Merry Christmas.
- Rebecca

Dollhouse Reveal!

It's done! Today I finished the "candelier" for the kitchen and everythings all ready! Now it gets covered up and patiently waits for two little girls to fall in love with it Christmas morning.
Besides buying the house (Circo brand from Target) I only spent about $4 on fabric for the kitchen. Everything else was hand me downs or a few pieces of furniture they already had. It's fun because alot of the stuff I used as a little girl. And some of it was used by my mom and passed on to me. Like the white bed my grandfather made for her. The fireplace was made by my father. I made the dining table. Since I had the blue kitchen and the orange (70's!) chairs, I searched until I found the perfect fun fabric incorporating all the kitchen colors together. I believe it's from the Robert Kaufman confections line of fabric. And I made a matching apron to go with it!
I hand stiched the bedspreads and made the bunting all from scrap fabric. The chandelier, clock, and pictures are all from Pottery Barn catalogs (of course, my favorite!) I also made the pink flower wreath, lamp, and recovered the little side table with coordinating scrapbook paper- all from stuff I already had. My friend gave me some carpet samples for the living room. And I used a whole lotta hot glue!
Well, here it is! I love it and can't wait for Christmas morning.

Christmas Present Sneak Peek: {dollhouse}

I have been working on this for awhile. I kept all my Barbie stuff and have been toting around a big bin full of it since I was 14. Then when my first daughter was born I wondered when the perfect time would be for her own dollhouse. We have hidden it in the back of a deep closet since October and I started working on putting it all together- the Interior Decor, that is. Last night after the kids were fast asleep, we finally built the house, and I am so excited! I just have to put the finishing touches on it and then it will be ready in all it's glory. I hope they like it as much as I do!

I Can Make That: West Elm Crafty Christmas

(sorry for the cruddy pics, I snapped them from the actual catalog). I saw these in the latest West Elm catalog and thought they would be so fun and easy to make: a hand- stitched pine branch pillow and hand-cut snowflake ornament from felt. Easy peasy and full of style!
Have you seen anything lately that you think you could make from a name brand?

Our Christmas Decor 2011

Just thought I'd show a few fun pics of our home this holiday for your viewing pleasure. I do all my blogging from an iphone and it only lets me do it 5 pictures at a time... So enjoy these next few "posts" all together and have a great weekend!