tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75529906407992347662024-03-14T04:27:21.228-07:00perez familyHeidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-45587656397724354352013-02-04T20:02:00.000-08:002013-02-09T18:45:03.046-08:00Fabric Adventuresi.e. Things to make with fabric. I just wanted to make a list for myself of all the projects I could do with the store of fabric that I have. Because when I think of using it, all I usually come up with is making a pillow.<br />
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pillows<br />
cushions<br />
skirts<br />
poufs<br />
lamp shades<br />
bulletin boards<br />
valences<br />
bed skirts<br />
curtains<br />
blankets/quilts<br />
parson chair covers<br />
baby things - car seat covers/canopies, high chair covers, slings, etc<br />
hand towels<br />
purses<br />
stuffed animals/toys<br />
wall art<br />
napkins<br />
heating pads<br />
headbands/bracelets/hair bows<br />
eye masks<br />
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I'm sure there are a million more things, but these are just the things I am most likely to make. And after I started writing this list down, I did a Pinterest search and came across <a href="http://scrap-happy-fabric-scrap-ideas-free-patterns/">this site</a>, with a more extensive list.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-7564822557066754692013-01-20T22:06:00.003-08:002013-01-22T21:06:50.991-08:00BorschtMy first experience with Borscht (a Russian soup made from beets) was in Wien (Vienna) on my mission, 7 yrs ago. My comp, Daina Svara was from Latvia, and thus, spoke Russian. That meant we got to travel across the zone to teach any Russians. At the time there was a recently baptized Russian family - 3 generations of women - Lydia, Marina, and Victoria. Such wonderful, amazing, strong women. I still love them. They were there on assylum, which means they had nothing and were living in government housing, receiving very meager money from the government for food and basic needs. But every time we visited them, maybe once every 1-2 weeks, they gave us tea, house shoes to wear, cookies, etc. And one time they fed us Borscht. They had a one and a half room apartment, and they were feeding us! Still melts my heart. They loved us and we loved them, dearly.<br />
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Daina would teach, as well as translate whatever I said, and I was able to pick up a little here and there of what they were saying, which I and they were always delighted about :). When Daina was trying to explain to me what was in Borscht, she couldn't come up with the German or English word for beets. "Es ist rot, rund..." (It's red, round...) I think it wasn't until after my mission that I figured out BEETS! I made it once from memory after I got home, but haven't made it since. I made it the other day after buying beets and cabbage, but couldn't find a recipe that sounded quite right. So, again from memory and with a little help from online recipes, this is what I came up with.<br />
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Oh, and if you've never had beets, or don't like beets, this will open your eyes. It's so delicious.<br />
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6-8 c. liquid (water or broth)<br />
4 chk thighs, whole (i.e. with skin and bones)<br />
3 lg beets, peeled and diced or shredded<br />
6-8 sm. potatoes, cubed but not peeled<br />
2 lg carrots, peeled and cut into 2" pieces<br />
1/2 red cabbage, chopped<br />
3/4 yellow onion, chopped<br />
3-4 Tbsp salt<br />
1 Tbsp dill (start with less)<br />
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar<br />
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Throw it all in a pot and let it cook for an hour or more, covered, over medium heat. Everythimg should be soft and the chicken cooked through (no blood near the bones). Remove the chicken to a plate and shred, discarding the bones. You can discard the skin, too, if you'd like, but Russians don't - waste not, want not. Adjust salt and dill as desired. Serve with some hearty bread.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-53447988735105478272013-01-07T10:20:00.001-08:002013-02-09T18:45:03.052-08:0015 Things to Teach Boys, LDS VersionI saw a list on Pinterest of 15 Things a Mom should teach her boys (found <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/18295942207560334/">here</a>, for your reference). I didn't like/agree with all of them, so I wrote up my own.<br />
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Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-76827442313648783432012-12-31T14:57:00.003-08:002013-02-09T18:45:03.056-08:00Jason's PrintableI was talking to a friend yesterday about how going off birth control doesn't mean you'll instantly get pregnant, like you think it will. Which can be hard because you've decided that you're ready now for a baby, and then it doesn't happen for a while. My sister-in-law also just had a baby while we were visiting for the Christmas holiday (YAY!), which you can <a href="http://www.sacredfirephotography.com/2012/12/meet-baby-j-newborn-photographer.html">see here</a>, so yesterday I was thinking about how all babies, especially those born healthy, are miracles in every way.<br />
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I thought about my little miracle, Jason. It was his birthday yesterday - he turned 3! And I realized that I see a miracle every day! He is my walking miracle! So I decided to put that thought on paper to frame. Here it is.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(background paper from </span><a href="http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-bright-patterned-papers-chevron.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mel Stampz</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-21511810116747328642012-09-23T23:45:00.001-07:002012-09-24T23:54:41.864-07:00Cinnamon-Sugar Toast with NutmegDoes anyone else eat toast with butter and cinnamon-sugar on top? <br />
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Toast has been a long-standing go-to snack in our family (cousins included). I think particularly in the evening. Why? It settles your stomach, it fills that almost-but-not-quite-hungry void before bed without being too heavy, and it's comforting. And all toast has to have butter on it.<br />
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Our family eats toast with cinnamon-sugar. Toast with jam. Toast with jam and cheese. (It's actually really, really good. That came from either just my dad or maybe from his side of the family.) Toast with onion powder. Toast with honey and warm milk. (Particularly comforting when you have a cold or aches.) And now, I'd like to introduce toast with cinnamon-sugar ... and nutmeg.<br />
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It's like eating toast with apple pie on top. Minus the apples. I was reading on Sarah Britton's blog <a href="http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/">My New Roots</a> (I love what she does with <a href="http://www.greenkitchenstories.com/white-velvet-soup-a-la-my-new-roots/">cauliflower</a>) about the health benefits of certain spices and thought a little nutmeg on my toast-only diet right now might help and would change it up a bit.<br />
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For two pieces of toast:<br />
1-2 Tbsp salted stick butter, softened<br />
1 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg<br />
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In a small bowl, mix cinnamon and nutmeg. (You can use a spoon, fork, wisk, your finger, or you can just swirl the bowl around so they get mixed together.) Toast your bread to desired toast-iness. Spread one side with real butter. Sprinkle mixture over that. Enjoy those apple pie memories.<br />
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Oh, and for toast with jam and cheese: use butter, then strawberry jam, topped with a slice of real cheddar cheese.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-90954052422635263022012-09-20T13:32:00.003-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.061-08:00M.I.A.Wow. I completely fell off the wagon. It's been over a month since I posted. Woops!<br />
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Let me explain. Back in July, I was prepping for my parents' mid-August arrival. My brother Rob with wife Crystal and son Asher were coming too. I had been keeping a running list of projects to do while they were here, but then realized some of them I could just do myself. So I tried to get as many of those smaller projects done <em>before</em> they came so that I wouldn't feel like the list was overwhelming. Here are a few teasers:<br />
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That, on top of cleaning <em>everything</em>. <br />
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Basically, I got so busy doing projects, cleaning, hosting parties, hosting family, etc that I stopped blogging about it. And the day my parents left, my computer's hard drived died. Completely. ...I wonder if it had anything to do with Jason squirting about a tablespoon of hand soap on the keyboard last month.... Luckily Dave had made a backup image a few months ago, so most of my stuff was saved. PHEW! He put the image on my new hard drive about a week ago. And here I am. Writing this catch-up post. And here you are. Reading it. Much obliged.</div>
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It was so great to have them all here. We went from 2 in this small house to 7! Mom & Dad slept in my room, I slept on the futon in the playroom/front room, Rob & Crystal slept in the living room on a big air matress, and Asher slept in a borrowed pack-n-play in the office/craft room. In other words, there was someone sleeping in every room of the house. Except the kitchen, of course.<br />
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Jason and Asher had a great time together and even took their regular naps, despite all the extra activity and noise in the house.<br />
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Even though these aren't good pictures, I love some of their expressions.<br />
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Trying to give each other a high five:<br />
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It was about 10 days of projects, projects, projects - taking down my dangerously precarious wood fence, installing a vinyl fence, replacing two light fixtures, making a third light fixture, a couple trips to Ikea, several to Lowe's and Home Depot, putting together two more chairs (so everyone could sit around the dinner table), and hanging a mirror. Wow. On top of that, Rob, Crystal, and Asher took a trip in the middle of those 10 days to visit some of Crystal's family a few hours away in Roosevelt/Vernal. And while in the Vernal area, he also did some concrete work for Crystal's grandparents - repairing a concrete slab in front of their house. And on top of <em>that</em>, Rob was trying to study for a final that he had to take during their stay. An engineering final. Not just some easy-peasy class final. <br />
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This is what my garage looked like at the height of project-ing.<br />
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But being the amazing brother that he is, he even squoze (that's the new "squeezed" - it's better, don't you think?) in a game of Zilch. That was probably the highlight of the whole visit. We all played (even Mom!) and had so much fun teasing each other and laughing laughing laughing. Mom and Crystal laughed so hard that they started to cry! It's a great feeling to make people laugh that hard. And my brother's agree - there's something sooo <em>great</em> about being able to make your parents laugh. I have the best family!!<br />
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Oh, and we also went out to dinner with the cousins for my birthday (Ashton & Jen, me & Jason, Tiffany & Peter, Dad & Mom, Crystal & Asher) ...<br />
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... and met up with some old friends from Toledo for ice cream another night. Yuuuum. (LtoR: Brandon & Lisa Jastel, Jason, me, Ashlynn Jastel, Mom, Ashley & Dan Reyes-Cairo.)<br />
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Double Oh! The night my parents were coming in, I hosted a birthday/going away party for Brandon & Lisa and their little girl Ashlynn (she was turning 3). That was a lot of fun too. A few other old Toledo friends showed up for that - Dan & Ashley, Tom and Lovetta Reyes-Cairo, Mike & Rachel Benner. And Jason made sure to walk by the huge double chocolate Costco cake as much as possible so he could swipe the frosting as he passed.<br />
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Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-85991318361072197292012-07-09T14:47:00.002-07:002013-02-09T19:14:20.983-08:00Decadent Chocolate Frosty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1 c. chocolate ice cream (Western Family is my favorite, seriously)<br />
3/4 - 1 c. milk*<br />
1 lg avocado<br />
2 Tbsp cocoa powder**<br />
3 Tbsp honey<br />
1/4 tsp salt<br />
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Combine all ingredients in a blender. Enjoy!<br />
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* Do not use cream. Normally, when a recipe calls for milk, cream is even more decadent and delicious. But this recipe has enough decadence already and the taste of the cream kind of overpowers the other flavors.<br />
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** Although the chocolate ice cream isn't healthy, pure cocoa powder, purportedly, is. (So are the avocado and the honey.) Pure cocoa powder (like Clabber Girl's) isn't dutch-processed with alkali. A good thing, since the addition of alkali lowers the natural antioxidant (cancer-fighting) levels of cocoa.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-60535546924508010742012-06-30T22:59:00.001-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.054-08:00Le Pouf"Pouf" is the cutest thing I've ever heard Jason say. And if the pouf had turned out to be a disaster, it wouldn't even matter because I'd still get to hear Jason say "pouf". :)<br />
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Luckily, it turned out pretty well.<br />
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I bet you'll never guess where I got the idea from to do a pouf! Well, I guess I've seen the idea lots of places, but I got the <em>courage</em> to do one from, yep, <u><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/">Young House Love</a></u>. Specifically <u><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/03/winter-pinterest-challenge-bag-it/">here</a></u>. If you click over there, you'll see she used <a href="http://www.livingwithpunks.com/2010/05/tutorial-land-of-nod-inspired-floor.html">this Living With Punks tutorial</a>, so that's where I went for instructions, too. The instructions were pretty good. Not every minute detail, like I always think I need, but enough that even an ametuer like me was able to fill in the blanks.<br />
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I wanted my pouf to be bigger than the ones in the tutorial, so I changed the measurements and made a <span style="background-color: white;">22" diameter top/bottom and a 14" high band, with an 3x7" handle.</span><br />
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My drafting compass (you know, one of those things with a pencil in one end and a point in the other to stick into the paper) wasn't nearly big enough to do a 2-foot circle. Attaching a string to it (similar in concept to making a ring for an outdoor fire pit) wasn't working either. What to do, what to do. Normal people would probably first turn to the internet for a solution. But me? Nohohoho. I "think outside the box". So I tried to find stuff around the house that round and huge. The only thing I had close in size was Jason's IKEA tunnel. Here's how that turned out.<br />
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Not perfectly round. I tried to make it work anyway, but it just didn't.<br />
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Thankfully, this genius of a woman (<a href="http://scientificseamstress.blogspot.com/">The Scientific Seamstress</a>) came up with a circle template for large circles that you could download and print, <a href="http://scientificseamstress.blogspot.com/2011/10/circular-logic.html">found here</a>! Yay! Worked <em>much</em> better. Cut out my template...<br />
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Placed it on my fabric to make sure it fit...<br />
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Realized I'd have to settle for a 22" diameter circle instead of a full 24".<br />
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And then cut out my first circle. Exciting!<br />
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I had to use a different fabric for the bottom piece because I only had a yard of the other fabric and it wasn't enough for 2 big circles and everything else. This fabric was from a Moby-type wrap (for carrying babies) that my cousin gave me. She never used it. I never used it. Thus, it got cut up and used for this. But it was the cause of my size restrictions. Also, the fabric is a loose weave (which you can kinda see three shots up), so I don't know how it'll hold up over time, and it made it a little tricky to work with - almost like working with stretchy fabric. Oh well. It's on the bottom and I didn't want to waste good home decor fabric where no one would see it and it'd get beaten up more.<br />
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On to the other measuring.<br />
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On Living with Punks, I figured out that her band was 3x (+ 1/2") the diameter of her circles. That meant that my band would have to be at least 66.5" long. I think I cut a total of 67" just to be safe. Had to cut it out in two sections to create that length. (This picture is just to kind of show how I did my markings.)<br />
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My sewing ruler thing is only 12", and I wanted my pouf to be taller than that. I marked where the 12" lines were, but with the fabric that was left after cutting out the circle and doing two strips instead of just one long one, I only had room for another 2" of height. See the line below?<br />
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I didn't take any pictures of the fabric all cut out or any of the pieces coming together as I sewed. Sorry. I was on too much of a get-it-done kick and it was always late in the evening which means bad pictures anyway. But if you go to <u><a href="http://www.livingwithpunks.com/">Living With Punks</a></u>, she has all that for you.<br />
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That just means I can skip to the chase! Here's the final product!<br />
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Oh wait. That's not the 100% final product. This is at about 95%. <br />
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I had filled it with an entire 2 cu. ft. bag of small styrofoam balls through about a 6" opening. <br />
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Seemed like it would be pretty quick. Nope. Took about an hour and a half. Even with it all in there, it wasn't as full as I wanted it to be. Fortunately, I had an old sleeping pillow that had been through Jason/the wash so many times that it lost all natural pillow shape, renduring it useless as a pillow to sleep on but ideal for pouf filling. *cha-ching* <br />
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Sliced that baby open, cut some chunks of batting off, and shoved them into the center of my pouf, amidst the styrofoam. Then I hand sewed the opening shut, which, although imperfect, I'm pretty proud of.<br />
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Now on to the less than pretty-proud-of spots.<br />
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And there's one more that I didn't take a picture of. Clearly, I had a little trouble with having too much fabric in some spots. Eh *shrug* oh well. (That last one looks like a little tail. Haha) But there are other things I'm proud of too.<br />
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The cording is supposed to overlap and look just like that. Yay! And the handle is probably my favorite because I got it to blend so well with the pattern.<br />
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Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-50391486048366871762012-06-27T21:18:00.001-07:002012-06-28T11:53:11.654-07:00Quinoa for Breakfast or Dessert!I first heard of quinoa (pronounced keen-wa, thank you Wendy :) ) my sophomore year in college, almost 10 years ago (yikes). Professor Terry (brother of the Terry's in Perrysburg) had been studying it / doing research on it down in some remote parts of Mexicio or South America. He talked about it a lot, but back then, I had no connection to it. Now, of course, it's one of those superfoods that health nuts are all excited about. Okay, not just health nuts. Lots of people, me included.<br />
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Tonight I tried to do something Indian with it, that did <em>not</em> turn out well. Luckily I had some plain, cooked quinoa left so I made a much tastier dessert with it, that would work well for breakfast too.<br />
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<strong>Fruity Quinoa Yogurt</strong><br />
1 serving<br />
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1/2 c. cooked quinoa<br />
1 4-oz container vanilla yogurt (my favorite is Activia's vanilla)<br />
1/2-1 tsp honey<br />
1/2 c. chopped fruit (strawberries, bananas, raspberries, grapes ... any fruit would work I think)<br />
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Stir ingredients in a bowl and enjoy!<br />
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-You'd think the yogurt and the fruit would have enough sugar in them to make the whole thing sweet, but quinoa has a definite savory element to it, which I think tastes better when masked by a little honey. Start with 1/2 tsp and see how you like it. I like closer to 1 tsp best.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-22979877857732787412012-06-20T20:48:00.004-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.039-08:00The Painted Counters - Chapter 3This is where I left you hanging on the edge of your <strike>counter</strike> seat:<br />
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Although I contemplated leaving it like this - I just didn't know if I had it in me to do it again and possible ruin it again - I kind of wanted to prove to myself that I could do it and do it right. So I sanded it to get off any excess bits of gunk and smooth it out. <br />
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Ironically, Jason seemed to accept the painters tape as just part of the counter and not mess with it. That is, right up until the time that I actually needed it again. For maybe 7 months, while I put the whole counter project on hold, he didn't even notice the tape! But when I started working on the counters again, that's when he decided to rip off all the tape every. single. day. I'd retape every night I worked on it, and the next day, he'd take it all off. Oy. And of course, the more you ask him not to, the more he wants to.<br />
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But I plugged on ahead. Priming...<br />
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And more and more priming. Oh, and before each new coat of primer, I sanded with 320 grit paper and then wiped it clean with a damp cloth. Sanding between coats means better adhesion for the next coat of paint, which helps the paint job last a long time without chipping, etc. Check out <a href="http://blog.houseoffifty.com/2012/03/more-painting-working-with-what-i-have.html"><em>Janelle Beals</em></a> for more info that. Tip: sand in circular motions! It makes the scratches less visible.<br />
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Can you tell how it's not a solid, even white? I kind of needed it to be since I wasn't going over it with solid white paint. I was just going to be dabbing on some gray.<br />
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I'm not sure if it was bleed-through or if dark hunter green is just a hard color to cover up with white primer. I'm guessing the latter, because I don't think laminate does bleed through like stained wood does. Eventually I called it good enough and started dabbing. With these colors.<br />
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Side note: pictures are either fuzzy, off-colored, or in black & white because all of these were taken around midnight in my dimly lit kitchen, and b&w was the only way to get gray to show up well.<br />
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And it's done!! Here it is in afternoon light, from a million different angles :). <br />
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The last step was to coat it a few times with Minwax Polycrylic. With super fine-grit sanding and wiping before the first coat and in between each coat. I discovered that Polycrylic doesn't go on smoothly with foam rollers - it leaves teeny tiny bubbles all over. But that's how I left it. I was just glad to be DONE. One day I'll sand again and do one more coat with a brush, for a hopefully smoother finish. Whenever I get the umph to do it, I'll ammend this with another little post. And some day long after that, I'll paint the cabinets a light gray. The honey color they are now isn't my thing and it doesn't look great with the new white counter. Someday. Someday.<br />
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While I'm not going to pretend it looks *just like granite!* like it's supposed to, I do like it better than the green. And I love that I actually did it! finished it! And it doesn't look half bad, if I do say so myself!<br />
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Once I realized that this textured, lumpy, bumpy, too-gray counter was a hopeless cause, I lost all motivation to do anything with it.<br />
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The next step was to remove all those layers of paint, but that was the same hurdle I didn't want to get over the first time I messed up (<a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/05/painted-counters-chapter-i2.html">here</a>). So it sat looking all crazy for a loooong, long time. Like 8+ months long. Finally, I mustered up the courage to tackle it. (I think I was anticipating some my parents coming to visit and wanted to have made <em>some</em> progress since the last time they had seen it.) Enter KleanStrip.<br />
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It's an earth friendl<em>ier</em> paint remover. Still a little fumey and not something you want to get on your skin, but better than other options. I just painted it on, waited, and then scraped off the paint.<br />
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You can see that this method doesn't take the paint off clean. I had to apply layer...<br />
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with tons of scraping each time...<br />
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(it was tacky-sticky and kinda gross)... until I finally had this:<br />
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Green counters again. I felt pretty accomplished. The edges were the worst. A flat scraper doesn't do rounded edges well at all. Somewhere on the internet, though, I came across the idea of using one of those fake credit cards that companies send in the mail to do rounded edges. They bend, but they're stiff enough to scrape and not just fall apart. Worked like a charm.<br />
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More to come!Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-20716862530606707412012-05-30T22:53:00.001-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.035-08:00Do You See What I See?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know it looks like some still-life that ought to have deep meaning and make you reminisce about the good times, but it's actually my attempt to photograph one of Jason's hiding spots for things. My hair brush just happened to be out on the back porch because Jason was playing with it. In the sand, mind you. Anyway, see what's in the crack between deck boards?<br />
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So that's where my spatulas went! This is a result of the dishwasher battle that we have daily. He opens the dishwasher and pulls some utensil out as fast as he can before I can stop him. Scary when it's knives he's pulling out. Usually dinner knives, but every now and then a steak knife. I really wish he hadn't broken/figured out the lock I put on the dishwasher. It was this one:<br />
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It worked great for a while. My only regret is that I didn't get it sooner. Then there's this one that was fantastic... until recently when he, again, figured it out.<br />
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It's tricky too! See that little button on the right side with the green above it? You have to push that in and slide it up, which then reveals red instead of green. Most adults have difficulty with it. But he takes his time and concentrates.<br />
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Oh, and the neighbor girl taught him, inadvertantly, how to climb on top of the counters. I guess she didn't teach him <em>how</em> per say; she just put the idea in his head that the counters are another surface to sit on. He already knew how to climb his dressers and just applied that to kitchen drawers and cabinets I guess. Yay. :/Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-1900918785083540142012-05-29T15:46:00.004-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.034-08:00The Painted Counters - Chapter I.2Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I had dark green / hunter green countertops. *cue the record-scratching, stop-in-your-tracks sound* Oh wait. I still do mostly. I just have a white island countertop now. Which is a promising start. But it's been about a year of people looking at me funny when they hear my explanation of why my counters look crazy/gross and feel rough/textured. Almost a year of that and procrastination from the fear that it really would not turn out well even with fixing it.<br />
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Anyone remember this post? <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2011/07/art-work-on-my-countertops.html">Artwork on my Countertops!</a><br />
The house had laminate dark green countertops. The laminate that's supposed to give the illusion of granite, kind of. So, not terrible, but I was NOT a fan of the color. <br />
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And since day 1, I've dreamed of having white counters, but saving for some kind of solid surface was going to take a loooooong time. Then one day, I ran across <a href="http://prettylilposies.blogspot.com/2010/11/250-kitchen-makeover-with-20-granite.html">this post</a> from Pretty Lil' Posies. She made it sound so so easy, and I thought, "<em>I</em> can do that!" so I set the wheels in motion by buying craft paint, etc.<br />
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It all seemed to be going well, until I added the green.<br />
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My inspiration piece of silestone had flecks of bright green that was transparent, almost glass-like. But my attempt to mimic that just looked neon. So I tried going over it with some white to tone it down, but it still didn't look good. It was time to face the music and get to paint removal.<br />
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The craft paint was water based, so I tried using water and a scrubber. It was slow-going, so I thought, 'Well, now I know what I'm doing and how I want it to look, so I'll just chip away at this over time. Meanwhile, I'll do the island counter.'<br />
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Sadly, I forgot much of what I learned from that first attempt and what I <em>should</em> have known about painting. This next part is rather embarrasing to admit, but it's part of the tale. I don't remember anymore why I did this - maybe just because the island was a lot bigger than that first section and I was in a hurry, or maybe because the first section took so many coats to cover the green that I thought this would be a shortcut, I don't know - but I decided to <em>pour</em> a big puddle of primer directly on the island and then smooth is out and work it around the entire space. BAAAAD IDEA. Apparently I forgot that in the first post, I mentioned that the primer dried fast. <br />
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Brase yourself for lots of cringing. This is like horror painting. The Freddie Krueger of painting.<br />
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I tried to get the whole counter covered with the fast-drying primer, because I didn't want to waste the 2 or 3 cups of it that I poured on the counter! Wow was that the wrong thing to do. It was sooo bumpy and rough.<br />
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And then, not knowing enough about household painting, I thought what might fix it was just to paint over it. Turns out, though, that it's not like spackling where it'll just fill in the crevices and grooves. But "Trial & Error" is becoming my best friend... that I hate.<br />
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More primer later, I started with the gray sponging.<br />
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And then another shade of gray sponging.<br />
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And then the realization that it was too much gray. No biggie. All I needed to do was go over it with some white sponging.<br />
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Shoot. Still too much gray. Need more white. (Can you see the line where more white meets gray? I was working from left to right and the line is sort of diagonal from the top left corner of the picture.)<br />
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And more white and more white and more white. Some people thought it looked pretty good, but I still didn't like it and I couldn't see the end of adding more white to get it the way it was supposed to look. And it was still really bumpy and textured. Grrrrrrrr. Did I really just mess this up again?!? Here's a close-up.<br />
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I know it's sad, but please tell me it's also a little funny. I think it is, at least. Mostly 'cause it's so embarrasing, though. And because it's in the past.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-946803751955119542012-05-17T15:35:00.001-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.064-08:00I dyed.I've actually been dyeing for a while now (har-har).<br />
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It started with my towels. They were once upon a time white. Then they became yellowy-orange in the middle where they hung on the towel bar. Strange and ugly. (I promise it wasn't from <em>use</em>. Some handtowels did the same thing, but are obviously not used the same way. Just to clarify. And they all get washed regularly. So no speculating about bad hygiene, ok?) Aaanyway, I figured for the first attempt <em>in my life</em> at dyeing anything, it couldn't get much worse than the white/yellow/orange dinge that it already was. And I think I was right, even though it took a few tries and several packages/bottles of dye.<br />
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Sorry, I didn't take any dingy before pics.<br />
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If you go to the <a href="http://www.ritdye.com/colorit_color_formula_guide">Rit Dye website</a>, they have a color guide, which tells you how much of which colors to mix to get the EXACT color that you want. I wanted gray. Specifically Neutral 2 #317. For that I was supposed to mix 1 tsp Tan + 1/8 tsp dark green + 1 c. water.<br />
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Problem was, I was dyeing towels. Thick, hotel-size towels. Two bath towels, two washcloths, and 1 bathmat. That meant I would have needed a TOOOOOON of dye. Especially because I think tan only comes in liquid form, which isn't as concentrated as the powder. And you can't use 1 tsp tan liquid and 1/8 tsp dk green powder. <br />
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Those measurements are for small cotton items, like a plain t-shirt, so I needed to multiply the whole thing by 8 or more. That = too much money.<br />
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All these things I think I figured out through the "error" part of trial and error. So I ended up w/ dark green towels. Think hunter green or forest green. :(<br />
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Then I bought a few boxes of Rit Color Remover and got light green towels.<br />
Round 1:<br />
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That was about as good as I cared to get it. I gave up on removing all the color. I also gave up on mixing colors to get the exact shade of gray I wanted. So I just bought black. I figured a box of black powder would get toned down enough with so many towels to come out some form of gray.<br />
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And it did! Oh happy day! They were charcoal gray and they were lovely.<br />
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Then I washed them... and the color faded. :( Unevenly. :( So I test-washed them again and they faded even more. Unevenly again. At that point they were looking not-so-hot. Time to buy yet ANOTHER thing of dye. (I'm pretty sure I've been keeping that company alive by throwing money at them every few weeks.) This time I googled "dye setting". Cross your fingers with me that two rounds of 1 c. vinegar + 1/2 c. salt + detergent will result in no dye-loss! And here they are now.<br />
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Aren't they beautiful!?! I'm so excited. Next step: paint bathroom a complimentary light gray. (But that won't be happening for a loooooong time.)<br />
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I had so many questions while doing this, and Rit just doesn't have enough answers on their website. So I made a <em>lot </em>of mistakes along the way. But in the end, I think they came out well. <br />
Ph-ew! (Let's <em>hope</em> this is the end anyway. At least for the towels. I've also been working on my sheets and pillow cases, with similar success rate - i.e. lots of mistakes. But they're not done yet, so that post will have to wait. And my wallet needs a break from buying dye and color remover.)<br />
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p.s. Some other tricky things about dyeing: <br />
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If you want to do it in your washing machine and you have a new energy-efficient washer (the kind that doesn't have a center spoke/arm), dyeing is a lot trickier. Dyeing is best done by filling up your washer with hot water first, then adding the dye, then mixing it (either by washer agitation or by stirring it manually somehow), and <em>then</em> adding the items to be dyed. Unfortunately, the new washers won't fill up enough if nothing's in them. So you have to add your items, let it fill up with water, pause it, remove & ring out the items, set the sopping wet items aside somewhere, add the dye, mix, and put the items back in the water. <br />
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Then, if your washer is like mine, it will only stay paused for less than 15 minutes. Somewhere around 13-14 minutes, it'll drain all the water. But it's best if the items can sit in the dyed water for 30, or as long as possible. And with all the hoops you have to jump through just to add the dye, you've waisted about 5 of those precious 12 paused minutes. (All of this was discovered through my <em>multiple</em> attempts at dyeing these towels. :/ ) SOO, what worked best was to pause it to do the whole adding dye steps, start it again for 30 seconds or so, then pause it again and set the kitchen timer for 12 minutes. Then when the timer goes off, start it again and let it run like normal. <br />
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I checked it a few times after that so that when it got to the rinse part of the cycle, I could add my "setting" mixture to the cold water rinse, being careful not to pour it on the towels themselves, since the detergent seems to remove color wherever it's directly poured onto them.Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-47529021984159734262012-05-04T13:09:00.000-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.048-08:00Fabric Love:D I am grinning from ear to ear. :D :D :D<br />
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Tax return + a unique celebration = FABRIC!!!!!!!<br />
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These just arrived in the mail!!!<br />
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All from <a href="http://fabric.com/">fabric.com</a>.<br />
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I was a little nervous about that middle one (Valori Wells Wrenly "Wildfield" in citrus) because in some pictures it looks really bright and fun, and in other pictures it looks more muted. Happy to report it's super bright in really life. The big yellow flower is more of a chartreuse, and the background has an ever so slight green tint, but other than that, it looks a lot like the picture above. And it's the only one that's not home decor weight. It's a soft, lightweight cotton.<br />
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The two Waverly/P.Kaufman "Cross Section" ones are awesome. The Ty Pennington "Honeycomb" (top right) and the Premier Prints "Acres Twill" (bottom left) are probably my two favorites out of this batch though.<br />
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I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!! Now, to make just pillows? or... any suggestions?<br />
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**<em>Note to self: Cross Section - dry clean only. Wildfield & Honeycomb - cold wash, tumble dry low. Acres Twill - gentle detergent, air dry, no dry clean.</em>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-39085867866396323062012-05-03T21:49:00.001-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.045-08:00Stools, Comfy Stools part IIIDrumroll please! Final assembly!<br />
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Before I gave in and added vinyl, I assembled a few of the cushion/stools, like so:<br />
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And things were looking up. Until I realized that waterproofing spray wouldn't protect the fabric from dirty cat paws and dirty little hands and whatever dirtyness I bring to the <strike>table</strike> cushions. Unfortunately, the new fabric and batting fabric stuff all folded and stapled was already creating a minor problem with thickness underneath, making the screws juuuuust barely long enough to reach into the plywood. I knew with vinyl added, the old screws wouldn't cut it.<br />
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See how the fabric was creating a gap? That's because the screw wasn't quite long enough to <em>really</em> dig into the plywood. So I bought some longer plywood screws (sadly, they didn't have any in the same oil-rubbed bronze color) to use after the vinyl went on.<br />
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They worked like a charm. And no matter that they're gold, 'cause they're hidden underneath our bums.<br />
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That last one, see how the back bars are kind of squished into the seat cushion? Kind of like back fat. Well, I noticed it before putting the vinyl on, so I took out all the staples and trimmed off more foam and then restapled and vinyled. Bummer that it didn't seem to make a difference. But I wasn't about to take it all apart again.<br />
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<em>For the other posts on this project: <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/01/stool-boom.html">here</a>, <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/04/stools-comfy-stools-part-i.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/05/stools-comfy-stools-part-ii.html">here</a>. I know, four posts for a relatively small project like reupholstering stools is a little excessive. But it was my first time and I ran into lots of glitches and set-backs. Which seems to be how most of my projects go. Haha.</em>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-36778265981685545232012-05-02T23:01:00.001-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.044-08:00Stools, Comfy Stools part IIAlmost forgot! The befores!<br />
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These stools came with the house. Which was great, don't get me wrong. But after sitting in them for several years now for sometimes looong stretches (darn you Pinterest! just kidding I still love you), they were leaving my boney bum a little sore. They needed more padding, bad!<br />
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And since they'd get disassembled for extra or new padding, I thought it'd be the perfect <strike>excuse</strike> time to change out the old fabric. Besides, since painting the walls tan and having beige laminate floors and honey cabinets and tan carpet and brown couches ... this place needed some different, lighter colors.<br />
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I was super excited to get these in the mail!<br />
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Along with the two other ones that I decided on in the <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/01/stool-boom.html">first stool post</a> but failed to take pictures of like those above. Woops.<br />
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Oh, also in the <a href="http://dhperezfamily.blogspot.com/2012/01/stool-boom.html">first stool post </a>I mentioned that I was looking for a way to make them wipeable without covering them in vinyl. I searched high and low for alternatives - linseed oil (turned my fabric scraps yellow), waterproofing spray (worked fine, but I feared stains and dirt would still work their way in), and some EXPENSIVE <a href="http://www.otterwax.com/">otter wax</a>. I was hoping I could find a diy way of making the fabric wipeable like toddler bibs or highchair covers. After doing a little research, though, it seemed like those were "treated" fabrics, in which case, I'd have to ship my fabric off somewhere, have them treat it, then they'd ship it back. That = lots of waiting. So I finally caved and bought vinyl. But three out of four fabrics did get sprayed with some <a href="http://kiwi%20camp%20dry%20heavy%20duty%20water%20repellent/">Kiwi Camp Dry Heavy Duty Water Repellent</a>. The fabric smelled like camping equipment and was a little nostalgic, but the smell disipated after a couple days. Phew. It was fun to test it:<br />
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Once the old staples were out came the fun part!<br />
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For two of the stools, I used some green, high density foam. But for the other two stools, I just doubled up on the old foam, like so:<br />
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Keep in mind that before this, I had never upholstered anything. Nor had I ever used a staple gun. Haha. I don't know why I do this, but lots of times when I see a project, I think, "I could <em>totally</em> do that." And I know this is absolutely ridiculous, but sometimes I find myself thinking, "I bet I could build a house from the ground up if I wanted to." Hahaha. It might not be OSHA safe and might fall apart before anyone could step foot in it and it might look like this </div>
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from the outside, but I would think I rocked it like a hurricane. (p.s. Those are Hundertwasserhaus apartment buildings in Wien [Vienna, Austria] and ...Germany. What city were we in? Somewhere near Darmstadt, I believe.)</div>
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I found that the stapling worked best to just rotate it. It did <em>not</em> work as well to staple one spot and then staple the opposite side in one spot and then do inbetween. If you ever attempt a round cushion like I did, just work your way around. I did it the less-right way with this one. Can you tell?</div>
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The fabric actually seemed to want to fold in a certain way. Or rather, it folded better at the points/distances apart as pictured above than if I tried to space the folds out more or make them closer. And it was like that for all of them, so I don't think it was just the fabric. About every 2-3 inches. </div>
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The vinyl did the same thing. Although, with the first cushion that got vinyl, I tried to space the folds out more just 'cause vinyl isn't easy to work with so I wanted to fold it as little as possible. That, however, turned out to be a horrible idea. It forced my hand and I submitted to folding it the same as the fabric. </div>
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After that it actually wasn't too bad to work with. The above one was the first to get vinyl. So the underside looks a little crazy.</div>
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I finally figured out that I was actually keeping the staple gun too close to the surface. So instead of keeping it flush with the plywood/vinyl, if I kept it just barely off, they went in the way they're supposed to. I don't know why that worked as opposed to being flush, but it did. Was it the new box / different brand of staples? Was it the different type of plywood? (Two seats were this different, flakier? plywood. The other two seemed like better quality. I have no idea what the actual difference between them was, though.)_</div>
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Next up? Final assembly! Stay tooned!</div>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-31718370073859348622012-04-27T23:56:00.000-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.041-08:00Stools, Comfy Stools, part IThere finished! And they're wonderful.<br />
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While my parents were here, we took the first stool cushion apart. I tried various methods of getting the fabric off without having to take the staples out. Didn't work out so well. And they kinda needed to come out for function's sake. That first attempt.was.awful. Mostly, Ijust didn't have the proper equipment, and taking out 70-80 staples per stool with the claw end of a hammer or a flat-head screwdriver is NOT the way to go. It took forEVER and was super hard and tiring. So I started my online search for upholstering tools - what I needed and where to get it. Found <em>what</em> but came up empty-handed on <em>where</em>. A staple remover - like a forked flat-head. </div>
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Lowe's didn't carry them at all and I couldn't find it on Home Depot's website. Next I tried finding upholstering/furniture stores in my area that sold them. Empty-handed again. A few people I talked to said Lowe's or HD probably had them, which was becoming a little frustrating to hear. "Yeah, you'd think anywhere that sells staple guns would sell heavy-duty staple removers" (my annoyed thoughts). One upholstery guy said he'd take out the staples for $15/stool (=$60). Uh, not if I can buy that tool for $15 and do the work myself! Long story short, Home Depot <em>does</em> carry them. Just not online. Can I get an exhausted "hooray"?</div>
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Soreness. Can you see my red palm? There were several other red, sore spots, too.<br />
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I was doing so good at going around the stool and uprooting one end of each staple without incident, until I had maybe 5 staples left! That's when this happened:<br />
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Deep gashes. It got three fingers in multiple spots. They didn't show up very well in the picture, but man, did they sting. All in the name of efficiency. I think I called it a night and then used the pliers to pull the staples out the next night.<br />
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Everything seemed to be in order.<br />
Let the games begin!<br />
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A flash of genius - This would look great on ME!<br />
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And inspecting the final product...</div>
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The next <em>proposed</em> phase of this project (done back in Feb and just now getting up on the blog) is to stick letters to it that say "Things that Matter Most" (i.e. Jason and the time we spent together making this), then paint over the whole thing with white, then peal off the lettering. That way the words will be colorful and abstract on a white background. I say it's the next <em>proposed</em> phase because I love how it turned out so much that I don't know if I can bring myself to cover it up! </div>
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Any thoughts? Should I paint it to say "Things that Matter Most" or leave it as is?</div>
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<em>Update: I have listened to the voice of the people and will not be covering it or writing on it in any way. I'll just have to come up with something else that says "Things that Matter Most". Thanks for your input!</em></div>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-21371714478294601812012-04-13T16:22:00.002-07:002013-02-09T18:45:03.036-08:00OutingsWe've been doing some fun things lately! <br />
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I got a pass to the Living Aquarium (because who wants to see a dead one? Har har - that one's for you, Dad.) Jason enjoyed the commotion of the busload of elementary school kids, making it difficult to get a decent picture. But here ya go. (And I promise, in real life, he doesn't have Martha Washington style hair.)<br />
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Peering into a small aquarium nestled in the climbable "coral" rocks.<br />
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A couple weeks later, my old MTC comp, Heather, offered to take us to Discovery Gateway - a kids museum at the Gateway Mall, in SLC. She has a membership and can take a few other people with it. I'd never even been to the Gateway Mall before, so I was excited to see what it was like. The verdict: Sooo cool.<br />
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Jason had THE. TIME. OF. HIS. LIFE. I don't think he's laughed so much in all his two years. We met at Heather's and then she drove us all in her new minivan. Jason was SO excited. Whenever we drive anyway, all I hear the whole time is, "BIG truck! BIG van! Construction truck! Front-end loader! Tower!" etc, etc, etc. And often he'll say repeatedly, "Jason go in big van!" So when he finally <em>did</em> get to go in a van, he was so happy. Which is actually how I was able to leave the Discovery without too much of a fight - he was excited to go in the van again.<br />
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Wind-tunnel tubes and balls:<br />
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He was actually afraid to stick his hand in this wind tunnel in order to push the ball through.<br />
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But Cami wasn't! (She's a little older than Jason, though.)<br />
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He LOVED the water works area:<br />
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And even touched the life-size horse in the farm area!<br />
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</div>Just a little video of some of the other areas they have.<br />
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They even have a life-sized helicopter! (or as Jason would say "helapotter.")<br />
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But first the Preps.<br />
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Jason favors one preposition: on.<br />
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Ex: cereal on the milk (instead of cereal with milk)<br />
'I' on Isaac (instead of 'I' for Isaac)<br />
'J' on Jason<br />
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Jason's terrible two's have been BEYOND terrible. He's been hitting a LOT. In the face, not just my legs or something. He's destroyed a <em>bunch</em> of stuff:<br />
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</div>Been crazy onry. And it seems that every time I Jason-proof something, he just finds something else to destroy. Or I forget to close or lock something. The other day when I finished blow-drying my hair, it was a little too quiet. I found him sitting sort of in/on the fridge, enjoying a cup of yogurt with his fingers. That one was just amusing, and I was very glad it wasn't worse.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A week or two ago I just cried, but things are getting better now. Thank goodness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxqrhqyw3dRwNHDYihEZXu-y6quegQMadnqmOL3tTB85cgJGfFtyCUiWApUl0EhyphenhyphenJ1upKvMQJcHBPrazgXLqkvmLS3Twrwo7Y12AnVvgsZA9_6DI_KG-ULf7gTq3HFjvRuOkQLrLkwGhV/s1600/DSCN3137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxqrhqyw3dRwNHDYihEZXu-y6quegQMadnqmOL3tTB85cgJGfFtyCUiWApUl0EhyphenhyphenJ1upKvMQJcHBPrazgXLqkvmLS3Twrwo7Y12AnVvgsZA9_6DI_KG-ULf7gTq3HFjvRuOkQLrLkwGhV/s400/DSCN3137.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>How cute is that. :) <br />
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</div>Heidi Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464295481121519716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7552990640799234766.post-87277430834907140272012-04-09T14:49:00.000-07:002012-04-09T14:49:28.788-07:00New Life... sort ofLast week, Jason pulled down a plant & pot from a top shelf, breaking the pot. So I got a new pot at Walmart...<br />
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And painted it white. My plant will hopefully be happy again.<br />
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And I'll keep it better cut-back so little hands can't reach trailing vines.<br />
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