I've been on the hunt for a new shower curtain forever. The one we have now is from my husband's old apartment - forest green.... It's nice, but very... manly... I guess.
Anyway, not my favorite, and I want something pretty, and frilly! I've seen really nice ruffled shower curtains for buko bucks like this one at Kohl's. Nice, right? Not for $100 though!
Fortunately there are lots of tutorial examples on Pinterest! I used this one from See Kate Sew.
I went to a local thrift store and found a white shower curtain for the backing, and some bed curtains that were awesome and frilly. The pest part? Everything was half off! I bought 5 items and spent $6!! Now that's more like it.
A good pair of scissors later, and I had some wonderful ruffled bits for sewing. I pinned and sewed each row one at a time. I had a few mishaps with the material getting folded up under the sewing needle. Seam rippers are my friend.....
I love my colorful heart pins! Let me tell you, though, I need TONS more pins! On the second-from-the-top row, I made really small ruffles so I needed a lot of pins. I ended up using a bunch of needles to make up for the lack of pins.
Doesn't it make a gorgeous table cloth?! I think I need to make a bedspread like this!
And the finished project!
Now I just need to hang it in the bathroom :) I worked on this over a period of 3 days, and it took me maybe 12 hours (the first day took forever since I didn't really know what I was doing).
The hubster even loves it! He said I should make another one for the french door. I love him <3
Happy new year! I have officially written 2013 TWICE so far this year, and didn't mess up either time (smug pat on back). That's probably the only time for the next six months that I won't it up, though, hah!
I have never been a big fan of "New Year Resolutions" as they always seem to be things that are too far out of reach. It's as if we only continue to make a resolution to keep up the tradition of setting ridiculous goals just to watch them fail.
This year, I plan on making smaller goals that are attainable, and that will improve my life.
1. Clean something.
I can't say that I really dislike cleaning. It's just, at the end of a work day, I really don't have the energy to clean, or the energy to care! I used to be a huge stickler on keeping living space clean, but I had a series of horribly messy roommates who pretty much ruined that habit for me (who wants to clean someone else's pile of dirty dishes when you didn't even get to eat any of it?!). Long story short, I'm ok with my house looking like 5 children live here, even though there are zero children living here. =) Cleaning ONE thing up a day is pretty darn attainable, I think, and it will go a long way in helping me feel happier about letting people inside my house.
2. Put something away.
I'm TERRIBLE about putting things away. If I'm just going to use it later, why bother? I'll tell you why: suddenly there's a mountain of STUFF on the coffee table, end table, couch, dining table, papasan chair, counter! Why did I bring the tweezers out here again?
3. Organize something.
Going along with the putting something away - I need to organize the places that I put those things. My spare room (also craft supply storage room) was once an adorable room with my things neatly put away, the bed made, the bed skirt sweetly hiding the junk I've stuffed under the bed. Eight projects later, and it looks like we just moved and stuffed everything we owned in there. Part of this organization requires more of those cute plastic cubbies from Ikea. Yes.... Ikea.... drool....
4. MAKE SOMETHING PRETTY!!
This is the fun goal (obviously). I love crafting, and I love Pinterest! I also categorize my gardening under this one - because a garden brings so much beauty to the world!
UPDATE (1/6/13):
5. Do one exercise!
I'm great at working out! When I get around to it...... I want to make sure that I do at least one type of exercise (arms, squats, something) every day, especially if it's a day I don't make it to the gym!
