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    Doll sleeping bag

    February 13, 2012 - By 
     
    For Christmas this year, our daughter received an American Girl Doll. She’s been wanting one for years. My only issue is that all the American Girl brand accessories are really spendy just because they have the logo. 
    Yesterday I decided that I’d try to make a sleeping bag for her. I grabbed my box of blue scraps (once intended for a boy quilt) and started piecing. 
    With a few measurements of the doll herself, I decided on my size.
    I’d say it fits pretty well.  

    Little J liked it a lot with the exception of the colors. I figured that would be the case so this one will be a gift and I’ll be making another in the colors of her choosing.
    I got to go crazy with my free-motion foot. 
    I had to stop after breaking 3 needles and read up about what in the world I was doing wrong. 
    Turns out I was moving my hands to quickly and pulling the needle out of alinement so it would smack down onto the footplate and snap.

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    Fridge facelift

    January 21, 2012 - By 

    So we have this old fridge that just keeps humming along mechanically but cosmetically it was getting really nasty looking. 
    I used to keep papers, magnets and comics on it to cover as much as possible.
    It was rusting from underneath the finish on the doors. I’m guessing that it was a manufacturing issue since the rest of it isn’t rusting at all. 
    I sanded all the rust and painted over it with Rustoleum paint.
    I decided on dictionary pages to cover the fridge. My thought was…it’s got to be better than the way it looked before. 
     

    And in my opinion, it totally is!!  I still need to put a couple coats of sealer on top so I can wipe it down as needed. I picked up the Golden polymer medium I used as glue in the recycle center reuse room for FREE!!  Just two cheap foam brushes were purchased for this facelift. 
    Yes, I know we’ll eventually have to replace this beast but until then it’s definitely a conversation piece in my kitchen!!

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    Holly and the Ivy

    December 20, 2011 - By 
     
    Well, the would be this Halle…not the Christmas spelling, which is the wrong spelling in my opinion. 🙂
    Anyway….I’m trying my best to root this ivy cutting that was given to me. Not like I really need another house plant but I have a hard time resisting them especially when they are FREE!
    Stop by our hostess with the mostess, Kimmie’s blog, to see what she and the rest of the girls are doing this last Tuesday before Christmas.