Second, the black and white tile floors in the kitchen(a MUST!) and the glass front cabinets. Pretty sure I would need some new dishes if I were to have the glass cabinet doors, and I'd probably have to ditch all the plastic kiddie cups we have collected from restaurants -- might be an eyesore. ;)
Here is a shot of my fabric and vinyl (I didn't edit every picture. I knew if I did this post wouldn't be up till next week!)
First, I unscrewed each seat from the stool. Then, I cut off the existing fabric. If I had wanted to be really perfect and precise, I could have taken the time to remove each staple from the old upholstering job, but I wanted to be speedy (instant gratification!), so I just cut all the fabric off as close to the staples as I could. You'll see some of the old fabric remains in some of the upcoming pictures. Next time I recover these stools I will take out the staples.
Rotate the stool a quarter of a turn and repeat this process. Then, rotate another quarter turn and repeat. At this point, you should have enough fabric stapled down to focus on individual sections. Pull the fabric around, smooth out the wrinkles and folds and keep stapling until all of the fabric is secure. Staple a lot! Here's an example of how many staples I used.
I constantly held up the seat and looked at it from the front view to make sure everything was smooth and that no wrinkles were showing. If there were some wrinkles, no fear, I just pulled the fabric tighter and stapled again!
All smooth!
It took me about 30 to 40 minutes to recover each stool. I am SO happy with the results. I love that I don't have to worry about spills on the bar stools. I also love the pop of color they add to my space!
Hopefully this will inspire some of you to make a little change. If you can find a good deal on fabric, this project can be really cost effective! My fabric was only about $10, and the vinyl was only about $5.00!
More details tomorrow once I get a good picture of the finished product!
A few weeks ago, I grew some wheat grass to use as centerpieces for a little church activity I helped plan. It was so fun, and so easy, and so inexpensive. And the result was awesome! I didn’t get a whole lot of pictures of each phase, but wanted to share this little tutorial in case any of you want to try it. I just used it for display purposes, but if you wanted to be really healthy, you could also juice the grass and drink it!
Supplies:
Wheat grass berries (basically wheat that hasn’t been ground up yet.)
Soil
A big bowl
A spray bottle/with water
A pot
I needed eight centerpieces, so I went to Home Depot and got some small terra cotta pots (the ones you usually see sitting on a saucer.) They were about $1.50 each. Brought them home and gave them a good coat of spray paint – lime green and orange to go with our decorating theme of bright colors. (See photo above.)
Soak the wheat grass berries. For eight pots, I put about 2 cups of berries in a bowl of water (completely cover them). I had a lot of extra. Soak the berries for about a day.
It’s time to plant! Fill your pot(s)about 3/4 full of soil. Then, spread a single layer of wheat berries over the top of the soil. Cover them with a thin layer of soil. TIPS: For thick wheat grass, make you you have a solid layer of wheat berries, but try to not overlap them. Using your spray bottle, water your little pots of grass!
Wheat grass is typically grown inside, so after the planting process, I carried all my pots inside and placed them in a sunny space near a window. Because I didn’t purchase the little saucers that go with my pots, I put magazines under them.
Cover your pot(s) with newspaper for a day or two until the berries start sprouting. Water them with your spray bottle twice a day.
Once your grass has sprouted, remove the newspaper and continue watering once or twice a day with the spray bottle. Within a week of planting, you will have something that looks like this:
Once wheat grass starts growing, it shoots up fast! When my grass was about this tall, I started watering it with a watering can because I am lazy and the spray bottle seemed to take FOREVER.
I grew my grass for about two weeks and it ended up being twice as tall as the grass in the photo above. For the centerpieces, we tied a bright pink ribbon around each pot, and using a skewer, we stuck a quote relating to our activity in each pot. One of the girls found some cute butterflies at Hobby Lobby meant to be stuck in gardens or plants, and we put one of those in each pot as well. They looked so good, and everyone was amazed that the grass was real!
This is a really fun activity to do with your kids at Easter. Real Easter grass!
I vividly remember sitting on the couch as a young girl and watching Martha Stewart. On one particular day Martha proceeded to share with me her love of collecting Jadeite. Even at that young age I was enthralled with the beauty of this glassware and it has stuck with me to this day. BUT, I could not, for the life of me, remember what the name of the glassware was. So, after about an hour of searching green glassware, I finally stumbled upon what I've been dreaming about for years...Jadeite! Isn't it beautiful? I might just have to start collecting piece by piece until my collection is complete. If you want to learn more about this lovely stuff, check out this wonderful article that I found on Martha!
As soon as my friend Stephanie taught me how to make these pretty little felt roses, I knew I would soon use them in a crafting project. So darling, and so simple to make! I soon realized that a wreath covered in these would be a beautiful and fun project. I made the wreath pictured above this afternoon and I am so happy with the result. I couldn't resist sharing!
Getting started:
Start out by making a bunch of roses. I made a smaller size as well by cutting the spiral of felt in half before rolling. I liked the added interest that two sizes of roses created.
I found it was easiest if I positioned three or four roses on the wreath first before gluing them. That way I was able to make sure everything fit the way I wanted it to. I also periodically held the wreath up and looked to make sure the roses were evenly circling the edges of the wreath.
