Ella's Room Part 2

We finally finished a few projects for Ella's room. To see part 1 click here.


The desk has been finished since October, we finally got around to drilling the drawer pulls on this past week....ta da!! (Oh, and the chair got a fresh coat of paint...it will soon be getting a chair pad.)


I found this memory board at the Goodwill. It was just black and white when I bought it. Ella and I used Stampin' Up chalks and colored in some of the flowers and leaves to match her room. I love how it turned out.

We also picked this up at the GW. It was brown and green with butterflies on it. So we got out the spray paint, sand paper, fabric and presto.....super cute bulletin board. I adheared the purple fabric right on top of the cork board that was already there. Ella drew the birds and I sewed around them. The matte came with it - only it was green - so I spray painted that too!

Fabric Bird Wall Art

I saw this post on "Like the Rain" blog and I had to make it! I wanted it for Valentine's Day so I put all my cute red/pink fabrics to use. I love it - it makes me happy to look at it! Did you know I love fabric!!
I bought my frame at the GW (of course). Isn't it a lovely picture! I dismantled it then roughed up all the edges. I tied some picture hanging wire in it and then hung the birds.
I cut the birds out of a cereal box and glued the fabric.

Valentine's Picture Frame Re-Do

I found this frame at a thrift store for $4. I forgot to take a before photo (it was 11:30 pm when I was crafting). The frame was a green/gold color, the matte was also a green marble color and the picture inside was a watercolor Victorian bathroom.....90's style! I love making strip quilts so that's where the inspiration came from. I cut strips of 12x12 scrapbook paper, varying widths, and adhered them to the top of the matte. I added some letters and a few heart doilies (can't get enough of those) and then spray painted the frame. I love it! I looks great in my Valentine's inspired guest bathroom!



I just finished the shower curtain this morning - you can't tell but it is pink with pink owls! I love it with the little owl wall quilt.

Rainy Days

My Mom-In-Law went to a quilt retreat and made this quilt out of the Riley Blake Rainy Days and Mondays fabric- super cute. Only the quilt wasn't the cutest - it was just the triangle pattern making up a square you see in the picture. It didn't show off the darling umbrella fabric. She was a little disappointed in the whole thing so I took it and said I would fix it. I added the chunky boarders to the top and bottom and appliqued the umbrellas and words. Now we're fighting over whose quilt it really is!!!

Ella's Owls

I am so pleased with Ella's sewing. I gave her a pile of scraps from my Christmas projects and she went to town. She first pieced the fabric all wonky then cut the owl shape and sewed, and stuffed...she even makes the wings! We gave one to Gramma and one to Nana.

Christmas sewing projects

I have loved sewing this December! The fabrics are so yummy this year - I love all the pinks, reds, and greens!

I had to make a few owls to nestle in my tree.
Love how the shirts turned out.
I made this small quilt out of a charm pack as a gift for our book club gift exchange. The theme was "favorite things" and coordinating fabrics are my favorite things! My friend Megan was the recipient. I think she loved it.
I made a stocking for Olivia - it turned out so cute - now I am jealous and want to make me a new stocking since mine is made out of jewel tones from 1999!
I made this quick table topper for my mom-in-law.
This was my favorite quilt so far. Just a simple pattern of off set squares - but I love the size - it's huge! It was so hard to quilt on my sewing machine - it about killed me. But I love snuggling with it!

The back is a little funky - I had to order the tree flannel and they didn't send the right amount because they ran out - so then I was piecing everywhere to try and get it big enough!