Katie-Did

Hello! Long time no blog!!! A few things have happened - having 2 kids being first and foremost the reason for the season (of not posting)! I'm soooo excited to share this super cute craft, because I searched far and wide and couldn't find a good how-to!!  Materials Needed Ikea Kura  bed Cardboard the same size as the piece you're adding the tufting to x2 (my neighbors threw out a giant box they received a new couch in!! So fortuitous and I keep jokingly (but seriously) thanking them for their trash!!) Mod podge Cute fabric 2" foam Buttons (double the amount you'll be using to make the indents) Button covers (or alternatively, use the kind that have a back that you can sew - I used this kind + hot glue, but the other kind might make more sense!!) Hot glue (see above) Staple gun + staples Giant needle & thread (to sew through cardboard, so a thimble is pretty handy too!) Command strips Curtain rods (I used these because my kids would 100% pull down a tension r...

Long ago, in a land far away (the other side of town, actually), I started making quilts for all of the new babies in my family, all "signed" (I have a fancy machine that can do text!!) with "Love Aunt Katie" and the year. I just recently finished the quilt for the newest soon-to-be baby family member (my own daughter! Eek!! And "signed" "Love Mom & Dad"!), and thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane of all of the cute little quilts I've made over the years! Nathan - 2007 Nathan's quilt was fun because when I started, I wasn't told if he'd be a boy or a girl ;) So I just picked out "baby fabric" and came up with a theme. The theme was "I heart <3 ___" - I decided to do one shirt with "I <3 TX" because both parents were from Texas, "I <3 the Navy" because his dad was in the Navy, "I <3 FL" because he was born in Florida, and "I <3 Japan" in Ja...

We have finally finished our adorable little nursery, and couldn't have done it with out the inspiration of  Lay Baby Lay  and their adorable, colorful board! I thought I'd go through and put down what we did instead, since we actually decorated on quite the budget! First, our paint colors: we used Behr Marquee from Home Depot, and the 2 main colors were Aloha for the walls, and Balsam for the  changing table . I loved the idea of clean white lines, so we bought our crib from Ikea (they're very highly rated safety-wise, and also, budget-wise!), a cute lamp from Target, and I used an old lampshade from Anthropologie to throw in a little color!   As far as seating goes, originally we were going to spruce up our old daybed, but it just didn't quite fit in the room! I found a fantastic deal on an Eames-style rocker  on Amazon, and thought, "hey, white plastic will work great with a child who has yet to control her bodily functions!" I also loved the...