Every few months I have to urge to change up a room. The past few weeks, I have wanted to work on Miss Petrie’s room. When I finished my class last week, I was ecstatic to work on some bulletin boards for Miss Petrie, my budding artist. The project was super cheap because I already [...]
My mother-in-law, G, made Miss PD a gorgeous quilt for her first birthday. The girls will share a room in the near future and I want to use this as decorating inspiration. G said that the creme and black butterfly fabric is from Hobby Lobby. I’d love to make some curtains with that fabric. Isn’t [...]
Thanks to the DIY Show Off for hosting this fun linky party: I love sewing with felt. I made this banner for my little girl’s bed for Valentine’s Day 2009. The sewing took me some time to finish, but the result is bright and cheery for an often cold and dreary month. Each heart took [...]
Thanks to Between Naps On The Porch for hosting Metamorphosis Monday. With the arrival of Baby Girl Petrie this winter, we really needed to figure out additional storage in Miss Petrie’s room for all the incoming baby things. Our girls will be sharing a room eventually, but for now, the room needs to hold baby stuff and [...]
Last week’s Sunday paper had a tall bookshelf in espresso for $26 (at Target)! You may remember I’ve been looking for shelves. Well, I picked up two shelves for Miss Petrie’s room. The shelves are now back up to $32, but I still think that’s a deal. We haven’t even got them out of the [...]
I’m looking for bookshelves for Miss Petrie’s room. I want the shelves to match with the other shelves we have in the house. I would buy the same shelves, but they do not not make them any longer. Which is such a bummer, because those shelves were inexpensive and pretty. From Target: From Overstock: [...]
If you have a little girl, you know how many bows and barrettes they can accumulate. I had all of Miss Petrie’s shoved onto one brave ribbon. I found a nice piece of white cardboard in the garage. I used the magical glue gun to adhere ribbon to the cardboard. Looks like a lot of [...]
Thanks to How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. We have made an effort here at Casa Petrie to use our closet space well. I read lots of small home (usually small is considered under 2,000 square feet) books to get storage and organization ideas. These books point out two important points about closets: 1) if [...]
Thanks to How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday. Don’t forget to sign up for our Casa Petrie giveaway for some fun house and crafty stuff! Little Miss Petrie’s nursery was yellow with sparse white and crimson accents. But when we moved her to her big girl room, we had to agree that she [...]
I went by Pier 1 the other day on the way to the post office to check out the ubiquitous bunny on a stick. We browsed around and mostly checked out the clearance. I’m a very strict clearance shopper and like new merchandise to be at least 75% off. I hit the jackpot with new [...]