Bedroom redo.

When I was at Kimmies we also redid her bedroom.  

The Before Picture...

AFTER!!

We did a headboard that I love and we got new bedding, which she loves.   I made her some throw pillows when I got home and here they are.  This is so fun.  What should we do next?

Easter Time

When the seasons start to change I always get in the mood for new decorating ideas.  It is still very wintery here but inside my soul I am longing for spring so I made a SPRING WREATH  and I love it!

If you want to make one I got all my supplies at JoAnn fabrics.  Just glue them on.  The idea is just right here for you.

Pottery Barn... Move over!

Here I am in San Diego with my cute little daughter Kimmie (favorite daughter :)

She has a new apartment and wanted to spruce up her patio, so she came up with a plan and I executed it!

Thanks to the Dollar Store, 3 clay pots and 2 bags of potting soil for $5 and a stop at Wal Mart for petunias at $5... and VOILA another successful ALLIORIGINAL CREATION!

We had our first BBQ on the CUTE patio tonight!

First quilt of the year

For Kaileys birthday this year (January 25, 2011) Christie and I made her a quilt using her old T-shirts.  We found a stash of shirts from elementry school, girls camp, tennis team, dance teams, EFY and other events that she participated in.  We wanted it to be warm and cozy so we cut out the logos from the shirts making 12" blocks and then sewed them  into a 'rag' quilt with purple flannel (her HS colors are purple and gold).  All of the seams are cut and frayed which add to the texture.  As you can see, she loves it.  Happy Birthday Kailey!

I Love My MUMMY

I saw this cute idea for a halloween candy jar and had to make one...I love it, especially the eyes looking out under the bandages.  Everyone needs one:   buy a square glass canister with a lid......fill with candy (I put in halloween taffy)  cut some strips of cloth about an inch wide.....glue on two google eyes.....wrap the cloth while securing here and there with a glue gun.   I finished this off with a little sign attached with rafia that says,  I love my mummy!        So cute!

Autumn leaves

I love decorating for Fall.  It is great because it is not only a season but there are two holidays that you can use alot of the same decorations.  This year I made these fall leaves that I can spread down the table or put around the living room.  They were so easy:   Find some leaves that you like the size of in your yard.  Put them on the copier and make yourself a pattern.  Cut them out of different colors of felt (way cheap).  Then sew the veins on your sewing machine.  (if you don't feel comfortable eye balling it like me  try drawing the lines with chalk first.)    Voila,  leaves........

Now we can sing "It's Autumn Time, It's Autumn Time,
                             the leaves are falling down"

Am I the only one singing?

I guess it's Fall

I love this time of year, especially the fall decorations.  I tried a new idea for a pumpkin today and thought they were really cute and unique so here they are for all of you (probably two viewers) to see.   All you need is a quarter yard of fall fabric, a toilet paper role, a 6"stick and some fall foliage.

There is no hard part,  simply set the roll in the middle of the fabric and start bringing it up over the sides and into the tube hole.   When it is all tucked in put your stem and flowers in the hole also.  Cute huh?