Table Transformation

Here is what our table used to look like.  Okay just the top.  I was in too much of a craze taking it apart to think about taking a picture of the whole thing beforehand... but wouldn't you be too with such a hideous, ugly, gag-inducing table?  I can't even guess what those stains might be from!  Okay maybe I'm slightly overreacting, but I've been wanting to do something to this thing for MONTHS.  So we finally did it :)

We had lots of ideas floating around... the initial plan was to put a bunch of cool post cards (thank you, Lynette) on top and cover those with a piece of glass, but the glass search turned out to be a failure.  Then Bryan and I were thinking about painting it and giving it the "distressed" look.  Meh.  Maybe.  Then, finally, we went back to one of our original dreams of decoupaging the top with comic strips!  And, seeing as how we both love Calvin and Hobbes, it seemed like an appropriate choice.

So we got painting!  And decoupaging :)

And about a week later, after lots of coats of glue and one thick layer of probably cancer causing varnish, we got the awesome table we were dreaming of!  Pay no attention to the icky drop cloth.  Tee hee.

Sewing Escapades

I'd like to dedicate this blog to moms everywhere - Bryan's mom for buying me this amazing sewing machine for Christmas, my mom for buying me the fabric, pins, bias tape and for actually TEACHING me, and every other mom in the world who knows how to sew - it's harder than I thought it would be and you are all amazing!

Two weeks later I now have a sewing machine cover, a little notion holding case, and a bag for throwing sewing scraps into!  Good stuff.  Any ideas for my next project are welcome :D