4/25/12

How to clean makeup out of the drawer

I'm back! This feels great :) I've had my baby and spent some time dedicating motherhood to my chidlers.

Ok so now for the crud- literally.
Have you ever scrubbed your nasty makeup drawer out and it's still so gross? I tried so many cleaners that would not get this stuff out. (I think this was my bronzer that "exploded" a while back)

BEFORE


Then I had an idea. I actually use a natural lotion for my eye makeup remover. If lotion can take the crap off my eyes, why not my drawers?

AFTER


*Sigh*
Why hadn't I thought of this earlier?


Supplies you will need

Lotion 
Cotton balls

Instructions: squeeze some lotion in the drawer or cotton ball and start rubbing all the crud out!


Here's a sneak peek at my current chair makeover...






9/3/11

Yellow ruffle pillow *quick* tutorial

When I first saw this pillow (below) I fell in love and decided I had to make one for myself.
This was actually really easy to make and went really fast.

This picture was saved to my desktop *before* I knew about pinterest so I have no idea
where I got it from, if anyone knows fill me in! :)

Source: None via Jenn on Pinterest




Below: My pillow version of the top one....


*forgive the ugly brown pics at first- It took me a couple shots to get the camera working how I wanted it. And my fabric is really like the pretty mustard color up top*

I cut out two squares to the size I wanted the full pillow to be.
Then I cut strips and sewed the edges shut. You can then sew down the middle of the strip and find the string at the end that will allow you to hold while you ruffle up the material.
I then laid out my *4 strips. (Some were too short so I just made more and added them to finish)
There we have four final strips...

I pinned them on so the line in the middle of the strip would line up straight and
then I just sewed right on top of that line (very imperfectly- no one looks that close unless they're ocd right?)

After the strips are on, I put the back part of the pillow on top of the strips and sewed the pillow almost completely shut (make sure the strips are on the inside so when you turn it inside out they will be on the *right side* of the pillow)
on the side edges, I sewed right over those so I didn't have to worry about the ends.


See how the ruffles are on the inside of the pillow?

At the very end of sewing your square shut, leave enough open to stuff when you turn it inside out.
This is how much I allotted to be able to shove tons of stuffing in.
p.s. kind of a fun thing- I took 3 cotton balls and dabbed some orange oil scent on them and hid them inside the batting (that way none of them would touch the fabric and get oil on it)-
just an extra fun thing to make your pillow smell sooooo good.
Lavender and peppermint are also good choices.

I sewed the pillow shut.

Then I took a white piece of fabric and sewed the edges shut.
I then folded it again about and inch and sewed on the outside of the fabric
to make "pleats" (I hope I'm using the correct term here)

I sew 5 of those.
Then you can wrap it around your pillow and decide how tight you want it to fit, measure and sew it together then slip it on.


And there you go. Sorry no exact measurements were used.
It was more of an eyeball project.
But now I have an awesome cheaply made pillow.

(I used a mustard color fabric from walmart for $2. something a yard!- I probably only bought
1 -1/2 to 2 yards.)
Make sure to buy some stuffing as well if you don't have that on hand.
I've even seen new packages at DI that people have gotten rid of.



7/30/11

7/18/11


Before:




In progress: (the photos are a lot more fuzzy-)

See that middlge pillow? I bought that fabric from Ikea. I love the writing!

These are some yard sale frames that I spray painted white....
Stay tuned for my awesome collage.

I'm thinking grey looks a lot better contrasting with the brown of the piano instead of the tan.
I'm also debating whether to paint it white and distress it since it's also my "mantel" and the woodwork in the piano is amazing and I think it would make all that detail pop more. What do you think????

Finally decided on a paint color. You're seeing 4 colors here. 1st the background color that didn't stick with us, and the three colors in front. I've decided to go with the lighter color on the left.
It's from Behr paint and it's called "silver drop".


7/6/11

Make a Sundress

I've wanted to make a sundress for a while now, and found this beautiful sundress tutorial
HERE


6/28/11

Bench makeover from 36th avenue

Ok, now I want to make one of these! Sooo adorable.

This is from The 36th Avenue

Isn't she creative???


And while I was on her site, I saw some other amazing 4th of july pieces below that I want to create as well!!!







Here's a 4th of july wreath I want to put on my list of things to make....
from Scrap Shoppe.




6/22/11

Hello, sickeningly beautiful :)