Dress up

I have so much furniture I planned to re upholster and paint and havent had the time but im so glad I've made a start :)

With this dresser I chose a pastel pink paint and then distressed it a little to give it the shabby chic effect. I then got to my favourite part and began to fill it with plates, books and frames Id made. I painted a vintage telephone and the lids on some jars I had. I hope you like it! Let me know what you think :)

A productive day :)

I managed an hour or so to work on my house today while baby took a nap ;) I managed to put down flooring in the kitchen and paint it, paint some more furniture and upholster my sofa, oh, and make a roman blind for the kitchen! Now I have my own space set up I find myself wanting to work on the house more as it doesn't take over the whole of my kitchen and involve the dreaded 'put away' stage :)

I wanted my kitchen floor to be wooden floor boards painted white to tie in with the whole shabby chic theme. I couldn't find any to print off online as it was all wooden colours or paper so I decided to have a go at making my own, and i'm very happy with the result :D

I decided to score the effect of the wooden floor boards and then paint over them. I just used a cereal box and just scored where I thought the planks should lay

I then painted them with a matt effect paint. I didnt Want them to look perfect as only a small part will be visible 

I do love the moment after saving bits of treasure for your dream project and you start to see it come together finally :)

My poor house has been neglected :(

Time for a clean up!  Since I moved house last year my latest project has been dumped in the shed :(

Meringue kisses :)

So I decided to make my own icing nozzle using a piece of drinking can as I couldn't find one small enough, id like to try and get it much smaller but im quite pleased with the results. They aren't perfectly shaped, but then they wouldn't be if I made them for real either ;)

For most people it's shoes, for me its my local craft shop :)