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29Nov | 2012

Colorful circus gender neutral nursery for baby Peanut – The reveal!

Posted by Joy | under Baby / Maternity . Crafting . Design . Nursery . Our House | 83 Comments

I’ve shared a most of the nursery projects I worked on already, so most of you have an idea of the theme I was going for but just in case you are just now reading this post, here a little background: The inspiration for this nursery came from my personal love for carnivals, circus and animals =] from the beginning we knew we wanted to [...]

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9Oct | 2012

Nursery: Ikea Fyllen laundry basket turned toy basket with appliqué

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Nursery . Sewing | 7 Comments

Even though we already have a toy storage bench for the nursery, Ken thought that it would be good to have storage for toys that were bigger than the little cubes we have in our bench (I will show that later) So on our last trip to Ikea we picked up a fyllen laundry basket in red. I liked how simple it was and also [...]

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6Oct | 2012

Nursery: Ikea poang chair recover

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Nursery . Our House . Sewing | 30 Comments

As I shared on my last post, I have a lot of projects I finish before going to bed rest that I never got to share here, so I am going to start with one I wish I would have taken pictures of the process. I know not a lot of people would not go the DIY route specially when it’s just an Ikea chair, [...]

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11Sep | 2012

Thrift store wood toy restoration

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . Nursery . Upcycle | 7 Comments

I am an avid thrift store visitor =] and in my last trip I found some really cool stuff for me and for the nursery too. I scored this super cool wood 7 inch tall tricycle for 0.25 cents, and even tho I did not like the heart shaped wheel, I took it home for a little restoration. I used one of my favorite toys, [...]

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28Aug | 2012

My Studio: Escalating a graphic for a mural the old way

Posted by Joy | under Crafting . My studio . Tutorials | 21 Comments

A few weeks a go I finally finish one of the projects I dragged the most, why did it take me so long to tackle? I was hoping I could so it the “easy way” and ask someone for a projector so I could just print and trace my logo in my office wall. After weeks trying to see who had one, I decided not [...]

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Hola there! I'm Joy Kelley, Chilean Designer, sewing fanatic, obsessive crafter, upcycle passionate. Welcome to my blog!
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