No Sew Roman Shades

 I have been wanting to make these shades for forever, but - it required ironing, and our iron broke a few months ago.  I have no clue how we have lasted this long without an iron - but we finally got one - yay!!  No more avoiding wrinkled clothes that need ironing!

I found this fork, knife and spoon image on The Graphics Fairy awhile back, and knew right away that I wanted to use it on my kitchen shades.  I purchased flour sack towels from Walmart (only like $4 or $5 for 6 of them!), and at the time wasn't sure what to do with them.  They ended up being the perfect size for this project.

To transfer the image, I used printable T-Shirt transfers from Hobby Lobby.  I opened the image as a jpg, flipped it so that I was looking at the mirror image, and tested it on a sheet of regular printer paper.  The size was good, and everything looked right, so I just went ahead and printed it right onto the transfers.  Then, I cut around the image leaving only about 1/2" around.  I just placed it where I wanted it on the fabric, and followed the directions on the package.  I couldn't believe how easy it was!!

I was working on these pretty late at night, and needless to say, I was feeling a bit lazy.  I rummaged through my craft room for some ribbon I could sew onto the shades, but didn't have enough of any one color that would look good.  So - I scrapped the sewing and reached for my handy twine that I got at the Dollar Tree.  I literally just hooked the fabric onto some curtain hooks, cut the twine so it was long enough to reach back behind the curtain, and down in front, and hooked it into the side clasps.  Then I just tied a knot where I wanted them to hang, folded them up, and tucked them in, finishing them off with a bow. 

Done and done!!  I don't think these photos really do them justice, but they are so light and airy and just what I wanted in the space.

What do you think??  Pretty good for no sew!!  See those stained glass sun catchers on the windows?  My dad made them for me - aren't they awesome??  Have a great Tuesday!!

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All done - Complete Baby Boy Scrapbook!!

Well, hello there!  I am so so so excited with the way this baby book came out.  I'm about to inundate you with photos, I will apologize in advance - I am just so proud!!  LOL.  This book literally started with two chipboard covers and a bunch of paper.  Everything here is hand cut, scored, sewn, assembled, covered, glued and tied.  I even wrapped the chipboard covers and lined the insides like a real book.  Love doesn't even begin to express how I feel about this book - you would think I was actually talking about a baby, right?  The only thing I have to do before delivering it is to add photo corners to all of the mounts so that the mommy can just slip her 4x6 photos in.

Ok - ready??  Here is my love:

What do you think?  I adore it - now I have to get to work on two more...whew - that was a lot of work, but so worth the outcome!

Have a great day!!

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Day 24 - The Spring Mantel Reveal!

Happy Friday!!  Only one more week to go in the 30-Day Craft Challenge - wow!  I can't believe all of the fun stuff I have been working on - and tomorrow is my sewing class!  Of all of the projects, this mantle has probably been my favorite - I really love the way it turned out. The best part is that I used a lot of things that I already had around the house, so it cost less then $10 for the whole thing!

Here's the pics, and then I will post the breakdown of what everything cost:

Cost Breakdown:

Black Frame - Free (already had in the house)
Chalkboard - Free (my lovely friend Ginger passed this on to me - thanks Ginger!!)
3D Art - (Total $4) - $1.oo for the Frame and $2.99 for the entire bag of paper mache eggs
Bird Plaque - I got this at Hobby at 50% off for a total of $3.50 and already had the iron stand
Topiaries - (Total $2) - $1 for the deer moss and $1 for the birds - I already had the pots, dowel rods and spanish moss and included the cost of the eggs above
Hurricane Globe Display - Free - Had these in the house and filled them with kraft paper gift filler, some grapevine balls abd a few of the eggs I painted
Books and Wire Basket - Free - already had these
Spring Bunting - Free - I made this using twine, burlap and paint from my craft room
Wreath - Free - My mom gave this to me years ago

Total Cost:  $9.50!!!

I hope you like it!  I plan to change to board to "Welcome Spring" when it actually arrives (for good).  Hopefully tomorrow I will have something fun to show from my sewing class.  If not - since it IS a beginners class and I will most likely be learning how to stitch a straight line - I also have some fun Valentine's Day Teacher's Gifts that I have been working on for a client.

Till tomorrow!!

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Tatertots & Jello

Centsational Girl's Spring Link Party