Eden's room round 2

Eden's room is so fun. I love decorating it because everything in it is bright and cheery. I had the idea to do this over the crib pom pom party thing in our last place but didn't know how to put it all together. I found 3M hooks that won't leave holes in my ceiling so I was all set to finish my idea in our new house. I just reworked the Chinese lanterns with the big colorful tissue pom poms we made for Eden's birthday party.
The block letters were 2 dollars each from Joanns and I painted them the colors I wanted. (Click on my nursery posts to see where I got inspired for this cute off centered idea:)

I found these wooden blocks for 2.50 in Target's dollar section!

Click HERE to see the original room.

It is fun to start over and try to recreate a space. I am still not quite finished with the shelves on the other side of the room but pictures will come soon.

This room is all budget friendly. I mean really budget friendly... just proof again that you don't need to spend a lot of money to create a fun space.

4 calling birds... (well, more like 8)

First I cut out these cuties.

Then I looped 3 inches of ribbon.

Then I put right sides facing eachother...

And pinned the ribbon on the inside.

Next sew right along the outside keeping the tail open.

These birds are awesome because my one year old can hold them and love them and not break or destroy them!

I stuffed them and then did a blind stitch on the tail.

Add some buttons or beads for eyes and you're all done!

PS~I found my cute Holiday fabric at Jo Anns:)

Merry and bright

I found these chairs at DI (thrift) for 5 dollars each!

I love the rustic wood but I can't help thinking how awesome they would look painted a bright color.

The pillows actually aren't pillows at all. They are place mats bought at Tai Pan for 3 dollars each and I stuffed them. They match our tree skirt!

Mommy's stocking...

Daddy's stocking...

                       

Baby's stocking...

Step one: I took a dollar store stocking that we used last year and traced around it on a double layer of felt.

Step two: I cut out around the trace leaving an extra half inch or so.

Step three: I pulled out all kinds of scrap fabric and trimming.

Step four: I added the trimming and sewed it on to one side of the stocking.

Step five: with the right sides of the fabric facing each other I sewed the stocking together.

Step six: I sewed the trimming on the top.

Step seven: I cut out a strip of felt with angles at the ends
Step eight:  I sewed a piece of red ribbon down the center.

Step nine: With angled ends touching I attached my loop to the inside seam of the stocking.

Hooray!

I was a little intimidated to start this project, I had high hopes and wasn't sure I could reach them.... I'm so glad I tried.  It really feels good to make something completely yourself.



Wedding DIY: Fabric Flower Center Pieces

Jenna and Mike's amazing photographer Wendy Carter sent over these amazing pictures from the reception.

Find her Photography website HERE.

Find her Blog HERE right now she has a bunch of pictures from their wedding and they are all so amazing!

So here's how I made them...

Cut out what feels like hundreds of  1.5 inch circles (They do not have to be perfectly round). 

 Purchase Styrofoam balls in various sizes.  Joanns was great and you can ALWAYS find coupons online as well.

Fold your circle in half.

Then fold in quarters.

Use strait pins to push the corner into the Styrofoam.

You can also push in circle halves to add variety.

Add some wedding bling by putting a pearl on the end of a strait pin.

Use a few different textured fabrics throughout.

So pretty.

Keep adding circles until ball is covered.

Most of these were placed in vases and we covered up to the point where  the vase covered the Styrofoam.  It was easier to leave the bottom clear.

To find more vases that matched Jenna's color scheme clear vases from the dollar store were spray painted.

We created 11 total fabric flower balls and it took a good half a day with 6 people helping. It is a bit time consuming but in place of real flowers well worth the time and money saved.

Sophie's Tip: There are two kinds of Styrofoam at the craft store. Buy the cheaper one! It is called "smooth" Styrofoam and it hold the strait pins SO much better!

Halloween decor ideas

My sister Selina has a house to decorate not just a door and walk way shared by four people like me, so she sent me over some pictures of her fun Halloween decorations!

She spray painted her vases gray and spray painted branches white.

This wreath is my FAVORITE! I love the purple.

 Such cool black branches. (I love her yellow door!)

Here's her girls hanging in the tree with their Ghosts!

Spooky!

Sophie's Tip: Just because holidays have traditional colors doesn't mean you have to use them to decorate. I Love Selina's color scheme! Great work sis!