Baby Leg Warmers

It's been a while since I have done anything crafty..So this was a fun and super quick little project to get me going again! I had pinned this idea a while ago and was excited to do it!! I was walking through Honks a couple days ago and saw some long socks and knew they would be perfect for this project!!! A $1.00 project!! Nothing better than that ;)

Supplies:

Long socks

Scissors

Sewing Machine (You could do this without one, but I am AWFUL at hand sewing...)

Step 1: Get yourself some cheap long socks :)

 Step 2: Cut the foot part off.

Step 3: Stretch the sock as you sew a tight zig zag stitch along the bottom. (Only stretch the fabric if you want a cute ruffle on the bottom..) That's it!!

Cute ruffles like these!!!

 Seriously, those chubby thighs...I could just pinch them all day long ;)

I think they're so cute and fun!! And for $1?? Why not make 3 or 4...or 10 :)

Happy Tuesday!!!

original tutorial

Refurbished Shirt

So I have had this shirt for....forever..Seriously, I'm talking at least 5 years. For a whitish shirt that is a looong time for me. I'm not ashamed to admit that I get the worst armpit stains on my white shirts..too much information? Probably, but I'm betting I'm not the only one who this happens to. So let's just say that this shirt had seen better days. It's still a cute shirt though, and I LOVE stripes. So I've been keeping it in my closet, but knowing deep down that it had to go :( Then I came up with the brilliant idea of cutting it down and making it "Marlee" size!! Like most of my projects, I didn't really have a plan and decided to wing it..I'm sure I wouldn't have so many problems, and would have better results if I actually made a pattern and followed it. Oh well, it's how I roll. Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out, although I wish the sleeves were a little shorter (Let's pretend I meant to make them that long :/).

BEFORE:

See those pits?? Gross right?

I don't have much of a tutorial..I grabbed a loose/almost peasant style shirt that fits Marlee, and used it as a template. I put it on my shirt and traced the outline (not the sleeve part, just the front and back piece..) and cut to her size. It looked like this after I cut it:

Then I sewed the sides up, from the bottom of the shirt to the bottom of the armpit. And then from the neck to the top if the arm. The sleeves were pretty tricky..I kinda just eyed it, and sewed them to the body...This is seriously no help..lol. Well, since I'm sure none of that made sense, I will now show you pictures of my cute girl wearing her new shirt :)

Happy Wednesday!!!

M's Room

Like I said I would, I've started collecting things for Marlee's room!! I made a framed chalkboard and found the cutest frame thingy (real technical right??) at Michael's for only a dollar after I used this awesome coupon!! Today is the last day to use the coupon so hurry over to Michael's! I took my husband and got $10 worth of free stuff!! Here are the things I've been doing!!

My mom bought this awesome frame from my Aunt who owns a great second hand store in

Murray. It was $3.00! It had fabric in the frame and cork board behind it, so i just flipped it around and painted the cardboard that was on the back with the chalkboard paint!! It's heavy duty cardboard, or else I probably wouldn't have used it, because of how easy it would be to put an indent in it...

before

after

(sorry for the really horrid pictures...Once Marlee's room is all put together, I'll take better ones)

I used Krylon spray chalkboard paint. It was awesome!!! Best part?? It took all of 3 minutes to paint it..

This is the frame I got at Michael's. I love the shape of it!! I just used some cheap acrylic craft paint to paint it white

The frame is poster size..you probably can't tell from the picture. It's 11x14. At first I was thinking about putting a picture of Marlee in it and hanging it in her room, but then I remembered something I had pinned on Pinterest that would work perfectly in her room!!!

you can download this print here!!

Anyway, that's what I've been working on!! Have a great weekend!!

Big Girl Room!!!

I can't believe my little girl is almost 19 months old!!! I still think of her as a baby, even though I know she isn't...I'm getting really excited about her room makeover I want to do, when she gets into a toddler bed. I'm thinking 2 is a good age to transfer her over. I'm going to completely change up her room and go for a grey, yellow and white color scheme. I love it so much!!

I just bought this rug:

I'm going to make a duvet cover for her bed. Look at this fabric!!! Love.

and find a cheap dresser to re-do. (Can you believe we don't have a dresser for her??) I'm hoping to find one that we can use as a changing table for our second. (I'm not pregnant, I'm just thinking ahead ;) I'm thinking something like this!

I think she needs a little bookcase too! I'll probably do it white and line the back with a fun fabric like I did with our other bookcase. I think this time I'll try to find a bookcase that is already white..Painting sucks. Oooh and she needs a lamp too :) I've been wanting to re-do a lamp for a while now. There's nothing some spray paint and some cute fabric can't fix :) I'm sure I'll be at Savers and DI looking for fun treasures over the next couple of months :) I seriously love thrift store shopping. I have a problem... Anyway, I'm just brainstorming, don't mind me...

Bookcase Makeover!!!

Since I painted the new TV stand white, I wanted it to match other things in the room, so I decided to paint our bookcase white also!! I had just enough paint to do it too!! But let me tell you something, i am DONE painting things for a VERY long time!! :) It is a lot of work!! The bookcase was easy enough, but I'm too impatient to wait in between coats. I'm an instant gratification kind of girl :) Anywho, here is the before and after picture!!

BEFORE

AFTER

Doesn't it look better?? I took a lot of things out because it was WAY crowded.. I went to Hobby Lobby armed with my 40% off coupon and found this cute fabric:

Before I started, I had envisoned something more colorful, but I decided to keep it safe so I wouldn't alarm Alax with my decision :) I figured I could add some fun colorful accents if I wanted to later!

Then I went to the dollar tree and bought three foam boards. I cut them to fit the back of all three sections and taped the fabric onto them. Then I just pushed the board up onto the back of the bookcase! Does that make sense?? The boards were a really tight fit, so I didn't even secure them to the back..They're just hanging out back there, which will make it really easy to take out if I wanted to change up the fabric one day!

Here it is with nothing in it

and a close up to see the back a little better!

I'm happy with the way it turned out, and I have enough extra fabric to make some cute pillows for the couch too :) I think I'll make those tonight after the little one goes to bed. Stay tuned ;)

Linking up to Not JUST A Housewife!

Dresser into TV stand

So, I did this project almost a month ago, and am finally posting it :) I've seen the cutest dresser into TV stand transformations on Pinterest and have been wanting to do one for a while!! I had something very particular in mind, and wasn't going to settle unto I found exactly what I wanted. I looked every time I went to the thrift store down the street, but just never saw anything that special..untilllll I went to DI in Layton and i found it!!! It was EXACTLY what I wanted! The only downside was the price tag...$50..for an old, ugly, thrifted dresser seemed kinda steep to me!! But I couldn't pass it up :) We loaded it in the car and I went to work!! I did a lot of research on painting furniture and decided not to sand it at all!! I found a great primer that went and stayed on great!! Here are some pictures!!

Here is what we had before. It made the whole room seem so dark. It is also nice to start weeding out the cheap Ikea furniture :)

I was so excited to get started on it, I didn't take a before picture :( But here are what the drawers looked like. It kinda gives you an idea... (yes that is crayon colored all over it..)

This was the original hardware. Call me crazy, but I kinda liked them..Alax hated them though, so we changed them out.

Here is the paint and primer I used. Primer: Zinsser oil based primer. As for the paint, I had no idea what kind to get, so this is just something that seemed good at the time :) It ended up working great.

Here it was with 2 coats of primer!!!

Here it is all finished!!

I really love the detail of the bottom of it, including the legs!!

It's really a lot cuter in person!! I'm horrid at taking pictures, and I don't have a fancy camera :) but I love it so much, and besides wanting to change out the tracks on the drawers and other little things, It is exactly what I was looking for!! So don't be so quick to pass by all that ugly looking furniture at the thrift store!! It's amazing what some paint and a good chunk of time can accomplish :) Have a happy monday!! Stay tuned for another piece of painted furniture coming soon!!

Pom Pom

I've seen these all over Pinterest and have been wanting to make some for Marlee's room. I finally got around to it last night!! It took me a while to figure out how to hang them so it would work, and I don't know if i quite accomplished it, but I tried. I also got them up and realized I should have done green instead of yellow to match her room better...Oh well, It will do for now!! They were really fun and easy to make, and i bought everything I need at the dollar store!! Here's a link to a great tutorial !

I did a couple with two colors, used white thread to hang them, and instead of floral wire, I used white pipe cleaners, because I already had them lying around. :)