Vintage Seasame Street Sheet ... to Fun Mini-Chef's Apron

Chef's Hat Coming Soon ...

So a vintage VV Boutique find (ahem Value Village) ... or coulda been Sally Ann's ... (cough Salvation Army cough)  But the Seasame Street sheet could simply NOT have been left behind! ... Taking some quick measurements of my little man, I fab'd the basic pattern, cutting 2 pieces of the body, one of the print and one of the gingham.

Then 'hemmed' the edges to the front so the gingham would 'trim' it.  Plus I kinda like how you can see the gingham pattern through the front.  I think I will try to do a full tutorial on this one day because it is just so simple & quick to make.

The armholes are casing for the Tie so this is totally adjustable for itty-bitty Chefs, to the bigger ones - I think this would even work fine for a 5-6 year old.  My son is 3.5 and in bed now, so I won't make him model it :)

 

Totally Charming!!

 

Footstool Re-Do

 BEFORE:

One retro stool for $2.99 - horrible shape but I could see the potential.  Deal of the week!!

Classic: Brown vinyl with drizzled gold & silver paint!! The legs were solid but in definite need of some TLC

AFTER

Sanded the legs down

Then burnished with Burnt Umber Acrylic paint with a touch of gold (I was thinking a dark Walnut Stain but didn't have any on hand - I think it turned out well)

Finished with a light coating of Tung Oil

 For the new top - I just measured and cut the top & 4 sides from a drapery remnant that had been gifted to me ($0.00!!)

 Sewed it together ... Added some padding ~ double layered 

(I used leftover remnant of mattress padding $0.00)

Stapled the edges under ...

 Good as new ... for $2.99

and it matches the curtain in my bedroom that I already made out of big piece of drapery material :)


and now I've decided it's not quite Finished as of Wed. March 24 ... I'm not happy with the edges along the bottom ... so I guess it's still a work in Progress ... like so many other things :)

What do you think?
Ruffles?
Ribbon?

anything else?

Linked to: Ma Nouvelle Mode

Bargain of the day!! Vintage Lamps - perfect for a snowy-day project ...

 $12.00!! love it!!

no markings on this one - but it's very solid

 it's missing one of the sets of crystals ... so I will probably replace them all ... the detail in the metal is beautiful!! ... I think it will just need a new shade and a clean-up and will be ready to go!

 $10.00!!! It's very cool too!!

L & L 1973 lamp - there's a small bulb in the base that lights up as well.

the shade is too big ... hmmm maybe I will just swap them around ...

and see if the tacky flowers will come off - then try to paint or stencil something fun on it ... any suggestions?

I just have to find that awesome Blog where some crafty girl repainted and aged the metal parts of the lamp and it looked so NICE! - if I find it I will post the link :)

my Camera's broken ...

One evening, my son was 'performing' with his guitar and singing and I thought - get it on video - so hubby grabbed our digital camera & started taking video, then he decided that balancing it on it's bottom & lens so it was slightly pointed down towards my son was a good idea ... for about 5 seconds until the camera crashed to the floor ... now the lens won't come out so therefore it won't work .... so no pictures of projects  ... for now ...

Then I've been sick sick sick since 2 Wednesdays ago ... Sinus, cold, fever, mucus, YUCK ... my son got it (along with an ear & chest infection) and hubby is fighting it (doing a better job than me) ...

So I will fish a few old pics of projects out just so I don't feel so blahhh :)

Halloweens Past ...

The only Halloween so far that I didn't make him his costume ... he was 4 days old here (6 weeks premature) and that onsie is size 3 months :) he was just 5 lbs at birth ...

2008 - I found a Quick & Simple Pattern - Simplicity 7475 - and he was a dragon @ 1 year old

 2009 - using the same pattern - he was a Puppy :)

2010 - 3 years of age - and he tells me - I want to be Spider man! - I made the whole costume except the mask - which for $5 at the Farmers market was a bargain because the trial Face painting did not look very good