This chair was for a darling repeat client…last time my husband did the drop off and pick up for me, so I never got to meet her. Anyhow…she had this chair in her basement that was a little dated… burgandy stripes.

She chose a great neutral soft textured fabric that was pretty thick. We decided to take off the skirt and show the legs. Which in the end was a great plan, because I don’t think I could’ve got a pleated skirt on that slipcover because the fabric was so thick.

The bottom edge of the chair curved on the sides, but she decided she wanted it straight across. So the legs look shorter.

Before.. I already took the skirt off before I took the picture. You can see the fade line of where it was, if you look close.

After…Who needs to buy a new chair when your old one can look this great! Love the fabric! She prewashed the fabric…so when the kids get it a little dirty she can take it off and put it in the washer.

Close up of the front

Another close up.

I love the green pillow and green walls too. I am a sucker for green. I think it stems from my childhood. In one of our old houses, my mom had the fireplace mantel and all the wood trim painted sage green, oh and the carpet was green too. We all made fun of it all the time, but she loved it. Now look at me, “Momma’s girl”!

My sisters and I call each other “momma’s girl” when we do or say something that is SO our mom.

So if any of you are like me…you love to look at before and after pictures of any kind…furniture, remodeling, slipcovering, decorating, etc. Well my sister Angie told me about this blog called better after where all she posts are before and after pics that are sent in to her. I emailed her a few of my blog posts and she featured me! Go over and check out her blog…http://www.betterafter.blogspot.com/

There’s nothing like the satisfaction of making something awesome out of something ugly….especially when everyone is doubting the piece. I love to see their reaction when they realize they were wrong, and the piece was worth saving!!! Especially when that person is my husband, and then he has to tell me that I’ve got skills. Well it usually doesn’t come out in those specific words…so that’s when I have to go grab a neighbor and she tells me that I’ve got skills.

I loved her site..and the different ideas and inspiration I got from it.

Hey Ladies… here’s another super nice email that I recieved today about my dvd. It always makes my day to hear from some of you.

Shelly,
I just wanted to tell you that your DVD was better then I hoped it would be. I mean it is really, really good!! Outstanding! It has me so excited!

I love a smart talented girl.

I wish for you all the success you desire, you deserve it…its that great!

Well on another note…I am hoping to get some new pics up soon… I am dropping stuff off on Wednesday. My last batch of pics didn’t turn out so well. Bad lighting, blurry, not blog worthy. SO it’s not that I haven’t been working, because believe me I have. Here are a few pics that did turn out.

Oh yes…I made some bumpers for my little sister…Angie is due in three weeks. She chose a solid gray to go with her bedskirt that she bought and we did a fat piping on the top of them. My other sister is 6 weeks behind her. I think this is the last round of grand babies for our family for a grand total of 21!!

She loved the way they turned out. I always make my bumpers as four separate pieces (like four pillows). I always make them 12″ tall and I put 2″ thick foam in them so they stand up and don’t get saggy. I put zippers in the bottom, so you can reuse the foam for each baby and just make new covers if you want a change.

Oh but the other night a bunch of us went over to the church and played dodgeball in the gym…lots of fun. SO here are a few pics of that. We all dressed up to make it more fun.

Here is me wearing Heber’s jersey it says, “Hebalicious”…he wore it for one of our Ragnar relay races.

Here’s our team….Heber is front and center in his new Hawaiian shirt he bought from Savers (thrift store) in Maui…Yes they have a Savers there.

Here we are with Heber’s knee brace, he is not fully back to normal yet from his ACL surgery last August.

The “Other Team”.

Some of the boys threw quite hard…all my balls kept getting caught. That was my first time playing.