DIY//Ottoman Pouf

i have been wanting to make an ottoman/pouf for who knows how long.  friday i spent some time pinning other diy ottomans in search of a swift kick in the a** inspiration.  saturday during wren's nap time i felt the need to get crafty, i opened my craft closet, and much to my delight i had all of the supplies i needed to get to work on my ottoman!  i was filled with pure delight.  why hadn't i already done this?

and best of all, i completed all but clean-up during nap time, this took less than two hours folks!

and did i mention FREE, zippo, zilch!!!!

first things first; gather your supplies.

-scissors

-sewing machine

-pins

-thread in your color of choice//i used white

-fabric (approximately 1 yard)//i used leftover kravet fabric from a client project(make sure it is upholstery weight fabric)

-velcro//i used black

-foam//i used 2"

-batting or down//i used a combination of both

step 1

lay out your fabric with the right side facing down.  trace two circles to desired size//i used an 18" table top.  cut out your circles at least 1" outside your trace mark

step 2

hem one of the circles, set aside for base of ottoman

step 3

measure how tall you want your ottoman and cut fabric accordingly.  you will want to cut it about 6" larger than desired height//i made mine taller than my sofa seat to make up for the "give" when placing your feet on top.  it is surprisingly pretty sturdy, so you definitely do not have to do this.

i just cut a long strip at desired height x length of fabric.  

then hem one of the long sides of the strip

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step 4

pin the circle that you did not hem along the other long side of the strip (the side you did not hem), then sew.

sew the ends of the strip together to close up the ottoman.  remove any excess fabric

step 5

turn fabric right side out

step 6

cut out a circle in your foam, same size as top and bottom of ottoman.

place inside ottoman, push snuggly to top.

cut a strip of foam to desired height of ottoman minus 2"

place inside of ottoman

step 9

get to stuffing!

i first filled mine with batting, and TONS of it!

step 10

i actually then shoved a down filled eurosham in mine.  it game me the weight and firmness that i needed.

other options would be more batting or more foam circles.

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step 11

remember how i told you to cut your strip for the sides 6" longer?

well you used up 1" or 2" when sewing the top on, and 1" or 2" when hemming.  the rest will be used to attach the bottom.

take your hemmed circle and attach velcro to wrong side

i definitely recommend sewing the velcro to the circle

step 12

pull the hemmed end of the sides taught to the bottom and attach the circle that you just applied velcro to.  once in place i recommend hand sewing the velcro to the sides.

now when it needs washed you can just pull apart the velcro and it is washable.

VIOLA!

Hailey's Sweet 16 Invitations

Earlier in the week I posted the Sweet 16 party that we coordinated and planned, but promised to later post the invitations, so here they are!  Again, Hailey requested Purple, Silver and Black and we did a branch/tree theme.  With that I came up with these killer custom invitations....well I thought they were killer, but maybe I am a bit biast, just a bit!

The invitation was inside of a black 5.75" square envelope that was lined with purple metallic paper.

Inside the black envelope was a silver metallic petal enclosure.  Photographed above is the back side of the enclosure which had a black circle seal.

The front of the enclosure, pictured above, had the branch design carved out of it with the purple showing behind.

When the guest removed the black seal and unfolded the enclosure, the invitation was revealed!  Much like the actual party there were many beautiful things that led the guests to the main event for the reveal!  These invitations were so fun and Hailey loved them.

Simply Irresistible

Well after talking about it for what seems like FOREVER I am finally posting the photos of the Sweet 16 party that we did!  By we, I mean Gretchen and I, owners of Simply Irresistible event + design.  Later I will attach the custom invitations I created for the event.  This Sweet 16 was SO MUCH FUN, I hope that we get to do another one VERY SOON!

Hailey's Club H 16

the guests stepped onto a purple carpet and faced the paparazzi

The Sweet 16 theme was "branches" and Hailey requested the colors; purple, silver and black. The theme went all the way from the invitations to table centerpeices and even ICE SCULPTURES!

Kiddie Cocktails were served!

I think it's safe to say that they had a little bit of fun:)

Photos courtesy of KT Moon at Fidamo USA