Sunday, April 17, 2011
How to Decoupage a Light-Switch Plate with Fabric
My son's nursery needed a lightswitch plate, and me being me, I decided
to decoupage it with scrap fabric leftover from the quilt I made him. This is a super easy way to add some extra decor to any room, and it's very cheap. You just need a plain flat switchplate and a piece of slightly larger fabric.
1. Coat the switchplate with glue. I used Elmer's and I didn't dillute it with water or anything else. I just squirted some on and used my finger to smear it all around covering the entire surface right up to the edges.
2. Apply fabric to the glue. Don't worry about covering up the holes because you can cut those out later. Fold the fabric around the edges.
3. Apply more glue to the top of the fabric. Once again I just squirted it on and used my finger to spread it everywhere. Make sure you get the edges where your fabric folds around to the back!
4. Let it dry. I put mine on the deck in the sunshine to speed up the process. Once it is dry, you can punch the screws through the screw holes (the fabric will give easily now that it is hardened with glue). I poked a hole through the center with some scissors and trimmed the fabric back to make room for the lightswitch.
5. Now you can mount it on your wall! I did mine so that the switch came through one of the skinny towers on the fabric. This fabric matches a lot of the decor in my son's nursery. Such a simple project!
Friday, April 8, 2011
My First Quilt--Medieval Castle Peeps, and Matching Curtains
Friday, April 1, 2011
Screamland Available for Pre-Order!!

The book comes out on June 8th and is currently available for pre-order. After scouring the Internet we found the best deal out there. You can buy it here for only $1.94!!!
There are a couple interviews with the creators about the book available at Comicmonsters.com and Newsarama.com.
And yes, my husband, Lee Leslie, is the artist behind this project. He is also the writer and creator of Rigby the Barbarian, so my love of comic book inspired projects and other nerdy things is a family affair. The first volume of Screamland has already been published if you want to start from the beginning of the series, but the second volume definitely stands alone. It's really funny!
You can also find Screamland on Facebook. They'd love to have more "likes"!
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