Historic ball gown

Hi!

A few weeks ago I've got a cry for help from my dear neighbour Britta from Britta.tanzt.Balett.
She had a big big problem. She was invited for a historical dance in Berlin and her seamstress had let her with a half-finished dress. So she asked if I could help to rescue the dress and her dance-invitation. I told her that I'm not a professional seamstress but I'd like to do my very best. So we went to work.

Because the dress was too tight for the frost skirt, the seamstress had unpicked the dress on the back and had not yet found a solution for that the frost skirt to be visible. Fortunately, Britta had already bought a veilto hide the frost skirt. But it was way too long for dancing. So we had to cut it.

Next step was to look the dress more pompous. Therefore we gathered up one of the three layers of tulle. After that we fixed a few cute little black roses all over the skirt. And ta-da we're finished, I thought...

Two days later Britta told me that it is indispensable to have ruffles at the neckline of the dress. OK. Back to work we went. First try was a little unconventional. I've had an old lace curtain that I found on a flea market. From that we removed the edging and spray painted it black.

 Not only the lace was black. Our hands were black too.

And additionally we've failed. While washing the border by hand, unfortunately a lot of the color dissolved.

So the next day we invaded a fabrics store to find some nice lace we could use for our purposes. In fact, we found the right one and here's Britta, happy, in her finished dress at the ball.

   

I'm really in love of what we've made out of it 💗

xoxo

     

       

Details from remodeling the living/dining room

Hello!

Maybe you've spied this little lamp in my last post. This is one of the creations I did while my time-out

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I bought a simple white lamp for small money and painted the lamp stand in colors that matches the new look of my living/dining room.

Another little change in my last post were the chairs. They've got a new dress, too.

Before I went to work they were covered with brown velorisch fabric and that didn't match the new room. Over at Dawanda I found a fabric that matches better. It's printed allover with sand dollars.

Because the upholstery was still ok, I simply pulled the fabric over it. So I can turn back if I like.

xoxo

      

Remodeling the living/dining room

Hi there,

today I'd like to start showing what I did while my time out.

First thing I did, after Mr. Heart has left the building, was to renovate the living/dining room.
Because Mr. Heart has taken some of the furniture, the room was nearly empty and I had to buy new ones. So I took the chance to create a new style.

So far the the living room had the theme "Egypt".

But I wanted something fresh and beautiful. So I decided that "Life is better at the Beach".

Here's the finished living room:

And that's what the dining room is now looking:

Now I've always have a beachy feeling at home.

xoxo

        

Lights for the raised bed

Hi there,

hope you all had a great May Day.

Like I told you in my last post we improved our selfbuilt raised bed with some boards and additionally with solar lights which we found at rossmann drug store.

This is what it looks like at day

and at night.

We will see what comes up next at our garden.

Thank you for stopping by

                    

        

26 paletts, 10 cubic meter dirt and a little time

Hi Y'all,

hope you'll had a nice Easter. We had a very nice one and followed by a few days off.

Today I want to show you our latest project, which was totally hubby's idea. At first I was not convinced but I must confess: Good idea, darling! 💖

It's not finished yet, but I can't wait to show you.
What do you do, if you have 26 palettes, 10 cbm dirt and a little time? No idea? You build a 15 meter raised bed.

On Tuesday Hubby digged out our box trees and put them in provided containers, so we could stow them in the shed over night because the weather forecast had predicted Frost and I didn't want them to freeze. 

While Hubby was digging in the dirt, I had to paint all the 26 palettes with wood preservative. 😒

On Thursday we built the bed.

While we were building the bed, somebody tipped off a big heap (10 cbm) of dirt in the yard.

On Friday we filled the dirt into the new bed and planted back the box trees in place.

And because it is more convenient to pick them there, the strawberry plants have also gotten a new home.

As you can see, the edge isn't that nice. 😕So there will be boards soon. 😊
Step by step our garden becomes more beautiful. But for now, I'm totally happy with it.

Thank you for dropping in and hope to see you soon

         

Happy to be home again

Yoo-Hoo!

Today I have you some big news *drum-roll*: I finished our entrance (for now). Can you believe it? It only took half a year.

Back in August last year we started the renovation of our entrance and there was only one thing left on the to-do-list:

• find/make new wall arts

A few weeks ago we installed these little nightlights with motion detector, so we don't have to switch on the ceiling lights at night, to avoid stepping on the cats.

Finally I found a Floral-Ornamental Border that Hubby and I like, both. I didn't paint the border, as usual. I cutted it out from vinyl with the silhouette and sticked it on. Because we used non-woven wallpaper it is sooo easy to remove the stickers without residue.

And a symbolic picture for all of our beloved cats.

What do you think? How do you like it?

Thanks for stoppin' by and hope to see you next time

Lego Storage Heads

Hi Y'all!

I hope you Halloween was very spooky ;)

This year my nephew and niece got lego for big kids for their birthdays. Until now they played with lego duplo and loved it. Now my brother and sister-in-law decided that it's time to change to the smaller pieces. To store the legos my mum and I decided that it would be funny to have a lego storage head for both kids.

Unfortunately I only found that boy's head for fair price.

The girl's head was twice as much. Therefore I bought 2 of the boy's heads and thought of bringing my silhouette to the game. So fresh to the work and plotting a few eyelashes, lips and a pink bow. Storage head for girls, here we go ...

Both kids liked their new lego AND the storage heads :)

Hope to see ya next week.         

                   

Cat-TV

Welcome back!

Since we first bought our house 5 years ago we had an old TV as a"barn find". We often talked about what to do with it. We tried to find another good home for this buddy, but no one was interested in adopting this sweetie. So we decided that we will keep it and give it the chance for a totally other kind of life - as a cat tv.

This is what it looked like when we found it at the barn.

After hubby had removed all the electronic components I did a hard but successful job with sanding.

Then I painted everything new in dark brown and white.

Unfortunately we couldn't save the adjustment buttons. So we will have a look at the flea markets in the area, next time.

For the bottom I upholstered a chipboard with volume fleece and cord fabric.

To make it easier for the cats to adopt the new furniture, we laid in a blanket that has already been accepted by them.

Hope you all have an as compfy place as our cats to stay warm and cozy when autumn starts.

xo

Entrance finished

Hi Y'all!

Today I can report that there were 3 things from our Entrance-to-do-List are already done:

• find and install new coat hooks
• find/make new wall arts
• find a new mailboxslit
• install a lot of trimming

We found this coat rack at the flea market last week

It was only 7 Euro. We also bought a smal can of paint for 3 Euro. I sanded the rack and repainted it matching the new hardware.

Finally we found a soloution for our mailboxslit too. We bought a VALJE cupboard at IKEA. We shortened it in depth and I decorated the door like I did at the hall stand a few years ago.

The stability has also been tested by Baghira. He loves all thing boxes.

So there is only one thing left on the List: 

• find/make new wall arts

Hope to see ya soon

          

One million unfinished projects

Hi there,

do you missed me? Here I am again.

Since we've been back from my cousins wedding, it feels like we have 1 million unfinished projects. So I think this will be a post about our unfinished works.

While I'm crocheting many more dragons, I wanted to do something else in between, for not going mad. So I hope to show you another quilt, soon.

Next thing is that Hubby and I digged a hole into our green last weekend.

We hope that it will be a fire pit next weekend. I will tell you the whole story in one of my next posts, when the soreness has subsided.

Another construction site is our entrance. There were still a few open points on our to-do-list:

• find and install new coat hooks
• find/make new wall arts
• find a new mailboxslit
• install a lot of trimming

So you can imagine that there will never be boredom at our home.


See you next time

Entrance renovation - Update

Hi Folks,

last week I told you about our entrance renovation and that there were still some things that needed to be done.

Today I can report that 2 things are already done:

• Update the hardware
• find and install new coat hooks
• find a matching curtain rod 
• find/make new wall arts
• find a new mailboxslit
• install a lot of trimming

We will see, what comes next.I still have the goal that everything's done until Christmas.

Although we had 36°C, we had a nice day on Saturday. We went to a unique western town in the Harz. It's called Pullman City. 

I think next week you'll have to do without me, because we have an invitation for my cousins wedding this weekend. So it's time for party and not for crafting, sorry!