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guest post with Jess of Craftiness is Not Optional

Today’s guest blogger is Jess of Craftiness is Not Optional.  I’m super pumped to have her here today sharing yet another awesome tutorial.

Jess’s blog was probably one of the first blogs I came across.  I instantly fell in love with all her cute projects and tutorials.  She’s really a jack of all trades.  Have you seen this cute kitchen she made for her daughter?  Or this cute dress?  I’m always amazed at how much this girl can accomplish!  Not to mention she runs a super cute etsy shop, bits for baby.
Let’s hear it from Jess herself!
Hi everyone! I’m Jess from Craftiness is Not Optional, and I love to cook and bake. Especially with felt and fabric. Well, that’s a lie. I love to eat too much to choose that over real food, but when Anna asked me to do a kitchen-y tutorial for this week, we both were thinking some felt food was in order.
After my dad and I built a play kitchen for my daughter last year, I’ve made it my personal duty to fill it with fun play food!
Here’s my latest effort: Movie Snacks! Enjoy the show!
Thanks Jess, those look so yummy!  I need to get on the felt food bandwagon and this just might be the ticket.
Go check out the complete Movie Snacks Tutorial HERE on Craftiness is Not Optional.
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roman shades & curtain

I had been waiting and waiting and waiting to make these roman shades for my kitchen.  I used Fly Through Our Window’s tutorial for a fixed roman shade.  I had tried (and gave up) on making some for a different room with black out lining, so this time I just used white muslin on the back.  I ended up sewing the main fabric and muslin into a tube and hemming the bottom and attaching the top from there.  I also used spray starch for the first time, and I love it, it makes the fabric so much more cooperative!

I think it really brightens up the kitchen and they’re easy enough to change out when I get sick of them.  I’m thinking I might make another set for when fall/winter rolls around. 

Here’s a before shot of my kitchen just in case you’re curious.  We updated the kitchen as soon as we moved in, it was definitely the first room in the house that needed attention. 

I also made a really simple curtain for our back door.  For me it just gets spooky at night when it’s dark and anyone can see in if they wanted to.  So this is a nice solution for that.  I love the swiss dot and I bought enough so I can make some clothes with it too, it’s so soft and lightweight.
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guest post with Crafterhours

I’m so thrilled that each of the guest bloggers agreed to be a part of Spice up your Kitchen, stayed tuned each day for a new project and all sorts of fun stuff. I feel really grateful that they are joining me. Please help me welcome our first guest blogger: Crafterhours.

I have serious envy for our first ever guest blogger!  Well, bloggers I should say.  Crafterhours is a fun and funny blog run by two super creative ladies, Adrianna and Susan.  Ever since they burst onto the scene with their Milk Maid Skirt I knew they had something going.  Actually it was Disney who first stumbled onto their blog and I just couldn’t stop reading after that!  I so wish I had someone that lived near by who I could sew and get creative with, and these two ladies have done it up right.  Have you seen some of their awesome tutorials yet?

On with the show, take it away Crafterhours:

Hi Noodlehead readers! Crafterhours is a blog by two girls who are wives and mothers and friends and like to sew and be silly– and blog about the sewing and the silliness. We’re also fans of Anna’s sewing and silliness, and are flattered to be a part of Spice Up Your Kitchen Week. (And Susan would like to be one of Anna’s noodleheads. Totally jealous of the Amy Butler Rollie Pollie. It looks like a fabulous nap spot.)

Today we’ll get our wannabe-noodlehead fix by showing you how to make a kids’ cutlery tray. Susan had a drawer full of chaos that needed some order and a kid that could use some help keeping it that way– and this tray was the solution. Not only does it work well for kids, it makes Susan happy every time she sees it. Which is about 45,323 times a day with the three meals and 47 snacks her daughters eat during daylight hours.
This project is inexpensive, colorful, flexible and fun. Head on over and check it out! And thanks to Anna for letting us help spice up kitchens around the world!

Thanks Crafterhours! I’m so making some of these TONIGHT!!
Go check out the complete Kids’ Cutlery Tray Tutorial HERE on Crafterhours.


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