Friday, May 31, 2013

Super Simple Bed Canopy & Wrought Iron Headboard



 Super Simple Bed Canopy

1.) Take 2 curtain rods the width of the bed (mine is king size) and attach 1 to the wall and 1 to the ceiling.

2.) Hang curtains on the wall rod first then hang the curtains on the ceiling rod and drape the curtains behind the wall curtains.

I used curtains I already had but if I had bought them for this project I would have longer ones hanging behind the wall curtains so you wouldn't see them.



Wrought Iron Headboard 
Making a Full Size Into a King

The full size wrought iron bed was found at a junk store, after digging around in the poorly lit back room.  

1.) The welder cut the footboard and welded it to the headboard making it King size.

2.) Had the headboard sandblasted and primed.

3.) I spray painted it black and after it dried I took a sponge dipped in gold accent paint and just dapped it on. 

4.) Finished with a clear coat to protect the paint job.

5.) Attached it to the wall - It's heavy!



The cat thinks it's all for her!


Saturday, January 19, 2013

Clay Pot Projects

 Clay Pot Man

Instruction site for making the Clay Pot Man:

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/claypotcrafts/ss/Clay-Flower-Pot-Person-Craft.htm


Lessons Learned:

1.) I used sisal rope and over time it has stretched (one of these days I'll have to redo it).


2.) I used an indoor/outdoor clear spray coating to seal the pots BUT for some reason, after a very hot summer, they turned   cloudy and bad looking.  Now the pots are sealed with a "clay" color spray paint and after 7 months they still look good.


Clay Pot Chimes 

Made with (3) 4" pots and  (3) 1" pots. 
Wood beads are on top.




Tipsy Pots

Instruction site for making Tipsy Pots: 

Lessons Learned:

1.)  Do NOT use the light pots (resin? not sure what they're made of).  After a couple of months, they totally collapsed (I wished I had taken a picture)!  I had even planted real flowers in the pots which I normally don't do.  I'm a big believer in very low mainteneance as in, rocks, fake flowers and rubber mulch!     

I redid the  Tipsy Pots with clay pots and pinecones - it is winter! 



Thursday, January 17, 2013

Habitat for Humanity - Women Build

The most rewarding project I have ever had the opportunity to be involved in:


Habitat for Humanity - Women Build




If you ever have the chance to work with them, take advantage of it!  
The build is for women only and you are given the opportunity and on the job training to do whatever work you are comfortable doing.   
This Grandma got pretty good at swinging a hammer!! :-)

I had a blast helping build a home  for a very deserving family!