Rock A Bye Baby

Hi, I hope everyone is having a good week. My post today is a before and after of a lovely cradle I found at a resale shop. It was a little worse for wear with a stain job that was only half way done and parts of it were loose and falling off. I really like the floral cut outs don't you?

I started refurbishing it by tightening everything up and sanding it down then I added some floral wood onlays and primed it. After that I painted it white and antiqued just the onlays to bring them out more. It really is lovely probably made by someone's father or grandfather.

Here are the pics.

 

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Pillow Talk..And A Sneak Peek

I found the following vintage chenille bedspread a few weeks ago and just fell in love with it! I love the colors and  the design but alas, it had several stains on it and no amount of scrubbing would get them out.  So, I made pillows out of it and they turned out so cute. I loved the back of the spread as much as the front and in the following pictures you will see I used that side on some of the pillows.  I also used a really pretty pink and white floral fabric on a couple.

I think for the spread to be so old the colors and design are pretty modern. Hope you like them. These are for sale at $30 for large, $20 for medium, and $15 for small.  Here are some pictures.

The Spread

The Pillows

Also, talking pillows (got ya'll didn't I for shame on you lol) I saw the following ad in a magazine for a French chair cushion and really wanted one but did not want to pay $80 for it! So I decided to make my own.


I tea dyed a flour sack towel and using Picnik soft ware combined the text and a rooster print I got from the "The Graphics Fairy" and using T-shirt transfer paper ironed it on my material. The other one that I haven't sewn yet I traced and painted in the letters and ironed on the rooster.  Whew, to much work.

I dyed it with coffee but it was too much of a yellow brown so after drying I then tea dyed it also and just love the way it turned out.  


The one I finished is quite large and would fit a rocker or larger chair, but you could also make them for dining chairs.  


Here are the pictures starting with the magazine ad.

Now here is mine :-)

As promised in the title here is a sneak peek at one of the projects I'm working on.

Bits & pieces

(This project is now finished you may view it here 


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Two of My Best Friends

I'm being lazy today but I thought I would take a minute to share with you two of my best friends.  They are really part of the family and  we don't know what we would do without them.

First is Bo short for Prince Bogart I he loves to chase rabbits & squirrels and watch animal shows on TV. Really!

Next is Radar (named for those ears) we were glad to take him off of a friends hands after her large dog came up with him in his mouth while he was still a puppy! He doesn't watch tv but he'll sit in your lap while you do. lol

By the way they have on their matching Halloween costumes from last year. They glow in the dark. :0

Hope you're having a great weekend.