Lamps

Korry and I have never had a nice bedroom before.  Our new rental home is so amazingly beautiful and ready to be decorated, they only problem is, decorating really isn't my thing.  Also, it happens to be VERY expensive to decorate a house.  But thanks to Pinterest and my love for all things crafty, I've been busy making my home amazing and doing it for cheaper than normal.  Here's my latest... 

While casually walking through the junk/clearance isle at Walmart I found these super ugly lamps.  Believe it or not, I've been waiting to find some really ugly lamps so that I could try out a technique I saw on pinterest.  Wht was the technique you ask?  Simple, paint old school ugly lamps a fun modern color and they take on a whole new life.  So when I saw these for $4 a piece I couldn't pass up the opportunity.  Plus, Korry and I don't have lamps so this is great.

 

 

BEFORE: 

 (It's really UGLY eh?  Mostly because of the nasty gold color)

 

 

 

AFTER:

I think it turned out pretty dang amazing!  I'm in love! 

And it only cost around $12 to buy the lamps and paint. 

Now, I will be in search of some tiny cheap shades for them.

 

 

This is the color I used.  It's True Turquoise by Glidden. 

 You can buy these 2 oz testers for $3.

I haven't painted lamp #2 yet but it should be enough for both of my lamps!   

Nursing cover straps

I am a big prude when it comes to showing off my girl parts.  In fact, it is one of my pet peaves when women refuse to cover up while nursing when they are around other people.  When I found out I was pregnant, I immediately joined the in crowd and purchased a nursing cover but then I found these great inventions on pinterest, I love them even more than a cover.  These really are much better because they turn ANY blanket into a nursing cover with ease.  They took mere minutes to sew together as well.  Plus, the material I found was super cute. 

 

You just clip that handy end onto your blanket and

wrap around the back of your neck and your ready to go...   

Want to make your own?  Here's a link to the tutorial I used... 

 http://deliacreates.blogspot.com/2012/01/nesting-with-i-am-momma-hear-me-roar.html

 

 

I also found a pattern very similar for making a binky holder.  I just did the same thing as above on one end and then sewed velcro to the other to make this handy dandy binky strap.  Now I just need to make a baby that likes binkies, because the other two sure didn't. 

 

Fitted Car Seat Cover

With my other two kids, car seat covers really hadn't become the hight of popularity.  However, when I saw them, I knew I wanted one.  I had pinned a bunch of different ones, they were all pretty similar, until I came across this one, the mack daddy of all car seat covers.  This cover, unlike the others, not only has a peek a boo window BUT it has an elastic that goes around the bottom so that it holds tight to the car seat to keep out any unwanted breezes.  The best part of all however was that this cover came with a very detailed and easy pattern that was complete with pictures.  I did have to pay seven dollars for the pattern but it was so well done, that even someone like me who hasn't sewn much can make it without any effort.  I mean seriously it was so easy that I never had any issues figuring out what to do next.  LOVE IT

If you were wondering, I bought this adorable cowboy print fabric at Hobby Lobby.  

Here's a link to the etsy site where you can purchase the download for this pattern.  

Seriously it's worth purchasing.

Car Seat Cover Pattern

Wipes case

For today's craft I turned this plain white wipes case into the following creation.  It turned out pretty darn cute.  The next one will turn out even better now that I've got it all down to an art.

BEFORE

 AFTER

July Visiting Teaching Bowls

I just moved to the area and so this month was my first attempt at visiting teaching.  I wanted to make something fun for our first visit.  These bowls are suppose to be "Julyish" and "Sunshine" themed.  They have licorice, otter pops, lemonade mix, popcorn, and a box of sparklers.  I also added a little card with our contact information that said, "Let us help your light keep shining."

Finally, I made rock magnets with a special quote of encouragement since this months message was on being a better and more effective visiting teacher.  It also fit my "sunshine" theme.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the dollar store.  I have scored so many great containers from there.  The three bowls in the picture were purchased from there.  All together I spent somewhere around $20 for the three bowls.

Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys

So we are having another boy.  Yay huh?  Boys are great!  I've been working hard sewing and crafting to decorate the cowboy themed room the boys will be sporting.  

Here are some of the items I've completed so far.

 This is the cradle sized blanket I made.  It matches the twin sized quilt on my 3 year old's bed.

 I love my cricut!  This is my favorite cartridge.  I use it  a lot.  Anyway, I have been busy making little cowboy paper dolls to hang around the top of the wall as a fun border.

The Flag Pallet

So it's not actually made from a pallet.  I bought a fag of wood (I seriously just wanted to say fag as the legit description for a bundle of sticks) at Home Depot.  I LOVE home depot.  Anywho, after nailing and glueing them all together I spent much time painting them.  I am the WORST painter.  I painted and touched up and painted more...  It never ends but I'm done.  I'm still not happy.  But I'm done.  I used some stuff to make the paint "crackle" to give it an old fashioned look.    Anyway, it's four days to Independence Day but I got it out in time!  

Happy Fourth of July Everyone!