Novalee's Doll House Remodel & More

Doll House/ Action Heroes House

About three weeks ago I found this doll house at a garage sale and was able to get it for $4.00!



I was so excited, I loved my doll house when I was a little girl and probably even played with it even when I wasn't so little. :) So I really wanted to get one for Novalee.


When I got it, she was not at all excited about it.

Perhaps it was because it was all one boring color or maybe because it smelt a little like cat pee. :(

Anyways, I talked her into helping me deodorize it, which turned out to be a lot of fun and from that point on she was excited about it too. :)

She even insisted on helping me paint the "children's room." She is just so adorable in her little painters apron!



Jared even played with it, stating that it wasn't a doll house for him but his action heroes house. :)

After a lot of hours painting, one blister from cutting a rug, and an extra dollar later (for kitchen and bathroom flooring), this is how it turned out.













Who knew you could remodel a whole house with such a little amount of money. :)

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Baby Bibs

A while ago I made baby bibs for baby Sadie using a pattern from this awesome website.

http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com/2008/02/bib-tutorial.html

They are so fun and easy to make.





I still have left over fabric and keep debating if I should make more.

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Baby blankets for Sadie



I couldn't decide which one I liked the best, so I guess she will get both of them. :)





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Baby Sadie Shoes

Instead of buying shoes, I thought I would just make them. At first I didn't even want to try because the pattern looked really complicated but they ended up only being two pieces of fabric.


Size X-Small



Size X-Small



Size Small


Part of me is thinking that it would be so fun if Sadie had more pairs of shoes before she was born than I have right now but another part of me thinks that would be a lot of work. :) Oh well, either way, I'm officially a shoemaker. :)