Jan
11th
2010
Disclaimer: The following post is sprinkled with the sweetest bits of rage. I apologize in advance… you will soon understand why.
As of this morning, I still had our Christmas tree up in the living room corner. I know, the horror! The shame! Well honey, that is NOTHING compared to three years ago when I left it up until my birthday. Which juuuust happens to be at the end of the month… of February.
This year, I am on the ball and I happen to be very proud of myself. Today, not only did I rip down the tree plus gazillion ornaments and shove them in boxes in under 30 minutes take down the tree and tenderly store away each and every delicate ornament with care, I managed to squeeze in a little craft and a little sprucing up of the apartment.
I saw this tutorial on one of my new favorite blogs, The Prudent Baby, and decided I needed to make one, all quick-like. I just bought this cute green/white fabric that will soon be covering my $15 Craigslist-purchased dining room chairs (freaking adorable and eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! so excited to have them finished!), and have plenty to spare, so a-crafting I went.
It’s blurry, yes… THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT ALL MY FLAWS.
Here’s the after:
Now, it may look really quick and simple, and you may think you could make one yourself while watching an episode of How I Met Your Mother with your husband sitting patiently on the couch, waiting for you to join him. You may be all, “This will only take a few more minutes babe! It’s going to be sooooo cute, omg I die.” but then two hours later, you’ll be sweating profusely and telling your husband to SIMMER DOWN, I SAID I’M ALMOST DONE! while trying to trim the millions of tiny pieces of thread hanging off the edges because you’re OCD and silently cursing the woman who invented this project in the first place because she is a devil woman with super crafting skills that obviously exceed mine. I mean yours.
If you attempt this, be sure that if your last name starts with a G you PICK ANOTHER LETTER FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY. Justin, why did you have to have such a difficult first letter of your last name? Explain yourself.
This project was a little B (New Years Resolution: use better language — I’m doing remarkably well), but after rearranging some furniture and adding a few more things to the walls, I think it was worth two hours in my own personal corner of hell. It’s pretty freaking adorable.
Tags: crafting diy fabric covered letters Categories: Me Being Crafty Me Being Domestic Personal Things I'm Loving
Dec
14th
2008
- took a shower and managed to wash and condition my hair
- shaved my legs for the first time in a month (never mind the fact that I only went up to my knees)
- filed exactly 2 of my nails — only the super jagged ones get my special attention these days
- slapped some lotion on my neglected old lady elbows
- tip-toed into the baby’s room to make sure she was still asleep
- sang the Hallelujah chorus (silently…in my head) when I saw that she was still sleeping
- ate a few Red Vines, my postpartum obsession
- flipped through a new magazine and realized how out of touch I’ve been with recent celeb gossip
- realized that not knowing what LC wore this week isn’t such a bad thing
- wrote this post
FYI, I have a bunch of new posts lined up… I won’t be neglecting my blog for much longer, I promise!
Categories: Me Being Domestic Me Being a Mom Personal
Nov
13th
2008
In decorating Madeline’s room, I tried my hardest to stick to a budget. It was a daily struggle not to spend my paycheck on pretty, frilly, little things on Etsy and at Target, but I actually ended up doing pretty well. I spray painted an old mirror my mom gave me, gladly accepted a hand-me-down rocking chair from my Gram, and was able to find some frugal ways to add little bits of color and cuteness around the room.
I found these irresistible Amy Butler die cuts at Michael’s (of course), popped them in some white picture frames I had up in my closet and voila!
It had to be the quickest and easiest project ever, and they ended up being quite adorable. I still have a nearly-full box of these little goodies, and I can’t wait to find other uses for them!
I also had quite a few of you ask where I bought the bird decals… an Etsy shop called The Cat Place had them a few months ago and they were super affordable, but I don’t see them in the shop anymore. Sadness! If you are dying to get your hands on them, it can’t hurt to ask the owner. They are SO worth it!
Tags: amy butler budget die cuts interior decorating picture frame Categories: Me Being Domestic Me Being Frugal Personal
Nov
08th
2008
Being that I’ve been in a super crafty (and nesty!) mood lately, I figured it was about time to give my little vanity chair a makeover. I’ve never recovered anything, so I wasn’t quite sure how it was going to turn out…
Before:
Stains. Niiiiiiiiice.
After:
Ahh, much better.
A little black spray paint and a major case of trigger finger later (staple guns are serious business, man), I have a much prettier place to sit and put on my makeup.
And umm, I just have to say how incredibly addicting that fabric is. I went back to the fabric store and bought another yard — okay, two yards – of it and covered some cork board (which you can see on the table in the picture), and have been trying to figure out something else to do with the rest because it is just SO DARN CUTE. That was the longest sentence ever. Anyway… Ideas? :)
Tags: crafting crafts diy recover chair Categories: Me Being Crafty Me Being Domestic
Oct
22nd
2008
Okay girls, I have serious a problem. Please tell me why it is so impossible for me to read through my blog subscriptions without getting inspired to take on some sort of new project? I’m not joking — I’ll intend to spend just a few minutes online every morning reading through all your fabulous blogs and end up putting off my work for 3 hours, bookmarking posts and making a list of things to pick up at Michael’s on my lunch. Then I’ll actually go and buy all those things and spend that evening working on a crafty project, when what I really should be doing is dealing with this mess:
100 Points to the first person who can spot the nipple shield.
So much pink. And fluff. And OMG I am drooling.
Last week, Kerri posted about her 100 Things to do in 1001 Days, Sarah’s over here getting all painty (I’ve decided this is a word), and don’t even get me started on Alyssa’s Craft Challenge, which Steph has already completed… you non-procrastinator, you! :)
Oh yeah, then there’s this, this, and this, which I’ve managed to buy supplies for (anyone up for making a felt pomander? Because I can safely say I’m the expert now. When will I ever need that skill, seriously?), have read a dozen tutorials on embroidery, started 2 cross-stitching projects, and somehow managed to keep my head from exploding.
Crafty blogs are off limits for the time being… at least until I wash all those onesies.
Categories: Me Being Domestic Me Being Pregnant Personal
