I've registered a domain

After much research, I registered a domain for my new website/shop through godaddy.com. I decided to do it independently, and not attach the registration to the hosting. I've just read too many stories about people wanting to cancel their hosting service and losing their domain. Happy with their service so far, though I haven't done anything with the domain yet!

I've decided to have fatcow.com do the hosting of the site. I have lots of build-able options at a reasonable price and so far (at the very beginning of the process) I am pleased with this choice as well. I hope to launch the new web store at the beginning of November. Excited!

Casual jewelry I've been working on

all girl no play







contradiction







branching out







noble roble

Here is the dotted fabric. Thanks, princess, for demonstrating the cushion of the foam! My husband convinced me to only reupholster the seats of all 4 chairs. The mission style backs are really nice, so I'm fine with having less work to do!

reupholstered chairs

Once I pulled up all the staples, worn out padding, and torn fabric, I cut out a section of 2 inch foam to fit the wooden seat. Then I cut out fabric the same shape, allowing about 3 inches extra all around. My biggest take-away from these steps is to use a knife (maybe even electric) to cut the foam. There is really no way to get an even cut with scissors, and that will affect the final result. I was also careful to line up the stripes/plaid. Then I stapled like a mad woman, pulling tight as I went. (I like knowing that I am an expert at removing them if I make a mistake!) I think the corners take extra skill, and mine turned out just adequate. You can see some puckering in the photos.

done!

It's taken me forever to get these chairs done! Part of it is that my 17 month likes to sit on my projects. Very scary since I'm working with a screwdriver and pliers, and tons of tiny staples. My 5 year old is legitimately helpful, though. We developed a system on the last chair, finished today, where I pried up all of the staples with the screwdriver and he pulled them all out with the pliers. He said he might like to be a staple puller when he gets older. I told him that would be fun, but he would be good at many, many things, and he might want to choose something different when it's time. He's SO sweet!

Photos tomorrow...I've been taking photos of jewelry today, but no chairs. I'm disappointed in myself, but I just can't take pictures of all of the different steps. Before and after is the best I can do!