{Garage Sale Makeover}

I picked up this GREAT table at a garage sale a couple of months ago. It was one of those wonderful near accidents where you're driving along and literally hit the brakes in the middle of the road because the light has just poured out of heaven right onto a table at a garage sale! LOL

I've been wanting something for our bonus room, to replace the plastic Little Tikes table that my kiddo is squeezing herself into these days. I was out of town when I bought it, so I had to disassemble the whole thing to get it home...meaning I don't have a good before picture. :(

But I do have a good after picture... it was originally baby blue, but in excellent condition.

I actually sanded it down quite a bit on the top...really as a complete amateur thinking I NEEDED to do that. Now I realize I didn't need to. Oh well...I got sandy. :)  I used leftover paint from my bathroom, and I did 2 coats (no primer). I actually planned to distress it afterward, but I liked it so much the way it is that I didn't bother.

These are a few of the before pictures...disassembled:

I sanded down the chairs just a bit, but kind-of went to town on the table top. Again...I realize now that is wasn't needed, but we live and learn!

Oh, I forgot to mention how much I paid for this little beauty...a whopping $27!! It is super sturdy, in excellent condition, and folds down on the sides. It's perfect for our bonus room...for homework, playing games, and it's the right size for everyone. (Goodby Little Tikes, LOL!)

Have a great day!

{Candy Corn Softies}

Again with the candy corn! :)

I told you I love to look at it, which is a good thing because if I ate this much it would not be good.

I'm  not quite sure what to call these, since they aren't really pillows...so I'm going with softies!
I had a few leftover candy corn pennants that didn't make the cut for my bunting , so I turned them into these:

I only had 3, so they are perfect to place in a little basket on the bathroom sink, or on a side table.
I started with 3 of these...

...and stuffed them.

Then I folded under the top opening, pinned it, and topstitched it with the machine.

I love primitives, so these were just a little too bright for me. I grabbed my Distress Ink and just roughed them up a bit...real randomly.

I love having leftovers...you never know what you might come up with.  :)

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{Bench Makeover #2}

Do you remember THIS BENCH?

My sister-in-law gave it to me a few years ago, originally hunter green with red undertones.

When we moved into this house, I decided it should be black.

You can read all about it HERE.

I lived with that for several months but never really got into the black.

So...I switched it up this week and came up with this:

I really love the color, although I'm still debating on putting a little bit of my chocolate glaze over it...just to tone it down a touch. I know I definitely like it better than the black. Only time will tell of course. :)

I really like the black showing through where I sanded the edges.

Paint is the ultimate home miracle worker!

Have a good one,

{Twine Candy Corn Pennant Wreath}

That seems like a lot of buzz words in the title, no?! LOL

We put up our Halloween decorations over the weekend and I've been adding to them like crazy. Did I mention this is my VERY favorite time of year??!! I'm so nuts about Halloween!

I made a few simple twine wreaths last year, and didn't add any embellishment except a ribbon for hanging.

I don't have a before pic of them, but I found the tutorial over at Brown Paper Packages.

After making some Candy Corn Bunting , I saw my scraps lying on the sewing table and the empty twine wreath and I knew I needed to do something else 'candy corn' with them!

I think it turned out cute and was no-sew, too!

If you want to make the wreath, you need a foam circle and I used jute twine. You can see the easy tutorial over at Brown Paper Packages. Once you've made your wreath, you're ready to go!

I started with this:

Some strips of leftovers and an empty wreath.

First I sewed my strips together in a candy corn pattern, just like with the candy corn bunting, only much smaller.

Then I made myself a small penant template out of old file folder, traced it onto my candy corn fabric, and cut out a few.

They are tiny!  :) Too tiny to sew, and I wanted this to look a bit 'rough', so it works out perfectly.

Next I used Liquid Stitch to adhere my candy corn pennants to a length of hemp cord.

My wreath is a smaller one, so 3 pennants was plenty.

Then I wrapped the ends of the hemp cord around my wreath, and secured them with Liquid Stitch. I angled the whole cord a bit. I added a last strip of leftover fabric (already cut to size as is) to use as my hanging ribbon. Again with the rough edges that I love. :)

And there you have it. It looks great hanging inside my front door, and I got to use scraps! Score!

Funny thing is that I don't even really like to eat candy corn...I just like looking at it. ;)

Have a wonderful day!

 

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{Candy Corn Bunting}

I {loooooooove} them!

I found a really great tutorial over at Tatertots & Jello for super simple and amazingly cute reversible candy corn bunting .

The tutorial is really easy to follow and in no time, you have this:

Isn't it darling??!  I made my own bias tape instead of using ribbon, and I altered the measurements a bit on the pennant. I made 2 of them and can't wait to start decorating!

I have been making Halloween projects galore and having a blast, like I always do this time of year.

I absolutely love Halloween!

What have you been up to?

Thanks for stopping by,

{Coaster Tutorial}

My Mom really needs a tutorial for the Halloween Coasters I made last week, so I thought I would post it here. These are super simple, and a good project for a sewing machine beginner (like my Mom, whose been faking it all these years, as I learned this week!) But that's okay...she's learning! :)

So maybe someone else can benefit from this, too.

These are made with Halloween fabric, but obviously you can use whatever you want.

My pictures are of ONE coaster, but I actually made a set of 5 all together. 

Here you go, Mom!

Halloween Coasters

1. Cut the following for a set of 5 coasters: 

(5) front fabric pieces, 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

(5) back fabric pieces, 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

(10) pieces of fusible fleece (2 for each coaster), about 4 3/4" x 4 3/4"each

(as long as they are SMALLER than your fabric all the way around, it really doesn't have to be exact)

This photo shows only enough for ONE coaster.

 2. Iron the fusible fleece to the wrong side of your front fabric and your back fabric. Put the glue side of the fleece to the wrong side of the fabric, then turn it over and iron from the RIGHT side. It will look like this when you're done:

3. Now pin the two pieces of your coaster, RIGHT sides together, on 3 sides.

4. Sew on 3 sides.

5. Turn right side out, pushing out the corners with a pencil. It will look like this:

6. Turn under the open edge, line it up, and pin it together.

7. Topstitch the open end together, then continue all the way around the coaster. You will topstitch in a little way from the edge.

Your finished border of topstitching will look like this:

I like to add another row of topstitching just for interest. If you do that, just use your first topstitch line as your guide and go around again. If you do 2 rows, it will look like this:

 Voila! Mom...you just made a coaster! Now repeat with your remaining pieces to make a whole set.

Hopefully they all turn out like these...

Thanks for stopping by!