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		<title>&#8220;Vintage&#8221; Sign Tutorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you love the look of old metal signs? I do. Do you love the price of old metal signs? I do not. Plus, what are the odds that it’ll be just the right size and color?  Not good, friends…not good. So, when I had the idea to put one on Macy’s pallet headboard, I [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">Do you love the look of old metal signs?</p>
<p align="center">I do.</p>
<p align="center">Do you love the price of old metal signs?</p>
<p align="center">I do not.</p>
<p align="center">Plus, what are the odds that it’ll be just the right size and color?  Not good, friends…not good.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vintage_chevy_sign.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="vintage_chevy_sign" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/vintage_chevy_sign_thumb.jpg" alt="vintage_chevy_sign" width="600" height="398" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">So, when I had the idea to put one on Macy’s <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2012/04/worlds-easiest-pallet-headboard.html" target="_blank">pallet headboard</a>, I knew I’d have to DIY it.</p>
<p align="center">My first stop was the ducting section at Lowe’s.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-45-0011.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="photo (45)-001" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-45-001_thumb1.jpg" alt="photo (45)-001" width="500" height="373" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">They sell metal sheets elsewhere in the store (near the plexi glass), but they’re about 2-3 times as much.  Is it “nicer” metal?  Probably, but we don’t need nice for this project. <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" style="border-style: none;" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile2.png" alt="Open-mouthed smile" /></p>
<p align="center">The sheet measured 24” X 36”, but I wanted a slightly different size.  I cut about 2.5” off one of the long sides so my piece was 21.5” X 36”. You can score with a razor blade/utility knife and then snap the metal along the line, but it takes some SERIOUS patience and massive amounts of scoring.  I went the quick route and used tin snips (WEAR GLOVES) and then used a file to smooth the edge (WEAR GLOVES).</p>
<p align="center">I liked the look of a metal border, so I taped off the edges and then I applied some yellow paint.  I used Jonquil from the new Martha Stewart Crafts by Plaid line.  That paint works on pretty much any surface, including metal.  You don’t need a great coat, because you’re going to sand it and beat it up.  Make sure it’s mostly covered, though.  Peel off the tape and sand.  I used an electric sander with 220 grit.  If you’re doing it by hand, you could use rougher paper (lower grit #).  Here’s a shot after I had sanded:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0270.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_0270" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0270_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_0270" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I put the tape back on and applied some vinyl, cut with my <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/default.aspx?mid=CIMalskjdhl85769833451293042389476skhasdkruy78yh" target="_blank">Silhouette CAMEO™</a>, in the center in the shape of a vintage Chevrolet logo.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fullscreen-capture-4272012-20519-PM.png"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="Fullscreen capture 4272012 20519 PM" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Fullscreen-capture-4272012-20519-PM_thumb.png" alt="Fullscreen capture 4272012 20519 PM" width="550" height="309" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I traced the center part manually in the Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition software and then used the font “Hood Ornament” to add the lettering.  It’s not <em>quite</em> the same font that Chevy actually used, but only true car dorks would know that.</p>
<p align="center">Once the vinyl was applied, I put on a coat of Martha Stewart Crafts by Plaid paint in carrot.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0275.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_0275" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0275_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_0275" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">After I peeled off the tape and vinyl:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0279.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_0279" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0279_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_0279" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And then I sanded some more.  Once I was happy with it, I mounted it to the headboard with a screw in each corner.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0290.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_0290" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0290_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_0290" width="550" height="440" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I will probably go back and put a clear coat on it, but it’s cold today and I’m a wuss.  <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" style="border-style: none;" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile2.png" alt="Open-mouthed smile" /></p>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day Sign with Martha</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you realize there are only 16 days left until Mother’s Day, right? Coming off the awesome insanity that was SNAP! = Mother’s Day totally sneaking up on me Fortunately, I had all this Martha (yes, THAT Martha) goodness to inspire me: Available at Michael’s and now also at JoAnn’s If you haven’t already, you [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">So, you realize there are only 16 days left until Mother’s Day, right?</p>
<p align="center">Coming off the awesome insanity that was <a href="http://www.snaptheconference.com/" target="_blank">SNAP!</a> = Mother’s Day totally sneaking up on me</p>
<p align="center">Fortunately, I had all this Martha (yes, THAT Martha) goodness to inspire me:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0224.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0224" border="0" alt="D7K_0224" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0224_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="364" /></a>    <br /><em><font size="2">Available at Michael’s and now also at JoAnn’s</font></em></p>
<p align="center">If you haven’t already, you MUST check out the <a href="http://bit.ly/marthamothersday" target="_blank">Martha Stewart Crafts by Plaid</a> paints.&#160; You can use them on virtually any surface (glass, metal, wood, terracotta, etc) and the colors/finishes are FAB.&#160; And don’t even get me started on the tools!&#160; The tops that screw directly onto the paint bottles make me WAY happier than they should.</p>
<p align="center">So, what’d I make?&#160; A sophisticated beachy sign/piece of art with my favorite mom saying:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0255.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0255" border="0" alt="D7K_0255" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0255_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="367" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0252.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0252" border="0" alt="D7K_0252" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0252_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="392" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I started out with a board from the hardware store (cheap…$7 or so) that I had BC cut down a bit and 3 colors of paint.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0227.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0227" border="0" alt="D7K_0227" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0227_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">The one on the left is called Sea Lavender (I don’t know).&#160; The one in the middle is Beach Glass.&#160; And, the one on the right is Sterling.</p>
<p align="center">I did a very thin coat (watered it down…is that called a wash?) of the Sea Lavender over the whole board.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0230.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0230" border="0" alt="D7K_0230" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0230_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Then I picked out one of the stencils, a damask-y pattern from the Flourish set</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0229.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0229" border="0" alt="D7K_0229" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0229_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">and used some stencil adhesive spray and the foam pouncer tops</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0232.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0232" border="0" alt="D7K_0232" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0232_thumb.jpg" width="331" height="500" /></a></p>
<p align="center">and I did some stenciling.</p>
<p align="center">I applied the Sterling first</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0233.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0233" border="0" alt="D7K_0233" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0233_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">and then layered on the Sea Glass.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0235.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0235" border="0" alt="D7K_0235" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0235_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="269" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Once it was dry, I gave it a light sanding.&#160; I wanted it to look old and faded.</p>
<p align="center">The last step was to add the lettering.&#160; I cut the phrase out of vinyl and removed where I wanted the paint to be and then applied it to my board.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0238.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0238" border="0" alt="D7K_0238" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0238_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I used the Sea Glass with the foam pouncer top to fill in the vinyl stencil as well.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0239.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0239" border="0" alt="D7K_0239" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0239_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="392" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0244.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0244" border="0" alt="D7K_0244" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0244_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="367" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Are you making a Mother’s Day gift for someone that has mothered you?</p>
<p align="center">Will you tell me what it is?&#160; (This isn’t actually for my mom…she reads my blog!)</p>
<p align="center">&#160;</p>
<p align="center">Find my post disclosure <a href="http://cmp.ly/3/LXqTtN" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p align="center">&#160;</p>
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<p align="center">· Pinterest: <u><a href="http://pinterest.com/plaidcrafts">http://pinterest.com/plaidcrafts</a></u></p>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Easiest Pallet Headboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever asked me what BC does for a living, you probably remember me saying “I don’t know.”&#160; It’s true…I don’t.&#160; Here’s what I do know: There’s a crate shop involved. This crate shop is the source of LOTS of scrap lumber.&#160; And pallets. So, when I couldn’t figure out a way to make [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">If you’ve ever asked me what BC does for a living, you probably remember me saying “I don’t know.”&#160; It’s true…I don’t.&#160; Here’s what I do know:</p>
<p align="center">There’s a crate shop involved.</p>
<p align="center">This crate shop is the source of LOTS of scrap lumber.&#160; And pallets.</p>
<p align="center">So, when I couldn’t figure out a way to make my initial dreams of a corrugated metal headboard be non-tetanus inducing, I decided to go the free route and use some pallet wood.&#160; I thought the rustic wood would be a nice contrast to the white <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2012/04/board-batten-on-the-cheap.html" target="_blank">board and batten</a> and that it would go well with the vintage car vibe we’re going for, too.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pallet_headboard.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="pallet_headboard" border="0" alt="pallet_headboard" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pallet_headboard_thumb.jpg" width="600" height="398" /></a></p>
<p align="center">BC came home with a double sided 42” pallet.&#160; Apparently both of those characteristics are rare?&#160; (Shipping dork alert!)&#160; I loved the look of it so much that I decided not to rip it apart.</p>
<p align="center">I found this fabulous light at Lowe’s in the outdoor lighting section:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-46.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo (46)" border="0" alt="photo (46)" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-46_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="373" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I bought a cord kit and wired the light to work as a plug in.&#160; <em>I’m not going to tell you how to do this, because I’m not an electrician.&#160; You should <strike>probably</strike> consult one before you do this.&#160; <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile1.png" /></em></p>
<p align="center">I mounted the light to the pallet and loved it</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-38.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo (38)" border="0" alt="photo (38)" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-38_thumb.jpg" width="373" height="500" /></a></p>
<p align="center">but it needed some height.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0267.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0267" border="0" alt="D7K_0267" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0267_thumb.jpg" width="398" height="600" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I went for another cheap and easy solution.</p>
<p align="center">BC cut me three 17” pieces of a 4X4 and a 42” long piece of 2X4.&#160; We screwed the legs (the 4X4) to the 2X4 and then mounted it to the bottom of the pallet.</p>
<p align="center">See?</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0263.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_0263" border="0" alt="D7K_0263" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/D7K_0263_thumb.jpg" width="364" height="550" /></a>    </p>
<p align="center">The bed frame will be bolted directly into the 4X4’s.</p>
<p align="center">Whether or not I stain/paint/something that wood to make it the same color as the pallet has yet to be decided.&#160; It’ll probably depend on how visible it is once there’s bedding on the bed…that’s how I roll.&#160; I’m also pondering another potential addition to the headboard involving something I got in the ducting section at Lowe’s.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-45-001.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo (45)-001" border="0" alt="photo (45)-001" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/photo-45-001_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="373" /></a></p>
<p align="center">In the mean time, I wanted to remind you all about the $100 Lowe’s gift card giveaway I’m running through noon tomorrow.&#160; <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2012/04/oh-hey-who-wants-100-at-lowes.html" target="_blank">GO HERE</a> to enter.</p>
<p align="center">And while you’re waiting to see what else I’ve done to the room/if you’re the lucky gift card winner, head on over for your FREE Subscription to Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/Home.aspx"><img title="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" border="0" alt="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1.jpg" width="412" height="150" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><em>Disclosure:&#160; Lowe’s provided me with a gift card for this month’s room makeover challenge.</em></p>
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		<title>Basement Bathroom Makeover, courtesy of Lowe&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lowe’s project/challenge this month was a bathroom.&#160; I was stumped.&#160; My house is newer, only 8 years old, so all of our bathrooms are in pretty good shape.&#160; Our basement bathroom has been finished even less than that…maybe 5.5 years.&#160; So, I picked a bathroom based on the process of elimination. Kid bathroom?&#160; Dr [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">The Lowe’s project/challenge this month was a bathroom.&#160; I was stumped.&#160; My house is newer, only 8 years old, so all of our bathrooms are in pretty good shape.&#160; Our basement bathroom has been finished even less than that…maybe 5.5 years.&#160; So, I picked a bathroom based on the process of elimination.</p>
<p align="center">Kid bathroom?&#160; Dr Seuss-y and I love it.&#160; Don’t want to change that one yet.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_APIzELg524s/SmcrF2jvfcI/AAAAAAAADF4/i0NkO29_2nw/s320/DSC_1005.JPG" />    <br /><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_APIzELg524s/SmcrGNP6N7I/AAAAAAAADGA/cpceHhjYLvw/s320/DSC_1006.JPG" /><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_APIzELg524s/SmcrGljn0uI/AAAAAAAADGI/sJ9w2Irc7Do/s320/DSC_1007.JPG" /></p>
<p align="center">Master bathroom?&#160; Has a wall that doesn’t go all the way to the ceiling, which means that any painting would have involved also painting my entire master bedroom.&#160; Last time I did that by myself it took 5 whole days.&#160; And, if I picked a color that didn’t work with my existing bedding…&#160; You see the size of project this could have turned into, right?</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0189.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0189" border="0" alt="DSC_0189" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC_0189_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="335" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Powder room?&#160; Like one square yard.&#160; You can’t get in there to photograph (we bloggers worry about these things) and I just redid the mirror in the last couple of months.&#160; Plus, there’s not really space for anything other than the toilet and the pedestal sink.</p>
<p align="center">So, the basement bathroom it was, in spite of the fact that there’s no natural light (back to that thing where we bloggers worry about our pictures <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile2.png" />).</p>
<p align="center">Truthfully, I NEVER use this bathroom.&#160; As in, I have never ever ever bathed/showered down there (in 5.5 years) and maybe use the toilet portion once a month.&#160; My kids <strike>have</strike> get to clean toilets when they talk back, so I can’t even think of the last time I was down there to clean it.&#160; Once I got down there, I realized that this should have been my obvious choice from the get go.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9190.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9190" border="0" alt="D7K_9190" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9190_thumb.jpg" width="331" height="500" /></a></p>
<p align="center">The towel bar had been ripped off by a kid doing chin ups.&#160; The wall patches hadn’t been painted.&#160; The toilet paper holder was broken and no longer able to actually hold toilet paper.&#160; The kick place on the cabinet had fallen off.&#160; And don’t even get me started on that wall color.&#160; When I showed a friend the before picture, she called it “cat turd brown”.&#160; Let’s also not talk about what happened when someone washed the formerly white rug with the towels:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9192.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9192" border="0" alt="D7K_9192" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9192_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I was not a fan of the light fixture either…too pointy or something.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9193.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9193" border="0" alt="D7K_9193" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9193_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center">So, I headed to Lowe’s for some inspiration.</p>
<p align="center">I don’t have a way before picture of the towel rack situation, but you’ll just have to imagine that it was pulled completely off the wall based on the super human <strike>girth</strike> strength of one or more of my children. Because it had been securely drywall anchored in place (after the first time it came down), A LOT of the wall came out with it.&#160; Instead of replacing a huge chunk of drywall, I decided to come up with another option for towel hanging.&#160; I found this coat rack in the closet/garage/organization section at Lowe’s and thought it would be perfect:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-30.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo (30)" border="0" alt="photo (30)" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-30_thumb.jpg" width="400" height="298" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I picket up a new toilet paper holder and a light fixture and then headed back to get some molding to frame the mirror.&#160; I also picked up 398472 paint samples.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_91851.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9185" border="0" alt="D7K_9185" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9185_thumb1.jpg" width="500" height="333" /></a>    <br /><em><font size="2">(That fabric is a laminated cotton from Riley Blake that I’ll be using for the new shower curtain.&#160; That tutorial will be over on the Riley Blake blog in March.)</font></em></p>
<p align="center">I went with a color called <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_93679-4-40021AMODESTSILVER_0__?productId=3323894" target="_blank">Modest Silver from Valspar</a> and it is PERFECT.</p>
<p align="center">When I went back to get the paint, I got some Liquid Nails (to fix the kick plate), painter’s tape, garbage bags (to wrap the toilet so I could paint behind it), white silicone (to adhere the frame to the mirror), spackle (I like the kind that goes on pink and turns white as it dries) and assorted cleaning supplies (because I really have no idea when that tub was last cleaned).</p>
<p align="center">The other thing I want to mention about this makeover is that I did it entirely by myself…no husband help at all.&#160; I’m not telling you this to mock him (he he he <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile1.png" />), just so that you’ll know that YOU CAN DO THIS BY YOURSELF!</p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="4">Want to see some after pictures?</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">(Keep in mind the shower curtain isn’t finished yet, so the fabric is just sort of draped over the rod.)</p>
<p align="center">Kick plate glued back in place:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9411.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9411" border="0" alt="D7K_9411" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9411_thumb.jpg" width="275" height="182" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9413.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9413" border="0" alt="D7K_9413" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9413_thumb.jpg" width="275" height="182" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Toilet paper holder replaced:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9200.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9200" border="0" alt="D7K_9200" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9200_thumb.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Paint applied (and Cheetos eaten):</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9197.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9197" border="0" alt="D7K_9197" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9197_thumb.jpg" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Light fixture swapped:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-23-1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="photo (23)-1" border="0" alt="photo (23)-1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/photo-23-1_thumb.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Coat rack turned towel rack installed:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9198.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9198" border="0" alt="D7K_9198" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9198_thumb.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Mirror framed:</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408840_347541198612074_123247647708098_1102659_851582955_n.jpg" width="300" height="224" /></p>
<p align="center">I gave everything a good scrubbing, too, and voila!&#160; A much more pleasant bathroom!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9275.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9275" border="0" alt="D7K_9275" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9275_thumb.jpg" width="381" height="575" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9266.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9266" border="0" alt="D7K_9266" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/D7K_9266_thumb.jpg" width="381" height="575" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Don’t forget to pick up a FREE Subscription to Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/Home.aspx" target="_blank"><img title="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" border="0" alt="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1.jpg" width="412" height="150" /></a></p>
<p align="center">You can also find <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lowescreativeideas" target="_blank">Lowe’s Creative Ideas on Facebook</a>.&#160; (They’ve moved, so if you “liked” them before, you should “like” them again!)</p>
<p align="center">And, now there’s a <a href="http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/blog/blog.aspx" target="_blank">Lowe’s Creative Ideas blog</a>.&#160; Go have a look around.&#160; You might recognize a face or two.</p>
<p align="center"><em><font size="2">Disclosure:&#160; Lowe’s provided me with a gift card for supplies for my bathroom makeover.</font></em></p>
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		<title>Playroom Organization + $100 Lowe&#8217;s Gift Card Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You all remember the great playroom purge a few weeks back? We’ve had some great shelving in there since we finished our basement 5 or 6 years ago… Super old crappy picture alert: but the fabric bins were just not working out for us.&#160; I had little kids when I bought them, and only one [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">You all remember <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2012/01/its-that-time-of-year.html" target="_blank">the great playroom purge</a> a few weeks back?</p>
<p align="center">We’ve had some great shelving in there since we finished our basement 5 or 6 years ago…    </p>
<p><em><font size="2">Super old crappy picture alert:</font></em></p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/charbroiledbrat/100_1395.jpg?t=1327446494" /></p>
<p align="center">but the fabric bins were just not working out for us.&#160; I had little kids when I bought them, and only one boy old enough to play with toys.&#160; Since that time I’ve discovered something:&#160; Those cloth bins do not hold up to little boys…at least not mine.&#160; We had an incident with scissors where some of the handles were snipped&#160; Several others were missing bottoms.&#160; Pretty much all of them were bent in weird places.&#160; And, there was no way to label them.</p>
<p align="center">So, here’s my industrial boy friendly organization solution:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/playroom_storage1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="playroom_storage1" border="0" alt="playroom_storage1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/playroom_storage1_thumb.jpg" width="280" height="423" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/playroom_storage2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="playroom_storage2" border="0" alt="playroom_storage2" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/playroom_storage2_thumb.jpg" width="280" height="423" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">PAINT BUCKETS!</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">I found these buckets at <a href="http://www.lowes.com/?cm_mmc=search_google-_-Brand%20Core-_-Core%20Terms%20Exact-_-lowes" target="_blank">Lowe’s</a> in the paint department.&#160; They’re $6.57 each, so not a whole lot more expensive than the cloth bins.&#160; They fit perfectly in my shelving (Pottery Barn Kids) and would also fit in <a href="http://www.lowes.com/SearchCatalogDisplay?Ntt=closetmaid&amp;storeId=10151&amp;N=0&amp;langId=-1&amp;catalogId=10051&amp;rpp=24" target="_blank">ClosetMaid</a> or IKEA stuff as well…anything where the holes are 12” X 12” or larger.</p>
<p align="center">I also wanted my buckets labeled, and I wanted them labeled in a way that could be changed, because in a year or two we’ll be out of the Little People phase and have 5 buckets of Legos.&#160; I thought about vinyl, but I wanted it to be easier to change than that.&#160; My solution?</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9106.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9106" border="0" alt="D7K_9106" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9106_thumb.jpg" width="550" height="440" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Chalkboard paint.</p>
<p align="center">I traced an oval onto some contact paper and then cut it out, leaving the edges in tact.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9107.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9107" border="0" alt="D7K_9107" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9107_thumb.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9108.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9108" border="0" alt="D7K_9108" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9108_thumb.jpg" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Here’s my <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5Cud4BN1AeHNTdmOTY0OTEtNTc0My00ZGNiLTlkNmEtZTk5YzQxMDgxMzk3" target="_blank">oval template</a>, but really…it’s just an oval.&#160; Find something and trace it. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile1.png" /></p>
<p align="center">I applied the contact paper to the buckets as a stencil.&#160; It’s a little bit tricky because of the slope of the bucket, but go slowly and make sure to seal the edges tightly.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9110.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9110" border="0" alt="D7K_9110" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9110_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="4">DO NOT SKIP THIS NEXT STEP:</font></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">Prime the bucket with primer for metal.&#160; If you don’t, the paint will peel right off.</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">Apply 2 or 3 thin coats of chalkboard paint.&#160; I like to alternate between vertical and horizontal coats to minimize brush lines.</p>
<p align="center">Carefully remove your stencil and then label your buckets as desired.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9102.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_9102" border="0" alt="D7K_9102" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/D7K_9102_thumb.jpg" width="400" height="500" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Easy and customizable!</p>
<p align="center">Random questions I always get asked when I post pictures of my playroom:</p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">What color is your paint?</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">It’s called Apple 2 and I got it at Lowe’s.&#160; It’s pretty much my favorite light green ever.&#160; I used Apple 1 in another room in the house, even.</p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">Are those rain gutters?</font></strong></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rain_gutter_bookshelves.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="rain_gutter_bookshelves" border="0" alt="rain_gutter_bookshelves" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/rain_gutter_bookshelves_thumb.jpg" width="267" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Yes. Yes they are.&#160; I put them up in 2006 when we finished the basement and they’ve held up beautifully.&#160; I saw the idea originally in Family Fun (<a href="http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/rain-gutter-bookshelves-666172/" target="_blank">see here</a>).&#160; They’re a great way to have the books visible and accessible to my kids and they made great use of an awkward spot behind the door.</p>
<p align="center">And now for the good stuff:</p>
<p align="center"><strong><font color="#f79646" size="5">LOWE’S IS GIVING ONE LUCKY CRAP I’VE MADE READER A $100 GIFT CARD!</font></strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">To enter:</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">Leave a comment ON THIS POST (on the blog, not on Facebook or in response to your email subscription) saying which room in your home needs some Lowe’s organization help.</p>
<p align="center"><strong><font size="3">Optional bonus entry:</font></strong></p>
<p align="center">Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/lowescreativeideas" target="_blank">Lowe’s Creative Ideas on Facebook</a>.&#160; Leave a separate comment saying you did.</p>
<p align="center"><em>Giveaway is open to US residents age 18 and over only and closes Friday, January 27th at noon MST.&#160; Winner will be chosen at random using a WordPress Plugin </em><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/and-the-winner-is/"><em>(And The Winner Is…</em></a><em>) and notified by email.&#160; Winner has 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen…I need the winner’s info before the end of the month!</em></p>
<p align="center">And while you’re waiting to see if you won, head on over for your FREE Subscription to Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/Home.aspx"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" border="0" alt="LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LOWES-Creative-Magcollage1.jpg" width="412" height="150" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><em>Disclosure:&#160; Lowe’s provided me with a gift card to organize my playroom.&#160; The paint and rain gutter projects happened many, many years before I started working with them…I’m a Lowe’s fan from way back.</em></p>
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		<title>Glitter Ornaments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glitter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I saw my friend Kristine McKay (of My Craft Channel fame) on Studio 5 (local morning show) doing a segment on glitter.&#160; Macy’s been INSISTENT that our tree needs more white glitter, so the ornaments that Kristine made sounded like the perfect solution.&#160; Plus, they were simple enough that I could [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">A few weeks ago I saw my friend Kristine McKay (of <a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/" target="_blank">My Craft Channel</a> fame) on <a href="http://studio5.ksl.com/" target="_blank">Studio 5</a> (local morning show) doing a segment on glitter.&#160; Macy’s been INSISTENT that our tree needs more white glitter, so the ornaments that Kristine made sounded like the perfect solution.&#160; Plus, they were simple enough that I could make Macy make them herself.&#160; <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile.png" /></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/D7K_8615.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_8615" border="0" alt="D7K_8615" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/D7K_8615_thumb.jpg" width="575" height="460" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Basically, you pour some floor cleaner in an ornament, swirl it around, dump out the excess, add glitter, and shake.</p>
<p align="center">I love how they look like frosty snowballs and aren’t super in your face glittery.&#160; If you want SUPER glittery, you can for sure achieve that with a different color of glitter.&#160; Check out <a href="http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/being-crafty/how-to-make-glitter-christmas-ornaments-diy/" target="_blank">these</a> over on <a href="http://theornamentgirl.com/blog/" target="_blank">Things That Sparkle</a>!</p>
<p align="center">You can watch Kristine’s segment <a href="http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=71&amp;sid=18151309" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p align="center">Have you made any ornaments this year?</p>
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		<title>Faux Feed Sack Pillows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IF YOU&#8217;RE HERE TO ENTER TO WIN A CAMEO, IT&#8217;S ONE POST DOWN.  (And this would TOTALLY be a great first project for it!) You’ve seen the fabulous pillows made from feed sacks all over the internet, right?  Pottery Barn had some made from coffee bags, even.  I love them, but I don’t happen to [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><strong>IF YOU&#8217;RE HERE TO ENTER TO WIN A CAMEO, IT&#8217;S ONE POST DOWN.</strong>  (And this would TOTALLY be a great first project for it!)</p>
<p align="center">You’ve seen the fabulous pillows made from feed sacks all over the internet, right?  Pottery Barn had some made from coffee bags, even.  I love them, but I don’t happen to have an abundance of feed sacks sitting around.  OK, I don’t have <em>any</em> feed sacks sitting around and I don’t know where to get them either.  So, I came up with this project to satisfy my love of the feed sack.  Desperation is the mother of invention, right?  And, this tutorial *might* even be better than the real deal because you can totally personalize a faux sack.  What are the odds that you’d find an actual feed bag with your last name (or Santa or whatever) on it?  (Hint: none.)</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8360.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8360" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8360_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8360" width="575" height="460" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><em>(I went the Santa route, since I originally developed this project for the A Swell Noel series over at <a href="http://www.positivelysplendid.com/" target="_blank">Positively Splendid</a>, but this technique would work for any image/lettering.)</em></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">SUPPLIES:</span></strong></p>
<p align="center">Canvas drop cloth, from the paint section.  You can get a 6’ X 9’ one for around $10.  That’d make A LOT of pillows.<br />
Contact paper, vinyl, or freezer paper.  I used contact paper because it’s cheap and can easily be fed through my <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/default.aspx?mid=CIMalskjdhl85769833451293042389476skhasdkruy78yh" target="_blank">Silhouette</a>.<br />
Silkscreen ink.  I like <a href="http://www.plaidonline.com/simply-screen/brand/home.htm" target="_blank">Simply Screen</a> by Plaid.<br />
Sandpaper</p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">HOW TO:</span></strong></p>
<p align="center">Cut your design or lettering out of your contact paper (or vinyl or freezer paper).  I used a Santa silhouette from the Silhouette download store and then cut it with my Silhouette (on vinyl settings but slowed down to a speed of 5 and a depth of 7).  You could easily do this with a craft knife as well.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8370.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8370" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8370_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8370" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Apply the contact paper to your drop cloth.  I cut an 18” X 18” square because my pillow form was 18”.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8372.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8372" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8372_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8372" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I used that green scraper thing to get a good tight seal around the edges.</p>
<p align="center">I like to stick the vinyl backing under my fabric to keep the ink from bleeding through and getting on my table.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8373.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8373" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8373_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8373" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Apply silkscreen ink with a sponge brush.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8328.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8328" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8328_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8328" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I like to use a scrap of contact paper to squirt the ink out onto.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8329.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8329" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8329_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8329" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Once the ink is dry, you can peel off the contact paper.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8332.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8332" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8332_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8332" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Then, take some sandpaper to your design.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8341.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8341" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8341_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8341" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Keep sanding until it looks old and worn and like it’s been part of the canvas forever.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8339.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8339" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8339_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8339" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Assemble your pillow (I made a simple envelope back).</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8345.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8345" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8345_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8345" width="500" height="331" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And you’re done.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8354.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_8354" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/D7K_8354_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_8354" width="575" height="381" border="0" /></a></p>
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		<title>Halloween Mantel</title>
		<link>https://www.crapivemade.com/2011/09/halloween-mantel.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home decor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Candelabras: Dollar Tree Framed prints: Lifestyle Crafts die cuts and letterpress.&#160; How to here. Subway art: The girls at eighteen25. Crows: Dollar Tree Spider web plate: Tutorial here. Bat banner and bats on frame: Lifestyle Crafts Be Spooked, bats die.&#160; I used the large size for the banner and the small size for the frame. [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/halloween_mantel.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="halloween_mantel" border="0" alt="halloween_mantel" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/halloween_mantel_thumb.jpg" width="600" height="398" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Candelabras: Dollar Tree</p>
<p align="center">Framed prints: <a href="http://lifestylecrafts.com/" target="_blank">Lifestyle Crafts</a> die cuts and letterpress.&#160; How to <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2011/09/lifestyle-crafts-new-holiday-releases.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p align="center">Subway art: The girls at <a href="http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">eighteen25</a>.</p>
<p align="center">Crows: Dollar Tree</p>
<p align="center">Spider web plate: Tutorial <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2011/09/spider-web-plate.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p align="center">Bat banner and bats on frame: Lifestyle Crafts Be Spooked, <a href="http://lifestylecrafts.com/products/new-releases/spooked/bats.html" target="_blank">bats die</a>.&#160; I used the large size for the banner and the small size for the frame.</p>
<p align="center">And, not mantel related, but festive nonetheless:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7400.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_7400" border="0" alt="D7K_7400" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7400_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="358" /></a></p>
<p align="center">&#160;</p>
<p align="center">Have you pulled out the Halloween décor yet?</p>
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		<title>Spider Web Doily Pillow</title>
		<link>https://www.crapivemade.com/2011/09/spider-web-doily-pillow.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fabric]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at the dollar store a few weeks ago and picked up some doilies.  (I’m obsessed, even have a work in progress Pinterest board.)  I had no specific plans for them, until Macy walked in after school and said “Hey!  Those look like spider webs!” I stitched from the center to each doily point [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/spider_web_doily_pillow.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="spider_web_doily_pillow" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/spider_web_doily_pillow_thumb.jpg" alt="spider_web_doily_pillow" width="560" height="448" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I was at the dollar store a few weeks ago and picked up some doilies.  (I’m obsessed, even have a work in progress <a href="http://pinterest.com/char_coester/i-heart-doilies/" target="_blank">Pinterest board</a>.)  I had no specific plans for them, until Macy walked in after school and said “Hey!  Those look like spider webs!”</p>
<p align="center">I stitched from the center to each doily point and then continued on to the edges of my pillow front piece.</p>
<p align="center">Once the doily was stitched in place, I took some spider rings (also from the dollar store) and cut off the ring part.  I tacked them onto the pillow by sewing around the 2 middle legs on each side, like this,</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7100-1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_7100-1" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7100-1_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_7100-1" width="480" height="597" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">only with actual thread instead of yellow bars.  Those suckers are on there GOOD and I’m certain they’ll stay put.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7103.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_7103" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7103_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_7103" width="408" height="510" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Since I already had the orange fabric (IKEA clearance) and the pillow form, this project cost me about $1.25.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7107.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_7107" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/D7K_7107_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_7107" width="640" height="512" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Not bad, right?</p>
<p align="center">Do you have Halloween décor out yet?</p>
<p align="center">Have you nailed down costume ideas?</p>
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<p align="center">Linking to: <a href="http://todayscreativeblog.net/" target="_blank">Today&#8217;s Creative Blog</a></p>
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		<title>Dyed Doily Pillows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s get in our time machines and go back to June 9, 2010.  I posted this. I’d taken some ratty old thrift store doilies (I’ve recently spotted doilies at Dollar Tree and JoAnn’s, if thrift stores aren’t your thing) and dyed them with Dylon dye. I told you I was going to make pillows. Well, [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">Let’s get in our time machines and go back to June 9, 2010.  I posted <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/06/stained-thrift-store-doilies.html" target="_blank">this</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSC_0402.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="DSC_0402" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DSC_0402_thumb.jpg" alt="DSC_0402" width="472" height="317" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I’d taken some ratty old thrift store doilies (I’ve recently spotted doilies at Dollar Tree and JoAnn’s, if thrift stores aren’t your thing) and dyed them with Dylon dye.</p>
<p align="center">I told you I was going to make pillows.</p>
<p align="center">Well, I finally did.  And it only took me 433 days.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/doily_pillow.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="doily_pillow" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/doily_pillow_thumb.jpg" alt="doily_pillow" width="640" height="459" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Supplies:</span></strong></p>
<p align="center">Canvas drop cloth (or other fabric for the body of the pillow)<br />
Doily (dyed or not…your choice)<br />
Sewing machine and thread</p>
<p align="center"><em><strong>Random blah blah blah about the body of the pillow</strong>:  I had an 18” pillow form, so I cut my front piece 18” X 18”.  I used the already hemmed drop cloth edges to cut two 12” X 18” (this was the hemmed edge) pieces for the envelope closure on the back.  If you don’t have a hemmed edge, you’ll want to cut yours bigger to allow for hemming.</em></p>
<p align="center">I centered the doily on my square of fabric and pinned it in place.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6031.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6031" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6031_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6031" width="467" height="335" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I used a zig zag stitch to sew around the edges and to tack down part of the middle as well.  Since I used matching thread, you can hardly see it.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6035.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6035" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6035_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6035" width="483" height="344" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Here’s a shot of the back, to give you a better idea:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6034.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6034" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6034_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6034" width="467" height="333" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And, that’s it.  Put the pillow together and you’re finished!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6046.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6046" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6046_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6046" width="640" height="456" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/doily_pillow1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="doily_pillow" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/doily_pillow_thumb1.jpg" alt="doily_pillow" width="640" height="459" border="0" /></a></p>
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		<title>Petal Pillow Tutorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supplies: Canvas drop cloth (or other fabric for the body of the pillow) Felt (7.5” X 17.5”) Sewing machine + thread Hand sewing needle Petal template Random blah blah blah about cutting the petals:  The wool blend felt I bought was 17.5” wide.  I cut three 2.5” strips and then cut those strips into 2.5” [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/petal_pillow.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="petal_pillow" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/petal_pillow_thumb.jpg" alt="petal_pillow" width="614" height="407" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Supplies:</strong></span></p>
<p align="center">Canvas drop cloth (or other fabric for the body of the pillow)<br />
Felt (7.5” X 17.5”)<br />
Sewing machine + thread<br />
Hand sewing needle<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&amp;pid=explorer&amp;chrome=true&amp;srcid=0B5Cud4BN1AeHMzMzNWQ5ODgtNGYzOS00ZjExLTg4ZDctMGZkNjExM2FiYjc5&amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank">Petal template</a></p>
<p align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Random blah blah blah about cutting the petals:</strong>  The wool blend felt I bought was 17.5” wide.  I cut three 2.5” strips and then cut those strips into 2.5” squares.  This gave me 21 squares (18 for the big petals, 3 for the smaller center petals).  I stacked the squares 3 or 4 at a time to cut them out.</span></em></p>
<p align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Random blah blah blah about the body of the pillow</strong>:  I had an 18” pillow form, so I cut my front piece 18” X 18”.  I used the already hemmed drop cloth edges to cut two 12” X 18” (this was the hemmed edge) pieces for the envelope closure on the back.  If you don’t have a hemmed edge, you’ll want to cut yours bigger to allow for hemming.</span></em></p>
<p align="center">Now where were we?  Oh yeah.  The pillow.</p>
<p align="center">Decide where you want to position your flower on the pillow.  Lay out 6 of the petals like this.  I’ve included my tape measure in the shot, so you can see about how far apart I spaced them.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5993.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5993" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5993_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5993" width="551" height="365" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Pin them if you need to, and then sew them down (in towards the center).</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5995.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5995" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5995_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5995" width="306" height="245" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5996.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5996" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5996_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5996" width="306" height="245" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Position another 6 petals for the second layer.  Pin and stitch.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5997.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5997" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5997_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5997" width="308" height="246" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5998.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5998" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5998_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5998" width="308" height="246" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Position another 6 petals for the third layer.  Pin and stitch.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5999.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_5999" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_5999_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_5999" width="309" height="247" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6000.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6000" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6000_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6000" width="309" height="247" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Your 3 center petals are going to be sewed in place like this:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6002.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6002" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6002_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6002" width="341" height="426" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">(pinch ‘em like a piece of farfalle pasta)</p>
<p align="center">You can tack them into that shape first, or you can do it as you sew them on.  You’ll want to sew them on with the points lined up with those in the 2nd row of petals.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6004.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6004" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6004_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6004" width="498" height="398" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Put the rest of the pillow together, and you’re done!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6005.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="D7K_6005" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/D7K_6005_thumb.jpg" alt="D7K_6005" width="640" height="424" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/petal_pillow1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;" title="petal_pillow" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/petal_pillow_thumb1.jpg" alt="petal_pillow" width="640" height="424" border="0" /></a></p>
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		<title>Mod Podge Silhouette Canvas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This project was originally shared over at Tatertos and Jello as part of Jen’s Summer Social.&#160; I’m sharing it here in case you missed it! My kids just finished up their first year on a traditional school schedule.&#160; We’d been on year round before that, which means summer break = 3 weeks.&#160; This is our [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">This project was originally shared over at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/">Tatertos and Jello</a> as part of Jen’s Summer Social.&#160; I’m sharing it here in case you missed it!</p>
<p align="center">My kids just finished up their first year on a traditional school schedule.&#160; We’d been on year round before that, which means summer break = 3 weeks.&#160; This is our first real live 3 month long summer.&#160; I’m loving it, but there are days when “I’M BORED!” comes out of people’s mouths.&#160; So, I wanted to come up with a project we could work on together.&#160; We came up with this silhouette canvas.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5787.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5787" border="0" alt="D7K_5787" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5787_thumb.jpg" width="470" height="587" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Supplies:   <br />Canvas    <br />Old magazines &amp; scissors    <br />Mod Podge    <br />Acrylic craft paint    <br />Stain (optional)    <br />Sandpaper</p>
<p align="center">First, you’re going to let your kids go nuts cutting up magazine pages.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5753.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5753" border="0" alt="D7K_5753" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5753_thumb.jpg" width="584" height="387" /></a>    <br /><em><span style="font-size: xx-small">(The kid on the table in pajamas in the middle of the day in the background is totally optional.)</span></em></p>
<p align="center">We tried to pick pages with a lot of color (as opposed to black and white text), but that was really the only direction I gave them.</p>
<p align="center">Once you have a whole bunch of cut up magazines, you’ll want to Mod Podge them to a canvas.&#160; There’s also no rhyme or reason to this, just make sure you cover the entire canvas.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5754.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5754" border="0" alt="D7K_5754" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5754_thumb.jpg" width="580" height="464" /></a></p>
<p align="center">No need to have a panic attack that everything’s not smooth…some lumpy/puckered/not perfect parts are encouraged!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5757.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5757" border="0" alt="D7K_5757" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5757_thumb.jpg" width="584" height="387" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Once it’s good and dry, trace your silhouette with a pencil on the canvas.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5759.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5759" border="0" alt="D7K_5759" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5759_thumb.jpg" width="590" height="391" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I went with this bird on a branch design from the <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/default.aspx?mid=CIMalskjdhl85769833451293042389476skhasdkruy78yh" target="_blank">Silhouette</a> library.&#160; I think a big initial or monogram would look fabulous as well.&#160; Or how about a chevron pattern on the whole thing?&#160; (That was for you, Jen <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png" />)</p>
<p align="center">Once you’ve traced, you’ll want to fill in the rest of the canvas with craft paint.&#160; There are no pictures of this step because my daughter/back up photographer and I were both doing the painting.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5762.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5762" border="0" alt="D7K_5762" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5762_thumb.jpg" width="387" height="484" /></a></p>
<p align="center">YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW.&#160; I like this look and I probably would have stopped now if our silhouette had been something more graphic.</p>
<p align="center">I decided to take some sandpaper to the painted area so that some of our magazines would peek through.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5765.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5765" border="0" alt="D7K_5765" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5765_thumb.jpg" width="589" height="390" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Again, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW!&#160; There’s really no wrong way to do this…just go with what you like!</p>
<p align="center">I applied some stain next.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5767.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5767" border="0" alt="D7K_5767" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5767_thumb.jpg" width="316" height="395" /></a></p>
<p align="center">I put it on streaky and wiped some off.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5781.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5781" border="0" alt="D7K_5781" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5781_thumb.jpg" width="520" height="650" /></a></p>
<p align="center">YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW.</p>
<p align="center">I, however, did not.&#160; I watered down a few more shades of acrylic paint and did some more streaking (not that kind…what kind of blogger do you think I am?) and a little splattering.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_57871.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5787" border="0" alt="D7K_5787" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5787_thumb1.jpg" width="505" height="631" /></a></p>
<p align="center">YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY STOP NOW…because I totally did.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5791.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5791" border="0" alt="D7K_5791" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/D7K_5791_thumb.jpg" width="628" height="416" /></a></p>
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		<title>When Mountain Dew Flies&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a *little* incident of sibling rage last week. Keller threw a (plastic) bottle of Mountain Dew at his sister (because she’d dropped it in the toilet).&#160; He’s not a very good aim, and this happened: (Let’s not even get into the part where a piece of glass got stuck in the top of [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">We had a *little* incident of sibling rage last week.</p>
<p align="center">Keller threw a (plastic) bottle of Mountain Dew at his sister (because she’d dropped it in the toilet).&#160; He’s not a very good aim, and this happened:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5330.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5330" border="0" alt="D7K_5330" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5330_thumb.jpg" width="536" height="355" /></a></p>
<p align="center">(Let’s not even get into the part where a piece of glass got stuck in the top of my foot and it bled for close to an hour, mmmkay?)</p>
<p align="center">That’s my sewing room light.&#160; It’s what the contractors included in their bid when they finished our basement.&#160; And, it’s BORING.</p>
<p align="center">I decided to take this opportunity and girly up the lighting in there a bit.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5337.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5337" border="0" alt="D7K_5337" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5337_thumb.jpg" width="504" height="361" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And a non-illuminated shot:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5380.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="D7K_5380" border="0" alt="D7K_5380" src="http://www.crapivemade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K_5380_thumb.jpg" width="543" height="360" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Cute, right?&#160; I guess sometimes kid fights aren’t the worst thing ever….</p>
<p align="center">&#160;</p>
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		<title>Nursery Window Treatments, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a professional drapery sew-er, you probably shouldn’t read this post. Neighbor Jami presented me with a sketch of what she had in mind for her nursery window treatment.&#160; (The valance will be in another post, which will also show the complete window treatment installation.&#160; For now, you get my lovely helpers holding things [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="center">If you’re a professional drapery sew-er, you probably shouldn’t read this post.</p>
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<div align="center">Neighbor Jami presented me with a sketch of what she had in mind for her nursery window treatment.&nbsp; (The valance will be in another post, which will also show the complete window treatment installation.&nbsp; For now, you get my lovely helpers holding things up.)</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVV6GHPRI/AAAAAAAAMVM/kMlwwHcSJcI/s1600-h/DSC_0031%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0031" border="0" height="557" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVWWqjFjI/AAAAAAAAMVQ/zOweotosaZQ/DSC_0031_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0031" width="438" /></a></p>
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<div align="center">The main panel is the measurement of the window, plus the depth of the board we’ll be mounting it to at the top.&nbsp; I didn’t include seam allowances because I was adding ruffles to the edges to make up the difference.&nbsp; If you’re not adding ruffles, add seam allowances.&nbsp; I was working with a wide (60”) window and typical cotton fabric (45”), so I needed to seam the fabric.</p>
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<div align="center">I added strips of a contrasting fabric for a little visual interest.</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVXJU9O6I/AAAAAAAAMVU/RvN63m7Mn2s/s1600-h/DSC_0033%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0033" border="0" height="471" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVX5K7LjI/AAAAAAAAMVY/2M4jH3hVlDo/DSC_0033_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0033" width="427" /></a></p>
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<div align="center">I ruffled strips for the edges (3” strips pressed in half) using my ruffler foot and then basted them along the edges.</p>
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<div align="center">The back is a piece of a cheap-o white sheet cut the same size as the main panel.&nbsp; I sandwiched the pieces together, right sides facing, and sewed both sides, leaving the top and bottom open.</p>
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<div align="center">Next I turned it right side out and marked where the contrasting stripes were on the back of the curtain.&nbsp; I made a small button hole towards the bottom (about 2” up) on the backing fabric in the middle of where the stripes lined up.</p>
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<div align="center">Turn it back inside out and sew the bottom seam closed.</p>
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<div align="center">Turn it right side out and press.</p>
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<div align="center">Next I sewed along both sides of the contrasting stripes to form 2 casings.</p>
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<div align="center">Then I got a couple of these:</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVYRC6bgI/AAAAAAAAMVc/AfGAn6lPpm0/s1600-h/plastic-cord-lock-toggle-cylindrical-11391-p%5B2%5D.jpg"><img alt="plastic-cord-lock-toggle-cylindrical-11391-p" border="0" height="142" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVYtrZc6I/AAAAAAAAMVg/hC2XaTbOlBo/plastic-cord-lock-toggle-cylindrical-11391-p_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="plastic-cord-lock-toggle-cylindrical-11391-p" width="180" /></a></p>
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<div align="center">I think they’re called cord stops or toggles or something.&nbsp; You can find them in the notions section of the fabric store.</p>
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<div align="center">I threaded a piece of cotton cording (with a knot at the end) through them and then through the buttonholes on the curtain backing and up through the casings.</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVZ_ncBiI/AAAAAAAAMVk/3-Yf1Z5azIE/s1600-h/DSC_0049%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0049" border="0" height="349" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVaqwDNVI/AAAAAAAAMVo/6IC9lRvexL0/DSC_0049_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0049" width="508" /></a></p>
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<div align="center">I pulled it taught-ish (i.e. not so tight it puckers) and then stitched the cording down so it wouldn’t move along the top edge of the curtain.</p>
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<div align="center">Why?&nbsp; So Jami can do this to let some more light in during the day:</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVbFPt17I/AAAAAAAAMVs/LSKUs_hUopM/s1600-h/DSC_0037%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC_0037" border="0" height="424" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TadVbgbAMQI/AAAAAAAAMVw/7dSrqJ0sE20/DSC_0037_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC_0037" width="568" /></a></p>
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<div align="center">(I swear to you it’s cuter with the valance, this post would have just been so long I’d have gotten kicked out of blogging if I’d put it all together.)</p>
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<div align="center">Stay tuned for the valance and the installation!</div>
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		<title>Guest Post: Neighbor Jami &amp; Her Nursery Details</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jami&#8217;s back today to show us the rest of her nursery details! This chandelier is another DI score&#8230;$2 whole dollars! I added some cream spray paint and these amazing magnetic pink crystals I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby and, voila! A dainty little chandelier! It is screaming for some little lamp shades. I have [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><i>Jami&#8217;s back today to show us the rest of her nursery details!</i></p>
<p align="center">This chandelier is another DI score&#8230;$2 whole dollars! I added some cream spray paint and these amazing magnetic pink crystals I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby and, voila! A dainty little chandelier!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE6Q-xnDI/AAAAAAAAB8s/ZDnfiGXyxz4/s1600-h/DSCN64822.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSCN6482" border="0" alt="DSCN6482" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE6-bPMUI/AAAAAAAAB8w/0DTG1YcVANc/DSCN6482_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="368" height="289" /></a></p>
<p align="center">It is screaming for some little lamp shades. I have been visiting Hobby Lobby weekly and buying them out of lampshades similar to <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=152553">these</a> self adhesive, cover–it-yourself lampshades. Apparently they only stock 2 at a time?</p>
<p align="center">This lamp is another DI find:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE7qXc3FI/AAAAAAAAB80/niWmahQjZNo/s1600-h/DSCN64852.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSCN6485" border="0" alt="DSCN6485" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE8M4DfAI/AAAAAAAAB84/r2E6YA1Y4X0/DSCN6485_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="265" height="353" /></a></p>
<p align="center">The lamp post was cute, so I spray painted it cream but the shade that came with it was pretty beat up, so I bought a “cover-it-yourself” lamp shade from Hobby Lobby and came up with this.</p>
<p align="center">And of course, the <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2011/03/name-art-march-silhouette-promo.html" target="_blank">name art</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE_oZlxnI/AAAAAAAAB9M/LGq_DvrGrg8/s1600-h/DSCN64904.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSCN6490" border="0" alt="DSCN6490" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoFABYAfrI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/YwU2SHeXn8w/DSCN6490_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="258" height="205" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Char actually did most of the work on this. <i>(Char interruption: That is not true. Jami was the mastermind, I was just the man power.) </i>I LOVE the way it turned out. Here is a better picture, minus the frilly iron decor above it.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoFAxZUQnI/AAAAAAAAB9U/fzCbIQGt0mc/s1600-h/nameart45.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="name art[4]" border="0" alt="name art[4]" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoFBtCkmTI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/X6pxKHwgBh0/nameart4_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800" width="404" height="500" /></a></p>
<p align="center">The room is small and there wasn’t really room for a traditional changing table.&#160; My fabulous neighbor Decorator Wendy came up with this solution:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI1SpqjNI/AAAAAAAAMKc/D4-46I_n1g4/s1600-h/DSC_0094-2%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0094-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0094-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI1zs14iI/AAAAAAAAMKg/hbvu6bRQku8/DSC_0094-2_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="535" height="396" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Handy to have a laundry basket underneath for all those newborn blowouts, right?</p>
<p align="center">And then I hung the diapers and wipes bins on the wall above it.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI2cmURvI/AAAAAAAAMKk/u7zkDTj6vtw/s1600-h/DSC_0091-2%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0091-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0091-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI24TOJhI/AAAAAAAAMKo/SYQRNR_SZyE/DSC_0091-2_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="394" height="551" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Who wants to tell the cat her days of hanging out in here are numbered?</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI3oaPooI/AAAAAAAAMKs/67QbYNObbrY/s1600-h/DSC_0058-4%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0058-4" border="0" alt="DSC_0058-4" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZyI4KzmEbI/AAAAAAAAMKw/bCzQQML0QUY/DSC_0058-4_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="572" height="400" /></a></p>
<p align="center">-Jami</p>
<p align="center"><em>Most of the curtains are done, I just need to finish the valance portion.&#160; Look forward to that project next week!</em></p>
<p align="center"><em>-Char</em></p>
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		<title>Crib Bumpers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[***I realize that some people have strong feelings about crib bumpers.&#160; The comments on this post are not the place to share those feelings, K?*** Jami picked up a damaged Pottery Barn Kids bumper at our local Down East Home store for $10 (cheaper than buying new batting, right?) and I recovered it.&#160; It was [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><em>***I realize that some people have strong feelings about crib bumpers.&#160; The comments on this post are not the place to share those feelings, K?***</em></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNJmL8-QI/AAAAAAAAMEU/UuINXl2_dOA/s1600-h/Amy_Butler_Crib_Bumper%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Amy_Butler_Crib_Bumper" border="0" alt="Amy_Butler_Crib_Bumper" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNKJq8UMI/AAAAAAAAMEY/r8c-G_LpSTA/Amy_Butler_Crib_Bumper_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="645" height="529" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Jami picked up a damaged Pottery Barn Kids bumper at our local <a href="http://downeasthomeblog.com/" target="_blank">Down East Home</a> store for $10 (cheaper than buying new batting, right?) and I recovered it.&#160; It was all one really, really long piece and stuffing it inside the new cover would have been a nightmare, so I cut it into 4 pieces (one for each side).&#160; I measured each piece and added 1&#8242;’ for seam allowances.&#160; I’m not giving you specific measurements for this because your bumper may be a different height and/or thickness.&#160; The top and bottom ruffles are 3” strips pressed in half and then ruffled with my ruffler foot.</p>
<p align="center">I put large ties (5” strips, sewed RST into a tube and angled on the end) on the corners and a small tie on the top and bottom centers of each long side.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNK8FGu-I/AAAAAAAAMEc/2YjxcGZl2CE/s1600-h/DSC_0057-4%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0057-4" border="0" alt="DSC_0057-4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNLQ56YFI/AAAAAAAAMEg/HV54JziyG94/DSC_0057-4_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="373" height="565" /></a></p>
<p align="center">The bumper fabrics and the yellow for the ties are all Amy Butler fabrics.</p>
<p align="center">The green ruffles are Heather Bailey.</p>
<p align="center">The houndstooth on the sheet is Free Spirit.&#160; I used <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-crib-and-toddler-bed-sheets.html" target="_blank">Dana’s tutorial</a> for the crib sheet.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNLpqZT8I/AAAAAAAAMEk/GbRyJwrru0E/s1600-h/DSC_0081-3%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0081-3" border="0" alt="DSC_0081-3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNMMqXPdI/AAAAAAAAMEo/RLOdaWCjGME/DSC_0081-3_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="580" height="403" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And someone remind me to head over to Jami’s to photograph her nursery in the afternoon next time because no pregnant woman should ever have to do this to help you get a good picture:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNMp8wopI/AAAAAAAAMEs/bdC_WmGne98/s1600-h/DSC_0085-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0085-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0085-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TZVNNBq5XNI/AAAAAAAAMEw/OltHRrTy1gY/DSC_0085-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="412" height="624" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Or maybe I should just finish the window treatments next…</p>
<p align="center">&#160;</p>
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		<title>Guest Post: Neighbor Jami &amp; Her Nursery Furniture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neighbor Jami is back today telling us about the paint technique she used on her nursery furniture! As far as Lucy’s furniture went, I had none&#8230;at least none I wanted to use. My existing crib was way too bulky and masculine for a dainty little girl’s room, and I had given all my other baby [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><center><i>Neighbor Jami is back today telling us about the paint technique she used on her nursery furniture!</i></p>
<p>As far as Lucy’s furniture went, I had none&#8230;at least none I wanted to use. My existing crib was way too bulky and masculine for a dainty little girl’s room, and I had given all my other baby stuff away.</center><center><br />So I put the word out via Facebook that I was in need of a crib and would be willing to take one off someone&#8217;s hands if they were needing to get rid of one. Within 2 hours I had landed one from my pal Mindy.</center><center><br />Next, I bought a solid wood dresser at the Bountiful DI for $25.00. Have I mentioned I love the DI? I do.</center><center><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE0tBlOOI/AAAAAAAAB8U/Z-dlsfTPXvk/s1600-h/DSCN64792.jpg"><img alt="DSCN6479" border="0" height="260" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE17NQTYI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/EL6wf8MaFMg/DSCN6479_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCN6479" width="200" /></a> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(The knobs are new, from Hobby Lobby)</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></i>
<div align="center">I painted these both using a spray paint by Valspar in “Pistachio”. After a few coats and letting them completely dry I sanded the edges and then rubbed <a href="http://www.rangerink.com/pcbfall10.htm" target="_blank">“Distress Ink”</a> in the color of “vintage photo” on the sanded areas. (Distress Ink is basically a rubber stamp pad you can find at any craft store.) I then finished by spray painting a clear coat in a satin finish.</div>
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<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE3NRO0gI/AAAAAAAAB8c/fB4CqZvVexs/s1600-h/DSCN64816.jpg"><img alt="DSCN6481" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE4KuQW-I/AAAAAAAAB8g/T0Echvh058U/DSCN6481_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCN6481" width="260" /></a></p>
<p>My Rocking chair:</p>
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<div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE4ldZtAI/AAAAAAAAB8k/Nbpm5PIFmiY/s1600-h/DSCN64802.jpg"><img alt="DSCN6480" border="0" height="260" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE5ViaBeI/AAAAAAAAB8o/8yfQVYgvvwI/DSCN6480_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCN6480" width="200" /></a></div>
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<div align="center">My camera stinks so you can’t fully appreciate the color. It is called, “Crystal Aqua” by Valspar. A cushion is in the process as we speak. I also lightly sanded the edges and glazed the edges the same way as mentioned before. </div>
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<div align="center">My cute and talented neighbor and friend Decorator Wendy gave me these cute little boxes she purchased from Pottery Barn, to use next to my changing table. James painted these using the same “Aqua-Crystal” paint by Valspar that was used on the rocking chair. Then I cut out these labels in white vinyl using my silhouette.</p>
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<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE8hIMVrI/AAAAAAAAB88/saC8K6u2hnQ/s1600-h/DSCN64882.jpg"><img alt="DSCN6488" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE9V-t1GI/AAAAAAAAB9A/b3iqAhyr-cg/DSCN6488_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCN6488" width="260" /></a>
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<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE-I0-daI/AAAAAAAAB9E/eX6cqJm20SY/s1600-h/DSCN64872.jpg"><img alt="DSCN6487" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoE-41vVsI/AAAAAAAAB9I/74eI3R_Elnc/DSCN6487_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCN6487" width="260" /></a><br />-Jami</p>
<p><i>Hopefully the next installment will feature Char actually having sewed some bedding.  If not, we might have to break up!</i><br /><i>-Char</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>And, one more thing. &nbsp;Apparently Valspar has changed the name of the spray paint color in question. &nbsp;It is not longer called &#8220;Pistachio&#8221;. &nbsp;It&#8217;s something like &#8220;Leaf Green&#8221;, but the paint guys assured Jami it&#8217;s the exact same color. &nbsp;I&#8217;ll updated with the official name after my next trip to Lowe&#8217;s!</i>
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		<title>Utah Jazz Mural Paint Colors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall color: LA1001 Pale Apple 1 (It looks SUPER weird to me on the Valspar site.) Navy: LA1412 Navy 6 Green: LA1116 Paris Green Gold: A16-5 Naple&#8217;s Gold (from Olympic, but we had them color match it in the Valspar paint)]]></description>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Wall color: LA1001 Pale Apple 1 (It looks SUPER weird to me on the Valspar site.)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Navy: LA1412 Navy 6</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Green: LA1116 Paris Green</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Gold: A16-5 Naple&#8217;s Gold (from Olympic, but we had them color match it in the Valspar paint)</div>
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		<title>Guest Post: Meet Neighbor Jami &amp; Her Nursery Walls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my insane(ly awesome) neighbor Jami, aka the person I&#8217;m most likely to get arrested with: I&#8217;ve gotten A LOT of emails about her nursery since posting the name art. You&#8217;re in luck, because she&#8217;s agreed to do a couple of posts to share the details with us! So, here&#8217;s Neighbor Jami! Well, as [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">This is my insane(ly awesome) neighbor Jami, aka the person I&#8217;m most likely to get arrested with:</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> I&#8217;ve gotten A LOT of emails about her nursery since posting the <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2011/03/name-art-march-silhouette-promo.html">name art</a>. </div>
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<p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-owZFmuaQ7VI/TYpl0tJpZxI/AAAAAAAAMAM/dnc-5o-ImGM/s400/name%2Bart.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587390243854182162" />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You&#8217;re in luck, because she&#8217;s agreed to do a couple of posts to share the details with us!  So, here&#8217;s Neighbor Jami!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Well, as some of you are already fully aware (and those who aren&#8217;t, surprise!!!) I am expecting! After having 3 boys and vowing to my husband, myself, and family and friends that I would NEVER be having more children. I gave in and am happy to be carrying the first, last and only daughter I will ever know!!! You can imagine my joy on finding out I was having a girl! Immediately I thought of all the wonderful things that will accompany having a girl: the shopping that will be taking place, money spent, hair bows, shoes, leggings, jewelry, dresses, lace, dolls, everything pink, just to name a few… and of course, let’s not forget the NURSERY!</div>
<p style="text-align: center;">Ahhh the blessed nursery. Within 2 days of finding out it was indeed a girl, my mind already conjured up brilliant plans for baby Lucy’s nursery. It has become quite the undertaking, but I must admit I love it! And of course I would never be able to produce my desired outcome without some major help from my talented friends and loved ones.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">First, my amazing (and dead sexy) husband, James. He is my go to guy. I find I start a “simple” project that ends up being way more work than I had anticipated and then he lovingly steps in and finishes it for me. He is also amazing at building things I think of, that don’t exist, and “jimmy-rigging” thrift store finds so they are workable again. Besides all of these amazing things…he is a great husband and dad. I love him.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoEuOFItII/AAAAAAAAB74/ILD6CjZXQ28/31_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="31" border="0" alt="31" width="180" height="260" /><span >My husband, James (told ya he was dead-sexy)</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Next, my pal, Char. Oh where would I be without this girl in my life? For how many times I call her for advice, opinions, directions, instructions, and to borrow just about everything, including her amazing input on craft ideas, I feel like I should be paying her  a monthly fee! She has become my crafting comrade. Not only is she talented in all crafting areas, but she also provides some great comic relief to any scenario. We have had our fair share of fun crafting adventures, and fun “non-crafting” adventures. (Like the time we packed my van full of 6 boys all under the age of 6 so that I could double check a faulty pregnancy test with my doctor. But, hey…that is another story for another time). </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">She has been kind enough to help me out with Lucy’s nursery by helping me with some decor and also by taking on the huge project of sewing all her bedding and window dressings. I can’t wait to see them all finished and adorning Lucy’s room. It will be great!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Char and me, I feel, make a pretty good team. I feel confident enough to say that I can conjure up some pretty crafty ideas, but then to back it with brains… I am pretty much screwed.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Enter, Char.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The woman can figure anything out. Half the time she is explaining things to me I just have to nod my head and pretend to understand what she is saying just so I don’t look like a complete fool. What can I say? I am blonde, and I am a hairdresser, not a brilliant person like, Char. (no offense to hairdressers) we have our place in this world too. After all, we make people pretty! Can you imagine what an ugly place this world would be without us?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Okay, moving on…</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I decided to use Jett’s old room for the nursery, because it already had bead board hanging on the lower half of the walls. I chose to re-paint the bead board using paint by Valspar called, “Craft-White”. Next, I rubbed a glaze in the creases to accent them using a tintable glaze by, Valspar. I cannot remember the color of paint I used to tint the glaze. I bought a light tan in a sample can that you can get for around $3.00 at Lowe&#8217;s.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoEx_YjK1I/AAAAAAAAB8I/g_N_d2QNORg/DSC_09622_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC_0962-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0962-2" width="260" height="192" /><span >You can kind of see the bead board in this picture</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Next came the upper half of the walls. I originally wanted <a href="http://www.laylagrayce.com/Products/Amy-Butler-Fountain-Ocean-Wallpaper__GRBR50131.aspx" target="_blank">this</a> wallpaper by Amy Butler, since I love everything Amy Butler (I’d probably lick her toe jam, I love her so much) but then realized this was not going to be very practical considering the price! I’ll let you research that yourself, I don’t want to have you pass out in the middle of my post!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Bummed about the wallpaper, I called, Char and she mentioned <a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/" target="_blank">these cool stencils</a>. I liked the damask one myself, and I almost bought it even though it was a bit more than I’d like to spend. Then, on an outing to Hobby Lobby, I came across some wall stencils there and found a <a href="http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/victorian-baroque-stencil-576025/" target="_blank">worthy comparison</a> for only $16.99!!! I could handle that! So, I bought it. We primed and painted the upper wall using, “Baby Blush” by Valspar and then began stenciling, once the pink had dried. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For the stenciling, I wanted it very subtle, because it was a “busy” design. So I took the left over pink (1/4 gallon, give or take a few) and added the left over, “Craft-White” paint (1/2 gallon, give or take a few) to lighten it up. Next we followed the directions on the stencil and painted away. Over all the stenciling wasn&#8217;t too hard to do, just some prep work, and a lot of time, but fairly easy.</p>
<p align="center">The stenciled wall. Remember, it is subtle, so look closely.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qy7ADwFq_tQ/TYoLjZjy6MI/AAAAAAAAL_w/lDt5DeYWerg/s400/DSC_0852.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587290990490872002" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">And here&#8217;s a digitally enhanced version of the same pic.  The color is not that crazy in real life, I just wanted you to see the detail.</p>
<p><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9NthuyynL68/TYoEzaiCRcI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/FpLQbdEF3bg/DSC_0852_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC_0852" border="0" alt="DSC_0852" width="342" height="500" /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">That&#8217;s it for the walls.  Next up?  Refinishing the furniture!</div>
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<p align="left" style="text-align: center;">-Jami</p>
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		<title>Name Art + March Silhouette Promo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Char @ Crap I've Made]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve heard me talk about my insane neighbor Jami before, right? Hint: The Smelly Barn Adventure™. After 3 boys, Jami’s expecting her first girl, and I’m lucky enough to be sewing the bedding and helping her execute the awesome ideas she comes up with. (We joke that we’re going to buy land with a barn [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4ODyaSZI/AAAAAAAAL50/vwzsGlWj6pw/s1600-h/name%20art%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="name art" border="0" alt="name art" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4O0njgcI/AAAAAAAAL54/t5trA2Y1LzA/name%20art_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="378" height="480" /></a></p>
<p align="center">You’ve heard me talk about my insane neighbor Jami before, right?  Hint: <a href="http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/06/smelly-barn-adventure.html" target="_blank">The Smelly Barn Adventure</a>™.  After 3 boys, Jami’s expecting her first girl, and I’m lucky enough to be sewing the bedding and helping her execute the awesome ideas she comes up with.  (We joke that we’re going to buy land with a barn in the country and have sleep over craft retreats.  She’ll come up with the ideas because she’s WAY more creative than me and I’ll figure out how to make them happen.)</p>
<p align="center">Do you see that freaking amazing wall treatment?  We’ll talk about that in a few days.  After I posted the preview of this project on Facebook, I received several emails asking about how she painted the furniture.  We’ll talk about that, too.  Be patient.  Today’s just the name art.  <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-winkingsmile" alt="Winking smile" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4PTcyjoI/AAAAAAAAL58/1Z75hdb42DY/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" /></p>
<p align="center">Jami picked up a framed picture at the DI (thrift store) for a couple of dollars.  She picked it based on the fact that the shape was good for spelling out a name.  We pried the print out of the frame using butter knives and then flipped it over so that you couldn’t see the print through our white on white backing fabric.  If your frame doesn’t have a print in it, you could cut some foam core or cardboard and accomplish the same thing.  We applied the fabric to the print using spray adhesive.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4PqJRg7I/AAAAAAAAL6A/_aI71sU_Udg/s1600-h/DSC_0914-1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0914-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0914-1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4RDP_frI/AAAAAAAAL6E/lbZdGM1kXmY/DSC_0914-1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="303" /></a></p>
<p align="center">We figured out what size we wanted our letters and cut a test run with the <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/default.aspx?mid=CIMalskjdhl85769833451293042389476skhasdkruy78yh" target="_blank">Silhouette</a> on notebook paper.  You could ABSOLUTELY do this project without a Silhouette, you’d just have to cut the letters by hand.  And unless you named your kids something long (like Charlotte…thanks mom), it won’t take long.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4R5v0d0I/AAAAAAAAL6I/zbn-HK0pSoI/s1600-h/DSC_0917-1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0917-1" border="0" alt="DSC_0917-1" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4SXwzElI/AAAAAAAAL6M/yzPDoVDKbLg/DSC_0917-1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="441" height="303" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Because I know people will ask, the fonts are:</p>
<p align="center">L – <a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Big_Top.htm" target="_blank">Big Top</a><br />U – <a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/mixed_up.htm" target="_blank">Mixed Up</a>, it&#8217;s the capital U<br />C – <a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Oliver.htm" target="_blank">Oliver</a><br />Y – <a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/BoyzRGross.htm" target="_blank">BoyzRGross</a></p>
<p align="center">Once we were happy with the size, we got out <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/fabric.aspx" target="_blank">Silhouette’s new fabric interfacing</a>.  We used the clean cut (stronger adhesive, not machine sew-able) because this project isn’t going to need to be washed or handled and we wanted the stronger adhesive.</p>
<p align="center">We applied it following the package directions and got cutting.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4SnjZmSI/AAAAAAAAL6Q/mDdo6RsFpto/s1600-h/DSC_0919-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0919-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0919-2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4TLqpu2I/AAAAAAAAL6U/lwsPQ4f16wQ/DSC_0919-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="433" height="298" /></a></p>
<p align="center">We had the Silhouette double cut the letters, just to be safe.  Look how nicely it cut!</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4TmOdNNI/AAAAAAAAL6Y/l7b43r0Wcr8/s1600-h/DSC_0921-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0921-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0921-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4UDTmc6I/AAAAAAAAL6c/JT-rAAAfbfI/DSC_0921-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="438" height="301" /></a></p>
<p align="center">After we had all the letters cut, we positioned them on the backing fabric</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4UkJ5OYI/AAAAAAAAL6g/kc-AjITiwek/s1600-h/DSC_0923-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0923-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0923-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4VWlqoII/AAAAAAAAL6k/sYrLRuBWfes/DSC_0923-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="307" /></a></p>
<p align="center">and ironed them in place.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4VnMcikI/AAAAAAAAL6o/jmf9j5KQ7tM/s1600-h/DSC_0925-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0925-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0925-2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4WFJOP6I/AAAAAAAAL6s/OMOmhq4cOvE/DSC_0925-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="346" height="524" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Then we folded the edges of the backing fabric around to the back and secured them in place (more spray adhesive).</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4WpZlXsI/AAAAAAAAL6w/Vr6sigyOJqA/s1600-h/DSC_0933-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0933-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0933-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4XIvTG7I/AAAAAAAAL60/D_BxGX93Rp4/DSC_0933-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="312" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Jami hot glued some jumbo ric rac along the groove in the frame.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4XkRqPWI/AAAAAAAAL64/7j6YM2IXDYU/s1600-h/DSC_0947-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0947-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0947-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4YPyo1nI/AAAAAAAAL68/_vatmTkoFBA/DSC_0947-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="448" height="308" /></a></p>
<p align="center">And…</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4Y5UfcWI/AAAAAAAAL7A/V7tCiTwEc58/s1600-h/DSC_0955-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0955-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0955-2" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4ZvoC_II/AAAAAAAAL7E/3dz4m00AaYI/DSC_0955-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="577" height="394" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4aAj-NKI/AAAAAAAAL7I/ia-nEkM-GSg/s1600-h/DSC_0962-2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0962-2" border="0" alt="DSC_0962-2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4ar-9FII/AAAAAAAAL7M/LTeGI7HKut4/DSC_0962-2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="577" height="423" /></a></p>
<p align="center">Then she called me back to say she’d hung it, so I went back for a couple more pictures.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4bOibbJI/AAAAAAAAL7Q/hiOkqJiutpo/s1600-h/DSC_0991%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC_0991" border="0" alt="DSC_0991" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4bvdaIII/AAAAAAAAL7U/0l-hF8Sivyg/DSC_0991_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="637" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4b2twGXI/AAAAAAAAL7Y/LgwwobSzw60/s1600-h/name%20art%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="name art" border="0" alt="name art" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_APIzELg524s/TYa4cR9pxeI/AAAAAAAAL7c/NFMasNJ_6Ik/name%20art_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="420" height="534" /></a><br /><em>(Thanks to our other fabulous neighbor,  Decorator Wendy, this is where it’ll stay.)</em></p>
<p align="center"><strong><span>MARCH SILHOUETTE PROMOTION:</span></strong></p>
<p align="center">Silhouette SD, one of each fabric interfacing (clean cut &amp; sewable) and a roll of white flocked heat transfer material for $229.</p>
<p align="center">If you already have a Silhouette and want to try out the interfacing, you can get 25% off.</p>
<p align="center">The March promotion will run from the 21st through the 27th.</p>
<p align="center">Code “<strong>CRAP</strong>” will let you take advantage of either of the deals.</p>
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