Making a Ruffled Bedskirt Tablecloth

I have been just adoring all the ruffled tablecloths I have seen in Blogland made out of bedskirts. The first one I saw was from Courtney at French Country Cottage here. Then inspired by her Janae (my daughter) did one for herself here. Then I saw this one that Brenda at Shabby Cats and Roses did here and I knew I really wanted to make one out of a bedskirt myself! I loved how Brenda made it the shape of her table, which is the same shape as my table. Of course, Overstock.com was out of the white at the time. Then one evening while checking my e-mail Brenda e-mailed me they were back in at Overstock. Janae was over here visiting and I let her know, and as fast as her hands could type she was ordering one one for me, one for her guest bedroom (what a concept to actually use it on a bed!) and an extra one for herself to do a future ruffled project. As Janae was ordering these Chantel was wanting Janae to do something for her..and Janae said, "Not right now this is an emergency" LOL

Here is how I did it. Now, some of these bedskirts have come with a silky top to them, but mine came with that paper like fabric on the top. No big deal I wasn't going to use it anyway. Remember, bedskirts are 3 sided so even if your table is the perfect twin bed size you will be missing one side. Janae ordered me a queen size and we figured I would have some left so maybe another small project. I ended up with about 2 feet of ruffles left.  I got out a lovely embossed sheet that I  got at Thrift City for $1.15. Thank God for thrift shops. Really, I'm serious, don't know what I would do without them.

I laid the sheet on the table and then I cut around the shape of the table. Leaving about an inch or so all the way around.

Then I cut the inside out of the bedskirt. I left some of the inner fabric on it thinking I would use it to attach to the top part of the tablecloth but the fabric was so cheap I ended up sewing directly to the ruffled part and cutting off any of that paper like fabric. The ruffles are a cotton/polyester fabric.

In no time I had this beautiful fitted ruffled tablecloth. I love it!

Thanks so much to everyone who inspired me. This beautiful tablecloth fits right in with my self proclaimed 2012 year of the ruffle theme..and it was so easy. Now I just need to get busy and make the other 3 ruffled chair covers--they are much more work than this tablecloth was!

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Flowers and the Power of Love

I have really been wanting some fresh flowers for the house and I was blessed to get roses this year from both my husband and my oldest daughter for Valentines day. Such a sweet token of love.

A pink rose is my absolute favorite flower for Valentines day. Red is pretty, and I know it is passionate and all that --but I love the sweet softness of pink. I also like the pretty vibrance of pinks like these..

My husband said they were all out of the baby pink I like and so he got me a dozen roses in this hot pink color. They are really pretty. He used to buy me roses once a week while we were dating. After being married for 15 years and not having the money for roses like we used too..these roses actually mean so much more than the ones he used to get me. The hot pink looks really pretty against the blue of the Ball canning jar.

Janae was able to find me these soft pink roses, though she said she really had to search for them. I guess I am not the only one that loves a pretty pink rose!

Chantel made her Dad and I a very large Valentines Card complete with pop out heart. Chantel does nothing small!

I read a post today from another blog about the power of love. That is really what Valentines day is all about to me. Our vet told me once that our animals live exceptionally long because they know how much they are loved. Our son Gage has disabilities that should cause him to be medically fragile, but his Doctor wrote in his chart at his last appointment that "he has no failure to thrive".

Never underestimate the power of love!

Valentines Gifts for Janae

So I told Janae she couldn't check my blog today so I can show off the handmade little gifts I made for her for Valentines day.

First of all, I always make Janae handmade cards because she loves them. She often frames them and  always so appreciates them. So I found this angel on Graphics Fairy here. I so love it I printed it for myself too! It looks like one of our friends daughters. It is so awesome how you can get these free images from Graphics Fairy!

As I have posted about before Janae and Chantel have been learning to sew..and both are doing really well. Janae kept admiring my pin cushion that I made years ago and so I made one for her.

I think she will really like it..and she needs one too!

Then I had gotten this hanging winged heart from a blogger friend of mine here who has an etsy shop awhile ago and Janae really liked it. So hopefully it is okay with Kimberly..I copied it, but made it more Janae's style.

This is the one I got from ArtJoyStuff..I love it. The crystal sparkles in the sunlight. Kimberly is so talented and her Etsy shop is super reasonable prices.

This is the one I made for Janae

I think Janae is going to love it and I imagine it hanging in the window over her kitchen sink. She may put it somewhere else..that is just where I imagine it!

So Janae is going to come over tonight after she gets off from working the night shift and get her Valentine goodies. I hope she is as pleased with them as I am!

For the rest of the family I got fun little items at Walmart. I ordered some photo cards from Walmart too for our parents, brothers, sister, etc. I try to let everyone to let we love them on this great holiday.

Thanks for visiting my blog and have a great Valentines day!

Hamster Love

For about a week or so now we have had 2 new additions to our home...Chantel and Wyatt both spent some of their Christmas money to buy hamsters. They have been so much fun..I have been really surprised at how much personality they have and how much they have entertained us!

Meet Hershey and Walter.

They spend their evening running around in their hamster balls...with me hoping I won't break my neck from tripping on them.:) I tell you..if I only had a small percentage of the energy of a hamster all my projects would be done!

Walter has his pink cage to match Chantels room and Hershey has a blue cage in Wyatt's room

They are both boys and according to Petsmart--Walter is a couple weeks older than Hershey. They are long haired hamsters and will get about 6 inches long.

Hershey loves to stuff his cheeks with sesame seeds and move them up to the top part of his cage

Hershey looks like he is saying his prayers but actually he is cleaning himself

I have to admit I think they are kind of cute...and I love them because the kids delight in them so much. They have plans to take them to Petco for the hamster races in September. They are in training right now-LOL

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Pillow Talk

As I mentioned before, I wanted to change out my "store bought" pillows for some homemade ones for the top of my husbands trunk in the sunroom. I made the first pillow last night and am so pleased with it I have to share. I need to give credit where credit is due though! I was inspired by a blogger I recently found..I actually was more than inspired..I pretty much just copied her:). I even copied her title for this post (shameless). But hopefully it is okay with her. You can find her here.  I think I will copy even more of her pillows..she is very talented and creative!

Isn't that a great pillow?!  I'm sure you can see why I was excited when I found this idea. You can't get much more Shabby Chic than burlap and roses!

I always think that I have not mastered the torn fabric rosettes but then when I get them on there I am always pleased with them. They really have the shape of real roses!

Next I think I will make a pillow that looks like the valance--a pretty ruffled one.

Thanks for stopping by for a little "pillow talk" :)

Have a great day!

Atc's have arrived!

I have posted before that I did a ATC swap for the first time over at ArtJoyStuff blog

and today I received my cards. I love them so I thought I'd share!

How fun to do a swap and get all these pretty cards in return!

Here they are one by one--

I love all the cut work in this one

I love the french look this one has, and the sweet little girl

The pearls "holding" the heart looks so cool in this one

Love the colors and the netting on this one

Love the sewing and the verse on this one

What a bunch of talented ladies there are out in blogland. Thanks so much for doing this swap Kim!

Thanks for visiting!

Salvation Junk Sisters Show Part 2

If you want to see part one..go here

Janae and I went to the Junk Sisters show once again today...just for a bit. We had fun again--and Janae got another pretty mirror and we got some candy lightbulbs. I have a whole bunch of pictures to share from the show.  So sit back with a cup of coffee, or glass of wine..and here we go, see what we saw!

Janae wanted this for her dogs!

Would love to have this on my front porch

Janae and I both wanted this chair!

I really love this chair--in white and blue, of course:)

Janae came very close to buying this King sized headboard, she would re-do it in white though

I thought these bags were adorable!

Check out my cute shoes I got at Goodwill- lol

Thought of Sissie when I saw this one!

I need to learn how to make these--so cute!

These lampshades are so simply sweet!

These little bags scream adorable!

Isn't that the truth?!

Janae and I love all that sparkles!

What a cute tablecloth this vendor made! So many talented people at these shows.

Whew! So many things to see. Did you see anything you like?

Thanks for sharing the Salvation Junk Sisters show with Janae and I- have a lovely Sunday!