Some big projects coming up

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I love to restyle old furniture

Most of the time I only paint them

Sometimes they are lovely already so I leave them the way I found them

In a few months my boyfriend and I will have our own place, so some projects have to be finished before we can use them! 

In the last few years I bought amazingly many stuff.. like 7 chairs I need to fix and paint, several little tables/ cabinets.. The last few weeks we also got some huge furniture!

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Two of the chairs i bought for €2.50 at a thrift shop, are already painted a few years ago. the other 5 will have to be painted in the upcoming weeks :)

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 huge project cabinet #1 and #2 don't have any pictures ! OOPS 

Huge dressoir project #3

This cabinet will be all white, inside out, all drawers etc! 

I will start with it in the next weekend ( hopefully ! )

project perfect ! The wood of this huge closet is just perfect. 

I don't think we will adjust this one! Painting it won't make it more perfect.

full van with the projects!

in the front right you see another little tv-cabinet. I will try to fix the doors next week or so, and also paint it white like the dressoir project #3

♥ Sneak peek of our lovely table, bought it like this ♥

When everything has it's own place in our little house, I will post new pictures including the between phases pics.

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♥ potholders how to ♥

The result

How I did it

- first make a granny square you like. I would choose for a more closed pattern one.

- make it a little bit smaller than an existing potholder 

- put a backside on it. I used stretchy cotton because it's my first time

- sew the back to the granny square, I use different methods..

- crochet more edges to the potholder until it's the size you want it.

My crochet kit for the potholders

I took it everywhere where I could crochet a bit :)

Hand sewn edge 

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- Tip -

Make it yourself the way you like it to have (:

With hot choc and a fruit boost for instance

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Cushions

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I love cushions everywhere

So i made some of my own :) Can't say they turned out cheaper than regular store-bought ones.. but they're unique and home made!

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Here are some pics ! 

 #1

 #1 

The yarn costed me about €15...  x_x

For the 8 gray buttons, I paid something like €2

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# 2 gray and light gray stripes

# 3 gray and white combined

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 #2 has seven bits of yarn, €0.99 a piece and the buttons are like €0,20 a piece. The filling for the cushion was €2.99.. I will be making a second one of this because I have a matching rug (: Total of one striped cushion : € 10,60 

#3 has like 4 bits of yarn, also €0.99 a piece and the buttons are second hand, €0.05 a piece! The #3 was my first try-out cushion :) you can see the difference with the newer ones, but still, it does matches with #2 somehow.

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Will update my blog soon!

First dress

Yes! A while ago I started a knitted pull. I had to do it over and over again because I did not used any method or tutorial. Just a trial-and-error project! I'm glad I didn't count the hours I put in, but still happy with the result!

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In the end I made it a tunic / dress in stead of a pull.

1. all round and round (:

2. one sleeve

3. ! wearing it!

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 Also found out my yarn collection is way too huge for my room.. 

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Mingle Mangle crochet give-away!

Hi Guys! 

I found a nice easter give-away on this blog :

http://mingle-mangle-crochet.blogspot.nl 

It's Dutch and cute! so don't hesitate to click :)

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I made some new stuff also, just experimenting and more trial and errors... Since my boyfriend and I are moving out I came up with some new crochet ideas! I made some potholders in my favourite colors!

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-Potholders-

I love the turqoise! The darker color is more like deep-green.

I made the back of a stretchy cotton and hand-sewed to the crochet part.

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Next to this little project, I bought some same colors yarn as the way-to-big blanket for our bed. I will use the yarn for some new cushions in dark grey and light grey :) Don't know for sure if I will use white also.

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I will look up and make pictures of other crochet projects I made during last year :) but I can't promise I post any time soon because of my study and other projects like a new website www.kimmonster.weebly.com

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