American Girl Doll Cabinet

I saw this project on Pinterest as a dress-up cabinet and had to copy the idea. I bought the dresser for $20 at a thrift store. My husband removed the top three drawers and cut off the wood molding that held the drawers in. He also had to add some small wood pieces using wood glue and a piece of plywood to the bottom. The dresser had some water damage on the bottom so we bought, cut and attached some crown molding to cover it up. He also added a dowel at the top to hang the doll hangers on. You may want to add a bigger dowel if you are making this a dress-up cabinet. After primer, two coats of white paint and new drawer pulls it was done.

"Fashion" Wall Decor

We rearranged Olivia's room the other day so I thought I better finish a project that I've been wanting to do for her dress up area. Didn't realize how cute the Paisley cartridge was until I started using it. Lots of girly stuff. Everything except the high heel shoes and patterned purse were used with the Paisley cartridge.

Materials: Cricut Paisley cartridge, Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge

Girly Stuff: Chipboard Name Sign and Dress-Up Area

I've been busy this Sunday trying to get some projects done around the house. It's all in preparation for my sons 2nd birthday party. The party is not until November but I'm making a lot of stuff by hand and want to get some projects out of the way around the house first before I dive into the birthday projects. Plus, I like the house to look nice for my guests.


The first project I did today. It's for my daughter, Olivia. I used pre-cut chipboard letters from my local scrapping store and covered them with paper. I traced the letters onto the paper first (be careful because it's easy to trace them on backwards). Then, I glued them onto the chipboard and sanded the edges with an emery board. My crop-a-dile was used to punch holes in the top of each letter. This doesn't actually hang straight and needs the help of a few glue dots.

Materials: 5 1/2" chipboard letters, My Mind's Eye Magnolia 12x12 paper, Crop-a-dile, white ribbon, emery board, paper snips





The second project was completed a few days ago but it's also part of my daughter's room so I figured I'd post it here also. I had this idea in my head for quite some time before it actually became a reality. I'm a big thrift store and garage sale shopper so we've ended up with quite a bit of dress-up stuff. We never seem to have enough space for it all and if you hang things in the closet, the kids can't reach it. I bought the shelving and closet rod at Lowe's. I set the shelving as low as it could go without the dresses dragging on the ground. The top shelf was made from a piece of scrap wood. I painted them both white to match her dresser.

Thrift Store Find!

I had to share my recent Thrift Store Find. It's a wing back chair with what looks to be newly recovered fabric. Only $15! Can you believe that?! The wood on the legs could use some sanding and re-staining but other than that it's perfect. It's a much more updated look than the chair we had in this spot, which was forest green with a floral print. I love thrift stores!

Airplane Bedroom

I can't believe I am FINALLY done with my boys room. The boys have to share a room so I had to be careful with the decor in there. Not too babyish for the older boy. Most of the wall decor was completed back in November (from Liam's airplane birthday party) but I've been dragging my feet to get it up and finish the room. Too bad Liam's crib tent covers up some of the airplane. He will be using a toddler bed soon so I didn't see a point in hanging it twice.



































The vinyl was cut using my Cricut and the Opposites Attract and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges.












I painted these shelves and little bookcase so they would match the airplane.