Coffee Filter Wreath

So I have been wanting to try this for a while. I have seen it on other blogs and so today was the day...

This is basically it, I purchased a round styrofoam wreath and coffee filters. I had the hot glue gun and glue sticks.

So with the coffee filters fold them in half and then fold that in half. You could take it a step further and fold that in half. That's totally a personal preference. I did both.

You kinda start around the top edge and just work your way around spacing how you see fit.

A view from above...

The finished product.....I.LOVE.IT! I used white filters...but I think that the brown ones would be an awesome vintage look.

While I was working away Ethan had his own crafty moment....He turned the coffee filters into garages for his cars. I was a proud mama!!

Just found a great piece for my "You Got That Where?" blog. Will post tomorrow!!


I linked up to...

I have found the BEST teacher gift!!

I mean...how cute are these! The girls over at Little Birdie Secrets are so good! I think that all of Ethan and Sophie's teachers will get these at the end of the year!

Here is the

tutorial

My lil slice of heaven...

That would be Charleston, SC!! I would sell my body to make enough money to buy a condo on Folly Beach! I'm not kidding...haha!!

Ethan had spring break so we took off to Charleston for a few days! We beached it, pooled it, went to the aquarium and visited with friends.....We had a blast!

Getting ready for the Dora and Diego 4D show! I mean those glasses are hyster!!

YAY!! Aquarium!!

Yes, the water was COLD! But they didn't care!

Anybody seen my snorkel?

You got that where??

Take a guess...take a guess....

HABITAT RESTORE!!

For a whopping $10

I am hoping to paint this a grayish color with some dark gray distressing. I saw it on another blog and I am going to attempt.

I Linked into my first party today....I see the addiction..

Pin tucked pillow

So when I was exploring blog land last night I cam across this great picture of an adorable crib with adorable pillows...

But I L-O-V-E-D this one. So I ran (literally) up to my sewing room scowered through my fabric basket and found fabric that matches my master bedroom. So as Ethan watched Witches of Waverly Place for the 100th time I began to pin and tuck! Here is a lil tutorial on how I did it. BEWARE: This is my first tutorial.

So first I marked it with a super fancy crayola washable marker, just a small dot. I did them about 4 inches apart and then on a staggered pattern. Kinda like a brick lay pattern.


Next I took my needle and straddled the "dot" and pulled up until the fabric made "tent"

Here is the "tent". Kinda blurry but as the fabric come into the "tent" pinch it with your fingers so that you have folds of fabric in between your fingers. Then stitch like a mad lady...over and over and over and over. At this point you could take it to your machine and straight stitch/back stitch over and over. But I enjoyed sitting in front of the t.v. and doing it by hand. Cra-Cra, I know!

This is what it should look like after you have finished stitching and laid it flat.

And the entire piece pin tucked...
I then cut a piece the same size as the newly pin tucked front piece and sewed them together. You could always do the same to the back and have it pin tucked all around but I wanted to do it just on one side.

And the final product!! I-LOVE-IT. And it was soooooo easy!



I didn't use a specific pillow size I just had a piece of fabric and I squared it off and stuffed it with batting. I am really happy with the final product!!

New Blog....

So I finally decided to anty up and buy a blog template...that was all mine. Well, that's like $100...on the cheaper end. So as thrifty as I am I found this great site that has $10 blogs. Okay, so its not ALL mine....but its better than what I had! So I love and hope you do too.

Here's the website...

http://www.designerblogs.com/

Check it out!!

**Cuteness Alert***

How cute are these....and so super easy!

here is the tutorial

I can see these on my clutch handbags...can't you!! Now off to buy felt....

'When is the rabbit coming?"

That is what Sophie keeps asking me...it just took a few times of her saying it for me to "get" what she was saying. When is the Easter Bunny coming....gotcha!!

So in preparation for Easter we dyed eggs today! It was...shall I say...okay!

1.Ethan and Sophie thought that the dye smelled bad....and it did.
2.We didn't have enough vinegar to we had to rotate the eggs in the dye...that was annoying.
3.and the final product was just some colored eggs.

BUT...I loved doing it with them. And we now have pretty colored eggs.

You got that where??

Since my newest obsession is going on the local Goodwill once a week I thought that I would start a weekly blog called

"You got that where?"

I will post all my favorite finds at all my favorite places and hopefully inspire someone to see the beauty in things that are ugly!

Stay tuned!