Shower Curtain Redo.

We finally had visitors in town this summer!! 

which means I needed to get the second shower curtain up...

yes, we only had one up...my kids don't shower! :)

So I moved the one we had in my bathroom into the guest bathroom and spruced up an old curtain for my bathroom.

So here's what I started with.  An old curtain with a shrunk, faded sage green-lined curtain.  So I grabbed my choice of fabric and measured and width of the curtain.

I had to cut my fabric in two pieces for it to cover the whole thing once it was sewn together.

So that's what I did.  I sewed the two pieces together.

Then I hemmed one of the ends.

Then I lined that up to one side of hte curtain, right sides together.  I sewed it right above the green sage liner then folded it over it so it would hang down at the bottom of the curtain :)

Once I got to the other side, I cut the excess fabric, with enough to hem it.

Then I hemmed the bottom of the curtain.

Then I ironed it smooth and made the fold more crisp.  I hung it up and walla!  I LOVE how it turned out and I love that it was free.  Shower curtains are expensive!  I like the fabric I used since there are so many color options to go off of :)

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chevron growth chart.

I've been so excited to show you guys what I did over the weekend!

I was brainstorming on a gift to do for a 1 year old and thought this would be perfect.

and it doesn't hurt that i made this for free!

I had all the supplies on hand.  I even found that piece of wood out of a "free wood" pile in town.

it's your lucky day because i'm going to show you how I made it :)

I started with a piece of wood, sanded down and ready to be painted.

I used "Smoke Gray" by Krylon.

Next I took an old Cricut cutting mat and taped on a chevron patterned that I got HERE.

I used my pink box cutter and cut out the design.  I initially was going to cut out lots of rows but that sucker was a big fat pain to cut so I stuck with 1 row.

I then placed it on the board and sprayed some "White Primer" by Krylon on it.

I just eye balled it down the board until I covered the whole thing.

Of course, it started raining while I was doing this so I brought it inside to let it dry...

Next stage was cutting out numbers and marks for each inch.  I used my eCraft to cut them out.  You can see the demo I posted a few days ago on how I did that HERE.

I used a ruler to measure and mark the inch marks.

I started the ruler at 1 1/2 feet.  Wasn't sure how tall her son was but thought that would be a safe #.

I used good ol' Modge Podge & added the feet markers like so:

Then I cut up more tick marks for the other inches.

I just started putting them on my marks.

And Walla!  I love how it turned out.  I am loving chevron.  So hot right now...

My friend loved it, which made it all worth it.

Here it is, all wrapped and ready to go.  

haa haa I  used normal lined paper as wrapping for the ease of it since this is an awkward shape. 

Ironically, I love how that looked :)

I think more of these are in the works for my own kids now!

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Side table redo.

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aannnyywaaaayyysss...look what I did!

Remember this little guy I got for $5?  Well he needed a facelift.  So we sanded down the rough spots and wiped it down.

Next came the painting.  Originally, I used 1 can of "Sweet Cream" by Krylon.  But it wasn't enough.  So I went to the store for more and they didn't sell that color :(

So I grabbed "Warm Yellow" from Rustoleum and used that as the second coat.  I really like how it turned out.  I am very loyal to Krylon but I really liked the color of Warm Yellow too.

So now it sits in the corner where my white shelf thing used to be, which is now up in my craft room.  I love how the yellow really brightens the room,

There you have it folks.  The yellow goes perfect with the color of the walls too.  Definitely a keeper!

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Silhouette Project without Photoshop.

Today i'm going to show you my silhouette project I just finished over the weekend:

This is a "silhouette" project, not a project made with a Silhouette machine ;)

 I've been trying to fill this wire thing for months now!  And i know I wanted to do something with the kids.  Then I decided to jump on the silhouettes!

So we are going to do the basic, no-photoshop way today since...i don't have photoshop!

Okay first you want to take a side profile picture of your subject.  Hopefully this doesn't take you as long as it took me since my kids didn't want to hold still!  But finally I got all 3!

Load it up to your computer.

Next you want to tape a piece of paper on the computer screen...

Next you want to take a pen or pencil and trace the outline of the face, head and shoulders.  Get that detail!

Next you want to trim the paper and tape it to a black piece of paper or cardstock and then cut it out!

Don't forget detail!

 Next cut the back paper to the size of your frame.  I chose an 8 x 10.

Stick the head on the paper where you want it.

Next I wanted to write their name and year so I grabbed my vanishing pen and stencil. 

This stuff is cool because it will vanish and you are left with straight journaling!

Prepare your frames.  I spray painted mine with Krylon Bright Idea color.  Love it.

Then you place the paper in the frame and put it where you want it.  I love how it turned out!

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