DIY Fabric Covered Cork Board

I always need a cork board in my kitchen-

I'm a note gal, so its convenient for reminders-

I had my photo calender pinned to it but it was looking bare

and with leftover fabric from my kitchen curtains, I decided to

dress it up a bit!

I love the finished look of the cork board now!

Take care, gotta fly-

Lampshade copycat

One of my favorite stores to browse through

 during the holiday season
 is Pier 1

The colors, scents, ornaments, wreaths, pillows, and holiday cheer

makes me feel like a Christmas elf in paradise!

A few weeks back, I was strolling the aisles and saw a beauty of a lamp-

The lampshade took my breath away-

I examined it and thought-

humm...

I may be able to copy it-

so I tried..

I began with the lampshade and the flat sheet-

cut the sheet into strips-

Then twisted each strip

 dabbing hot glue along the way

(burning my fingers into little blister rosettes!!)

until it became a circlet of fabric-

In each center-

glue a few plastic clear jewels-

I gently glued them around the edge of the lampshade!

And this is how it looks...

I so love it

It looks just like it-

well....maybe not exactly
but similiar!!
And without the $99 price tag!!

 

 I had the lampshade-

I bought a twin flat sheet for $5 at Walmart-

and the clear jewels were from my scrapbooking stash-

woohoo!!!

Love when that happens!!

A project I love

for almost no MONEY!!


Well, take care, gotta fly- Claire

Where have all the fabric stores gone?

Lately, I've been into making pillows

ruffled, rosettes,toile,silk, burlap with bees!

I'm always trolling the fabric stores-whoops-I mean store-

Have you seen a decrease of fabric stores in your area??

I'm so sad -we had some fab fabric stores in some surrounding towns and -

all gone

Joann's is the only one in town-literally!

I've ordered fabric online and luckily it's all worked out fine-

you buy a swatch to match it up at home

 and then the online store credits you

when you place your actual order-

But,

I miss the touch,

the feel of the fabric between my fingers-

touching the computer screen doesn't feel the same!
Just thought I'd share my thoughts with my online therapists!!
Have a great day-
Gotta fly-Claire

Ruffled mirror, part deux!!

So, I have to say,
my white ruffled mirror totally inspired me!

Funny thing is,

 you see,

 I have another mirror
 just like it
in black

 and
 I got itchy fingers. 

 You know what that means!!!!

I need to heat up the glue gun

and

start ruffling it up again!!

 I looked through my stash

and this is what I found!!

I decided to try my own suggestion
and
use fabrics
instead of crepe paper!

I cut the fabric into 3 inch strips,

started in a corner with some hot glue and began gathering and scrunching up the fabric.  I began with the black and when that was completely glued to the frame,

I started with the gingham and glued that on top of the black ruffle.  I make two rows of ruffles with the check- really because it was so cute!!

I added a cute, chunky rosette made of black and white toile with a double rose crepe paper center.  This added the final accessory to the dressed up mirror!

Well, off to make more ruffles-

take care-gotta fly-Claire