Pin Cushion

I don't know if I've already said this before, but we are horrible bloggers; literally awful. I've been pretty busy sewing and doing all these side little projects, that I would completely forget to take pictures as I was doing a piece...woops.

But, I did get some of this one! First off, here's what you'll need:

• Scissors

• Fabric

• Picture Frame

• Packaging Tape

• Spray Paint(optional)

• Poly-fil Batting

First, I bought this frame from D.I. for $.50, didn't like the colors of it, so I spray painted. You can choose whatever color you like, but I decided to go with aqua because I had multiple fabrics that it would look cute with, plus, it's one of my favorite colors. :)

Next, I put my fabric and batting together! The amount of fabric you will need is just determined by how big the opening of your frame is, but I decided to add an inch and a half to all sides for wrapping. This was the most challenging part. I could not find staples for our staple gun, so packaging tape it was...I taped down two of the sides first and then started to fill it with my batting. I had to have Kendra help me during this part because there was no way I was going to be able to rip off pieces of tape at the same time that I was pulling and trying to tighten all the sides so it would look good and even. It definitely did not turn out perfectly, but I think it looks pretty good considering the circumstances.

Next, I needed to put it all back together.  The frame I chose had two different pieces of cardboard on the back, so I stuck the one that I hadn't used to the back of the fabric, and used the nails that were already used, to put it all back in to place.

Ain't she just fabulous? I love Pinterest. Especially when there are so many easy, cute, and useful projects like this!

"Can you see me?"

First off, we aren't very good at this blogging thing... since it takes forever for us to post anything. Secondly, I wasn't sure what to call this post about redoing a mirror, and my dad said "Can you see me?" so there we go. :)

Items needed:

• Mirror needing redone
• Paint
• Sandpaper
• Mod Podge 
• Masking Tape

To start off, I found this AWESOME mirror at Deseret Industries for $1.50, and it already had hardware on it, so how could I not buy it? It doesn't help that it was already beautiful and didn't necessarily need to be painted.

I wanted to make sure I taped the sides of the mirror so that I wouldn't get any paint on it, and boy can that be the hardest part sometimes! If you don't have a good eye, definitely make sure you have some glasses on so you don't get any masking tape on your frame, and also make sure that NO sides of the mirror are shown so you don't get paint on it.

Also sand during this step so that your paint can adhere to your frame better.

 Now the painting begins! I used a fine grit sand paper, and my frame didn't really care for it, so I ended up having to do about eight layers of paint so that the finished projects didn't look splotchy like it does in the top picture...the bottom one looks much better. :)

 Lately I've been on a "roughed up" looking kick, so before I finished, I sanded some of the sides to make it a little more unique, I suppose you could say. After, I did one coat of matte Mod Podge to finish it off.

 And she's done! I love how it turned out.

 Sorry for being such a slacker and not posting more... We're working on it!

Katie's First Post!

Hey everyone! This is Katie and this is my first post on our blog so far. I am so excited to share all the projects that I have been doing! I am currently working on a t-shirt quilt and that's why I haven't really posted anything yet. I decided that since this is my first post, I would show you guys something that I have done awhile back. Once Kendra made her jewelry holder, I decided to make my own but change it up a bit to fit my personality better.

This is how mine turned out!

 All the steps are exactly the same as Kendra's jewelry holder, except for a few things. I decided to paint mine black with some paint we already had in our home, and then I roughed up some of the edges to give it that antique look. I also felt like five door knobs made the jewelry holder look a little cluttered, so I stuck to only three knobs that I got from Lowe's.

 I really love how it all turned out! It was fairly easy and cheap to do. I hope you all enjoy, and I can't wait for you to see some of my upcoming projects!