COMING SOON

I have a bunch of new things to post, my room is coming along great I just have a few things left and it will be finished... Pictures posting of the DIYs I finished going to be added.

DIY Tufted Upholstered Headboard...

So  I finally had the time to sit down and do this project and I am extremely happy with my results. I did this all by my little self and I had no help.

I've wanted this headboard for the longest time and I will definitely be making another one in the future. I found that the hardest part was choosing the fabric. It was so hard, or I'm just an indecisive person. The next headboard I make will probably be made using a velvet, or velvet like fabric.

Here's how the headboard turned out it's for my full bed.

To get to this point there's a couple of things you need

Pegboard (51x36) that's the size I wanted the headboard to be {$17.75 Home Depot}

2 yards of your fabric of choice (I chose a grey/ silver taffeta) {on sale $12.49 a yard Hancock Fabrics}

Spray adhesive {$5.88 at Wal Mart}

3 inch Foam (51 inches) this is super expensive {$32.99 a yard at Joann's so total $46.75} I had a 50% off coupon so I paid $23.37

I used 24 1 1/8 inch Buttons {These were $15.00 with coupons from Joann's}

Giant upholstery needle {$1.97 Wal Mart}

Upholstery thread {$1.99 Hobby Lobby}

Staple Gun and Staples {FREE}

Hot Glue Gun {$2.99 Hobby Lobby}

Glue Sticks {$4.99 Hobby Lobby}

Batting {$2.99 Hobby Lobby with 40% off coupon}



I should also mentioned that I set a budget of the cash that I had in my wallet which was $75.00, I was over my budget, this cost me around $100 but it is way cheaper than the $400- 800 headboards that I wanted.

I began this process by trying to map out how I was going to arrange the buttons and the spacing. I just jotted this down on paper and then used basic math to determine spacing

then I placed the cut pegboard (get this cut at Home Depot, they do it for free there) and placed my foam on top of the pegboard and placed the fabric on top just to make sure where to cut the extra fabric to make the buttons

I then took the fabric off  and marked where I wanted to buttons to go with a sharpie and glued the foam to the pegboard using the spray adhesive

I then added the batting but I did not glue this down and marked where the buttons go through with a sharpie

I didn't take a picture of me making the buttons, but those took a bit of time making all of those.

Next I placed the fabric on top and ran my first button through and pulled it tight and stapled the thread to the back of the board and then I used hot glue to also glue the thread down.

And I just continue this process row by row

When I finished all of the rows I then stapled the fabric that extended past the foam because you aren't going to see this part

I then folded and stapled all of the fabric to the back of the board

The headboard sits on top of my box spring and mattress it's awesome

Who Run The World

Have you ever just sat and thought about something so hard that you literally just wanted to vanish. I just want to hibernate in my room with a party pack of tacos and never surface. I just want to burrow deep into the ground. I read things, I see things about all these important women that are my age and I feel like i've done something wrong. These are supposed to be the happiest times in your life, young, full of life. I mean I just think to myself, if these are the best times, things aren't looking so great for me. I need a job, I feel pathetic, I feel like i'm not valuable to anyone at all right now. These are truly dark days for me and it.....

This is what makes us girls

So as a twenty five year old, I feel that I am coming to terms with the things I love and the things I really despise. One thing I don't think I will ever stop enjoying is anything lemon. I am a huge citrus fan and I don't know why I love lemon so much (I'm weirdly lying in bed eating lemon cookies while reading a book that just got delivered {I will discuss this book later}) I want to shout it at the top of some mountain top.... I'm Jasmine and I love all things lemon.

Me, Nisha and my Mom went on a pseudo adventure today that involved us going to Wichita Falls to check on my brother... blah don't want to talk about that so we wasted half the day 7:30 am to 2:30 pm gone but we did managed to eat lunch together and discuss various topics.

I came home to find a lovely package for me that included two dvds and a new book. Which I am reading now. It's Mindy Kaling's book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) I'm around 72 pages in and I feel like she is telling the story of my life....minus the Dartmouth education  and living in New York trying to make it big in the television entertainment world all while being a chubby Indian girl. I mean just replace Dartmouth College with Texas Tech University, switch navigating the concrete jungle of New York City with the construction riddled highways that plague the DFW metroplex, don't forget to change trying to make it big in TV with just trying to get any entry level job working in the financial industry and you have me in a novel. Oh and no chubby Indian girl just a chubby overly confident Black girl... we are on the same wave length that Mindy and I. So I'm finding a ton of inspiration to follow my dreams and all of that but why I'm really loving this book is that she is a normal person like me. Babysitting and all. I need to stop being lazy this gives me the motivation to continue to look for fulfilling employment and that I have stories in my life that need to be written down. Maybe one day I can have my face on a novel for people like me in the future. Thats crazy.

Is it sad that when my mom offers me money that I take it. I feel like i'm in high school but my allowance is much bigger and I do a lot less for it. I can't wait to have a job so I can be less inclined to accept her money... but who passes up free money. Speaking of money, I found 11 bucks today while I was in Wichita Falls just laying motionless in a prickly bush it was crazy. I believe God left it for me to find. I know that may sound weird, and I thought about buying movie candy with it in the theater (you know that movie theater candy is so so so expensive) but I'm donating it to a church cause. $11 doesn't sound like much but I think a food bank can make 55 meals or something that I read in one of those little mailers so that is what I am doing with it.

I bought a blazer yesterday, not the Chevy Blazer, I don't think they make those anymore, but a cute statement blazer. It was on the cheap so I don't feel guilty. I think i'm going to go buy hair so I can braid my hair later next week, and I may just put some burgundy in there. Tight!

My comedic hero

I have a major headache

I think i'm about to fall asleep but yeah today I slept in until 12pm. I could not fall asleep last night. I didn't fall asleep until 3am or so because I was looking up room decor oh and I got a new cream color chair for my room. I'm excited.

I watched the Golden Globes tonight, it was meh, some funny bits. I also watched Downton Abbey and now I'm watching Girls.

I need to get my life together... geeze. I applied to around 10 companies this weekend, I need to get some interviews rolling in.

My mom asked me when I was going to buy paint for my bookshelf, I'm like I don't have any money. She just goes oh.... as if she is surprised. I haven't worked since December 12th, and it was sparse because it was during finals.

Here's a picture of the chair I'm thinking of making a slip cover, but I may not and just invest in a cool throw. It looks like their are stains on it but I think that is just shadows with the lighting. All and all it cost me zero dollars. I'm making over my room on a budget so it's nice to scour your parents home and beg them for cute furniture.

I need to find some cool fabric for curtains, and for a cool tufted upholstered headboard I plan on doing.
here's my inspiration. I know it's definitely going to be rectangular because I don't want to invest in saws right now. I also need to figure out my fabric choice.

I also need to start collecting embroidery hoops to make some wall art by using scraps of cool fabric. I will be hitting up thrift shops in my near future.

Then I need paint, and a tapestry, and a rug, and possibly a new down comforter. A shoe organizer too. and hooks for my bags. I actually have a lot to do and get. I'm in no rush though.

Job Hunting still a go go

I applied to around 10 companies today, I need money quick. Tired of mooching off of my mom for everything. I did make them spaghetti for dinner so that should account for something. I went to Denton with Nisha today and it's weird walking on other campuses and not seeing brown... brown dirt, brown trees, spanish tiles on roofs. I miss Texas Tech and it's beautiful campus. I know see how my fellow alumni feel when they leave Lubbock for good. Texas Tech will always have the tiniest place in my heart. Speaking of Denton... I hate it, full of hipster wannabes. I just about vomited every where I walked. Good luck to my sister, I know she will be counting down the days. I fall asleep thinking about future jobs, I'm actually getting nervous about interview outfits, and work attire. I'm starting to wish I had entered into an occupation where you were allowed to be creative, and you were encouraged to be an individual. I would wear the coolest outfit, but instead I will be entering the financial industry where you better be wearing black, navy, or grey and you better be in a suit and demand respect, and exude professionalism because thats how people expect their employees to dress especially when dealing with other peoples money.

I think I'm going to eat some spaghetti and watch more Deadwood

Oh tomorrow I may just unpack my bags and shoes, they are still in giant suitcases. On the 17th I will have lived here for a month, the time is flying by.

wave a penny under your nose

hahah I've been rewatching Deadwood and I realized that I have great taste in tv shows. I mean I bought the complete series of Deadwood about three years ago and I've watched this show when it aired on HBO back in the mid 2000's. I just love historical fiction dramas. I also slept in for a good bit of the day and it didn't rain as much today. I braided my hair today, I actually just finished but I want them a bit longer so I will be adding more hair to them. I think I have enough in my closet because I don't want to spend money to buy more.

I sold my Public Finance book back to Amazon and I got a credit for about 78 dollars, yes ( Tech only wanted to give me $10, ripoff) so I bought a couple of things on the cheap today, HDMI cable, and then a mini display port so I can now watch things off of my Macbook on my TV. So many cables.

Lastly I bought a CD. I actually had this cd back in 2006 or 2007 from my roommate Sarah, I sweet memories. The CD wasn't mine and I was too cheap to buy it when me, Sarah and some friends went and saw this group when they came to Lubbock and I fell in love with these sweet tunes. The CD was on an old iPod of mine but I can't find it and yeah I just decided to buy it now and I am glad I did. It's Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The Album is titled We Brave Bee Stings and All.

I think I'm going to listen to it and drift to sleep. Me and Nisha are trekking to Denton tomorrow to get her school things taken care of and maybe stop by some yummy food along the way. It's going to be an adventure.