BFF

My first cushion was feeling a little lonely, so I made her a friend :)                                      

A little different; can you spot the differences?

Alone

Together

Everybody needs a BFF. I’m grateful for mine, and she reads my blog regularly.

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Ballard inspired Christmas cushion

Using what I had, I wanted to create my own interpretation of this ornament adorned cushion

I used freezer paper to create the bulbs, painted them in, added ribbon and some bows.


I’m going to add this into the mix at The CSI Project Pillow Challenge


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Curb side find gets dressed up

I found this in my neighbours garbage.
I dressed it up and now it looks fabulous.


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The $24 craft room, done

I have been under the weather for the past few days, but between my naps (I’ve been sleeping a lot), I managed to get a few more things done to my craft room.
I made a slip cover for my Bromma footstool and a simple window valance from, you guessed it, burlap.
My iron found a place in an old crate that I found this summer.

Shelving that I got at the GW for $10, houses bins that hold all of my crafting supplies.
I was originally going to paint the desktop, but I know that I will be painting furniture and other things down here this winter, and it would just be something else to cover. The floor, pfffttt, I don’t care about it, it’s a mess and is going to stay as is for now.
It’s not a dream space, but it’s functional and organized Everything was gathered from around the house or friends. I like that.

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Christmas Wreath

I’m a little anxious to get my Christmas decorating done early as my busy season starts in two weeks. Every Saturday and most Sunday’s are booked with events that I am performing at until the 19th of December. In case you missed that post, I am a children’s entertainer.
Keeping with my black, white and green theme, I created this wreath today.
I started with a tinsel wrapped wreath

Hot glued the ornaments on and hung it up.




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Sawdust and Paperscraps - Whatever goes





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Craft room progress

It’s not a lot of progress, but I can see it coming together.
I am putting this room together without spending any money, so I am using what I have or has been gifted to me.

Filing cabinet was gifted. I will be adding a skirt to the storage areas under the table to hide the junk.
Shelving will be installed on the wall above the sewing machine with storage bins. The work surface will be trimmed out and painted.

The brass on the fireplace will be painted out and the mirror installed properly. I am going to make a cover for the ironing board

The wardrobe was gifted to me. The closet will get proper doors. This is where I store all of my picture frames.

The bed was also gifted to me. Since this is the only window, I have to come up with a treatment that won’t block the little bit of light that comes in.
I haven’t spent a dime other than on the mdf to make the work surface.
Is it perfect, heck no, but it is functional and gives me a space to create without any distractions.

Boxes for cubby

I’ve looked around for some inexpensive boxes/containers to put in my cubby bookcase, but had a hard time finding them.
I was about to put an empty wine box into the recycle bin and decided to see if it was the right size, and it was!
So I covered it in burlap (not one of the sacks, surprisingly) and used some twine to create a handle. It’s not a perfect fit, but it’s good enough.

One down, seven more to go to fill the two bottom levels.  And it was free!
Now lest you think that I did a great job, I’m going to show you the inside. I’m going to have to come up with a more secure way to adhere the burlap, without using mod podge, ‘cause it an I do not get along well. Maybe some duct tape?
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Burlap motherload

I picked up more burlap yesterday.  There are a few of the bags that I am not too fond of, the weave and texture are a little too rough. 
There are over 100 sacks here

These ones are my favourites

I am making stockings for everyone for Christmas and I am able to get two stockings out of one bag.
I finally figured out how to fold the top over and have the seams on the cuff on the inside. doh! The cuff is made from drop cloth.


I wanted to share my daughters wolf head. She worked really hard on it. Turns out she was sick on Halloween night, so she only went out for 1/2 hour before she wanted to come home. I felt so bad for her ;(  She thinks that she will be too mature for trick or treating next year, so this was (to her) her last chance to get out. 
This is an in the process picture. It is made of foam. Cut and layered. There is no template so she had to figure it out for herself.