Crafty weekend!

So now that our dossier is sent off, all I have left to do for Katie is wait.

And I am not good at waiting patiently.

I must have something to do.

Thankfully, three children, a full-time job, a husband, two dogs, and a 120 year old house leave me plenty to do.  Most of which I neglected this weekend to do some crafty things.

And I should start with a confession. . . 

I have Ballard Designs tastes.

On a Big Lots budget.

I'm very frugal.  

It's like a game to me to see how inexpensively I can do something, but I still want it to look amazing.

If you know me in real life, I PROMISE you have heard me say, "I'm not going to buy that.  I could make that!"

I made a bunch of pillows for Katie's room this weekend, most for the window seat.  

I am OBSESSED with these fabric flowers.  

They are so incredibly easy, and I love them!

Total cost for all of the pillows I made for her room?

Zero dollars.

Everything I used to make the pillows I already had.

The material and stuffing were all things I had left from previous projects.

Next up? 

This hideous chair.

It was a leftover at my office when we moved in.

It was going to the dump, but I can't throw furniture away.

I rescued it, but it is ugly.

Good bones, ugly (professional) cover on the seat.

Need a closer look?

Hello 1980's hotel lobby.

I like this much better.

This is the infamous drop cloth material.

I bought four painter's drop cloths last year.

I have made dining room curtains, monogrammed pillows for the boys, recovered a rocking chair cushion, pillows for Katie's room, fabric flowers, covered the lampshade in Katie's room, and now recovered this chair.  That's some serious mileage out of $60 worth of material.

Total cost for this project?  

Zero dollars again.

The chair was "trash" from my office and the material was scrap I already had.

I put this little bolster pillow I also made this weekend on.

I'm loving the orange with the green walls.

The chair oddly goes really well with this little vanity we have.

I also painted this bookcase this weekend.

It was just primed when we got it.

And not primed well.

I painted it with two coats of glossy white.

I lined the back of each shelf with this cute paper.

I have extra that I'm going to use for some mats on some frames I'm working on.

Price breakdown:

Bookcase - Free.  It was given to us.

Paint - Leftover from painting our downstairs hall built-in.

Paper - 9 sheets, normally 59 cents each at Hobby Lobby.  I got them on sale, and they were 50% off, so I paid $2.66.

Total project cost?  $2.66!