Valentine's Day Pillow Day 2: Love

Love Pillow Tutorial:

Supplies:
-fabric or drop cloth for pillowcase
-red felt
-stencil for the word "love"
-stuffing
First things first, get your supplies ready. My Pillow size is 15"x27" Next, trace LOVE onto the felt with a pencil. Make sure you can see the lines. Next, with scissors, cut LOVE out of the felt. Next, center LOVE on the pillow. After it is in the right spot, pin it in place. This next part is the most tedious, and slow part... sew around LOVE. Make sure to get every curve and every letter. Take it slow, and you'll be fine. Once you have that all sewn, with right sides together sew the back and front together. Leave a hole for stuffing. Now for the last step, stuff the pillow and sew up the hole.Now you got yourself a cute Love Pillow!

Stayed tuned tomorrow for Day 3 of Valentine's Day Pillow Week....

Go HERE for Day 1.

Valentine's Day Pillow Day 1: Heart Strings

Heart String Art Pillow Tutorial:

Supplies:
-fabric or drop cloth for pillowcase
-red embroidery thread
-heart string art template found HERE
-embroidery hoop
-stuffing

For this pillow I cut out a 15"x15" square of dropcloth for the front and a 15"x15" square out of red fabric for the back. Once that was done, I saved the template (click on above link for template)by right-clicking on the template image and saving it to my desktop. Then, I opened the file in Microsoft Word, resized the image, and then printed it. Next, center the template onto the front piece of fabric, and pin it. Then go around the whole heart template and make dots on the fabric with your pen. You have to push hard, so the pen will puncture the paper. Before you take the template off, make sure you got all the dots in the right place. Once you have done that, unpin the template, and number your dots with your pen on the fabric, so it matches the template.

FYI: some of the numbers on the template are missing. Starting with #14 at the bottom of the heart the numbers should go in this order: 14,11,10,7,6,3,2,37,36,33,32,29,28,25,24,21,20,17,16,13,12,9,8,5,4,7,38,35,34,31,30,27,26,23,22,19,18,15, then your starting #14.

Thread your needle with a few feet of embroidery floss, and tie a knot on the end. Be sure to start with the numbered side so the knot is on the back of the fabric. Begin with number 1 and follow the numbers until you reach the end (38). Once you are done, knot the end of the floss as tight as you can. Make sure the ending knot is on the back of the fabric.This is what the back will look like once you are done...This is what the front will look like once you are done...Next, with right sides together, sew the back piece onto the front piece.Finally, stuff the pillow with stuffing and sew the hole up.Now you got yourself a cute Heart String Art Pillow!

Stayed tuned tomorrow for Day 2 of Valentine's Day Pillow Week....

DIY Transom Window

Transom Windows are awesome!

This year for my birthday, I told Matt that I wanted a master-suite makeover. I had a long list of things. A transom window was one of those things. Basically, a transom window is a window above a door. In the old days, they had them to let air in. In my case it is strictly decorative...

Before this project, our bedroom and bathroom felt like one big room. I wanted to divide the space, and add some architectural detail. In our house, we have 9ft ceilings, so it made this project easy to do without feeling like we lost a lot of space or brought the ceiling height down.

Supplies:
(2) 2x4x10's
(1) 2x4
screws
MDF Trim
Glass for the window
hole patch
caulk
painters tape
paint

Now on to the tutorial:

Step 1: screw 2x4's to create a frame.
Step 2: Screw in a 2x4 crosspeice.
Step 3-6: Nail trim to the 2x4s. We wanted the trim on this project to match the trim we already have around our other interior doors.



Make sure to leave the back trim off, so you can slide the glass in...
Step 7:Paint the raw edges, if you don't, you will see the rawness through the glass. Paint the trim sides as well. Step 8: Slide the glass in, then nail the trim around it on the back side. We ordered our glass from a local place. For a 1/4" thick- 13"X45" piece they charged us $30. Not too shabby. When trimming around the window on front and back, make sure you take into account the glass thickness.There she is in all her glory!! More of her glory!!
The front view of all her glory!!Step 9: Patch the holes, and sand once it's dry.Step 10: Caulk it, Caulk it good.Step 11: Tape, tape, tape. And paint, paint, paint.

Ta-Dah! You should have something like this...


Oh so pretty!
I love to stand back and stare. I even stare at it in bed. It turned out just how I imagined it.

I think in all we spent $70.00. Pretty cheap for what we got!

Corrugated Snow Flake

Corrugated Roofing Snow Flake Tutorial:

Supply List:
Tin Snips.............. $15.97
Gloves................. $4.46
Corrugated roofing..... $11.80- 2x8 sheet
brown wrapping paper... $1.00
spray paint
Ribbon

First thing I did was make a pattern. I looked around the web and got some ideas on shape. FYI, I got this paper at Dollar Tree. It comes in a big roll. It is perfect to make patterns with.
Once I was satisfied with how the pattern looked, I cut it out.
Tape it to the tin roofing and start cutting.My husband thinks it looks like a ninja star, I agree, it does, but for this project, it's a snowflake...I then spraypainted it white. After the white, I sprayed a light coat of blue. Once the spraypaint was dry, I did a coat of Krylon Glitter Blast spray- Diamond Dust. It made it sparkly!I let the snowflake dry over night. In the morning, I drilled a 1/4" hole in the tin, then strung ribbon through it.
If you don't want damage to your door, and have less clanking around, do this next step... glue felt on the back.

Finally, Hang it on the door for you and your neighbors to enjoy!




This project was timely, because it finally snowed last night!

Other corrugated tin roofing projects:Go HERE for the corrugated heart.Go HERE for the corrugated shamrock.

Happy New Year!