DOG TAGS

My kids love long tags on their stuffed animals. This bear hung in my first daughter's baby

 crib; and, she has now had it for 6 years.

Our new baby can't use the bears, they're taken . So I bought dogs, but the tags were pathetic.

Take some double sided silky ribbon, thread, and needle, and we have new tags. I also burned the ribbon edge to keep it from fraying.

I added velcro dots to the back of the head to hang them in the crib.

New dogs for the new baby, with new tags.

HOMEMADE BLOCK LETTERS

Step 3 for bedroom makeover.  Go onto your word program and pick a font you like.  Print one letter per page to make it big.

Next put your printed letters over some cardboard and cut.  I wanted textered letters.

Carefully peel off the top layer to the expose the ridged edge.

Next I painted the letters, color matching the quilt and brown in the dresser.

Letters are drying.

I hung the letters with sewing pins, since the heads are really small.  

I think his room came together quite nicely thanks to my awesome quilt.

P.S. in case you haven't figured it out by now...we put our babies in the closet.  It's not a large bedroom.  I like the fact there are no windows, and it's the quietest room in the house :)

BED AND DRESER REDO

TODDLER BED AND DRESSER REDO

Second step for my boy's bedroom was to redo my girls' bedroom set.

Originally this toddler bed was black, then I repainted it for my girls.

This dresser was originally brown and not a set to the toddler bed, but after painting it they looked like a set.

So all I did was paint over the purple spots with blue.....matching my inspiration quilt and making it more "boyish." Toddler bed is not shown, since well it will be awhile before he

 needs it.

INSPIRATION

I am having a baby boy in July.  I was not feeling inspired to decorate his room since it was my third until......I got this awesome baby gift.

A homemade baby quilt. The machine quilting is phenomenal and took HOURS!!

This awesome gift is made by Jenaiah Michael.  Check out the embroidered tag on the back.

My first step to redo the room.  I added a channel of fabric on the back to insert a dowel. Pop tabs on the corners were added to hang the quilt on the wall.  The dowel keeps the top of the quilt straight. NO WAY AM I LETTING THE BABY SPIT UP ON THIS!!!

My husband was excited to see me get inspired, so he volunteered to paint my wall for me.  Color chosen to match the quilt. The rest to be continued....

NO MORE PIANO PLAYER

I just bought a cheap piano, and unfortunately it had a player piano in it.  The piano tuner would not touch it with a ten foot pole.  Do you blame him?  Look at all those parts in front of the piano strings.  I asked if he would tune it if the player part was removed.  YES. Sooo......

It took me a few hours....

Look at all those parts.

Here we are ready for the tuner.  Now he can get to the strings!

Sewing Serendipity

Here is my sewing serendipitous moment.  My shirt was missing three buttons in a row. The top and bottom were still on the shirt. I had only one button that matched.  Instead of replacing all five, I selected the white and brown ones from my stash, and sewed on the three buttons. VIOLA!! The shirt looks better than before.

EYE LOVE LASHES

 Ok so fake lashes never stay on my eyes with the glue that comes on them.  There is no way those lashes would stay on my daughters eyes either.  So use REAL GLUE to make them last so your kid will be a perfect "WHO" from "WHOVILLLE."

I use this glue.  Clear of course. You can buy it at any Taylor Maid store.  Here is the final WHO product.  Ornaments tied to her shoes, silly socks, and shirt under a red dress.  I put elastic in the existing hem to make it puffy gathered.  Fun 'Who" hair and here you are. She was the talk of the class due to the lashes.