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Materials: An old coffee table (Craigslist or hand me down) 2″ Foam Batting (thicker is better) Staple gun 1/2″ plywood cut to size (Home Depot or Lowes can make your cuts for free) Spray Glue Fabric Sander Primer Paint Most upholstered coffee tables wrap the foam/batting/fabric around the entire top of the coffee table and… Continue reading DIY Upholstered Ottoman from an Old Coffee Table – A Tutorial
An Afternoon DIY – Framed ChalkboardPhoto taken by Paul Lorei Make your very own chalkboard with only a few supplies. Items needed: Frame Plywood cut to size Black spray paint primer Chalkboard paint (I used Krylon spray paint) Chalk Screws (slightly longer than width of plywood) Drill Drill bit Picture hanger hardware Long thin piece… Continue reading DIY Framed Chalkboard
Eliana loves to play with electronics! ipads, cell phones, remotes….and the cable box. The only problem is that the cable box can’t be moved out of her reach. We also keep a basket full of puzzles to the right of the cable box – so it is often times very tempting to push the buttons… Continue reading Baby-proofing the Cable Box – diy
Make your own Hurricane Vases! All you need are glass containers and gorilla epoxy glue When decorating the house this year I really wanted to make a Hot Cocoa Bar (will post about this later). This Cocoa Bar has evolved over the past couple weeks and looks almost nothing like this now…many more toppings… Continue reading DIY Hurricane Vases
This post includes the details that can turn a regular dress pattern into a Cinderella Princess Dress. You could easily add them to almost any dress pattern in your child’s size. For more detailed photos of the finished dress see this previous post. Piping Down The Center Of The Bodice: When cutting the fabric for… Continue reading Sewing A Cinderella Dress – A Tutorial
Princesses have play clothes too, right? Since Eliana is completely enamored with princesses right now and requests to wear a princess dress every day I decided to make some princess play clothes for times when we are at the zoo, the playground and for our upcoming trip to Disney. This way she can still attempt to climb,… Continue reading Princess Play Clothes – Snow White
For Eliana’s second birthday we were on the beach vacationing. So we made her birthday cake into a sandcastle that you could also eat! It is most definitely not perfect! But we used what we had while on vacation and this is what we came up with… It was good enough for Eliana – she… Continue reading DIY Sandcastle Cake Tutorial
