project #9

As I mentioned before my wonderful Aunt and Uncle made me this A-Frame tent, for the nursery, for Christmas.  

We used this tutorial.

For Project #9 I made the fabric covering for it :)

I had to wait until I was gifted the tent before I could photograph it and get it up here.

I used the same tutorial but readjusted my measurements for the smaller size.

I found a pretty vintage sheet from my stash and sewed.

The covering was so easy to make and the directions were perfect!

Now we have the perfect little reading nook happening in the nursery :)

I scored that awesome wood grain floor pillow from Target's after Christmas sales and the quilt is hand-made.

I am happy to say that I completed all 10 of my projects in 10 days and I have been on a full-on creativity kick ever since.

I hope you all are relaxed and refreshed after the holiday.

On a side note:  Please pray for the family of one of my past students who was killed last night in a car accident :( My heart is breaking for her and her lovely family.  Thank you.

xo

janel

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Project #10

I didn't forget Project #9, I just haven't finished editing those photos yet and since they are late anyway, I felt I should go ahead and post 10.

So, project #10 may be my favorite one :)

My parent's and I spent a day looking through my grandpa's old photos a couple of weeks ago.  I found so many great vintage Christmas photos and knew that I wanted to incorporate them into my Christmas decor this year.

I affixed some of my sparkle deer to clothes pins, hung up a crocheted garland and clipped on the photos. 

I adore this little display and I am sure a lot of people will enjoy seeing themselves on there, as children, when they come over tonight for Christmas Eve.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas Eve ya'll.

xo

janel

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Project #8

 Hello there!

I finally got around to photographing last night's project :)

I can't believe that I am already on Project #8 and I feel like I have a list of so many more projects I want to do.  This was definitely a great kick start for me to get back into my creating groove.

Okay, project 8...

Last year, at Renegade, I bought this adorable cut and sew dog toy from June Craft. 

Ok, I bought this and pretty much everything else in their booth :)  Their product is adorable and well-priced, and perfection.

So, with a little bit of cutting, and little bit of sewing and stuffing, I have this adorable little soft dog toy to add to the crib 'o toys!!

I love how the backing of all of their stuff is made from vintage fabric.  

Like I said, perfection.

And you can see a little peek at tonight's project underneath the little puppy :)

Tonight I am hoping to finish up the binding!!

xo

janel

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Project #7

Tonight's little project was a cute little photo display for my desk :)

I found a piece of scrap molding at my parent's house last night, painted it and used a rotary cutter to cut a line across the top of the wood.   I only made the groove about a few centimeters deep.  It was just enough for the bottom of a photo to slip in and be held snuggly!!

This was a very quick and very easy project.

Plus I think it turned out rather cute.  Not too mention, it's totally functional!!  I have lots of business cards and photos stuck in it now :)

xo

janel

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Project #6

I had all intention to make a cute book tonight with photos of everyone in our family with their names for the baby.  I even got it started see...

But then, the opportunity to hang out with my dad presented itself :)

  I was at my parent's house tonight when my dad came in and told me that he had his telescope out and that you could see Jupiter and it's moons really cleary tonight! 

I am a TOTAL stargazer thanks to my dad and his telescope.  We spent many nights looking at the stars and planets and him teaching me about nebulas and constellations.  

Clearly I was excited, and decided to do some "Planet Gazing" instead of book making.

We saw so many cool things and my dad showed me how to play with the F stop and ISO of my camera to get some pretty shots of the stars.  Living in St. Louis, doesn't really allow beautiful starry skies (too many lights) so it was cool to capture what we did.

In no way am I a professional photographer, AT ALL, and I know these photos aren't the greatest.  To me though, they are perfection and a captured memory of a night hanging out with my dad.

I learned a lot about my camera!! It does so much more than I ever knew it did!  

Oh and here are some shots of Jupiter...

The coolest thing about it is if everyone goes outside and looks for the brightest "star" in the sky, we would all be looking at Jupiter no matter where we live.
Crazy!!
This next one I took with my iPhone, shooting through a pair of binoculars :)  It's really cool though because you can see the moons of Jupiter and I captured the Dopplar Effect too!

I'll have to finish my little book project another night.  Tonight's project was all about learning new photography tricks and spending great time with my dad in the backyard, with a telescope, camera, and binoculars.

good times.

xo

janel

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Project #5

I didn't get home until 9:00 tonight.

Adam and I are both feeling sick.

Date night got cancelled.

Adam leaves tomorrow for 7 days and still hasn't packed.

We have soooooo much laundry to do.

Needless to say, a crafty project was the last thing on my mind tonight.

I thought about just skipping it or even posting a project I had done before.

Then I realized that I would only be cheating myself and that is NOT how I roll.

Thus...project number five was created

I have had this stash of vintage teeny tiny plastic deer for awhile and was never sure what to do with them.  They are too cute, and I wanted to find the perfect project for them.

I had seen this post awhile back and for some reason it popped into my head tonight and it was perfect!

I busted out my materials...

and got busy painting ( I didn't have any glue so I used my sparkly gold paint for adhesive) and dipped my little deer in the glitter!

That last photo is a reference photo, so that you can see how cute and tiny these deer really are!!

Oh my gosh I love them so much!!

I think I'm either going to make:

1. cute festive hair pins

2. a little garland of these

3.  use them on my gift tags

4.  or all of the above.

I painted a ton so I am sure I can use them for more than one thing.

Also I want it noted, for future reference, doing this little project made me feel a lot better.  Plus, what else is there to do while the laundry is cycling through?

Good night friends.

xo

janel

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Project #4

I'm sure you have seen something along these lines over on Pinterest right? I loved this project the first time I had saw it and knew that I had to make my honey a Massachusetts...

300 nails and three different paint colors...I love it.

More importantly, he loves it.

The heart is where his city, Worcester, is.  He loves Massachusetts so much and all of his family up there.  I love to make little Massachusetts projects for our house.  They are a lovely symbol of our amazing family up there.  

I'm super jealous that Adam gets to fly up there in a couple of days to spend a week with them while I'm at work!

Dear Massachusetts, 

I miss you.

Love, me

xo

janel

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