After I made the curtains last weekend we hung them up straight away. The next morning Krystal said that she was 'heaps warmer' during the night... that thermal drape is going to be really great during our cold Rotorua winters!
The next shot is pretty dark but she wanted to try and get a photo of the new nets. She absolutely DID NOT want 'granny nets' so she went with sheer ones and they have a bit of a sparkle to them which looks lovely... but impossible to photograph well!
This weekend it's been just me and Krystal at home... Dave is in Taranaki and Mikayla has been at a friends place so Krystal and I have had a great time finishing off her room on our own. We started with putting up the shelves for her books:
And then she added her books... notice her paper bag album she made herself on the top shelf!!
Then we got the bed done. We had to buy new bolts to attach her headboard but between us we figured out how to do it. I had a last minute sewing job too because Krystal found the 'perfect' valance but we could only get it in a King Single so we did a bit of pinning and tucking until we had it right and then I used the sewing machine again LOL 
Her cushions have so much texture... crushed silk, velvet and sequins and the doodled duvet was just so beautiful (actually that was the very first thing Krystal bought!) Here's another shot from the end of the bed:
Next we put in the bedside cabinet (including the drawer handles she really loved!) Plus she worked out how to get a new stereo into the budget as well! Krystal is definitely a bargain hunter!!
She also found this lamp which went perfectly with everything else:
Next on the list was the renovated dressing table:
When Krystal saw the jewellery stand she told me it would be 'perfect' and I have to admit that it really is gorgeous!!
The mirror was a last minute purchase but as soon as she saw it Krystal knew it would be just right for her room:
Next is her clock... this girl thinks of everything!
Then we had to try and get a photo with the curtains closed and the clock above them... it didn't turn out too bad:
And while the curtains were closed we got a 'night shot' of what her new lamp looks like:
By the time we'd done all that the budget had run out but she still needed a new desk. Her birthday is in a couple of months time so when we find the right desk we'll renovate it and add that to her room. For now she's still using Dave's old desk which didn't look too bad before but now it really stands out in her glamourous new room!!!
We've still got a few bits and pieces to do... I'm going to re-cover the seat on the chair with some curtain fabric and we've got to do her pinboard (also with curtain fabric) but she wants to get the new desk in first so that the pinboard is the right size. She's also asked me to make her three canvas hangings (6 x 12) to go above her bed... I actually feel really good that she's asked me :) And the final addition (hopefully) will be a paper mache dress form that we've been designing so hopefully we'll get that done next weekend!
Right, I need to go and organise my bags because I'm off on an overnight camp with my class in the morning... luckily we're staying in dorms so at least we won't be too uncomfortable :) Hope you all have a great week!
And here's the new headboard:
There was a fair bit of work in sanding back the dressing table too!
While Dave was busy sanding I was busy making curtains:
We also bought some MDF to make her shelves because it worked out much better on her budget... although she now has some understanding of how much D.I.Y. costs! On Monday Krystal and Dave started priming the furniture... and Krystal was like a 'pig in mud' wearing her old painting clothes again LOL
And it was back to the sewing machine for me... this time making cushion covers... complete with zippers in the back!
On Tuesday (yip we teachers had an extra long holiday!!!) we started painting the furniture with dark grey (Dulux 'The Remarkables) and then after two coats of that we added the 'sparkly' paint. It's a glimmer paint from Dulux called 'Devils Marble' and it is suprisingly easy to use. Krystal liked the roller effect the best so we bought some rollers and got started:
Like most things, Krystal takes painting pretty seriously!!!
During the week we've done a few other bits and pieces like put up the brackets for the shelves, second coats of glimmer paint, attaching handles to drawers and generally making sure that everything was right. We've left all the furniture in the garage for now waiting for everything to dry properly and the paint smells (not that bad actually) to disappear so tomorrow we're going to get started on getting it all sorted!
I just bought myself a Fiskars 'finger cutter' and I have to say... I LOVE it!!! It's has a seriously good design and makes cutting out shapes and designs super easy!!! I had some Basic Grey paper from the Lily Kate collection and I cut out some of the designs to make this page. I layers the cut-outs on the paper and put the one on the bottom right on foam squares to add a bit of dimension. Then for the photo I printed two exactly the same... one in colour and one in black and white. I left the black and white one full size and then cropped the colour one down so that it's just got Kody and Mum in it and then added foam squares between the two photos for some more dimension. I finished off the layout with some sparkly letter stickers (thanks Neen!) and some kindy glitz. It's my first time using kindy glitz but I'm already a big fan!!! 
The gorgeous felt flower on the front of the envelope was sent to me by Nie... thank you so much for sending it to me!!! Nie makes these lovely embellishments herself and I've been saving it for something special and this was it!!!
But wait... there's more... LOL :) Around the sides she put lots of little icing 'tools':
And here's one from the back:
Wow! Dave and I really were IMPRESSED!!! We had a lovely 'patio party' outside... the weather was perfect and Mum and Richard really enjoyed seeing all our hard work finished. We had such a relaxing time and lots and lots of laughs :)
Mum was really impressed with it too so that's always a good thing :) Mum has just received her invitation to one of my cousins weddings and she emailed me the other day with a request: would you, could you, please make me a wedding card to give them? The one you made for David to give to Hayden and Hannah was lovely. The same but different. That's if you have time. I know how busy you are with everything. 
And of course she needed an envelope as well:
There's been a few parties around here lately and Mikayla got invited to a sleep-over birthday this weekend. She asked me if I could 'make her something' to give to her friend... and it was good timing because I'd been thinking of this project for a while and just needed an excuse to go ahead with it... so here is my altered noodle box:
She really loved that fact that I put Alana's name on the front :) Here's a detail shot:
For the inside we decided to fill it with lip glosses so we needed some tissue paper for the inside and since we couldn't find what we wanted we stamped our own:
Then while we were at the chemist we found these cute little lip glosses that reminded me so much of Ferrero Rocher's :)
Following in here Grandma's footsteps she asked me for a card: The same but different to 
Mikayla was absolutely wrapped with it and she helped to to design the envelope:
She was pretty pleased with herself over that one... actually both of the girls are developing a really good eye for design!
And that's been the weekend so far! Hopefully today will be lovely and quiet because I have heaps of school stuff to do... planning, marking etc Have a great weekend everyone :)