curtains..

so...i was going to post this forever ago....

but the pictures show my daughters gray wall..

so i thought I had better post the horse before the cart!

today we are making curtains.

and guess what.

i actually sewed them.

but I did use my agaaggyness and made them AS cheap as possible.

I used my daughters' top sheet.

yeah. we don't do top sheets. one more thing to do in the morning.

So i thought it would be more beneficial as a curtain!

I measured.....and cut it right up the middle.

then i cut the bottom off to add this AWESOME chevron fabric I bought. (here) love chevron. (doesn't it make you think of jen at tatortots?)

since I cut it it down the middle...the outside edges were already finished...as well as the top and bottom. so all i had to do is sew in the chevron fabric...

hem the inside seam..

and fold over the top to make a casing for the curtain rod.

and cause my 3 year old does not know the value of sleeping in...I lined it with black out fabric.

(doesn't work though--she's still up at the butt crack of dawn...ie..8oclock.)

sorry..it's really hard to get a picture of curtains with the window and the glare...

to hang my new curtains...

I got these hooks at the dollar store

I was orginally going to use them to make this iron board holder from House of Smiths

(see? cute huh!)

but my curtains were a more pressing need

I shot them with a spray of white krylon spray paint

and then took some button embellishments and gave them a coat of gray...

then i just used my (dirty) hot glue gun right in the middle...

and hot glued them onto the wall.

yes..yes i did.

(and they hold up just fine)

(oh..and i painted the end of the curtain rods pink!)

and just cause i like to keep it real with you...

this is all the crap that i had to move out of the way of the curtains to get a good picture..

and if you are related to me...(on the stimpson side) i'm sure you've got some of these in your window! (love you gg!)