The sewing project was an apron for a friends surprise 30-something birthday (don't worry Kristie I wouldn't out your age on my blog)...and a great party we had...good times...good friends...
the inspiration for the apron I made...my original "Mrs. Claus" apron is one that I got from Old Navy about 5 years ago
the before...
the middle...
BLOG WARNING
I do not photograph well, I never have and I doubt I ever will...so when posting sewing projects that need an adult woman "model" you might see a headless version of me!
END OF BLOG WARNING
the finished project...note the friend I was making it for is petite so this doesn't fit me too well, it fit her much better!
And then our ChambersMade porch...I'm really excited because this is the first year we even attempted lights...and they make me so happy...our house and lights overwhelmed us both; it's a two & half story 70 yr old house that sits on a hill with a partially above ground basement/cellar making it 3 stories high...how do you put lights on something like that without professional help, or equipment, or both...
...after 4 years lightless...I had just given up hope...
then I started to decorate the porch with the left over Christmas Tree trimmings...(free)
and some cheap WalMart ribbon (about $8 total)
and some help from a cute little boy...
(can you see him hiding?)
And then Beau looked at the process and said those 5 little words that made my heart skip a beat...
"I think it needs lights!"
So, because he loves me...
or needed to get out of the house...
...he went and braved the Christmas Crazyness at WalMart and brought back some lights...so today after church the decking of the ChambersMade porch continued...
(and yes, that is a palm tree in our NORTHERN California yard, yes it's weird, and yes, I LOVE it and yes, Beau HATES it!)
...and the icing on the cake...or the wreath on the door...I have a grape vine wreath that I bought probably about 5 years ago that I always have on my door and just change out the decorations that I shove into it for the season, so this Christmas Season I bought about 5 cheapy things at Micheal's for about $0.50 and shoved them into the wreath, and used more clippings from the Christmas tree and then kept Owlie from our "harvest wreath" (wasn't ready to part with him yet, he makes me smile)...and our viola...our ChambersMade Christmas wreath...
...the ChambersMade lessons of the day...
crop a picture if you need to, even if it means cutting off your own head...
use free or cheap decorations to achieve the ChambersMade look...
if your house is WAY too overwhelming to go Griswold on it...buy a few strands and have a ChambersMade porch instead of a Griswold house!
and even in Owlie is in harvest colors you don't have to pack him away till next year...Merry Christmas....
1 comment:
Your porch and door look great! And love the apron, too.
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