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Bench Seat Cushion – A DIY Tutorial
I haven’t finished Sam’s ruffled bedding but I have a good reason why…..I was helping my friend make this…A Bench Seat Cushion for her guest room. Keep reading, I’ve added a tutorial so you can make your own DIY Bench Seat Cushion! All finished… Here’s a little TUTORIAL! This is the window seat before… Here is the really long piece of foam she bought from JoAnn’s… (we had to glue an extra piece on to fit the length of her 10 foot seat, we just used hot glue. Then we added batting for extra fluff. Wrapped it around and used hot glue to secure the edges, just a thin layer.…
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Sneak Peak!! Ruffled bedding…
This is what I am working on!! It is an Anthropologie inspired comforter for Sam’s bed…to go in her purple room! It has actually been way easier than I had anticipated. So stay tuned….I should finish it up over the weekend!
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Children’s Framed Profile Home Decor
Made this for my friend for her birthday and it turned out so cute!! All you need is: Cardstock – I used black and white Profile pics of your kids (make sure they are the same proportions, I just imported my pics into a word document, cropped them down to just the head, changed them to black and white so you don’t waist color on your printer and print) A 12×12 Scrapbook frame (got mine at michaels) Embellishments – Ribbon, Flowers, Buttons, Gems Tape/Glue To Make: Cut out your profiles from the prints, Draw outline on the back of your cardstock, cut out, the more detail the better. I used…
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Girl’s Room Ribbon Stencil
This is what I have been up to lately!! It is going to take a while to finish so I have been committing to doing a little bit each day, while my baby is napping. Stenciling is a lot more work than I had expected but I love the final look! It is going to be so cute when it is all done! You can find the stencil to print HERE.
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Candy Jar Decoration
A cute and fun way to display your little treats! Here’s what you need. A small terra cotta pot, and base for lid. Round Glass bowl (found mine at the $1 store.) Paint color of choice, paint brush (or use spray paint), gloss top coat, wood ball with flat side, vinyl, candy… Start by painting your pot,lid and ball… Should look like this…. Once dry, spray with a clear gloss finishing spray… Then embellish as desired….you could paint a design on it before you spray with gloss or put vinyl cutouts on it like I did… Vinyl on the Glass Bowl… You can use any kind of ribbon you like…
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Fabric Frames Wall Art
Got these adorable little frames from my best friend Tiffany (she found them at the $1 store), yes the ribbon that it hangs from comes on it! Just added some cute fabric to the inside and made a couple fabric flowers to embellish…love how they turned out in my little girls room! Go HERE to see how these flowers are made. Go great with the “SAM” letters my friend Tiffany made for her! (they have sparkly white glitter all over them!) Can’t wait to keep working on her room. It is going to have a white stenciled design around the middle where the 2 colors meet, a bow holder, a…
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Craft Room Organization
I still have a few things to finish (a peg board on the wall, a shelf, move computer out and sewing machines on desk) but this is what I have done so far in my craft room! Awesome shelf for all my fabric… (flower pot holding all my fake flowers) love this fabric organization!! Find the how to HERE. Pretty flowers (made for Relief Society long ago) used as decoration! New baskets for the desk and albums displayed nicely. Shelves still being organized, love my new label maker!!
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Valentine Countdown
Here is a cute idea for a Valentine’s Day Advent Calendar or countdown to Valentine’s Day! I can’t take credit for this one, my best friend Tiffany thought of it, she is amazing. And my kids just love getting a little candy everyday until Valentine’s day…. She found these heart shaped party favors (came in a 30 pack so we split them) @ Michael’s craft store… We cut the vinyl out on the Silhouette and put them on each heart and filled with candy… And luckily they are magnetic so all we did was put some round little magnets on the fridge and put the hearts up. (you can glue…
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Valentine’s Day Crafts
At church we are having our V.T. conference on Valentine’s Day so I am making decorations for our R.S. room. So I thought I would share my Valentine Decorating Ideas with all of you. Here is some felt Valentine heart garland I made, very easy and cute! Check out a tutorial on how to DIY HERE! I just cut lots of different sized hearts out of white, pink and red felt and sewed down the middle! I also made some cute hanging hearts…2 strips of felt 2 stitches and a string to hang. Here is a great tutorial on how to make these hearts in bulk! And here is a sneak peak at the flower hair clips…
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Christmas Crafts
Christmas Crafts…Thought I would share some photos of the Christmas Crafts that kept me busy this year… Family Letters for my Sister-in-law. You can find the tutorial HERE Nephew’s (bean bag) Name bags. So I was going to fill them with beans but they felt odd and I didn’t want them to throw them at each other and get hurt so I filled them with fiberfill and they are like little pillows. Made a matching bag so they can hang them on the door knob and throw them in. This was a surprise gift I made for my mother in law. I had all the supplies except the mini clothespins.…
