Sewing, Crafting and Laughing

Things around here are never boring for me.  There is always something to do, create and laugh about.  First, I will start off with how my sweetheart tried to be of some help by refilling our soap dispenser.  Wasn't he sweet in doing that?

When I seen that it had been refilled, I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the soap was so blue.  I asked what soap he had used and his response was the soap in the cabinet.  My nose has been stuffy, but today, I smelled ammonia.  That's when I knew what he had done, lol!

No wonder my hands were getting so dry!  I have laughed all evening!

Now for the sewing part....

I had been wanting to make curtains for under the bench.  So I used some Bella Rose blue fabric I had left over and made some.  I really like it!

I also made a curtain for the mantle insert.  Sorry I don't have a better photo of the whole curtain.  I'll get one later.

When I start sewing, I don't want to stop.  So I decided to make some new shades for downstairs, then I ended up making one for upstairs too.

 Here are the ones I made for downstairs and painted a lamp.  The shade on the blue ball lamp wasn't made by me, I bought it that way from ebay.

I had some vintage shades that were dry rotted.  They have the prettiest lines!

I used some of the candy pink Shabby Chic fabric for the shade.  It definitely added some sweetness to this corner!

I love the British Rose fabric on these shades!  I have so many and they all look lovely against the blue walls.

I had a mess to clean up , but I ended up doing some crafting instead.

I bought this white felt heart at Michaels.  All they had were red and white so I decided to use some Rit Dye I had to make it pink.  

After allowing it to dry over night, it turned out perfectly!

I found this gorgeous Peony at Pier One during Christmas.  Then I found the mercury glass vase and the wooden heart at Michaels.  The heart got a makeover with some white and pink paint.

It looks so cute in the cloche' I made from a light fixture.  I am just having so much fun with Valentine's Day this year!

And I've been baking and cooking but you'll just have to imagine all of that since we ate it all!

I found these red hearts at Michaels and decided to make my own wreath from a pine Christmas wreath that I shaped into a heart.  Everything is so drab outside, having the pine and the red makes it feel so inviting when you enter onto the porch.

I added them everywhere, even on the garland hanging from the roof.  But I couldn't get any good photos of them, so you'll have to imagine that too.

The red Valentine Heart pillow is one that I made in clothing class in middle school.  I loved sewing then and still do today!

The pine trees I made were perfect for those red hearts!

They just look so stinkin' cute!

Have you had any fun,like I have,with decorating for Valentines Day?  I hope so!

Now I'm ready for some Valentines candy, how about you?