Princess Quiet Book Template

As promised, I'm finally getting around to posting the template.  This will save you hours, I promise.  And it hopefully makes the task of making a quiet book a little less daunting.

Oh, and it appears that I'm not as tech-savvy as I thought I was, because I couldn't figure out how to get the PDFs for each page into one PDF.  If you know how, without special software, please let me know!  And if you like what you see please sign up for email alerts!  I'll be adding a My Little Pony Quiet Book shortly and you won't want to miss it!

Cinderella Page

Belle's Mirror Page

Castle Page

Dress-ups 1

Dress-ups 2

Dress-ups 3

Dress-ups 4

Wardrobe

Rapunzel's Tower Page

Instructions

*Crown template will be posted shortly. 

DIY Beach Bedroom Series: DIY Dollar Store Nautical Trash Basket

This is going to be a quick post.  The project is fairly self explanatory.  I've just included a couple pictures to help out.

Materials:
Waste paper basket from the dollar store. 
Twisted Jute (I got mine from Joann's in the craft section.  $4.99 originally, but I hardly ever buy anything at Joann's without a coupon!)
Hot glue gun and glue sticks (it took about 7 glue sticks for my basket)

First put one end of your jute through a hole at the bottom edge of your basket and glue securely.  Start wrapping the jute around the basket, gluing every couple inches.

Make your way to the top.  Tuck in the end at the top and glue down.

Start another end close to where you began, but now glue in a circle towards the center of the bottom of the basket.  Once you get to the center, tuck the end through the basket and glue down.  Ta-da!!

DIY Bedroom Series: $10 DIY Blanket Ladder

I love this ladder!  If you're anything like me, you have blankets everywhere cluttering up linen closets or piled in the corner of the room just taking up space.  I feel like we have blankets coming out of our ears.  Winter in Utah can be a little chilly, so we always need the blankets handy, but I hate having them on the floor.  Anyone else ever worried about spiders crawling out?  Seriously creepy.  Problem solved!  way to keep blankets off the ground and can also be a great way to display quilts, etc.  Plus, when you can make it for $10, what could be better?!

Materials:
As a perfect beginner project, the only tool you really need is a drill.  You'll also need wood, 2" screws, stain/paint of choice, and some brushes.

We purchased our wood at Home Depot.  We got a 16 foot 2x4 piece for $7.  We had them cut it right there at the store.  For this ladder we did two 5' pieces and four 18" pieces, however, when we do another one I think I'd prefer shortening the "rungs" to 15" and increasing the length by 6". 

Once you have all the pieces cut and you've made it home with all your supplies you'll need to decide where you want your rungs.  We started our first about 6" from the top and each one under that was 12" from the bottom edge of the rung.  We made the angle so that the corners of the rung were flush with the sides of the ladder.  Really you can do whatever angle you'd like.  It's not rocket science here! 

Mark the boards where you are going to place them.  Pre-drill holes with a bit that is comparable to the screws you're using. 

 

(Ours is marked twice because I had my husband lower the rungs a bit.  If you're lucky you might just only have to mark them once!)

 

Now, my husband screwed each rung to both sides first.  It may be easier to screw each rung into one side, then screw it into the other side.  I leave that up to you.

*Note:  I stained the ladder after it was all put together.  If you prefer, you can stain/paint it before it's screwed together. 

Once it's all put together, you really should sand it a little before staining, but being the lazy person I am, I didn't. 

 For this ladder, I used Minwax Dark Walnut 2716.  It's what I had left over from a bench we made.  I truly do love the dark stain, but I think we'll make another ladder and this time paint it white, or if I get really ambitious I may try to give it more of the weathered look to fit in better with the beach theme.  I mean, really, you can never have too many of these hanging around!

Follow directions on your stain.  Again, with this project I was a little lazy.  I just used a foam brush to paint on the stain and then used an old rag to wipe it off.  I did two coats.  The second coat I left on for a few hours and then wiped it down.  I left the stain overnight before applying a coat of Minwax Polycrylic

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Apply 2-3 coats.  Then you're done!!  Hopefully that was pretty clear.  If you have any questions, let me know!