Merry christmas

Merry Christmas

I hope your holidays are merry, bright and everything you want them to be and wish you all peace on earth.

 

We have a lot planned this next week so I'll be MIA for a bit.

Sew Boy December 2012

Sew Boy is here!

There have been some great things going on!

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 First up two bloggers, if only they would nap and boy, oh boy, oh boy!, came together and made a handmade gift series for boys and there really is some great stuff there so be sure to check them both out!

Here is a great back pack tutorial! Boys love bags too, at least mine do ;o)

Aren't these mustache dress up so cute?! My boys love dress ups as much as any girl but they like the boy stuff like firemen or cowboys, I know they would love these!

I saw these sweaters and thought they were too cute! Boy or girl would love these!

Here is a fabulous elf on the shelf tutorial/pattern! 

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Also have you checked my tabs at the top? I have a free boy patterns tab up there and I am constantly adding new ones so be sure to check them out! I try to only include ones that you can actually print out like real ones you can buy.

Here is just an example of what is in my free pattern links at the top:

 

Nightstand redo

Before and after!

 When my husband and I were first married my Mother in law gave us her old bedroom set, I was very grateful for it and it has served us well over the last 8 1/2 years. But it has been awhile and we needed new ones, you can see that it is chipped and the color is old fashioned now and not the in the vintage way everyone loves.

 A close up of the handles 

 So I painted it! I used this blog post exclusively as my guide and I am very impressed by how well it turned out. It is a laminate peice and I really wasn't sure how it would turn out, now I can't even tell what it used to look like or that it is laminate!

 I painted the handles as well but I'm not sure if they will stay that color I'm trying to decide if I like the contrast like I thought I would. Any suggestions? I thought about brass but I am not a fan of it...sooo I'm kind of lost on that one.

                               BEFORE                      and                              AFTER

My whole house is under going a makeover, I seriously need a nicer looking house and this will be the first post of  "hopefully" many more to come on my journey to a more decorated/nicer home.

Oh and here is the dresser I got for $70 for the other part of our room. I really love it! I painted it too but it wasn't in bad enough shape for a before and after photo. I will most likey be changing the handles too.

I'm so excited to have a new room!!!!!