I wanna be Pocahontas for halloween!
These are placemats from the Japanese dollar store. Dollar fifty store actually. They’re a nice weight to for sewing various pouches.
edit* SORRY EVERYONE WHO WANTS A TUTORIAL~ I LEFT MY CAMERA AT MY PAREN’TS HOUSE but you can follow this link for some basic instructions :) thanks everyone! i’ll post up a tutorial as soon as i get my camera back :)
http://luna1427.tumblr.com/post/7983172741/hi-i-just-saw-your-post-on-making-the-jewelry-stands
i made a jewelry stand(s)!
i did a lot of decoupaging yesterday; three cups, two plates, and one picture frame. used mod podge and a lot scrapbooking paper. i’m going to use it at my new apartment :) i’m not quite sure how the picture frame will work yet, i might take out the glass and put in something else….
Love this pegboard kitchen rack. I should get an okay from the BF and the landlord and put one in our kitchen. Maybe with a shelf at the top for the rarely used pots to keep the out of the way but still at hand!
Fantastic update on an ugly run-of-the-mill computer chair. The author added some padding on top of the existing pads and just wrapped those up with a beautiful damask fabric!
The duvet cover comes with its own pack of 8 wash-out doodle colour pens, so you can jot down late-night thoughts, draw a masterpiece, write a story or leave a message – then wash your duvet cover for a totally fresh start all over again! (via doodle duvet cover by stitch designworks | notonthehighstreet.com)
Dining Room Set
I needed a dining room “set”, but didn’t have a couple hundred dollars to spend on it, so i improvised. I like mine better anyway!
First, I bought 5 different chairs from Goodwill/ Habitat REstore, for about $5 each. It took a couple weeks for them to get 5 different ones that I liked. I wanted them to all be armless, with a cushion, and with a cool structure for the back.
I took all the cushions off and primed, then painted each chair the same color. (It only took a little bit to do all of them because I borrowed a compressor and paint sprayer to do it!)
Then, I bought about 4 yards of fabric. I laid each cushion upside down on the fabric and cut a big enough square. I then just used a staple gun to recover them. Took about 20 minutes.
Then, i re-attached the cushions. Chairs done!
Next, for the table. I had an old kitchen table of my parents’ that they saved for me when I went to school. But I also saw a lot of cool ones for about $20 at thrift stores. I kept the legs their natural wood color. I mixed chalk paint to make a really pretty grey and painted the top. You can use it like a chalkboard, but I decided to wax it so that I could put glasses on top without fear of leaving a ring- no coaster OCD!
It took two coats of paint and two coats of wax, then I buffed the wax off.
I spread this project out over a few days, but the total amount of time was no more than one afternoon. For a day and about $30, I had a new dining room set!
fabric-covered storage box part 1
So you guys have all seen my craft area, right?
For awhile I was buying all these Kassett boxes from Ikea to store my fabric and sewing supplies, but lately I’ve been using empty cardboard shoe boxes. I cover them with fabric and label them like this:
