Make a Couch

Hi everyone!  Today I'm going to show you how to make a comfy, cushy, couch.
You're going to need:
-fabric
-cardboard
-hot glue gun
-scissors
-pencil
-ribbon
-fabric scraps, fleece or stuffing

 First start off with a shoebox and some extra cardboard.  (And yes, that's a pizza box.)

Place the shoebox on top of the cardboard and place your doll sitting on the shoebox.  Draw a line where your her shoulders are.  Draw a line the width of the shoebox.

Cut it out.

Tape the piece to the back of the shoebox.

We taped another piece of cardboard on top of the seat to make it sturdier.

Draw a line on the back of the couch where your doll's elbow is.

Place the couch on it's side on the cardboard.  Draw a line on the cardboard where the elbow line is on the back of the couch.

Cut the piece out twice as long.

Fold the cardboard in half on the line.  Tape to hold it in place.

Tape it to the side of the couch.

Cover the couch with fleece, fabric scraps, towels, or any other kind of padding.  We put some fabric scraps in an old pillow case.  We added some fleece at the arm rests.

Cover the couch in fabric.

Hot glue the fabric to the bottom.

Hot glue a piece of cardboard on the bottom.

Hot glue some ribbon around the bottom to finish it  off.

And you're done! 

Enjoy your comfy new seat!
Marisol

Adollable Dolls Fashion: Lace

Hey everyone! Today we have a fashion post.  It's a series we're starting.  There's not any specific times well be posting about this series.  Just whenever we feel like it.  Ok, so recently when we went on a shopping trip we noticed there was one thing that was everywhere.  Can you guess it?  Yup, lace!  We love lace.  It's so pretty and perfect for spring and summer.  So anyways here are some pictures of the lace clothes in our closet. 

Here we have shorts with lace pockets.  We actually did a DIY in a post recently on how to add lace to back pockets.  You can see it here.

This shirt we got from Liberty Jane and we absolutely adore it!  The color, lace, patterns......everything!

Here is another lace shirt.  This one is completely lace and is an off the shoulder top we made with Liberty Jane patterns.  The light green color is a very pretty color for spring.

And last but not least is a lace scarf.  We actually made it using the same lace as the shirt above.  Throwing on a lacey scarf is the perfect way to spice up an outfit.  You can visit this post here to find out how to make infinity scarves.

That's all for today!  We hope you enjoyed today's post!  What's your favorite spring item?
Adollable Dolls

P.S.  The green lace shirt and scarf will be on our Etsy as soon as we get everything set up!!!!!

Brilliant Blog Bouquet Award

                                                                                                        

I was awarded the Brilliant Blog Award by Claire from Carrot and Claire!

We have to answer these questions:

1. If you could have a "flower pen name" like we have here on our blog, Violets and Daisies what would it be?

I would probably choose Violet.

2. What is your favorite ever Bible verse and why?

Hmmm, well I have a lot of favorite Bible verses.  Psalm 27:1, James 5:16, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 91 (Yes, the whole chapter.), Philippians 4:13, Isaiah 40:31......... 

3.  What blogs inspire you most?

The Spicys, DollDiares, Pretty Lily, Doll-It-Up, My American Girl's Story, Pleasant Piper.........and lots more.

 4. If you and your friends could visit any country in the world, 

would you go?

Paris, France.

Now I pick these 5 awesome blogs for the award.

Pretty Lily from Pretty Lily 
Grace from It's My Life by Grace
Jess from Whispers of the Wind
AGMarket from My American Girl's Story
Spicemuffin from Simply Ivy and Always Arizona

If you got awarded~ Answer the above questions on your blog. When you're done, pick 5 other people to award and let them know.

 Lots of Love!

Adollable Dolls

  

 

Blogging Tips

Hola!  Today we'll be sharing with you some blogging tips to make it more fun and enjoyable.

1.  Write your ideas down in a notebook.  We usually think of awesome ideas when we don't have time to do them, so we write them down for later when we need inspiration for a blog post.  We actually got this idea from The Spicy's.  This is very helpful to us, especially since whenever we have time to do a post we can't think of any good ideas.

2.  Use lots of pictures.  The more the merrier!  Make sure if you have any super long, boring posts you use pictures to spice it up, even if you're not showing how to do something.  I think it looks much more interesting and I'm more likely to read a post if there is pictures.  Make sure though that your pictures are good quality and there not dark, messy, and blurry.

3.  Have a title photo for your posts.   (Like the first photo.)  Using a title photo grabs your readers' eyes.  Plus, it can give them idea what the post is about.  (But not always.)  If your showing how to do something, make sure the photo is of the finished product.

4.  Blog regularly.  This doesn't mean you have to blog every day, but try your best to blog at least once a week.  People are more likely to check your blog often if they know you are posting regularly rather than every few months.

That's all we have for today!  We hope this has been helpful!
Adollable Dolls