I am SUCH a pinterest junkie, and lately I've been getting so inspired by the things I'm 'pinning'. I have never been the 'craftiest' girl, Martha Stewart, I am not...but some of the projects out there just look so easy, that I convinced myself to try them out!
The first was a pretty basic DIY chalkboard. I took two items that I really had no use for anymore and turned them into chalkboards. One is a corkboard that I've had since I was like 12, (and yes I did have to use extra primer to paint over all the teenybopper musings, i.e. "I heart Dan" and "Erin +Liz=BFF!" LOL). The other was a mirror with a really cool frame-the mirror broke, but I kept the frame, because I just loved it and knew I would find something useful for it!
2 coats of primer each!
2 coats of chalkboard paint, and they were ready to go!
After my successes with the chalkboards, I built up the courage to try making over two pillows with some fabric that I picked up.
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| Materials: pillows, fabric, scissors, hem tape, iron |
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| covering the pillows with fabric before I make the cut "measure twice, cut once" |
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| Making the cuts, of course Gertie had to get in on the action! |
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| She just had to see what I was doing :) |
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| break for doggie kisses :) |
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| and cuddles :) |
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| back to work... |
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| determine where you want hem, then find something semi-heavy to hold it down |
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| I attempted to match up the hem... |
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| clearly Gertie wanted to help |
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| Hi Mom! |
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| Iron the hem down-about 90 seconds applying pressure |
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| voila! one pillow down... |
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| I got this ma! |
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| what?...I'm helping... |
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| I used the fold of the fabric for the back, and hem tape for each side...then I decided to go with a velcro enclosure for the final side, so that I could mix it up with a different pillow cover if I ever wanted to... |
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| A shot of the velcro...use the same method as hem tape. Iron for 90 seconds applying pressure (iron on the fabric side, not touching the actual velcro side) |
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| and ta-da! all done! |
So that marks my first adventure into the world of DIY crafting :) Up next, I think I'm going to attempt DIY roman shades found
here or
here ...eek!
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