Another quick and easy repurposed organizing project brought to by the lazy and tree-huggin’ lady at Organized 31. My friend, K, gave me 2 plastic Carnation Breakfast boxes the same day she gave me the cocoa cans that I repurposed {here}. But I had a tougher time envisioning a new purpose for the plastic Breakfast…
Two weeks ago I told you about my friend, S’s great idea of using a checklist as she goes through each room before she moves {here}. Here’s part two of the checklist for the upstairs rooms. You can use it to review each room in your house as you prepare for an upcoming move. By…
My family is patiently anxiously waiting for the Air Force to tell us if we’re moving again this summer. Interesting facts about me and the homes I’ve lived in. Number of homes I lived in by age 18 9 Number of different dorm rooms I lived in 4 Number of homes I lived in since age…
Back when I was doing all the sweater upcycling, Sweater Sleeve Easter Cups and Repurposed Sweater Valentine’s Pillow, I saw this skirt at the thrift shop. I immediately fell in love with the pattern (maybe because it was January and yucky cold). It was marked down for clearance. I used to feel badly buying…
I’ve been admiring the Graphics Fairy blog {here} for months now. She has the most amazing stock graphics (means us crafty folks can use them with no problems). I’m particularly in love with the look of the numbers she used in this project. I’d been ruminating on what project I wanted to do with…
This past weekend my family and my friend S.’s family got together for one last hurrah before they move to Denmark. Isnt’ that exciting!? Her husband is in the Navy and has orders to Copenhagen. Is my envy showing? We were talking over lunch and S. mentioned that she is going to go from…
It’s April and time to start your Spring cleaning. You can access your April To Do List {here}. Depending on where you live in the country or world, spring cleaning in April means different things. If it’s too still too cold where you live to do some of these chores, slip them until May when…
My husband loves to dye Easter eggs and he’s quite creative in his designs. He’s passed his his skills down to our children. We all have a grand time dyeing eggs and admiring each other’s designs each Easter. Last year my youngest daughter created the entire Dumpty Family. Meet Mr. Humpty Dumpty, his wife,…
Do you have a linen closet? Do you have piles of sheets and towels? Do you have gremlins that come at night and tumble everything around in the closet family members that don’t keep the closet as neat as you would like? 3 simple tips will keep your linen closet nice…
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. When my children were younger (3, 7 and 10 years old), we would work on one of the fruit of the Spirit each week. We’d discuss what that…