1.28.2012
Design Inspire {No.1}
1.27.2012
5 Ways to Transform Your Furniture
1.26.2012
Valentine's Day Fabric Wreath
Supplies:
Fabric-2.5 yards worked for me with left overs
Wire Wreath Form-18inches
Scissors
Decorative Centerpiece
Start off by cutting your fabric into one inch strips. You can go the length of your yard.
Then cut your strips into 8inch lengths, so you will have pieces of 1x8. Make A LOT of these in all of your fabrics. Make them into piles so you can create a pattern.
I really liked my wreath form because it has two different "levels". Start out with making a knot around the top "level"
Slide it all the way to the end, there are little metal markers that help with this. Second do a knot on the bottom "level".
Again, slide it down. Next do a knot on the middle "level". It is the bottom wire of the top "level" and the top wire of the bottom "level". Gosh I hope that makes sense!
Slide them all the way down to the wire marker. Start again-Top, bottom, middle-repeat. I kept an order of my fabrics, I just went in a row of my piles, so that it had a pattern.
It can be time consuming, it took me about 30 minutes just to cut the fabric, but I was also winging it and guessing sizes so it took a bit longer. About another 30 minutes to get half way around, and having to cut more fabric.
As you keep going, there is a definite pattern of top bottom middle, this is what the back will look like.
Just keep going, don't give up, it is no where as tedious as doing a yarn wrap wreath! All together it took me about a hour and a half to finish.
Add in your decoration. The wire form has some little hooks built in. They are more meant to hold the wires together but they are perfect to hang things from.
You are done!
I plan on making these for each holiday. They are such a great way to spice up the front door!
If you have any questions, like always feel free to contact me!
If you would like to purchase this you can find it in my Etsy Shop!
Thank you so much for following along another tutorial with And I Thought I Loved You Then! I will be back here each month showing you some great Holiday/Seasonal crafts!
~Kalyn~
1.25.2012
A Quite Coral Dresser Revival
Good Morning!
But something that's essential for achieving that "wow effect" is being able to spot the "afters" in pieces that would look too-far-gone to the untrained eye in their “before” state.
So, when I spotted this sad, neglected, dirty old dresser at Goodwill (my thrifting haunt of choice) a few months back, I could see that it had major "after " potential.
I fell in love with the floral details, the key-hole plates, and the curvy lines.
(Nothing like an adorable little helper to make a nasty task—see that grimy pink scrunchy from 1973?—a little more fun).
What I didn’t love: the musty smell, the numerous dings and dints, and the drawers that I had to pry open with one foot braced against the wall.
Now, because of the drawers, I wasn’t keen to store anything that I needed to access often, but I had been looking for a unique piece for my fabric collection, and I was sure this one could do the trick.
I took that step and loaded Collette (yup, just decided that now) in my van, scrubbed her down, and gave her a good coat of Kilz oil-based primer.
Then, I sprayed the keyhole plates with Rustoleum’s Heirloom White because I wanted a little contrast and focus on the details:
Next, I hauled out a half-empty can of Sherwin Williams Quite Coral—the same shade that I used to transform a garage sale chandy in a master closet makeover I finished this past summer—and got to rolling and brushing to my little heart’s content (okay, so my heart would have been a little more content with having cookies and milk while paging through the latest issue of Anthro, but none of that would have gotten get the dresser done, so…).
OH, and speaking of repurposing, I also used Collette as a sideboard for all the treats at my daughter, Della’s, 1st birthday party.
Two of the drawers weren’t salvageable, so I made little “drawer curtains” out of Premier Prints zigzag fabric + some clearance lace I had in my stash.
I also bought these fantastic knobs for 1/2 off at Hobby Lobby. 6 of them still cost more than I paid for the entire dresser, but in my opinion, they are sooooo worth it!
Here’s a shot of the whole birthday vignette.
And here’s a shot of the adorable little ladybug that inspired the party-theme.
I couldn’t resist. Can you blame me?
Dresser: $15
Knobs: $27
Primer (I used maybe 1/2): $3
Spray paint (I used 1/4 of a can): $1.50
Paint (already had it): $0
Fabric (already had it): $0
Miscellaneous other supplies: 4.50
TOTAL: $51
So, what do you think? Worth the effort?
I’m pretty smitten, but I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Oh, and I’d LOVE to have you stop by for a visit at:
Can’t wait to meet you!
1.24.2012
How to Decorate with $0


1.22.2012
Just Something I Whipped Up
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