Tissue Paper Pom poms

Remember these fun Pom Poms I hung in the trees of my daughters Birthday Party!

I bought the large ones in a kit by Martha Stewart! They were on super mark down at my local Big Lots. A 5 pack was only $2! Can you believe it! Well I needed smaller sizes so I bought my own tissue paper and created a few more!

This is as easy as it comes and you can use any color and coordinate it for any party or room!


Each ball has between 10-12 sheets of tissue! In the example below I will be using one of the Martha Stewart pre cut kits but to get the same exact look just cut a scalloped or large zig zag edge on your own stack of tissue.

Lay out your tissue stack.

Begin folding your tissue like an accordion. My folds were approximately 1 1/2 - 2 inches wide.

Attach a 8 inch piece of wire in the center and make a loop on the top to string ribbon through.

One sheet of tissue at a time, carefully start to separate and fluff up each sheet. Continue doing this step until the entire ball is fluffy and separated!

Hang and enjoy!!!


To make smaller sized simply cut your tissue paper smaller making them thinner. Not shorter! The red line above shows where I cut to make smaller balls.


I wish these stored better!I would have loved to have kept these!They are just so beautiful!They make my heart smile!


The large yellow paper fans were made out of Wallpaper! I used a similar technique in the tutorial found HERE!!

A place to call {HOME!} For fabric that is!

I love a good Before and After!!!

I have been on the hunt for a good Dresser and hutch to transform! I was desperate to find a home for all my fabric! I love the idea of having my fabric organized and beautiful and on display ready to inspire me every time I walk into my Craft Room! My new happiness is for sure
an inspiration!

I found these two mismatched pieces at my local Thrift Store!
The Hutch was $25 and the Dresser $35.

Both were constructed with care and would serve me well. We just had to get over the fact that they were dated and let's be honest UGLY!

I gladly welcomed the challenge and set off to find the perfect color! I followed my Furniture Refinishing Steps I have listed HERE and got to work!

A few hours later I had a sparkling new piece of furniture ready to be put to work!







So I filled her up with pretty folds of fat quarters and yards of cotton! Her drawers house my collection of Felt and even more fabric! This baby makes finding what I need a breeze!


I save all my scraps and in the buckets they go...


I was in heaven sorting and folding and organizing all my fabric! I just sat back and gazed at it all when I was done! I love her!!! My little home of all things soft and bright! She lives in the corner of "My" corner of our home! My craft room is my domain! My refuge! My inspiration!!!

More about my Craft/Creative space to come!

Readers Rock: "My Special Day" with Nanny Goat!

So you know that moment when you see someTHING (Not someONE!!!) and it feels like love at first sight!! Like when you walk into an "Anthropology" store and a tea towel is so lovely you can't help yourself and you find yourself holding it in your hands as you browse the store. And even though you know you won't fork over the $18 to take it home it still makes your heart skips a beat and you take a mental photo of it just because that's all you can afford!?! You know that feeling?

Well that sort of happened to me when I saw this "My Special Day" Chair cover from the girls over at Nannygoat!



I saw it and swooned!!! How stinkin' adorable is that! A special chair for someone special! I think some mornings I'd put that baby on my chair just to honor the fact that I had to wake up with a baby all night long and I still kept my sanity! That makes me special right!?!

It was for sure a love at first sight moment!

But guess what... You don't have to pass it by because it's too freakin' pricey! On no no my dears!!! Kathryn and Melissa have been too kind and will show you how to create such a happy little seat for a special little someone all on your own!! Eat that Anthropology!

Thanks Nannygoat girls! I want that!