Simple Weekend Project

I finally got around to recovering the seat on my old kitchen step stool. You'll have to take my word for it, but the old seat was covered in ugly and ripped vinyl fabric. I love this fabric and I've been hanging on to it for a bit just waiting for the right project to come along. It's actually from and old set of drapes that I thrifted and I still have enough left for another project. Maybe a bulletin board. I covered the whole thing with a piece a sheet vinyl to protect it from kitchen messes. I'd guess this only took me about 20 minutes or so, but I can't help but stop to look at it every time I walk into the kitchen.

Here's a closer look.

Fun Fall Craft

We had so much fun glittering these little pumpkins. A few of them were covered with glue and then sparkled. For the rest of them, we used paint and poured the glitter over top. I expect them to last a few weeks.

Birthday Garland

Since birthday season is in full swing around here, I've been wanting to make one of those Martha Stewart-esque paper garlands.

I printed my letters onto colored paper using a really big font. To form the circle shape, I traced around a coaster and then cut them out. Then I glued the colored circles to pieces of card stock that were a little bit bigger (I used a slightly larger coaster).


Next, I punched two holes near the top of the circles and strung them on two different lengths of yarn, but I think next time I will use thin ribbon instead.

Here they are hung up for my husband's birthday dinner. I plan to use them for the girl child's party next weekend too.