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So we will be taking the plunge soon to create our own upholstered headboard. Above are a few good tutorials on how to do one.

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The white leather headboard above is what we want but downsized a bit.

Also, of course, we won’t be using leather, b/c that kinda just throws the frugal aspect of diy project that I wanted to accomplish. We will probably substitute it for a white canvas or if we can find a good deal on velvet. I will definitely take pics and post once we decided to actually tackle this project. We have so many other little side projects underway, so it might be another month or so till then. Oh boy!

Hi Y’all,

I know it has been FOREVA and a day since I have posted. I guess we got a bit busy after the move. Just wanted to let you know that I am back to posting regularly and will have a few diy projects, the casa, and my new bday present!

Please stay tuned…

XOXO,

Rachel

Okay, this is a little tip I just learned from the InDesign Secrets blog (which is great, fyi.) I have this problem all the time within CS. My Pantone colors in InDesign and Photoshop don’t match! I will use Photoshop for one aspect of my project, then have to use InDesign for another using the same swatch and the colors are completely different! I finally figured out how to fix this irksome problem.

In InDesign, go to your print menu, click on the “Output.” then click on “Ink Manager.”

When your “Ink Manager” comes up, check the box next to “Use Standard Lab Values for Spots.”  Now you can “Cancel” out of the print menu.

Output screen in Print Menu in InDesign

Ink Manager

You will notice immediately in your Swatches Palette the Pantone colors show a Lab Color icon instead of the 4-color icon earlier.

Pantone swatch with 4-color icon

Pantone swatch with LAB icon

Hope this helps someone else out there! Here is the original post from InDesign Secrets!

Why have I not heard about this till now?!? Not that I EVER bake, but this make me want to, kinda. Anyway, they are so freakin’ cute.

I was browsing around and found them on this site.

So I saw this post from Little Green Notebook a few weeks ago and decided to try it on my old white boring printer cart. I figured it would be a good test run and if that was a success I would continue and make a pretty cover for my Cali girl’s kennel.

I went to Joann’s Fabric and got this great heavy canvas like gray fabric ($6.99/yd.) Also, I bought blue ribbon for detail (I’ll post more pictures of the fabric and ribbon later) and the fabric glue.

Patience is the keyword in this project. It only took about an hour and a half to create but I definitely had to not get in a hurry. Since I do not cut the straightest edges I had to make sure to measure the middle of the panel, rather than 2 inches on one side or other because I could be a 1/4 inch off sometimes. Also, when I measured it, it was on wood floors, well I moved it into my carpeted bedroom and now it is about and 1 inch too long. So definitely have it where you want it before you measure.

Well I think it was a good learning lesson and I will be off to Joann’s this weekend to get more fabric for Cali’s kennel.

Hope you enjoyed and definitely let me know if you have any questions!

I recently took a trip to London and got these great pics on the London Eye of the bridge. I decided they were perfect for a little tilt shift action!

Enjoy and here is a tutorial on how to do tilt shift on your own photos.