Hem For Her

A friend of mine asked me on Sunday if I could hem jeans. I've done it before, but I was wary to commit to hemming her jeans because sometimes it's soooo obvious when jeans are hemmed. But THEN I heard about a way to use the existing hem so that it actually looks good. I found a tutorial online, and I tried it out with an old pair of my jeans.
Before:

During....I like my feet :)

After!

It's hardly even noticeable that I messed with the hem at all! People, I'm very excited about this.

Kitchen Curtain

I made this little cafe curtain to go with our new kitchen. I like the look of a full curtain, but it just blocked out too much light. I think the short one still looks pretty cute.

The color in the previous photo isn't really accurate, so here's a photo of what the fabric really looks like.

Kitchen Ammendment

We actually figured out that the kitchen probably cost us around $600 (instead of the $900 that I posted). Pretty stinking awesome!

Modern Dress

Okay. This is definitely different than my other projects, but it was really fun to experiment. It was a good challenge to try and figure out how to soften the hard lines of the print. I settled on little pockets (obviously) with a sweet polka dot accent.

My Fearless Husband

I think this photo speaks for itself... yikes.

It Is Finished

We finally finished the kitchen. It's been almost done for awhile now, but I didn't want to post photos until it was completely done.

Here's a list of the changes:
1.Tear out cabinet on far right and "wavy" things
2. Add pendant light fixtures and dimmer switch
3. Sew and hang new half-curtain
4. Add bead-board around door
5. Re-drywall damaged ceiling
6. Paint the entire ceiling (it used to be painted tan)
7. Paint cabinets
8. Paint the non-bead-boarded wall "silver sage"
9. Purchase and install new hinges

Cost - Approximately $900, and much, much time. It makes such an unbelievable difference though. Our kitchen feels so much lighter and brighter both in the daytime and at night (because of the new pendant lights. Our friend, Brian did an excellent job leveling out our ceiling, and it makes it feel way more put together. We think the before and after photos are pretty dramatic!







A couple more photos...

Contest

My friend let me know about this contest to make a purse or bag inspired by Amy Butler, so I thought I'd pass along the information to all of you crafty ladies out there. Since I can't for the life of me figure out how to post a link, you're just going to have to cut and copy this one.. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/12/amy_butler_contest.html?

Lovely Little Logo

My new friend Katie graciously (and patiently) helped me design this logo for the store I'm about to launch. We played around with several different designs, but I kept coming back to this simple one. I just made up some tags, and now I need to sew them in! Hopefully I can get my store up and running by the end of the week. Here it is:

Ikea

Dave and I stopped by the Ikea in Atlanta on our way back home to Nashville. Going to Ikea seems like a really special adventure because there aren't any around our hometown. I could've stayed in the store for about 2 hours, but we had a long drive ahead of us, so we had to keep it short.
This blue chair is what I saw... and liked.. but had to leave at the store..

This is what I took home. These boxes were so cute and so cheap. They'll help me keep my sewing room a bit more organized.

I also bought some fabric. I know it's totally modern and completely different from what I usually do, but I thought it would be a fun departure. I'm planning to add some ribbon and perhaps a little butterfly applique to soften the look.

Denim Dress

Here's the latest. It's a 4T... I'm hoping to post more photos of it after I wash it and the applique has a chance to fray a little bit (like my post called "I Couldn't Resist").