So since the last post about the kitchen I still haven't done anything... Christmas is just a few days away and I have changed my last minute plans to this...
-a baking rack in the oven
-still have a curtain
-I'll make the apron and mitten for her birthday that comes in a few months
-and labels in those little metal things below each cubby hole... dishes, oven, food, and pots & pans
and there is also part of the kitchen I have not taken a picture of yet... I have the cute wooden mock shutters that open up to a chalk board and pin board that will hang above the kitchen:) It is a cream color and distressed too! Super cute! I'll show you a picture when it is all set up in her room after Christmas!
Because as a mom of two, almost three, I really need time for myself and what better way to spend it than to create with my own two hands. My crafts/projects will range from modge podge, vinyl decor or shirts, sewing and tutorials(my personal favorite), and painting small items to very large items. I am not afraid to try anything but I do have a limited work space and area to decorate until we are able to get a home of our own.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Here is the Smocked Skirt!
So I kinda got ahead of myself on things again... there are only the after shots. BUt I followed the directions from the tutorials posted previous to this, I have an elastic at the top of the waist line and then I did the smocking wit the elastic thread in the bobbin, the only difference is that I already had my skirt in tube form so instead of having to cut after each line of elastic thread was done, I just did a spiral effect and kept turning the skirt as I sewed. I LOVE IT! and I hope my little girl does too!
I'll make a matching tie for my little guy too.. minus te red sparkly tool! :)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
How to Smock/Shirr fabric
I am making a cute little skirt for my little girl for Christmas and have been wanting to try smocking the waist line. I have not smocked anything yet and always thought it would be difficult to do until someone told me about threading the bobbin with elastic thread! Are getting the picture on how easy it can be? Well. here is a tutorial I found that that explains it very well and I will be following as I smock!
I'll take pictures of my smocking process too and post them later on! I'm so excited!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Toddler Kitchen...sneak peak
So I kind of got ahead of myself on this one, I didn't take pictures of every step like I had planned but it still isn't QUITE finished. I need to make the curtain, put an oven shelf in, make an apron and a mitten, and repaint the muffin tins, then I'M DONE!
Here are just a few pictures:
Here are the steps kind of anyway:
-cut out holes for sink and faucet
I spent quite a bit of time getting those holes cut out because I really didn't have the right tools to use, a dremmel tool isn't best but a table saw isn't great either for making a hole but the two together, I eventually got them done, like 2-3 hours later.
-cut a door for the oven from scrap wood
-wiped everything down
-did like 4 coats of primer(wish I was using primer in a spray can instead of with a roller, would have been much easier but I had to do this project indoors since I live in winter wonderland and don't have a garage)
-then I did like 4 coats of pink paint
-sanded a bit
-antiqued a bit
-put the sink in and the faucet in
-put hinges on the door and a handle
-have tension rod ready for the curtain
- put some vinyl cutouts in the sink and on the oven door(my daughter requested not only a pink kitchen but a pink sink too for Christmas, I have warned her that I don't know if Santa can do both)
-cut out brown vinyl circles for stove top-may change that a bit, still not sure.
NEXT I'll sew the apron, mitten, and curtain
-repaint the muffin tins too.
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