Now that my mommy has finally seen my porch in person I can post it online! When I first bought my house the front porch was not well kept. It was dirty, had cheap plastic furniture in it and wasn't the best first impression to give on a house. I thought that it was such a nice feature for a house that it deserved a total make over.
First I made the customized curtains for the porch. Using the same material I covered some foam cushions with the same material. They snap off the foam for easy cleaning. I also put in the custom made pillows from my first post. In addition to all the sewing projects I made custom fit storage benches out of wood to wrap around the porch. The covers of the benches are on hinges that lift up so that things can be stored within them. A jute rug and some sailing accessories finished off the New England style porch makeover!
Aunt Marie also gave me one of the plastic canvas tissue boxes that my Grandmother made that matches the style of my porch as well - so it's not all my own custom work, it's my grandmother's too!
Since the last trivets came out so well I thought I'd make some for Christmas! The kitchen I made them to go in has green and white checks and red apples in it so I made them to match with ceramic paint. I then personalized them using a font I found on my computer using ceramic paint.
I had gotten a new dish set that is white with red and black outlined Asian styled berries which alternates with red plates. I got red and black glasses to match. In the set there are two large platters that do not fit in my cabinets. I thought that a nice way to display them would be on some shelves that I put up in the kitchen. 
When I put them up there they were very white in the middle and looked kind of bare. As I was eating breakfast in the kitchen one morning I thought something bold should go in front of it, but I couldn't think of what. 
Then the perfect solution occured to me - trivets! I picked up some 6x6 ceramic tiles and painted them with red, black and white ceramic paint to match the set. I'm so happy with the way they came out!
Aunt Marie also gave me one of the plastic canvas tissue boxes that my Grandmother made that matches the style of my porch as well - so it's not all my own custom work, it's my grandmother's too!
To match my blue cupcake grocery bag (the one that got so many compliments), I also made a pink cupcake grocery bag.
