For Elliott's birthday I made her a hair clip holder. Her room is done in a shabby chic-ballerina combo, so I picked out scrapbook paper and embellishments to fit the theme. I found the cute little unfinished wood piece at Hobby Lobby and used Mod Podge to apply the paper and ballerina stickers. It still needed a little something, so I added roses. That's the part that sold her on it. She loves flowers. … [Read more...]
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When I took on the task of making a rag quilt for Elliott's room, I suppose that I didn't realize that while it's a simple thing to make, it's still very much a time-suckage project. I searched the internet for basic directions and thought, "Wow! I can knock one of those out in no time!" Everyone that blogged about them talked about how wonderfully easy they are, so yeah. Sure. I'll make one. Two things I didn't take into consideration: 1) Most of these people are empty-nesters who … [Read more...]