Cricut obsessed

Do you guys know what a Cricut is? If you do, then you know this machine is HEAVEN SENT! If you don't then definitely look these bad boys up and thank me later.......

One of my good sisters at church first introduced this little magical box to me last year while we were discussing/doing another unrelated project. She explained that is was a cutting machine that was able to cut through many different materials and that you had the capability to create and cut with the software making just about anything you can think of. At first the cricut was just a passing conversation in my mind, but by Christmas I was seeing so many different projects that it had created or had the potential to make and was adding it to my list of things to get! My hubby ended up pulling a one, two on me and the Cricut Explore Air gold was sitting under the tree on Christmas morning :) It was about a month before I actually got to open it up but once I did...... It was ON.

There is so much to do with this little machine, I've been all over youtube and the Cricut design space researching ideas and have actually become overwhelmed with all the projects that I have stored away to try 😌 These aren't my work or pics but here are some examples of products from the Cricut machine

Pretty neat, huh? I've done just a few projects so far since I'm still learning how to use my machine but I aspire to do soooooo much more..... and I can't wait!


 Off to find a project to do........

My first real DIY project

I've always been sort of a big craft and diy lurker. My favorite TV station is HGTV and I follow numerous craft bloggers and board on diy boards on Pintrest..... but I hadn't really done anything major in the crafting department..... maybe just painted a bucket or something small like fix up a poster board. Since we moved into our house though I felt like it was time for me to flex my craft muscle and attempt some stuff that I've been longing to do for a while. But what? Thinking, thinking, thinking..... GOT IT!

I decided to re-upholster my chair. Who has time for baby steps? Lol

About a year ago, I bought this old fashion chair for our living room because at the time we only had a 1 couch for everybody who ever came over to sit on. And if 5 people decided to come by that day.... 2 people wouldn't have a place to sit. The chair is pretty sturdy and feels good to sit in, it just looked fugly.

After about a year of undecided feelings, mixed in with life and new found time on my hands I finally pulled the trigger on attempting to re-fabric the chair. After doing some research and purchasing the fabric, I started the daunting task of taking off the fabric.

I will not lie to you, this is (in my opinion) the HARDEST part of the entire project! I promise their had to be like 10,000 staples in this chair and they were in the oddest places. What was more frustrating was that just when I thought I was finished pulling them all.... I would find another :(

I read that it's best to pay attention to how the fabric came off, so that you know how to put the new fabric on. There were some areas that I couldn't remember so I had to wing it.... oh well. Once I stripped all the old fabric, I simply placed the patterns against my new fabric and cut it to fit. After that I ironed my fabric so that is was wrinkle free, and began covering the chair section by section..... VOILA!

Not bad for my first time, right?

I can't wait to attempt another diy craft! :)