Halloween Crafts

I wanted to put something in these frames, so I googled around for a while and found frankenstien at this website and adapted him a little. I can't remember where I found the idea for the mummy, but if I did him over again I would tear the paper instead of just cutting it.

*They are both 5x7*

I wanted to do something with the kids silhouettes, and this is what I came up with. I took their profiles, added horn to Logan's and a hat to Lydia's, then printed them out on the opposite side of my vinyl. (If only I had a silhouette:() That way I could cut out the image. I put them on the glass in these shadow box frames with spooky paper behind and I think it turned out cool.

*These are 5x5*

This one doesn't look very exciting, but it filled the space I needed it too. I found a scrap of wood and painted the edges black and orange, then printed out the wording directly onto the orange paper and mod podged it onto the wood.

 

Birthday Shirts

 I decorated this shirt for Logan's second birthday. I found the red tee at DI but it was longsleeved. I shortened them, then cut out the number and letters from felt. I took this picture the day I tore off the design and turned it into a USA shirt for Independence Day:

For his third birthday I tried my hand at freezer paper stenciling. I cut the letters out of freezer paper using the Cricut and went to work. (All this on his actual birthday) I didn't wash his shirt beforehand, but next time I will. The paint cracked after washing the shirt and I think that's why. On the back it says, "What's your excuse."

Lydia's Dresser

Theron's grandparents rescued five of these dressers from the apartments they used to own. Until recently, this one was sitting in their garage storing odds and ends most people wouldn't consider saving. I have been waiting for the renters to move out so I could go and save it.
The hardest part about refinishing old dressers is the non-standard hole centers on the drawer pulls. I decided (a little late) to fill the holes and drill new ones so I wasn't limited to one style of pull. I also filled the center hole on the top drawers because knobs aren't cheap.

First coat of primer. I ended up priming at least twice and then three coats of paint. I meticulously sanded between every coat. The top could probably use another, but its good enough for me.

Logan wanted to paint, so I gave him the awesome responsibility of painting the back. He loved it!

All finished with the new hardware. I ended up going to eBay for the knobs and pulls and am happy with the result. I think I should have sprung for two more knobs, but Theron thinks it would have been too much. Really he just doesn't like me second guessing myself. :)
What do you think? It's for Lydia's room and I'm going for a shabby-chic look. Should I sand down the edges? Add two more knobs? Or just leave it alone?

A desk & a quilt

Here is the desk we refinished. I had great plans to stain the wood, but it turned out to be somewhat damaged and not that pretty. Theron was quite happy to paint it Eagle's colors and is going to get a vinyl Eagle head for the top.
Here is the quilt. I bought the fabric forever ago (a charm pack) and started it when I was pregnant with Logan. I wanted to stipple the quilting, but decided just to do a grid. Once I went one way across the quilt it took me two weeks to work up the courage to try the cross way. Its not perfect, but I love how it turned out.

Barrettes

In February my cousin Alexie tought us how to make these fun hairclips. One of the girls out here is expecting a girl any day and two others have daughters already, so we all got together and had a little party. It was fun to see what everyone came up with!

Buttercup Bag

I found this awesome outdoor fabric at Walmart and bought it before I could stop myself. Luckily I found this cute tutorial for the buttercup bag over at Made by Rae. My new machine is in the shop so I have been using my mom's retired Pfaff. It had a hard time with some of the top-stitching because of the heavy fabric, but if you don't look too close its not too bad.

Random Crafts

This past month I have been on a crafting kick. I found a couple of blogs that post cute crafts along with simple tutorials and I have been hooked. It all started with these:

Valentine table runners. Sadly, the first two projects I started are the only ones left unfinished. I bought the fabric on sale after Vday and I am almost finished with the lower one, but I don't like how it turned out.

The couches in my living room are large and blue (and free), and I haven't really wanted to decorate my room around them. Recently I decided I could do some tan on tan neutral pillows to maybe soften the blue, but throw pillows are so expensive! So, last week I was shopping at DI and saw this awesome fabric! It was a little scary buying fabric at DI, but I think they turned out perfect. I think the whole project cost me less than $14 and I can still make another pillow.
This chair was another DI find. I want to repaint it, but for now I just recovered it, added some extra padding, and put it in my foyer. A $15 project.

This one isn't really crafty, but kind of. I had an extra piece of wood hanging around so I made this sign for Logan's room about a year ago. Theron always called Logan "our little guy". I just found the font online, printed it out on regular paper, cut it out to make stencils and painted in the letters. It looked lonely on the wall so I painted some picture frames white and randomly hung them below.

Another cheap project: a hooded towel. When I was at my aunt's Bear Lake condo a few weeks ago, she had all white towels with a few bright blue ones to add color and I thought it was so pretty. I found these blue towel sets at WalMart on clearance for $4, hung one set and made this hooded towel out of the other. I just googled "make a hooded towel" and found these directions: http://infarrantlycreative.blogspot.com/search/label/Hooded%20Towel

I've seen a lot of homemade baby shoes recently and I didn't think they could be that hard, so I googled. I found a couple of patterns, but this one made the most sense: http://www.family-centered.com/needleworks/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/babyshoetutorial.pdf. They can be really cute if you add embellishments, buttons, straps, bows, etc. I also added fabric paint on the soles for a little traction.