Changing table re-do

Hurray!!!

I've been without a computer for almost a month and have been working on so many projects!!

I'm excited to finally start blogging about them..

First up...

Spruce up that changing table!

Sunny day for this Tardis-Blue changing table 

This is still a work on progress as the changing pad needs a new cover and the baskets that go beneath need a fresh coat of paint 

but

I still wanted to show you anyway... 

This was a fun one. I'll share the process.

First,
I'd like to give a big thank you to my friend, Jessica, who gave me this changing table.  It sat in her garage for lots of days, maybe even years, with the hope of a project to complete.  When she moved a state away (still bitter about that one...) she gave it to me! Awesome-ness! I had a changing table with Mr. Sunshine but didn't with the little Birdie and let me tell you, although it is not a necessity, I l-o-v-e, loooove having a changing table.  I'm so very excited to have one for baby #3!


Here it is...

She had started sanding it but hadn't gotten far.  So that was step one.  Sand that puppy.

(ps-some people choose not to sand. It never works out for me. Do as you like!)

That's me. Sanding. 

Announcement: 

If you plan to re-do/fashion/furbish/etc. any sort of furniture, 

Buy an electric sander. 

The end. 

Question: "What do your kids do while you work on stuff?"
Answer...

Look!!

Sanded

After you sand, use a clean cloth to wipe all the dust away. 

At this point, I got so excited and didn't take anymore pictures...

Oh brother

So, 

Pick your paint color, I recommend getting a paint+primer, I only needed a little can. 

Two coats of paint.

Let it dry. 

Pick a varnish/clear coat that matches your style (matte, glossy, semi).

Apply two clean coats. 

Honestly, I always just talk to whoever is working the counter at whichever hardware store I happen to be at.  I ask all kinds of questions and bug 'em until I feel satisfied and confident.  I have done lots of furniture projects but seem to do it a little different every time. 

Tada!

The Sun!! It Burns Us!

Long post ahead to include:

Pregnancy stories

Belly shots

Two, count 'em, TWO projects

All kinds of sarcastic wit from yours truly *wink*

Hiss!

This is the sound of the light of day touching my skin as I finally emerge from the cave of the first half of my pregnancy. 

Me eyes!!

(picture I took after running into the Misters coworkers...because without fail I always look like a scrub when I see people like that.  I only have make-up on one eye...A mess I am!

Yeah, remember this?

Baby #3 is currently cooking in my oven (25weeks5days) and I am loving it. 

Well, loving that I have finally started feeling better the past couple weeks.



Side note: Wanna hear a funny story? 
How I knew I was pregnant...Ahem!

Back in February, the Mister had two months of training to complete up in Montana. The kids and I drove him up there and dropped him off at the smallest tiny-teenie base I ever saw. I was sad to leave him but that's the life of this military wife, my friends. Anyhoo, on the way home the kids and I blasted the "Frozen" soundtrack for the majority of the hours home, singing our hearts out.  Whenever this song came on.....

...I was a sobbing mess, like tears dripping off my chin. I have lots of sisters and the sister love in this movie just gets to me every.single.time..
So I was sitting there, crying, and I thought to myself, okay these songs are good... but they aren't this good.
I was due to start my cycle that day but after a year of disappointing pregnancy tests I had told myself to just wait a week to test.
But when we got home I gave in and boom.
Positive.
Saweet!
Then I had to be the "married-single-mom-military-wife" for the next two months.
We watched a lot of Netflix and ate a lot of crap food. And I don't even care if you judge.


This pregnancy has been my hardest.  Super odd how that happens. With Sunshine and Birdie I felt better around 12 or 13 weeks.  This baby took me all the way to 20weeks of feeling consistently terrible and then slowly got better up until now.

So without further ado.... please bask in the vast glory that is my baby belly.
Pictures taken at 25weeks3days

But first...
Please witness what I wear on a daily basis...
Leggings and over sized t-shirts
And yes that is a mix of Doctor Who and Peter Pan, two fandoms of which I support an addiction.
Tink is the light on the Tardis...
"So that's how it flies!"

It was sunny. My faces are ridiculous...


Okay, up first, the more flattering quarter-turn angle...

Birdie was all...Wha???

All right, here comes the big one

You know those little pregnant mamas who just stay so cute and tiny and adorably cute?
I am not one of them


In other big news (get the pun?) nesting is in full swing at my house. Been working on some fun things.
Take a look!

Before...

During...

Sand that baby down!

Slap on the paint...

After...

Oh yummy! I just love this little dresser so stinking much! I got it for free from a friend and I'm letting my kiddos share it...even thought I love it so much I considered just keeping it in my kitchen so I could look at it all the time.
Hah!


And look! 
I finally finished our little birdie-girl's quilt.
Thanks to my tall neighbor for holding this up for me!
Quilt stats-
13 fat quarters making...
20-8.5x8.5 squares
12-8.5x16.5 rectangles
1-16.5x16.5 square
Riley Blake fabrics (love that stuff!)

Front...

Back...

My new favorite thing to do is have a little peek-a-boo on the back of all the fabrics used for the front.  

And that purple binding is just heaven to me. 

This quilt also ended up with some awesome stippling.  

Loving it...

Yummy stippling texture...

The angle of the sun really makes the texture stick out.  

I kept rubbing my hands on it, I couldn't help it!

More stippling texture...

That's all for now my friends!

I have lots of projects in the works and am excited to share them with you! 

Thanks for reading 

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Thrift Shop Refashion Tips: "The Sassy Purple Pencil" and "Mommy and Me Matching Skirts"

  And the snug bum of a pencil skirt????

LOVE IT!!

Every big booty girl out there needs a pencil skirt. 

Needs one

And then....

I have been wrestling with how to present these because every project is so different when you are changing a...

Thrift Shop Ruffian 

into a 

Gem

So I decided instead of giving a tutorial I would share some of the criteria I follow when picking an item to be refashioned. 

Pick a thrift shop of your choice. 

Browse the aisles

Look for quality fabrics

Are there missing buttons?

Does the zipper work?

Are there any unforgivable stains?

Does this garment have potential?

If all the stars align and you find something good and the price is reasonable....

Snatch it up!

This skirt was $3 I think? 

And the dress $2??

Happy Sewing!!!

#17 Try at least 5 projects I've pinned on Pinterest:

#17

Some of these are ideas from Pinterest... Some are originals

 

They are all things I have made over the past few months 

Here's a quick glance!

(I didn't include my bedroom renew...)

I'm stuck to my memories

 

 

Confession:

I have a really hard time throwing things away. 

Especially little nick-nacky kinds of things that have memory

or pretty things

So when I was hankering for more magnets for my fridge...

 

CLICK!

Light bulb!

 

I decide to take some of my old silly things that were stuffed in Ziploc bags 

and

make a magnet outa them!

 Aren't they fun?

Oooo! Look! 

My fake-bling from when it was really popular to wear your initial around your neck!

And a train-smashed penny from a family trip to Whistler!

And pearls from a broken necklace!

A machine-smashed penny from me and The Mister's 1st anniversary trip! 

(when this happened...HAH!)

And part of a (broken) necklace my sister brought me from Brazil!!

Oh the memories....

All I did was....

buy button magnets (walmart-$4 for 52)

Glob a bit of hot-glue

Attach memory

 

WALA!

I didn't take pictures... it just seemed too easy to stretch out into a tutorial....    

Now, get your re-purpose on! 

Military Uniform to Super Hero Cape + a kit

Oh! So excited!

Super? Check
Recycled fabric? Check

Happy Sunshine? Check

YES!!

 Super Hero Kit for Sunshine!!!

This will match perfectly with The Bird's Princess Kit

 Hmmmmm... What's in there???

Super Hero to the Rescue!!!

Would you like to make one, toooooooo?

It's really simple.