the little changes

I decided to switch up my curtains since I found two packs of two 84" curtain panels for less than $5 at Target a couple of months ago.  I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do with them and this week I decided I need to switch up my curtains in the family room.  The previous curtains had been made out of painter drop cloth, I loved that they pooled up on the floor, but I was starting to worry about the curtain rod getting yanked out of the wall since the boys were always sitting or yanking on them and it was starting to bow quite badly in the middle.  I  thought it was perfect that I had the extra panels so I could add on a few inches so they would still reach floor to ceiling, but as I ripped out the original hem, I realized that they just might be long enough without adding on some more fabric. I tried it out with the curtain rings and it added the few extra inches that I was needing!  Perfect that project only took about 25 minutes!
Now what to do with the left over curtain panels.....so many options, though I worry about it being to busy of a print to put it in more than one place.

before

After

almost to the floor

Productive Pinterest Project Weekend

 I was able to cross a few projects off of my long Pinterest to do list. Starting with sewing new buttons on a Goodwill sweater, turning a Goodwill sweater into a pillow, and a birthday bunting/banner for Dane. Whatever you prefer to call it.  Though a bunting is lightweight cloth used for a flags or festive decorations, you be the judge.  I had a difficult time picking out the corresponding fabric for the bunting.  Dane really wants a baseball themed birthday party and he fell in love with the baseball fabric.  And when you have a boy that likes something at the fabric store you better go with it because that is a rare occurrence.  The problem with the baseball fabric is that most coordinating fabrics made it look very much Americana in style.  gag.  I think we found a happy medium and are pleased with the results.  Now I just need to find a few more cable knit sweaters with large buttons!

getting started

sneak peak of the birthday bunting

Before as a sweater

After as a pillow

New Nursery

I guess I won't have a big reveal or before and after pictures because I didn't get a before one. The nursery is almost done. I am still looking for a few things, like a few more cute teddy bears and a changing table caddy/basket. But for now it will work, it feels comfortable, though I am still organizing the closet and bookshelves. Basically this room was all the lighter brown color and I painted the darker brown horizontal stripes(with paint found in the basement), hung some curtains and a few wall decoration and that's about it. I did make the little teddy bear pictures out of scrapbook paper. The biggest stress was waiting until I was third trimester and too tired to start working on it. My wonderful sister was living in this room until about three weeks ago, (we miss her but are glad to get the nursery finished). I did sneak in and paint this summer while she was away being a camp counselor. I think I had the hardest time arranging the furniture in this room. It really bothered me how off center the window is, not only that, I could deal with off centered, but why is it only 6 inches from the exterior wall? It just makes things a little awkward or unbalanced.