TIE TO BOW TIE

One of my husbands favorite ties.  It is fraying along the bottom edge.

A store bought bow tie, set at the length of his neck. I laid this on top of the old tie and cut around the edges 1/4" wider.

I sewed the seams and left a hole to turn it.  Hand sew the hole up.

TAH DAH!!!

Don't use a tie with a stain or hole in the center.  There won't be enough fabric.

TANK TOP TO SKIRT

My daughter's best friend gave her this tank top. The strap broke, and in the picture below the shirring is coming out.

We can't just throw away a best friend item.

We made it into a skirt. I cut off the straps. Inserted waistband elastic, and cut the shirring elastic. 

My daughter loves her new "bestie" skirt.

Candy Bouquet

You have probably seen one in the grocery stores;  BUT, I got a cool one as a gift that was personalized.  

Meesha Slade made me a candy message bouquet for the birth of my baby.  Unfortunately I ate it without taking a picture.  Here is one I made for my husband for work. 

The best part, all items can be purchased at your local $1.00 store. Plant foam, container, candy chopsticks... HAVE FUN!

TIME FOR A NEW MAILBOX POST

You know you are in trouble when your mailbox falls on the carrier. 

The old mailbox.

The ugly light post next to the mailbox.

Painted the bottom of the ugly light post.

Cut boards for my new design and sanded.

Painted this with exterior paint, 4 coats.

Predrilled holes in wood to prevent splitting.

  We cemented the post in. I added house numbers and painted the box to match the house. It shouldn't fall on the mailman again, at least not for a long while.

 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.