Anthropology Inspired curtains

I have had the fabric for these babies since August and basically I have just been really lazy and have not felt like sitting down and sewing them! Well I finally did it! I finished!!! And I LOVE THEM!!! They just complete my little Madi's room. I can't stop looking at them, I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!! I basically sewed 12 ruffle strips to a pair of  $7.00 Ikea curtains that I had bought. I didn't do a tutorial but if anyone does want to try these and is not sure where to start email me and I'll give you some pointers!!

Remember this fun print I made! So cute! (ps glad this is my blog so that I can say that everything is sooo cute without feeling like a big fat snot! I'm entitled to my own opinion right?)

PSS this is where I got the idea, but I kind of like mine better!! :)

Cutify (is that a word?)

Before

After

How can I cutfiy this couch set????? Blahhh!

Headboard

When my hubby and I were first married we lived in this old old old apartment that sat right on our favortie park. It was by far one of my most favorite places that we have ever lived. We had so much fun in that apartment and I think every piece of furniture that we owned was either given to us or bought at a thrift store. My hubby and I did not have any bedroom furniture and I was feeling crafty at the time so I made one of these door head boards. I was thinking about it tonight and wanted to share it so I googled door headboards just to see if I could find any images and there were a ton! This project was so simple and so much fun. We went to lowes and bought a white door. Looking back now I am sure you could find a door somewhere right??? Ok Maybe not. I decided on red so I painted the door red, sanded the edges, and then wiped it with a brown stain. We then took a 2X4 and nailed it to the top of the door. I stained the 2X4 with the same brown stain and then my hubby mounted it to our wall right above our bed. I loved that bed! It was fun, unique, and cheap. Now I have new bedroom furniture which is beautiful but sometimes I think I want to get rid of it just so I can try and think of another bedroom idea! Crazy huh! Anyways check out these pics! If you want to try one and you have questions let me know! This was really one of my most favorite projects!

A long long time ago

This is something I did years ago but the other day my friend was at my house and asked if I had posted these. Because I did them before I started blogging I didn't really think about posting them. But here you go.

My honey is an avid fisherman. So when I was prego with my little Max man we decided to decorate his room in a fishing theme. And sadly it is still not even complete! But this part is! I found fabric for a $1.00 a yard and made his bedding and window panel. We hung his curtain panel with two fishing rods and those fish stringer clips!!

Then I took a metal fish string and used it as a picture holder. I think it's kind of cute, but I am also kind of weird! So if you need any little boy fishing room decortion ideas, here you go! And if you don't well then have a good day! :)

The Picasso Within

My Baby loves to draw mermaids. Seriously we have about 50 lying around here. I love them. I think that they just scream childhood, fairytales, and fantasy. I have been wanting to display them in her room somehow and decided that I was going to Modge podge one onto a large canvas for her. So One day we pulled out our canvas and chose scrapbook paper to put on as the background. I asked her to draw me her best mermaid and she said she'd rather modge podge one. And I thought briliant! Let's try. So together we pieced her a mermaid pretty much identical to the ones that she draws. Notice the circle hands and crazy face! She then insisted on adding some of my clip on vintage earrings. (I'm not gonna lie It is hard for me to part with those babies!) We finished with her autograph in the lower corner on the heart. I still want to display her actual drawings and I will get to that one day, but for now I love this original piece of art done my Madi herself!

PS she is definitly my daughter, notice her ear bling, she has an obsession with them as well!

Still Obsessed with Paper Banners

I don't really know why, I just love them! I decided to make one for my girlies bedroom. I did butterfly Kisses because it just seemed so sweet and girly. It was so much fun to accessorize this baby. I used glitter, diamonds, ric rack, lace, buttons, brads, and my good old clip on earrings. Three tips for making a paper banner...

1. Throw out the regular glue sticks and pull out your hot glue gun! It goes so much faster and holds so much better!!
2. GLUE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING your little heart desires to this banner.
3. Borrow your mom's cricket to cut letters and shapes!! (Thanks MOM!!!)

I think the best thing about making this banner was seeing my daughters face when she saw it! She LOVES it.

my fun little lamp shade

Remember my ruffle fetish, well it hasn't gone away. One night I got in the crafty mode and started hot gluing brown satin ruffles to my shade. I originally thought the cream and brown stripes would be cute but then I didn't like it! So I started to add flowers in between to fill in the space. I think eventually the whole shade will be covered in its ruffles and flowers, but I only make a flower when I feel inspired to do so!!! :) But I don't hate it now so we will see.

What can you do with a chair???

When things like this happen....


Then things like these happen...I have new accessories for the mantel! I can't wait to paint them an aquay blue with a dark stain! (It's in the works!)

I knew the old seat pad could be used for something! And then I remembered my old blanket box with a crappy looking lid from little children climbing all over it.And lastly for the two chairs that survived! they got a makeover! My seat cushions were pretty nasty, so I recovered them! But now I only have two chairs at my dining room table!! LAME! I have been looking all over for chairs and I just can't find the perfect ones. So I have decided I am going to find 4 old ones from random garage sales paint them the same aquay blue as my new mantel decorations and beat and stain the heck out of them, and then add a black and white hounds tooth seat cushion to each. But now I just need garage sale season to get here!!Look how nasty that seat cover is above!! I found this fabric at hobby lobby and I LOVE the way they turned out.