I am about to start on an awesome project. it will take some time to complete but i cannot wait to show yall what it is! in the mean time, feel free to laugh at the fact that my daughters butt is so small it slides right on through her potty!

getting paint out of carpet

Well, my amazing little 16 month old decided to tip a gallon of purple paint over and all over herself and my carpet and a $250 Ikea rug. So I am giving you a tutorial on how to clean water-based latex paint from carpet! You will need: • An excuse to use this tutorial (i have a curious little toddler!) • a lot of towels that you don’t mind never seeing again • Tuff Stuff carpet cleaner (or similar) • A source of water nearby • A lot of calories burned!

to start, NEVER LET THE PAINT DRY. I was freaking out at first until I realized that I have to get the ball rolling if I want to get this stuff out! I poured cold water onto it , just enough to cover the paint. Get your towels ready because now is the time to start laying the towels down over the stain. Get down and start to scrub with the towel until the towel cannot hold anymore paint without smearing it. At first, you will need to run back and forth to the tub to consistently rinse and wring the towel out. Continue to pour small amounts of water onto the carpet and going over it with the wrung out towel. REPEAT as many times as necessary. When the bulk of the paint is out and the towels are no longer getting blotches of paint out, then grab a dry towel and cover the wet spot and get all of the moisture out of the carpet as much as possible. I did not have a steam clean to do this with, but it will come in handy right about now if you have one. Now, spray carpet cleaner onto the spot and start scrubbing with a clean towel or scrub brush. If you have beige carpet like mine, it will get 95% of the stain out. As you can see in the photo, there is some purple-ish tinting on the carpet but much better than before!

I couldnt find a good svg of rapunzels tower so i made my own, let me know if you want it and i will send it to you. or if you have inkscape, use this file to make it yourself!

Tangled themed room for girls

So, i have been searching high and low for ideas on a Tangled themed bedroom for my little girl. I could not find anything, so i decided to make my own ideas! I hope you like them and get inspired to do your little ones room too!

I started by painting a 2-toned mural to one wall. On one side, i put the kingdom and on the other, i put the tower. After it dried, i added small lanterns and flowing hair! I used Disney Behr Paint colors One Enchanted Evening and Posies for Pooh. i did not actually spend the money on the Behr paint because we are only renting, so i took the paint chips to walmart and had them match it! i painting the wall for around $50.

I took some used cardboard boxes and turned it into a small castle/house for her! i used leftover paint from another project and i used my cricut to make the window cutouts! this cost me $0.

I sewed a big pillow using 2 new pillows and some fiberfill to even out the poof. the fabric is Marimekko and i purchased it from Crate and Barrel outlet for $4.95 a yard. this cost me around $20.

 

I used simple construction paper to create the lanterns and i tacked them to the wall to make it look like they were floating. i also used construction paper and ribbon for the banner as well.

I had some purple sheer curtains lying around so i draped them to make them look magical!

Abby got a cute tangled book for valentines day but she quickly tore the pages out of the book. i did not want to throw them out so i decided to put one on a black-painted canvas. it turned out so cute!

this is my favorite part of the room! i had some frames lying around with a dingy looking matte inside of them. i painted the matte the same shade as her mural and inserted more of the pages from the torn book. they came out so beautiful. im so proud of them! and Abby loves them too!

I took an Ikea table that i had sitting around and thought it was the perfect size for a little table for her. i mod podged pretty polka dot paper onto it and voi-la!

i took a boring plastic drawer system and mod podged pretty paper to the inside of the drawers! i love how they came out!

 Now she has the CUTEST room i have ever seen!