DIY - Kids t-shirt upgrade to girly top with bow

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I didn't manage to do even one fourth of the stuff I wished to do during the weekend but I did manage this quick upgrade of a regular t-shirt to a cute and girly little top. It was really quick and all in all it took ca 1 hour including drawing the flowers on the band and ironing it to fix the ink.

I am not so good at explaining how I did it in words so I drew a quick illustration at the bottom, I hope it's clear enough.

Weekend projects and a DIY ottoman coffee table

the weekend is coming up and I have projects up over my ears... I am ( a bit overly positive) hoping to finish:

1. My first crochet granny square blanket - consisting of only one very big square, I am loving the process and the next one will definitely be many little squares. I will post some photos very soon...I promise.

2. The floor pillows I mentioned in an earlier post - I have cut the fabric but that's it, it's all lying in a big pile in the closet

3. A knitted Letter pillow for Chupi, the letter E for her real name Elin.

I also have plans of sewing a few diaper covers, knitting a baby hoodie and a baby coat.
I am nuts...it will never happen ... but somewhere deep inside I still believe I have superpowers.

...oh and I also want to upholster our coffee table, possibly with Kilim to create a ottoman coffee table AND I still need to paint the livingroom rug.

I will leave you with some before and after pictures of a fabulous ottoman coffee table DIY by Pepper Design.

you can read the original post and get the complete tutorial here.




I wish you all a great weekend.

DIY Inspiration - Vintage button necklace

While scrolling through Glitter 'N Glue for some DIY window shopping I came across this photo of Amanda Garrigus taken at the Marni for H&M pre-shopping party in Los Angeles.

Just look at that awesome button necklace she is wearing, so simple, so cool and totally DIYable.

More IKEA Rast DIY makeover inspiration

I still have to do something with the 2 IKEA Rast dressers from a previous post here in our living room and I just cannot seem to decide what to do with them, the fact that there are like a zillion Rast makeovers out there to be inspired by does not make this any easier.

Below are 2 more makeovers I came across when browsing through IKEA Hackers just recently.

I think the pullers on the pink one are the kind I need for the dressers in Chupi's room, not the ones that are currently on there, although cute, they don't fit with the rest of the room and now really annoy me which I guess is why that project hasn't moved forward either.

Anyways... soon I tell myself, soon I will get around to that.

For the full DIY project and more pictures visit original post here by Jenny and Louisa at For Chic Sake.

the original post for the Industrial look dresser DIY is by refresheddesigns and can be found here.

DIY kids coffee shop - Welcome to Millz

I've seen plenty of DIY play kitchens out there and an especially good source for these type of projects is IKEA Hackers.
If you're into DIY and haven't already checked it out I suggest you should... it's filled to the brim with lots of cool and a few awkward but still interesting DIY hacks of IKEA products.
In the kids section you will find loads of super cute play kitchens, both simple and very advanced projects.
Whilst not from Ikea Hackers, this is the first time that I've seen a DIY kids coffee shop.
Thought up and realized by Traci at 45Wall Design for her daughter Emilia and I think it tops the scale in cuteness and ingenuity. It is obvious that this was not just thrown together quickly one evening, a lot of love and thought and work has gone into it, making it so much more lovely.
Enjoy and be inspired...

for more details and pictures visit the full post here.