sun dress.

I had this little sun dress sitting in a box of keepsakes.

I wore it when I was a little girl.

My awesome mom made it.

Evidence of toddler play remained in a few spots,

so I gently hand washed it.

I thought I remembered a picture of me wearing it,  

so to my trusty Baby Book I went.

I found one!

In order to display this duo as I wanted,

I sprayed this old, cheap-o frame white.

I didn't have any white spray paint on hand, 

but I did have spray primer.  

That's how it remains.

Is that bad?

Anyway, apparently I wore the dress on my 3rd birthday!

My awesome mom also made that great Cookie Monster cake.

I also spray painted spray primed two clothes pins,

nailed them to the wall, 

and pinched the dress loops into them.

I guess the office wasn't totally complete after all.

glazing.

I learned how!

I bought this lamp at a yard sale.

I tried to color match the curtains, but it didn't pan out all that well.

(the actual color is much lighter in person)

I thought glazing it black would darken it, 

so I watched a bunch of online tutorials to learn how.

It's super easy.

The glazing bug bit me, 

so I tried brown glaze on this chair:

before brown glaze

after brown glaze

Then I tried gray glaze on this lamp:

before gray glaze

after gray glaze

It's a pretty cool finishing technique.

painted panels.

Our workout room didn't have much to say for itself:

Boring.

Pretty disorganized.

 

 Zero character.

Since I choose to keep the walls white,

I thought dark curtains might be nice.

I couldn't find a graphic fabric I loved,

so I just bought a bunch of this teal

and made 4 panels out of it.

I purchased a stencil several months ago on a whim,

and thought it would be interesting to try it out on this project.

So, I painted the panels!

 

With a little rearranging, a yard sale end table, and some curtain lovin'

 this room is much more put together.

 

 

 

I am a fan of paisley.