Lately...

I have been bit by the crafting bug.  The spray paint has come out several times.  Even the sewing machine has come out. 
Here are my latest creations:

We have been just using the plain clear-ish liner for the past month, because my old curtain totally clashed with the paint in this bathroom.  So I took the clashy curtain down and we lived with the ugly old liner instead.  Much better, right? (not really) I had pinned some cute ruffly curtains, and finally just broke down and made what I wanted.  I bought two white twin flat sheets at IKEA, and then realized I needed a third one.  So I got one from Walmart, but it was totally different that the IKEA ones.  So I decided to use the Wally one for the actual curtain and the IKEA ones for the ruffles. 
It came out exactly as I had hoped!  I haven't trimmed most of the threads yet, but it is up anyway and they probably will never get trimmed.  But it's so lovely!  Ruffly loveliness. 
It inspired some new towels and a rug (since we didn't have one).  I tried gray, but to my surprise and dismay it did not work in there.  So I went for the yellow, and like it!  Cute and happy.

The rod was also nasty, so it got a spray job.  It was brushed nickel and all rusty.  It has a great shape, but needed a new finish.  I just installed the oil rubbed bronze towel rods a couple weeks ago, so went with an bronze spray paint to match.  I LOVE it!  (and spray painting is just so FUN!)  Looks great now!

Here is my other latest project.  I have had one shelf that I made a couple years ago, and was inspired by The House Of Smiths blog to make another shelf so I could make an arrangement like this:

I had the perfect spot for them in my kitchen.  Well, just so happens I found some corbels at Goodwill a month or so ago, so I got them to use with a board I had lying around.  Put them together and made a shelf.  There were a couple little hitches, like the corbels didn't have any hangers on them.  I searched my tool box and found a couple hangers and made them work.  Then I decided to put some trim on the shelf to match the first one I made, and then painted them both Rustoleum's white gloss.  LOVE that Rustoleum 2X spray paint. 

Here they are, hanging in my kitchen, just like I wanted them to!



I will post more pics of the kitchen soon.

All decked out for Valentine's Day!  This is going to be my holiday decor area, I have decided.  For these "little" holidays where I don't need to deck out the whole house, this is just enough decor to make me and the family happy.  We all love it. 
I have to be honest and say that hanging that bottom shelf (the newest one) was a comedy of errors that was NOT funny.  I have never screwed up a project like that before.  And it didn't end up perfectly lined up under the first shelf like I planned, either.  Oh well.  Suffice it to say, I am happy that all the holes in the wall are hidden by the shelf now.  :)  I am hoping it doesn't come crashing down--time will tell.  (I don't think it will, but with the grief this thing gave me I wouldn't be totally shocked if it did)
Anyhoo, I am going to call the shelves a big winner, because they look great and I like them.

I think my crafty bug is satisfied for the moment.  We (Sweet G and I) also arranged her room and gave several mirrors and picture frames a makeover for a sweet wall display.  It is coming out AWESOME!  Her room Teeny Bopper's room are coming along nicely.   Pics to come soon...