Canadian Cupcakes: 2014

Old dresser, new dresser.

This started out as an experiment, I wanted to bring new life to this old dresser. But well I'm kind of lazy and didn't want to spend hours and hours sanding. So after a little bit of Google research I found this product oil base stain blocker primer.

After giving the furniture a good scrub down to make sure there is nothing on it, start applying your first coat of primer. I used a roller brush, since I'm not that handy and don't know how to pain without leaving brushstrokes....i also only put 1 coat of primer on but next time i will put on 2 or 3.

I'm in LOVE with this color of blue! So after I let the primer dry for 24 hours, I just started to spray this on as evenly as possible!

Painted the inside walls, since there was one drawer missing.

The finished product, we use this in the playroom now to keep some games and smaller pieces of toys. Added a few baskets from the dollar store to complete the look.

This piece of furniture has held up quite well since I did this in October. There is a few scratches on top and is showing the brown underneath. But we have no peeling or rough texture! I'm also pretty sure that the top is laminate and not real wood at all.

Over all I am quite happy with the results of this and will be using this brand of primer and spray paint on my next furniture make-over!!

XXOO Lacey

*picture is from my Instagram @thegirliesmom

DIY Frozen Anna Dress

Well my sweet little "A" is going to be 7! And well Frozen is her favourite movie right now along with millions of other children, it is really hard to find Frozen dress up clothes. Disney store is sold out or only has little sizes. Walmart had some but it only fits 4-6x, which may have fit if she was wearing only that. So I searched the Internet and Etsy seeing if u could score one online and have it delivered by her birthday. Now I'm cheap so I didn't want to spend more then $40 on a dress up outfit. No luck!

I have next to NO sewing skills....I might be able to sew on a button and have it stay on for a few hours, MAYBE! But with a little coaching from my mom said "Why don't you make it! Or find a blue kids skirt or dress." Duh, why didn't I think of that!! So I headed out to our value village and goodwill store and found a plain black tank top, but no kids skirt. I did however find a women's blue skirt which is the perfect shade of blue for the costume, but it was a plus size skirt. And well I do not have a sewing machine and no back ground in sewing!

Sorry for the crappy photos, taking with my phone. And my messy house....well that's another story!
I laid out the pieces, getting an idea on what it's going to look like!

I cut open the skirt to re-size it.

With some heat n bond iron on adhesive I attached the seam back together.

I re-sized the skirt to be a little bit bigger then the bottom of the shirt, both are stretchy material!

I pinned the top and skirt together and pinned a ribbon around to see what it was going to look like. Now I could have left it as a skirt and top which would have been cute and easy!! But she really wanted a dress and she also wouldn't let me cut any length off. Can you say DIVA...but it's her choice, she is going to be wearing it not me!! She also tried it on with jeans and long sleeve shirt underneath. So it will fit big.

If attaching the two pieces together then while everything is pinned, turn outfit inside out. Before sewing I used this much heat-n-bond on the front, back and both sides (I did cut off some length of the tank top so that the skirt would fit higher up). I just used this so that it wouldn't move around so much after I had my seams lined up.

Then just do a basic line stitch...I think that's what it is called. I honestly YouTube how to sew a sturdy stitch and watched 2 videos. I'll post a link to which videos I watched at bottom of this post.

It doesn't have to look pretty or professional because you are just going to be covering it up with a ribbon. So even if you see the stitching on the other side of the dress don't worry!!

For the design on the front of Anna's dress I used iron on patches, I was going to use felt and fabric glue it on but I want to be able to wash it (since she will probably be living in it) and I have no idea how well felt holds up if it gets wet.

This is the iron on patches we used to cut and place on the front of the dress.

Husbands are great for this part!! :)

After everything was all ironed on, measure out how much ribbon you will need to use. I put this on loose so that the waist didn't get any tighter and then it would be harder to put on.

Instead of sewing or using the heat bond, I used this fabric tape.

TAH-DA! She loves this dress to pieces and is more proud to wear it then all her other costumes. Now because of the material and the length of the dress she couldn't walk very fast in it, so I had to put a slit in it for more movement.

Not a very pretty looking slit and hem...but then again this is my very first project and who cares what the inside looks like.

Add a few stitches to the top of the slit so that it doesn't rip even further.

The Hubby made some extra flowers out of the material and I added them to the bottom of the dress in random places. Since I'm such an amazing photographer (NOT) I never noticed that I captured my lovely socks in the pic. LOL!

The final piece!! YAY!

Letting her play in it before deciding to add those extra flowers...
Hope you enjoy this post, have fun!
Now do you wanna build a snowman?

XXOO Lacey and "Anna".

1. hand sewing basics by the CraftyGemini on YouTube.

2. How to sew a strong seam by Easy Curtain Ideas also on YouTube.

Monster High Draculaura Party!

My little monster.... cant believe she is 6!

Well it seems like they always have a new fave theme, show, toy or whatever. This year A's favorite show is Monster High and the character she likes the best is Draculaura!

This time around for the loot bags instead of sending all the kids home with little baggies full of candy and some random junk, I made them monster high shirts. Went to Walmart and bought 1 white shirt and a few pink shirts, some iron on transfer paper and printed off a logo I liked. It was actually pretty easy process. All the little guest loved them!

My attempt at doing a little draculaura makeup without going overboard! :)

Table cloth...

These balloons I kid you not lasted months....I finally popped them because they got annoying.

Adventure bus time....

Party top hats...

For these super cute cake pops, I just made a normal round pop and then pinched the sides for the cheek bones. I put them in the freezer for about 30 mins before dipping them in the white chocolate melts. I used heart shaped sprinkles for the bow and used a black edible pen for the eyes. :) I did them really late at night, so they look kinda of messy.

For the cake I just bought one of those doll cake pans from the local craft store and stuffed a doll in the middle. Easy Peasy! Since this doll has long hair its best to put it up. I also wrapped up her body and legs with some cling wrap for easy clean up.