Failed project..Win for Anna-Mara

I saw this great idea of making a t-shirt into a cute tunic..Anna-Maria had a shirt that was stained on the bottom and I thought wow.."Let's do it." Well since I don't sew very often and am just learning, it didn't go well..But Anna-Maria has a great new apron..... I will attempt the shirt another day after another trip to the fabric store..At least I learned how to do ruffles..

last window out...

Ok..last window to refurbish.. It went from loving green to a Robin Egg's blue white wash...Now where to put it is the question..

Another fine window..

I decided to leave this window as au naturale as possible..Just a little clean up and it is ready to go...Beautiful...

Family window view

I love this project..Mom and Dad had old windows from the house they tore down and I begged them to keep them intact..After hauling all three up to Issaquah I got to work..This is the first one...I took pictures of the Salt Lake Temple doorknobs and enlarged it for this window..

I was so excited about posting this that I took the pictures with the paint was still wet..Next week I will have finished the next window project..

Let's hang

I saw this craft on Ucreate and just had to try it...The creater uses it to hang photo albums but I thought what a great use in the kitchen with recipes..My friend Sherri had given me a recipe album and the letters and I put them to good use..Love it.

I was going to use this block but it just didn't have enough flavor for me. So I went with the photo block sold at Michaels..This was the block the creater used.

a little polyurethane..a lot of shine...

On the back side I slipped in a scrap paper of a butterfly to change it up a bit..The whole bottom is on a little lazy-susan

Around and Around it goes...

Spring Wreath

I saw this idea on Tatertots and Jello.. Here ....
I fell in love with the wreath and had to do it of course..Working with burlap I am finding is very dirty..There is lint everywhere. It is very easy to make. Just buy a round foam form and wrap burlap around it. This is to cover the areas that might show between your flowers. I cut lots of burlap circle shapes and used some leftover fabric for the rest.. Love it...

Books Galore

My friend Sherri sent me this link http://www.livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html and I knew I had to do it...It just took about two books and about a 100 straight pins and hot glue..but it looks fantastic now...The whole project cost me $4...I knew books were good for something...