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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Design Help

So I dragged the Hubby to Joann's today, and aside from one male employee, he was the only man in there. I guarantee it was funny! I joked that he totally lost his 'man card'...did I mention I think I'm freaking hilarious...Hubby not so much.

Ok ok, here's where the help comes in, I bought fabric for some chair seats, and I have no idea what color to paint the chairs. What ever color I paint the chairs I'm also paint the base of my table, I'd like them to match each other, but not the china hutch.

Fabric Sample, it's a shade lighter than the green I have on my old chairs. We are getting rid of the old chairs, I found some I like so much better on craigslist for CHEAP! The fabric was half off and cost almost as much as the chairs and table I bought. The table isn't special. It will probably be sold.

This picture is old, but it pretty much looks like this still, only MUCH messier cause the Hubby is home and has bought a lot of crap and littered my table with it...no biggy...well little biggy. I'm not gonna lie, I'm Type A after all. lol I can live with the mess to have him home for a few weeks.

So what ASCP would you use?

Pink Armoire update, finally got Hubby to take the Bakelite handle off, so I could get the last of the paint off, and the handle broke...sigh. I guess I'm buying a new handle. I also think I'm going to use more of a know style and just fill the other whole. Something sparkly.

The old white/emperor's silk mix turned out great, love this shade of pink!

Have a great week!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Another Sewing Project...

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You would think I knew what I was doing, all these sewing projects. Really I just go in straight lines and hope for the best! I don't measure too much or cut to much...I just kinda wing it.

Like my new table runner. I could have cut it down so it wasn't so wide, but you really can't tell, so I just tucked it behind the buffet. Problem solved.

All finished, and I lucked out with the fabric, it pretty much matches the framed art above in tone perfectly.

Close up of the pattern, ignore the weird pattern on the wood, this was a Craigslist find and the runner helps cover most of the damage. I may paint it some day...just not Sunday.

Everything put back in place. New lamp, HomeGoods. I love it too, so much big and much brighter than the previous lamp. New wall sconce, HomeGoods. I really scored the other day. I still need to buy a candle for the sconce, but I couldn't resit it.

Perfectly shabby. That spot that looks like dirt on the wall, is really me just filling nail holes, I still have to touch up paint, but I wanted to show you my finds first!

Hope you like what you saw! Thanks or stopping by! xx

WHERE I PARTY!!

Friday, March 4, 2011

Okay Friends, I need you to Vote on Fabric!

I love them both. I want them both. I'm having the hardest time picking one. I want throw pillows for the patio chairs, and here are the samples.

They both have blue and green in them, and some RED. Which I love.

Sample A

Sample B

If you would be so kind to leave a comment with either the letters A or B, I would appreciate it.
If you don't help me I will be lost, and have to buy both, help a girl out!

Thanks friends! xx

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Look Ma, Two Hands!

Check out my GIVE AWAY HERE!!

Check out the wall above the leather chair, empty. Until today when I added an art project I've been working on, since May. Really, like May or June. Funny how you start something and then something else pops up, that is more fun and you stop working on it....story of my life really. This project turned out cute and I love it, but I don't see me doing another, EVER!

Ta Da, hand trees, yep that's what I said....hand trees.

Here they are close up. Let me say, I love mod podge, you can do so much with it. The flip side, it's so dang sticky and messy, and I hate being covered in it. If you feel the same way this project may not be for you.

First I wrapped two 16x20 canvases in burlap, I used hot glue to stick it to the back side. Then I used my sizzix to cut out a zillion leaves in NINE different fabrics. Okay that may be over kill, but I like variety. You can use as many different leaf fabrics as you want. Then I traced my kiddos hands on to fabric and cut them out. This is where the mod podge comes in to play. I used it to glue down the hand trunks. I also cut a different fabric for grass. This a close up of Lauren's trees.

When you glue the trunks down, don't do the finger section. Now you want to glue on tons of random leaves, when the leaves are done you can glue the finger section down. Definitely glue the fingers on top of the leaves, or you won't see the hand, and this is what really make the project cute. This is Connor's trees close up.