Being Crafty
Our home hit it's 2 1/2 year mark of being "For Sale", with nothing even close to a sale, in fact, we hadn't even been showing the house much at all lately, the contract was up with the realtor, and with holiday seasons and a baby on the horizon, we decided it was time for a break.
Here are some of the projects I have been working on lately!
We have had this carseat since the twins were born. I don't mind the fabric so much, but that creepy little bear sticker at the top has always rubbed me wrong...
Not to mention after going through 4 kids this thing was irreparably stained up and getting worn out. We needed a re-do.
Ta Da! The finished product! I honestly can't believe that I figured this out! It involved picking apart every piece of the old carseat cover and then cutting out new pieces and putting it all back together.
It even got a new canopy makeover. In the past, I would have never gone for something so blue, just in case we have more kids and the next one is a girl, but I am sick of "generic", I wanted this little guy to have something boy-ish!
Next up, while Zac was out of town in Louisianna, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah one week, I got bored. So I took the kids to DI with me to see what I could make. I bought this glass goblet and glass bowl and glued them together to make a fruit bowl... or harvest bowl for a fall decoration. It cost me $1.50 to make (plus glue and all the stuff I put in it).
I also bought this pot for $2.00 and painted it coppery/ red and put some sticks in it to fill a big vacant space in my kitchen.
Nasty pillow that we got for a wedding present
Ta Da! Total cost: Free, I had all of these scraps in my fabric box.
And finally I was sick of Ashlyn and Charlotte's hair bows getting lost and dirty in this mess of a drawer.
Whenever we wanted a bow, we would find them gunked up with toothpaste or find them not at all, ewwww!
The solution: I took a picture frame that I already had but was not using. Used some scrap fabric to cover a piece of scrap plywood Zac had lying around in the garage and bought this ribbon for $2.00, then tacked it just so onto the plywood.
And now we have a handy bow holder hanging in our bathroom. Now we can see exactly what we have and everything stays toothpaste free!
Now, I should probably go clean my house again... but it sure isn't as much fun :(
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