Thursday, April 26, 2012

Reclaiming: A Director's Chair

Someone brought us this director's chair. As you might be able to tell from the picture the paint is chipped all over and it's looking pretty shabby.
 A little bit of sanding and a couple coats of white paint brought this chair back to its' original glory!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Reclaiming: Light Switch Plate

Do you have dull light switch covers? I recently recovered this one that was painted on. I chose to use wallpaper but there a lot of different materials that can be used.

You can use:
Wrapping paper
Scrapbook paper
Fabric
Wallpaper
Contact Paper

This was the video tutorial we used as a guide:



Before

After!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Upcycling: Diaper Tricycle Cake

Every now and then parents with infants donate leftover diapers when their children have grown out of them. We decided to take our leftovers and turn it into a great baby shower gift!

Complete with a baby bottle headlight, socks for handles and a baby blanket for handlebars.


Here is the tutorial we used:

Friday, April 6, 2012

Crafting: Felted Easter Figures

Happy Easter!
I love felting. I've been felting for almost two years now and in honor of Easter I felted a few spring themed figures to share with you!