Guest Blogger - Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Tea Towel Hanging Bags

Kitchen Counter Chronicles

I am excited to be here at Someday Crafts, sharing my crafty ideas with all of you. Hope you enjoy my post today!

I love vintage aprons and tea towels. Today's tea towels are typically pretty boring. Tea towels from the 50's and 60's were so much more interesting. Some of my vintage tea towels are in better shape than others. I have been looking for a way to repurpose some tea towels...give them a new life. Then one day it hit me...transforming the tea towels into handy sacks.

Here's what I did.

You will need:

1 vintage tea towel
coordinating thread
iron
binding tape
2 hooks (and anchors if necessary)
screwdriver
measuring tape
pencil


Steps

1. My vintage tea towel was rather large, so I cut and hemmed it down to a 34" X 17" piece of fabric.

2. Fold your tea towel, bring the bottom edge up at approximately 15" and press the fold.

3. Sew along the sides of the tea towel...creating a large pocket...leaving about 6" piece for the flap.

4. Turn the sack right side out and press.

To make the loops:

5. Cut 2, 5"pieces of binding tape or ribbon.

6. Fold the pieces in half and pin on the backside of the sack at approximately 7" from the top and along the side seam.

7. sew the loop in place...leaving a 1" loop at the top

8. Hang the hooks in the wall or door - following the manufacturers directions.

9. Hang the bag on the hooks.

I filled mine with potatoes and hung it just outside my kitchen...on our backdoor. My 5 year old daughter suggested we put our flip-flops in the bag during the summer...great idea! These bags could be used for anything from toys and shoes to laundry and onions. I love that vintage tea towels have such a great texture - they feel soft and well worn.

I hope you come visit me at Kitchen Counter Chronicles.


THANKS for sharing this cute and easy way to make a hanging bag. I have a few tea towels in my craft room that I could definitely use as bags!

Head over to Kitchen Counter Chronicles to see more!

How To Get Stainless Steel Appliances For $10!!!! NO JOKE!

Have you been wanting to get some stainless steel appliances, but can't afford to? Or do you have one stainless steel appliance and want the others to match? Well, head over to Stillwater Story to learn how to spray paint your appliances to make them appear as though they are the expensive stainless steel one! SWEET!!!!

See how make stainless steel appliances!

DIY Plate Rack

This idea and look of having a plate rack in a cabinet is so pretty! Nest. Nesting. Nested. has a super easy tutorial of how to make one to hold your dishes! It would take much time at all to make one! Great for a cabinet with a glass door (or one that you can't see through.)

See the DIY Plate Rack.

Picture Frame Cabinet Doors

Head over to Choose To Thrive where you can learn how to make picture frame cabinets. Like Nike, you can either leave them blank or put pictures or scrapbook goodness in them. What a fun way to change up your kitchen.

See the picture frame cabinet door tutorial.

Can Organizer Giveaway (and Handmade Soap Winner)

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CanOrganizer.com

If you have a kitchen, pantry, or any sort of food storage, then you will love CanOrganizer.com. It is an affordable new way to organize your canned food! You can easily store, organize and rotate your canned food by using this simple and effective design that will maximize your cupboard space. Many different Organizers have been created to easily fit in your standard cupboard, pantry and food storage shelving.

The 11" deep Cupboard Organizer is perfect for smaller spaces like your cupboard where you need to maximize space. This is ideal where a pantry or extra storage may not be available. You can simply use one Organizer or many depending on your needs. Fill up your cupboard so you can easily find what you're looking for!

The 16" deep Shelf Organizer is deeper so you can store even more cans! Designed to fit nicely on your standard shelf so it is perfect for storage areas like your garage or storage room.

And finally, the 22.5" deep Pantry Organizer is the deepest of the bunch. This system is optimal for those deep pantries or storage racks where you have plenty of space. You will be amazed how many you can fit in the Organizer and well organized your food storage will be. Now you can hit those canned good sales and stock up for your family, saving money and having food on hand for whenever you need it.

Of course, if your cupboards are crammed with different odds and ends and you don't have space to fit several organizers in a row, customize what you need for the space that you have. Aren't you ready to be organized and clean up those cupboards? Be better prepared and save now by visiting CanOrganizer.com and selecting the perfect size for your home.

Watch how easy they are to assemble (click here).

CanOrganizer has offered a fantastic giveaway to one of you for

a 4 pack of can organizers, of any size.

So whatever suits you best, the winner will be able to choose.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Visit CanOrganizer.com, pick the size you would like to win and leave a comment here with your name and size. It's as easy as that!

DISCOUNT

Are you ready to organize? And if you aren't feeling lucky, or end up not winning the giveaway, CanOrganizer is offering a 10% discount off any purchase. Just put in the code 'SomeDayCrafts' at checkout (expires at the end of April 2011).

Visit CanOrganizer.com for your discount today!

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The winner to Rachael's Handmade Soap Shop giveaway is:

#7 - CYNDI - All of her soaps sound delish! I'd like to try the cranberry-orange, sweetheart, and peppermint wake-up. And the lemon squeeze! I hearted her shop.

Please contact me to claim your soap.

Table Setting Placemat

Punkin Patterns has a fun way to teach kids (and adults) how to set the table properly with these place setting placemats. Whether for the actual dinner table or for the kid kitchen, these are an awesome idea. (Don't you love the fabric she used?!!!)

See the place setting placemat tutorial.

Chalkboard Backed Cabinets

There are so many cool things to do with chalkboard paint and here is another new one! Creatively Living Outside The Box painted the back of her cabinets with chalkboard paint(which she actually took off the doors). The contrast of white and black looks stunning. Plus, you can write on or decorate the back of cabinets.

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See the chalkboard backed cabinets.

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2 AMAZING Silverware Projects!

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Here are two rockstar ideas from today's party using silverware!!!! Love them both!

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I love sunburst mirrors. I've featured quite a few of them. BUT I have never seen one made out of silverware and I have to say I LOVE this one!!!! Flamingo Toes always has such cute ideas! She uses this silverware sunburst mirror to decorate her dining room! BRILLIANT!!!

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There's something stunning about this wall of silverware (or maybe it should be called whiteware now) from Spunky Junky. What a fun way to decorate a kitchen.

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See more links from Whatever Goes Wednesday.

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