is for Robe
How to personalize a kids fleece robe. *This post contains affiliate links. In order to keep this blog full of free information I earn a small comission off of any purchases. I used a plain navy fleece robe that already had the contrasting buttonhole stitch detail: Then I found a coordinating cotton fabric and cut out… Read more
“T” is for Tangerine
Sewing: a tangerine, color of the year, inspired pouch: With a navy monogram and navy lining: The orange was one of those fabrics I just had to have while out shopping, it’s Riley Blake designs. The monogram is American Typewriter font, it is navy with a navy zig zag stitch all around: And navy grosgrain… Read more
DIY Folding Stool with Canvas Seat
How to build a folding stool with monogrammed canvas seat: Inspired by this camping stool from REI. Perfectly fine but boring. Using Ana White’s plans for her folding beach chair as my starting point I was able to roughly draw up some plans to make the folding stool based on the camping stool specs. Ana… Read more
DIY Mini Zippered Goody Bags
Handmade gifts that fit the occasion are truly something special. I wanted to give my kids classmates something functional and useable beyond the initial holiday candy exchange so I made zipper goody bags for Valentine’s Day from drop cloth canvas and added red gingham heart. A DIY tutorial for mini zippered canvas goody bags with… Read more