Roman Shades from pintrest

So I found a tutorial for doing roman shades from pintrest. My blinds were in bad bad shape. Yellow, bent and broken. They were desperate for a much needed an update. So this was a fun DIY projcect for me.
the fabric and fabric tac was a total of 15 bucks and time spent was about an hour.

Here are the deconstructed blinds

Tommy very proud of the new bone work


here they are layed on the back of the fabric and glued to the fabric with fabric tac in 6 incriments. ( in hindsight I should have done 4. )


Here he is hanging them up, you can see that I did not center the fabric quite right so the seams on the ends are uneven. But only noticeable when pulled down in the day time. Usually they will be up so its not a huge deal, but good lesson. 

Here they are pulled down. Its a bit uneven and taken with my cell phone. but as the day went on the wrinkles went away. 

 and walahh.. here they are rolled up! (see why 4 may have been better) but the more I use them the better those folds will be. Still, with all its diy faults it is a major improvement to the blinds that were there and it ties the kitchen to the living room nicely. 

So I thought I would share some eye candy with you all. I have been up all night busy making decorations for my sisters bridal shower on Saturday. I did some oragami creations and then sprayed them with acrylic so they would be shiny and a bit stronger. Enjoy!

This is what I started with. (scrapbook set)

Them Drying

Wall

So I took down my IKEA curtains and used it to display photos in my hallway! Much better use of it if you ask me! Plus its an easy quick way to display my favorites and I can change them out whenever. Man shoulda done this a long time ago!

Oh and this is my daughter taking out the trash...without asking as I was photographing the wall! (daddy was switching bags)

So I saw this amazing pettiskirt ( tutu) at Costco and had to have if for lilahs Christmas outfit!

but...there was no top or anything

So first I made this awesome awsome hair piece. It was so fun and I think Ill be making these for the bridesmades in my sisters wedding in june.. ( its a vintage wedding)

Then I made these yoyos and sewed them to a basic carters onsie

and of course... the finished happy girl!

Lets not forget the matching shoes I found for a steal at Hancock fabric! woot woot

Baby Legs/Legwarmers

So I was in the Crafty mood today. I finally was able to do some sewing that I miss so much. Heres what I made today:

I found knee highs on sale at Target for 2 bucks and Sam has been begging for a pair of "arm warmers"

First I cut the foot off

Then Sectioned the foot

Then trimmed the mid section so it would be nice and tight, you can leave it big for grown up though. (this will be the cuff)

Turn the middle part inside out and sew the edge

When done sewing fold it inside itself so it looks like so

Your going to place the long part of the sock inside the new cuff

Then flip it upside down like so

Then sew all 3 edges together

Flip the cuff like so and you now have a finished product!

I made a pair for Sam and a Pair for Lilah ( they don't get till Christmas!)