Tuesday, January 31, 2012

DIY Door Muff.....To Keep Babies Sleeping


diy door muff
Ok, so I am officially obsessed with Pinterest.  I saw this door muff (material you attach over door latch to shut door so it won't make noise while you open/shut it) on Pinterest and thought....maybe I could make one. 

I will do ANYTHING to keep my baby sleeping! We are in a new house and when I shut the door even when I hold in the handle and release it REALLY slowly the paint from the door shutting pops.  Or at least that's all I can come up with that it is.

Here is how I made mine.
door muffler
Get your supplies.  I used some scrap fabric, felt, and ribbon.
(2) 6 in x 5 in fabric of your choice (this is my floral fabric)
(3) 3 1/2 x 5 inches of felt (use light colored felt if you are using light fabric so it won't show through)  You can see I only had a enough for one of the pieces to be the lightest color and had to use beige for the rest but it doesn't matter because it doesn't show through the floral fabric.
(4) 17 inches of ribbon (this was too long but once you get it tied like you want then you can trim it.  If it's too short you can't ADD fabric but you can always take it away.

door muff
Iron floral fabric around felt. Iron down raw edges of second piece of material for when you top stitch it later. I also clipped my corners.
Add your ribbon on both sides. You want to place the ribbon in the center on the longest sides.
Pin it all together.

door muffler
Top stitch all the way around.

door muffler
Now tie the ribbons to the front and back door handles on your nursery door with the padded 'muff' tight against the door's button/latch. Open and close the door as needed without turning the handles.
The padded 'muff' holds the door's button in and is thick enough to keep the door closed when needed.

Side note: If you look closely in my picture I have some black marks where the door closes.  I would make sure and wipe that area so you don't get the same marks. Or you could wash it if that bothers you...which it does me.

I also just found the name of the fabric I used.  I got it years ago for my first baby at Hobby Lobby.  It is SSI Robyn Pandolph Tickled Pink Rose Fabric.


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Monday, January 9, 2012

Pottery Barn Santa Clause Canvas Knockoff

pottery barn santa canvas

Well here is my first attempt to recreate a pin I did off of pinterest.

It is no way perfect but good enough for me.  I kind of went off of these directions from a pin I pinned on pinterest. I am unfamiliar with the grid system she refers too but I guess it would work.  I just winged it and didn't have as great of results as she did but again....good enough for me. 
Materials: I used a large piece of wood I got from Lowe's and had them cut it down to a 48 x 48 square.  I came up with this number based on the space I had to fill above my mantle. You could use anysize you wanted that is the beauty of it.  I had originally wanted to use a canvas this size but Michael's didn't carry that size and Hobby Lobby was too far.  I think that the canvas would be an excellent option.
Next, was a pint of mistint paint at Lowe's used to paint the board a solid color.
Finally, I used a pencil to sketch the outline and  3 oil based sharpie to color it in.

So for under $30 dollars I had a custom piece of art work to put over my mantle instead of the $299 price tag from Pottery Barn. (Which apparently was sold a few years ago and they didn't carry it this season even if I had wanted to fork over that much cash....which I wouldn't have.)
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