Fantastic Playroom/Guest room

I LOVE this playroom! I really want to try and copy these pillows on the right as some Christmas gifts. Also love the idea of sewing two sheets together as a makeshift duvet cover!

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Giveaway

Make your way to my new favorite design blog! Janell has a fabulous Amy Butler dining set up for grabs. Thanks, Shannon, for telling me about her!

Crazy crafting

I just threw these up here last week to show my mom so I thought I would go back and add some text. We've been crafting up a storm!

Here's the little tote bag I appliqued for Molly's birthday. I copied one that Casey made for Audrey and I'm applique-addicted! (of course hers are way cuter.)



My mom and I bought a ton of cute fabric on clearance at Hancock's day after Thanksiving and we whipped this bedskirt out in just a few hours! Audrey was so funny when she saw it, saying, "Oh my goodness, Kolby is going to love this!" Kolby lived with us last summer during his podiatry rotation at Scott & White and she still calls the guest room Kolby's room, despite the fact that both Black Sarah and Fur-fur have lived there since.


Here's a canvas totebag I did for a Christmas gift...

The before...

Here we go. This a list of super simple things about my house that have been bugging me. My goal is to get this list done by Labor Day.

How cute is this house plant Blonde Sarah bought me? I love its spikiness. Yet still it sits in its plastic container. So Task #1 will be to buy a cute planter for that.

Next will be my sad, lonely windows in the kitchen. I have some great fabric and I will probably do a mistreatment so I won't spend a ton of time or money on curtains that are very likely (okay definitely) apt to become home to some banana slices or a spray of ketchup.

Ugh. The playroom is killing me. I want to go through and box up or give away more than half of these toys and make all the grandparents solemnly swear to not give us any more. I also want to frame some big prints of the kids above this awesome chest Beth and Glen gave me.

This is the most ambitious. These bookcases are just ugly. I want to put away half the books, get some cute knick-knacks (much to Black Sarah's horror), and paint the backs of the shelves. Notice Audrey "posing like Mommy" in my before shot. I am not very skilled at making things like this look pretty so I will very likely have to call in some reinforcements.

Summer projects

Okay where did our summer go? Fur-fur and I had a long list of projects we were going to accomplish this summer. We had a lot of fun but didn't get much crossed off the list.

The whole reason I started this blog was to participate in BooMama's Before and After. Then it got postponed and a month later I still haven't finished anything on our list! So I'm determined to get cracking.

I'll start today by posting the stuff we did get done. Maybe it will inspire me to further greatness. (Stop laughing.)

Here's my favorite--we sewed on a bunch of cute ribbon and ric-rac on Sydni's curtains to jazz them up a bit.

I did buttonholes in these patio cushions so they could be tied on the chairs and not be blown all over the yard. Buttonholes are really easy on my new machine!

Here's Kendall's very belated birthday present. She's going to be weaned from the pacifier soon so hopefully this will be a good replacement. I thought this one was pretty but not as cuddly as I wanted it.

So I made this one which is super cuddly but not very cute.



So hopefully she can use the fuzzy one at home when she needs soothing and the chenille one out and about when she wants to look her best.

Last but not least, Beth helped me recover my dining room chairs. My good friend Joanna gave me this beautiful dining set but it had tonal cream on white striped fabric seats. In the two years we've had it we've managed green beans, chocolate, and maybe blood stains on the beautiful white fabric. So I found this tapestry at Hancock's on clearance for $5.99/yd and snatched it up. With the staple gun and electric screwdriver the whole thing took less time than an episode of Project Runway.

Tomorrow I'll post my before pictures for the Before and After projects.