the march bed

 

the march bed

 

the march bed

I was doing laundry today so had many piles of clean laundry on top of the bed. As I was making the bed pretty again after folding it all I realized I never took photos of the march bed and then I realized I never posted photos of the february bed. It seems I really have lost my blogging mojo (other than the capsule wardrobe which I am just finding really embarrassing right now). So here ya go, the march bed with garlands made for another march bed back in 2013. The last two pics taken with the camera phone...february bed photos coming as soon as I am able to find them.

the march bed

 

 

 

 

Top pillowcase, cloud, and large patchwork throw made by me. The awesome floral green pillowcase on the left there was from a wonderful swap years and years ago. The other three cases were thrifted. The fantastic orange bedspread was a lovely pass along from this lovely lady and the vintage daisy throw came all the way from Oklahoma care of my seester. Oh and the fantastic headboard was made by my brother, while the shelves were tinkered by the mister...the wood came from an old bookcase that was repurposed into my blanket shelf (I need to take a better photo for ya to see how cool it is). and don't worry, a cloud diy is coming soon!

making the bed: art of the month

For the march bed I had this idea to make a bunch of frilly newspaper flowers to put up on the wall but couldn't decide on which kind to make. I then spotted this project (via decor8) which I immediately pinned and wondered how it would translate into larger flowers.

I love painting newspaper. Love it! It takes me back to kindergarten and gives me a chance to play with odd color combos. By doing up a new sheet of paper every week or so (or day), I manage to create a small pile for crafting into when the mood takes me there. All you need to do is blob paint onto one side and along the center fold, fold paper in half and smooch away. It's quite cathartic, inexpensive, and it packs a pretty punch. Thank goodness for that stack since I somehow managed to miss-cut my flower base three times! I kept cutting all the way through my folds thus ending up with two pieces instead of one happy flower shape (I was beginning and ending my cutting on the same side, don't do that). Not one to let it all go to waste, I figured out a way to incorporate the mistakes and ended up with a large floofy flower of sorts that adds just the right touch to my march bed.

You might be able to see that I accordion-folded the two miss-cut pieces and then tied them together. I cut two small slits in the large flower and used the yarn-tails to adhere the middle sized petals by lacing the yarn through the slits and tying the ends together in the back. I then cut one of my other miss-cut pieces into a smaller flower following the pinned instructions, with success! A short length of crepe paper streamer was fringed then rolled to create the center of the flower. I used a piece of washi tape to keep it together and a big whopping blob of glue to adhere the smallest flower to the middle and then the flower center to the top. Does that even make sense? Let's see...the largest flower layer is layer one, followed by the tied layer two, then the glue layer three and finally the center. The whole shebang is taped to my wall using packing tape that so far has not attacked us in our sleep. Overall, a fairly quick (save for drying time) and easy project (as long as you cut along the right folds...think diamond shape).

the march bed

Okay, here it finally! The march bed! I am so happy I managed to get that darn newspaper flower done. My orignal plan was an utter failure but when life gives me lemons I get to making lemonade. Wheee! 

And I filled it out with tons o' green! Green! Green! Green! What do ya think...is that a lady or a man up there? 

mister and I have turned off our internet for awhile as the cost was slightly prohibitive. If all goes well, we'll be up and running sometime next week and I'll be piggybacking on the wifi at the homestead. Happy St. Patrick's Day! I have discovered that I only own two green things to wear other than socks. I have quite a few pairs of green socks) so I need to whip up something along the lines of this, reinspired by this. 

the march bed

I got walloped with a flu floating around town and have been sleeping more than not. Good thing I got the bed ll prettied up before the big wallop. Happy March!

 

 

the march bed

only one more bed to see before we hit the road!