Things have been going good this weekend.
Saturday I went to yard sales
and got some really fabulous finds!
Lots of Christmas Gifts!
(Did I mention that I have officially christened this Christmas........ "Homemade/ Second-Hand Christmas"? )Everything this year will be either handmade by yours truly with stuff I already have, or will be bought second hand. But not to worry- IT WILL BE AWESOME!
Anyway, back to my yard-sale adventures: My three best finds?
Anyway, back to my yard-sale adventures: My three best finds?
A new "diapee-wipee" (Diaper & Wipes) case for $1, A black & white toile shower curtain- $2, and this mirror with frame- $1.
Before...
(I bought it for the frame, because I was going to make a peice of acorn artwork with fabric. But thank goodness I decided to clean it up before I removed the glass, because I ended up loving it and leaving it just the way it was!)
After!! (Just a little windex and wood-cleaner was all it took!)
Happy thing #2:I finished my fall "H" pillow! Yay!
It looks super cute. The brown bias-tape really makes the fall colors pop!
I've been lovin my blog background (acorns), and so figured that I could make a cute peice of artwork copying it.
Everything was going so well.... I was even going to do a little tutorial (follow the pictures)....until....
It was looking so cute, all laid out and ready to go....
when....The iron-on adhesive didn't work at all!
So I tried to improvise and sew around the acorns...
Crash and burn! Drats! Have you ever made something so ugly
it is better just to throw it away and start again....?I did.
Anyway, sad for me and the wasted 2 hours I spent.
I'm still lovin' the acorns, though. I think I still need to try to duplicated it, maybe in a different medium... scrapbook paper with modge-podge? paint?
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