Headboard

Headboard

Attempting to make headboard was much larger project than I had done before. When I thought about the project, I didn't know whether I was going to be able to complete this project..With much planning and help from my husband, it turned out great.

At the time, I was watching a ton of HG TV (Home Garden Television)  They always make everything look so easy to create. I guess that's why they are the designers, not me.

We started with a lot planning such as, measurement of the bed frame, the actual size of the room, how tall we wanted it to be, and so on. We were both pretty new to this kind of project. In fact, my husband had pretty much decided that we were not going to continue after the first measurement. But my enthusiasm and energy compelled him to carry on.

After watching the episode where they make the headboard several times in a program called Design on a Dime, on HGTV, we went to his step-dad's workshop again. We had bought vinyl, foam and batter from Hancock Fabrics and some lumber from Lowe's.

The Process:
- First, we cut the particle board into 64" X 42"
- Then we cut the foam to the size of the particle board, but leaving 1" gap around it and glued to the board
- Next, the vinyl 66" X 44", enough to wrap the board with it
-We had two 57" poles (2" by 2") and two 65 1/2" two by twos, that we nailed on either sides and top and bottom respectively
- Finally painted it brown to match the rest of the furniture in the bedroom.
- The foot stool in the picture was just a bonus from the scrap wood and vinyl.

PS: We decided to go with the vinyl instead of rustic look but the basic process is same. Detail description and process can be found on the following website:
http://www.hgtv.com/bedrooms/rustic-yet-chic-wood-headboard/index.html

Pink Earrings

My Pink Earrings

My pink earrings are one of my favorite of all the earrings I have made thus far. Especially because I think they go with any color and style of wardrobe. I chose the grape-vine design because of its popularity in almost all the fashion magazines and the stores. However, just by looking at the magazines, I wasn't able to imitate the design.

Fortunately, I got a closer look at the similar earrings when I was window shopping in Dillard's, from the company called "Barse". being expensive, I wasn’t very fond of the colors they had available.

I went to my favorite store again and got some supplies. I tried to mix all variations of pinks from fuchsia to baby pink. For these, I had to get a few different supplies than my previous earrings. Such as jump rings, pins with flat-head on one side, and long oval hoops to make the earrings dangle.

How to make:
- Insert one bead per flat-head pin and cut the excess length of the pin
- Use your round nose pliers to make the other end round and put it aside
- I used twenty-five of them in one earring, to make it look fuller.
- The number of beads on each earrings can be adjusted according to the length and fullness of the earrings. 
- After you are done, make a 5 tier simple linked chain with the jump rings and attach them to the hoop
- Starting at the very bottom of the link, attach 1on the first link, 3 on the second, 9 on the third, 7 on forth, and 5 on the fifth link.

I hope the instruction was clear enough. If you have questions, feel free to comment.