Lazy Susan--Redo

So this week I spent a few "moments" in a local Thrift store called Teen Challenge(**seriously Spokanites check this place out, they can super cheap on certain days.) 

So I grew up  in a house with lots of  ‘Lazy Larrys” (aka brothers) and my mom always thought that a Lazy Susan would be super cute/awesome  to have for the kitchen table.. But honestly I've always thought they were awkwardly ugly. When I found this little lady for $1.00 …a light went off in my head ((BING)).... don't be intimated by the light in my head it only turns on occasionally—diet coke and no children help that :)... And I thought why not make this thing functional and cute. (my husband would be so proud)

If you know me....which 82% viewing this blog do...  I LOVE damask print... love it. love it..love it..  And the functional part: I had some special batting leftover that is used for making hot pads. 

I started by cutting out the fabric and batting to fit my lazy lady. 

Hot glued the batting to the top of the Lazy thing. 

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And then I started using a reupholstering technique to glue the fabric on it. I used my hot glue but you could use a staple gun. 

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 Looky... Looky.. 10 minutes later I have a pretty sweet little Lazy Susan!

 " Please pass the salt and pepper!? Ohh wait... never mind.. Lazy Susan got it for me!!"

XOXO

Samantha 

Fall... Fall..

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!"
 I LOVE FALL!

I love the colors and leaves. I love the weather. I love to start layering my clothes. BUT WHAT I REALLY LOVE is…putting up my fall décor!! This year I couldn't help myself and I started putting up fall decorations LAST WEEK! (** My husband almost killed me.. “Sam, it’s still 90+ degrees out!”)  Yikes...

In our house we have this really fun fireplace mantel but it was missing something fun and fallish. So I went over to one of Spokane's really fun, cheap thrift store and they happened to be having 50% off everything! As I always point out to my husband after my little shopping adventures... LOOK AT WHAT I SAVED!! Right? He just doesn't get it...

So I started finding some super fun frames...

 

For 7 frames I payed only 2.00!!!! This placed made the Dollar Store look lame. :)

And OF course as soon as I got home I busted out my one and only… Mister SPRAY PAINT... and painted them beauties white. And then thought about what I was going to do with these suckers.

After rummaging through my paper scrapes I slapped some glue onto the inside of the frames and cut out some letters and made sweet Fallish-- AUTUMN--- decorations.

 I love it. It was super easy and from start to clean up, it took one episode of Bachelor Pad. Now that is a night well spent! Cheers! Happy Fall!

xoxo

Sam

Ruffly... Ruffles!

Okay... right now.. I'm obsessed with Ruffles on this child of mine. (I KINDA feel bad for my kid... as of lately I've been sewing a ton of clothes for her sweet little tush... but she is not loving being my personal mannequins.) Anyways... yesterday I "threw" together this sweet little duo (*Please remember that I am a self taught sewing lady... still learning!):

*Isn't she the stink'n cutest!? 

Again I used left over fabric scraps. This whole thing totaled... maybe $3.00 or less :) I took one of her gross stained up onesies and layered  simple ruffles, homemade rosettes and ribbon. The bottom I measured...and sewed in some elastic around the waist.. and Wa-la-la-la= cheap cuteness! 

Anyways here are some fun sites I've found that give great pointers/tutorials for some quick sews. I like to find tutorials that don't require patterns.. Am I the only person in the world that dislikes following sewing patterns!?  

Ruffles and Ric Rac

Sew Much Ado

She Wears Flowers

**Defining: "Threw Together": This entails lots of patiences..yelling.. diet coke and my husband taking the child. :)

Enjoy!

XOXO

-Samantha 

Little Ladies Clothes

I really enjoy sewing. I feel somewhat accomplished... when sewing.. especially my sweet little thang a sweet little outfit. 

However I'm not a fan of spending hrs on something and having her destroy it in less than 5 seconds :)

I have so much girly fabric scraps left over from previous projects that I wanted to make use of them. 

So last night I "threw" together an outfit. And I love it. It kinda like a pillow case dress but with lots of ruffles and the bows are permanent. They are super easy to make and it took about an hour from start to finish. (And doesn't she looks adorable?).

My instructions are pretty vague but I think is a super simple project... I took one of HelenAnn's shirts and used it as my "pattern". And then took all my scraps and started ruffling the crap out of this thing. And added a little pink ribbon.. and ta-da! 

Well here are some sites that gives super cute and easy tutorials. 

Aesthetic Nest

Aesthetic Nest

Make it and love it

4th of July Wreath

Okay.. okay... I promise this is the last 4th of July Craft...   

(* I'm  totally  one of those crazy star lady!)  

I really wanted a wreath for 4th of July.. and since I didn't... I made one.

 I wanted to make something simple/fun and loaded with some awesome felt. So I did. 

Supplies:

Foam Wreath-- Dollar Store

Stars-- Joanne's  $2.00 (I bought a few different sizes but then liked the little ones) 

Red, White and Blue Felt-- Dollar Store (I had to get two packs)

Ribbon-- dollar store

Hot Glue-- on hand

First......

Start by cutting out the felt into long stripes. 

(*I added scallop edges to the ends of the felt.. and it gave it a super cute texture.) 

I then started laying out the felt  onto the wreath so I could deiced how thick I wanted my  BlUE, RED & WHITE strips to be.

 After you get everything in place.. start hot glueing those bad boys onto the foam wreath. 

After everything is glue... I started adding the "final" touches. 

Nothing is cute nor complete without some good ol' rick rack. So start smacking down some rick rack between each of the strips.   

Lastly... paint the star white.. and then hot glue them onto the wreath. Finally, add some cute festive ribbon to hang this sweet thang up. 

Ta Da! 

Cheap.. cute.. Sweet.. 

Happy 4th of July everyone! 

Enjoy!

xoxo

Samantha

Gift Wrap "Puff Balls"

"Puff Balls"

I love puff balls. I have used them over the years as various decorations in my home. But what is so awesome about these awesome little balls of puff's are that they can be made reallllyyy

 BIG and really small.

So these things are perfect to decorate a simple (FREE) white box and make it look super duper cute for you fun gift box!

Supplies--

Anyways color... Tissue Paper--- dollar store

Tape-- any-kind

Scissors

White gift Boxes

 Step 1:

Take between 4 and 10 sheets of Tissues paper and lay each out flat and evenly. If you want your puff to have more fluff to it then added more tissue.

Take the tissue and roll it "Accordion" style... back and forth... make sure to keep the paper stays even and together. 

Once you've folded the tissues make sure that it has very "tight" creases. 

Then take tape, thread or string (whatever you've got) and place that in the middle of the folded tissue. Make sure it is tight and secure. 

Take your scissors and cut the ends of the tissue into a sharp point on both ends. Remember if you want the puff to be longer then don't cut as much off. However, for this projected I wanted small and petite puffs. 

Both ended need to be cut into points. 

Take both ends and start "Fanning" each end of the tissue paper out. 

Then  start pulling apart the tissue from each of the ends. Remember to be gental with the tissues paper when separating. It is very easy for the tissue to completely rip apart.

Ta Da! Tape those bad boys onto the boxes and look what you have.. some super cute... simple... CHEAP gift "wrapping" puffs. 

Enjoy.

xoxo

Samantha 

USA Decor

4th of July is just around the corner.. And I've craft'n it up with lots of 4th of July home decor items. ** This week I don't have my daughter or husband at home which means there will be some serious crafting and blogging**

Hanging Decor- USA

Supplies Needed:

Star= garage sale.. FREE

Moss= Dollar store... $1.00

Hot Glue=Dollar Store.. $1.00

Ribbon= Dollar Store... $1.00

Cardboard=  my garage... FREE

Total: $3.00

Cut out your letters on the cardboard. My letters look messy but they don't need to be perfect.  

Take the moss and start hot glueing it to each letter. This part is very messy BE PREPARED :)

Don't be afraid to add extra moss to the letters it makes them look fuller. 

Lay out your ribbon and postion the letters and star. Then hot glue each item onto the ribbon and wait for it to dry. 

Ta Da! You now have a super cute, cheap 4th of July decor for your festive home. 

Enjoy!

xoxo

Samantha