Good (Great!) Friday

Today was such a great and productive day! Josh's mom kept Ellie for me ALL DAY.

They had such a good time together, too. They went to the Franklin square and had lunch with Josh's sister and dad, they bought a new carseat and stroller for Gramps and Gigi, AND they had a photoshoot in a field full of buttercups! Of course I will post those pics just as soon as they arrive in my inbox.

I almost didnt know what to do with all of my free time today. ::almost::

I drifted around Hobby Lobby for almost and hour while shopping for my friend Caron's upcoming baby shower and while I was there I bought some fabric to make my dining room curtains.

I got Toile Yall.

Seriously? I'm not usually a toile person, its a little too....country? Or french? Or french country? But my eye kept going back to it so I brought it home to live with me : )

Here it is! I also bought some coordinating "checked" fabric.

I folded the fabric in half (longways) and then cut it at the fold, so that I had two panels.

I got out my trusty glue gun and folded the edges over, and glued to my heart's content!

Then I glued on some of the checked fabric to add a little oomph at the bottom of the panel...
But when I hung them I decided to hang the checked portion at the top, so my toile is upside down, but who cares? It works.

I clipped on some drapery hooks and hung the panels on these metal key hooks from HobLob. I think its a neat way to hang them instead of a traditional curtain rod. You cant see them here, but I actually had all five clips on the fabric, but it didnt pleat right. So I just unhooked the two in between and let them hang behind the fabric. Voila'!

Ignore the baby shower stuff on the table. What do yall think?

Oh and I also picked up a blank oval canvas at HobLob and painted it with some craft paint I had sitting around. Ellie's new room is a light green color so I am changing her decor to match. This will hang above her bed.