I have the tiniest guest room. It was originally built as a computer room for my kids. Nice idea, but they never really used it. They’d rather be in the kitchen or in the studio doing their homework where all the action is.
When Lisa (my 16 year old) got a new bed for her room, we decided to try and squeeze her old bed into the computer room. Miraculously it fit – without an inch to spare lengthwise (I’m not kidding.) Suddenly we have a guest room the size of a berth on a cruise liner. So I have to make it cozy cozy cozy – like a little nest.
Here is the Before photo:
The bedding from Lisa’s room was looking tired, so we decided to start our makeover by just sewing up a new dust ruffle, pillowcases, and a bed drape using sample fabric from my Westminster Fibers Rambling Rose collection. This is a great weekend project (anybody have some free time coming up?) Use up fabric that you have lying around or here’s a great excuse to buy some new fresh fabric to customize a bedroom in your home. I think it’s a lot more fun and creative to just freshen up what you have with a few new basics rather than buying all new bedding.
And After!
I’m thinking about painting the walls next. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Happy sewing!
My favorite season has arrived. Since I’m in California and we had a pretty mild winter, I shouldn’t be quite so excited – but I AM. I love it when everything starts to bloom. So Katina went out and took some photos of new flowers in my garden. If you haven’t had your blossoms start popping yet – here are some of mine for you to enjoy!
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Mar 12, 2009
It’s not often that I find one of those really special recipes. I had dinner at my friend Johanna’s and she made an apple cake that was truly delicious. It’s the perfect comfort food – serve it warm with ice cream preferable on a lovely vintage floral plate. There are big chunks of apple in this cake, which I love. If you want to imagine that you’re eating dessert at a country kitchen apple farm, give this a try. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
Do you have a really good recipe? I would love to hear about it!
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Mar 05, 2009
Katrina (who works on all kinds of studio projects) made wonderful pillows with the Monaco collection fabrics and set them on a clean white denim sofa. Katrina had a good time making the fabric flags hanging above the couch and embellishing them with fabric flowers (die cut with the Sizzix Machine), pleats, ruffles, and tassels. To top it all off was a mini poodle of course! She belongs to my friend Babs, and her name is Ruby just like my tiny teacup poodle (who is also named Ruby but has not been groomed in a long, long time.) For this diva dog, Katrina made a diva dog coat with an aqua pompom trim and vintage buttons.
Christina Hernandez took the photos. At first we set everything up outside. Ruby loved getting to prance around and smell the flowers, but the outdoor light wasn’t working for us that day.
We moved inside and our model Ruby posed perfectly on the pillows; when we told her to hold a pose she would look right at the camera and stay!
Towards the end Ruby started to look a little sleepy, so we called it a day.
Many thanks to Ruby, Babs, Katrina, and Christina for helping us make these photos happen. We’ll let you know where and when the ad comes out.
For more photos from this day and more, head over to my flickr photo page!
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