Day 284-a break away from the reno

Tonight I have steered away from the bedroom reno creations and whipped up a few brooches (sorry its a little hard to do the reno's after work each day!)

I cut out some pictures out of Frankie magazine and glued them onto these little scrapbooking shapes, then i added a layer of vanish and have left them to dry overnight.

night night

craftvestights

xxoo

Day 283-reno continues

Tonight I have continued with the second coat on the bedside tables..

I started outside in the cold after work on the 2nd coat on the drawers

 then lightly sanded back the tables

 and then moved inside to paint (i may wake up with the house smelling of paint! but at least i avoided catching a cold!)

craft out

Day 282-Bedroom reno continues

Hello crafty folks!
Today I have continued with the black and white bedroom reno plans...

I am making a padded fabric bedhead, see below my initial inspiration  

 This is a picture I pulled out of a homes magazine, I am pretty happy with copying it as it is

mdf from bunnings in place for me to sketch the shape

 this is the black and white striped fabric i have picked up (from ikea)

 me starting to sketch ideas for the shape

 and some more

So the bedroom reno plans continue!

craft out

xxoo

Day 281- sanding sanding and more sanding...

I have spent the day sanding.... my head, mouth and clothes are filled with paint particles and my house smells like turps!
I am working on a few pieces of furniture for the bedroom, but unfortunately don't have much to show for it tonight.
Below is the progress on the drawers.

lightly sanded the drawers

 painted the first coat on the drawers high gloss white (leaving the handles blank, I will paint these high gloss black later)

craft out

xxoo

Day 280 Room reno begins!

Over the next month I am planning to renovate my bedroom. It is a tiny room with a large window and exposed beams. When we bought the house a year ago we painted the room white... and that's as far as we got! So its time for the next step...

This is how the room looked when we purchased the property 

I have decided to go for a black and white theme...

starting with my upcycled bedside tables below

pretty ugly bedside tables, but they had a good shape and i saw potential

(op shop, $25 each)

 after a wipe down and a light sand, the painting begins... high gloss black!!

 WOW!! looking great!

 now I have left them to dry,

I am thinking of painting the drawers high gloss white with the handle in black

I was also thinking of lining the inside of the drawers with some wallpaper/wrapping paper

(maybe black and white stripes? or fleur de lis?)

renovate out

xxoo

Day 279-Mr Anxious

Tonight I decided to stitch up a little friend to reflect my mood.

I am feeling a little anxious tonight, a busy day at work, lots on my mind, cleaning the house, the blog..... blah blah blah blah

ahhhhhhhhh

 ahhhhh

 So I have decided that I will tell this little buddy all my anxieties (as you would tell an "African worry doll" all your worries) and leave him on the shelf to deal with them!!

craft out

xxoo

Day 278-midnight dress ups

Its 11.42pm on a wednesday night & I have finally finished my frock!
I then splashed on a dash of lippy and did the "old midnight photoshoot with my fiancee"(hmm what did I do with myself before the blog???....oh that's right "I'd be in bed now like a normal person!")
Normal Snormal....

earlier in the eve...when there was still light

 all frocked up and nowhere to go...nightcap anyone??

 side view-I added the frills on the back to hide the lumps and bumps

 "frill back bron"

 night night, time for my crafty sleep

craft out

crafty cats

xxoo

Check this out! upcycling workshops being held in the NETHERLANDS!

http://www.recycleyourwardrobe.nl/2009/12/bedrijfsworkshop.html

Today I was googling and I stumbled across these "upcycle your wardrobe" workshops running in the Netherlands! I love the way they have presented all of the upcycled items on a theme board (see below)

So get on board the trend and book your spot now!

workshops start 30th of October, call 9758 9180 to book (more details below)

Day 277-I found a use for all those scraps!

Since I bought all those fabric swatches from resource rescue I have been trying to come up with good uses for lots of small scraps of lovely patterned fabric.
Tonight I have used these fabrics to make frills... see the process below,

I traced around a long top of mine and made a pattern

 worked out how many frills I needed

 cut long strips 5cm wide, sewed a gathering stitch and pinned them in place

 I used chalk to draw the lines on the fabric exactly where the frills needed to be pinned so that they were evenly spaced

 I am also thinking of adding the frills on the bottom half on the back (to hide my lumps and bumps)

This will have to be a 2 day project, its 11.41pm

time for bed

craft out

xxoo

Day 276-Op Shop dress upcycle

Happy Monday! 

Did you check out september's wrap up on the previous post?

Only 3 little months to go!

I really like tonight's craft! The other day I was scavenging at an op shop and came across this super simple 80's shape summer dress in a light seersucker fabric (see pic below)

 Ive added a floral frill around the neckline and a belt

 I tried adding a flower out of the same fabric too, but then thought it was better without it

 perfect summer dress!

craft out

xxoo

September is a wrap

Day 275-Card garland

 Today I have continued with the christmas theme and used old christmas cards to make a paper garland

craft out

xxoo

Day 274-rudolf the red nose decoration

Saturday night, a few drinks under the craft belt to keep me warm up in these hills! and a little felt decoration for todays craft...

craft out xxoo