Fabric Barn

Today while waiting to the glass man to come by and replace my windshield, I made this little barn. I found the instructions on UK Lass in US via UCreate. The tutorial is Here. I had a little trouble (Me and the seam ripper were best friends!), but for my first attempt, I am pretty happy. Now, I just need to decide if I am crazy enough to make cloth animals, or if I should just head over to Walmart for some Chinese imports. :)

Here's the outside, front.

The back, showing mostly my "silos".

The back, showing my tree and tree swing.

And, the inside. All I have is a path, pond and stack of hay. (yes, that is supposed to be hay.)

I ran out of ideas and my fingertips were done being burned. :)

Maybe next I will attempt a doll house!

Sedona Photo Meet Up

I spent Saturday up in Sedona, with a meetup.com group that my friend, Tiffany, found. I had never heard of meetup.com, but I enjoyed the day. Tiffany took 591 photos! I only took 174. You can visit my Picasa Album to see more photos from the day. I have not edited any of them, they are straight out of my camera.

Ribbon Belts

I made these two belts out of 1.5 inch ribbon and (2) 1 inch D-rings. I was inspired by this tutorial at Make It and Love It, but I didn't really follow it! I bought the ribbon without reading her measurements first and didn't have enough to double the thickness. Oh well! They are cute. Now, I just have to put them on my baby boy and see if they fit. :)

Baby Toys

I got a sewing bug last night... and made these! Fun little toys! I just used fabric I had around the house, and it was really fun. You should do it too!

I have been reading a lot of Make it and Love it. I love her! She makes the cutest stuff, and it is pretty simple to do as well.

I used this tutorial to make this block.

I am waiting on some more fabric, and then I plan to make more colors.

I added a little ribbon tag because my baby loves tags and I saw it somewhere else.

And then I used this tutorial to make these letter bean bags.

I used felt. Don't enlarge and look at my poor sewing. :) I had a little trouble, but by the end I was doing a lot better.

And, lastly, I used this tutorial to make this giraffe. The front is flannel and the back is corduroy. The flannel frayed a bit while I was hand stitching and was a pain, but I love this fabric! I think it works well for a giraffe. What do you think?

Strange Box Project

When I first got the home project bug, I bought this box for 10$. That's a lot more than I would normally pay, but since I did. I better make it look good. :)

I am thinking shoe storage for right inside the garage door where our shoes always collect.

I want to paint it, but I haven't decided what color yet. Any thoughts?

Wrong Color!? No Problem.

Today I have a quick change for you. A while ago, I posted a picture of this wall art arrangement on my personal blog. I loved how everything looked on this red wall, but it just wasn't working for the layout of my house.

The red wall is a definite focal point from many angles, but the corner where this arrangement got stuffed was not. And, since I wanted this arrangement to be a major focal point. I moved it. Err... I asked the hubs to move it for me! :) But, I could of done it if I wanted to...

Problem!?

It is all blah. And Bland.

I mulled over this problem for a while. Even before the actual move.

A painted box? Horizontal Stripes? Hmm..

I ultimately decided that the easiest solutions was to paint the words.

So I did.

I used the leftover house paint from the red wall.

It took some patience with the small curves and angle of the words, but eventually, I got it.

I didn't prime them, but I should have. I think that was my biggest mistake. I put a lot of coats on these puppies because of it!

Spray painting would have been another good option. However, I already had this paint thus equalling a cheaper option. I like cheap!

I called Ace Hardware though to see what the cost is for them to make my house paint into a spray. Did you know they did that? I just saw it advertised in their store! Really exciting. Anyway, it is 10$. Not a bad idea for any future projects that I am willing to spend the money!

So, if you feel like you have a piece of, well, almost anything and you want to use it but the color is wrong. Paint, paint, paint!