I wanted to do some geometric shapes on the wall in the baby room, so I created a stencil. Start to finish on this project is about 1-2 hours.
Pick your shape
You can trace fabric, freehand, or create your own shape. I used one of Tristan’s Photoshop brushes.

Trace your shape
Trace your shape onto the stencil surface. [...]

Measure the length for the crib skirt

I have the mattress at the highest setting for a newborn, but you should make the crib skirt to hit about an inch off the ground from the lowest mattress setting. Mine was about 12 or 13″ long.

Cut out your 3 pieces
{front and two sides, no need to do [...]

Remember I bought this cute metal bucket for a hamper in the baby’s room? I made a liner for it…
Project time, start to finish: 20 minutes.

Step 1
Measure the bucket from the bottom to a few inches over the rim. Also measure the circumference of the bottom. Sewed all pieces together {two sides first, then bottom. [...]

You know, that little icon in the URL and tabs?

This only works if you have somewhere to HOST the image. If you have a blogspot blog, and no hosting server at all, you will unfortunately be unable to play.
Make your Favicon
Make an image that is 16px x 16px {I use Photoshop to make all my [...]

Preggo pants. *sigh*
I’d love to have some cute ones but I don’t want to spend the money on pants that I’ll wear for less than a year.
My friend gave me these Junior “Jolt” brand jeans that were comfortable, but made me look like a moose {especially paired with a tent-like top}.
So. I. Fixed. Them. I [...]

You can make a background image out of anything. I like to create mine in Photoshop. The easiest way to make a background is to create a pattern that will repeat. Here’s an easy monogram background that I made (with the help of Tristan’s Photoshop brushes {thank you!}.

Upload the image via your FTP, or in [...]

Your blog reads hexidecimal colors. They are represented in six digit values. I create these hex colors through my eyedropper tool in Photoshop, but if you don’t have this at your disposal, you can use 2createawebsite.com to generate hex colors. You can copy and paste any hex number {will look something like this: #B14646} with [...]

There are a limited amount of fonts you can use for the main content of your blog. If you see fancy fonts on a blog or website, they are likely a Flash file or a JPG of the font.
To change your font, locate your stylesheet.
For Wordpress
In the admin section, Appearance/Editor, your file might be called [...]

There are GOBS of free Halloween fonts on Dafont.com. Some of them are wingdings, but can come in handy if you’re working on an invitation or your very own kind of free decorations for your house.
To Install on Mac: Download the font. Unzip the packaged font. Open FontBook from your Applications menu. From the dropdown [...]

By now, I am half-way to Oahu, but I wanted to share some trusty tips that help me get through painting a room. Over the Labor Day weekend, I decided to finally paint our guest bedroom grey. And I found the PERFECT grey (Behr Premium Plus Antique Beige).

To my surprise, Behr (At Home Depot) has [...]