Decisions, Decisions

Have I ever mentioned how horrible I am at making some decisions? It took me an hour to pick the paint color for our living room... An hour. I was totally overwhelmed by all the choices. So many colors, all so close to the other colors. Just tiny little differences. Maybe it is because we have brought home colors that didn't work before. A yellow that looked lovely by day and neon at night...ugh.

So when I picked up these lovely lockers (for real cheap on craigslist!!!) to use in the breezeway for storage, I naively thought that choosing how to paint them would be easy. But now I am stuck again.

Here is the locker's before look:

Now, I cannot decide what to do with them. The original idea was to paint them something bright and fun: teal, lime green, maybe a bright pink or even orange. I was leaning more towards the teal or green.

  

Or maybe I should even do several wonderful colors. I really love this, but not sure if it is just too busy. With the gray for the frame, I feel like it is toned down and quite lovely.

 

Then I got looking at more ideas and I started to also love the antique gray look or even the clean fresh feeling of white lockers.

  

I have begun to sand off all the rust, but need to come to a decision here. We have nice weather coming and it will be perfect for painting. While I keep working, I would love to hear from you all. What do you think I should do with them?

Sewing with Kids (Part 1)

 

The fabric above is some of the pieces from Anna Elise by Bari J. The moment I saw it, I was in love. It reminds me of my daughter. I wanted to redo her whole bedroom in it. She isn't so sure yet. She said, I could make her a pillow to start. Kids are so funny.

Anyways, I am pretty excited about now having two sewing machines. My oldest (9 years old) actually sounds a little interested in creating things with me and learning how to use one of the machines. That makes me oh so happy. She is a bit of a tomboy, which I think is awesome, but I definitely didn't think she would be into sewing.

So that got me thinking... what would I have her make? My first project was a pillow in middle school. My mother did not own a sewing machine. Sometimes she would hand sew some things to repair them for us, but she did not make quilts or clothing like my grandmother. So I got on the hunt for some kids friendly projects that my love might enjoy.

Here is what I found:

Crazy Little Projects has 25 things that can be sewn in under 10 minutes. That might be a good place to start. It won't be so big that she gets overwhelmed. My favorite project on there is the hand warmers. These could make sweet gifts she could make for others.

Skip to My Lou has a whole series of sewing with kids. I have a slight obsession with tote bags and would love to have her making them with me! :)

Then I found 15 more fun projects at Not So Idle Hands. And a whole bunch more at So Sew Easy.
This birthday banner would be fun to make and could be changed up for any holiday.

 

What was your first project? Any first projects you would recommend? As long as my daughter is interested, I will update with some of the projects!