I'm baaaaaack!!!

I'm done with school for the summer so I have three months of a lot of free time! Which means, with a recently cleaned and somewhat organized craft room, I will be challenging my self to use what I have and actually use it! Ha. So let me introduce, the Pinterest Challenge! (Imagine me saying that in a loud announcers voice)
This is my Pinterest account check out the millions of things I like. I'll mostly be making things in my craft ideas board.

Here I go on my adventure! I'm sure my boyfriend will appreciate all the random things appearing around the house.. He did just comment on the pillows on the couch.. His exact words were "Why do these need to be here? People that sit here will be uncomfortable and they are just annoying".. I just gave him the look and took them out of the armoire he shoved them into and fluffed them back on the couch. The next day him and his friend were watching a basketball game and I noticed his friend snuggled up with a pillow. I sat next to mr. I hate anything fluffy and said "Oh man, Kyle sure looks uncomfortable." Yeah, don't offend of question my fluffy pillows.

Enough talk, let's get to it! Let's see what I make first!

Bye!

Eek!

Halloween time is coming up! I think im skipping fall and going straight to Halloween this year. Yup, thats what's gonna happen.

Lace Skirt Tutorial

I saw this skirt at Marshalls but it didn't fit. 

I examined it and knew I could make something similar so I snapped some pictures and got to making one. Here's what I did.

Materials:

3-4 yards each of 4 different kids of lace. Or 12-16 yards of one lace (depends on your size)

1 yard of a solid color fabric

Zipper

A set of hook and eyes

First I took a pattern of a skirt that was similar and made a pattern out of it.

Then, I cut out two pieces out of some white fabric I had. I'm not sure what exactly it is but its kinda heavy.

I sewed the bottom hem and top hem. I don't really measure how much I hem it. I just do what I think seems good. 

Then I pinned my lace to the front and the back of my skirt. Make sure its all straight. 

Then sew each lace piece at the top.

Now you should have two pieces with lace on them.

Next, sew a zipper on one side. I'm not sure how to explain it. Some zippers have instructions. If you have trouble leave me a comment and I'll try to explain it the best I can.

On the side with the zipper, sew on you hook and eye on the top.

On the other side just sew it straight down right sides together.

When you're done, flip it inside out and you should have a skirt! This is what mine looks like. I am in LOVE with it and it fits perfectly. 

*If anyone has any questions feel free to comment. This is my first tutorial and I don't know if I missed anything. 

Shutter-up!

I really wanted a headboard but boy are those things pricey! After much looking around for ideas, I finally found something that I liked and that would be cheap. When I say cheap I mean under $8. Yes, you heard right, $8 dollars! I was in shock too.
First, I have to mention that I already had these shutters. They came off my kitchen window. It was way too much shutter in there. Shutter blinds, shutter closet.. Yikes.

So I had these bad boys sitting in a corner for a while until my searches came up with a shutter headboard. I have a queen size bed which I measured came up to 5 feet wide and these put together were 4 feet. So I cut 3 in half. I bought 2, 2x4's @ 8 feet and had them cut them in half so they would fit in my car. Then I cut 2 @ 50 inches and 2 @ 53 inches. I then used my pocket hole tool to make 2 holes on each edge of the 53 inch boards and screwed them into the 50 inch boards. Then I laid out my shutters, screwed them in, added moulding to the top, painted it and voila!:

I ended up with this and I love it! I didnt screw it to my bed legs because I didnt want to move my boxspring and It hasn't given me any problems. 

Hello!

Hello all! I am starting a little blog about my life. I will show you all the stuff I make. I sometimes get into a creating kick and now my blog will have to bare with it, as well as any future readers. So make your self at home, kick back and read away!