Getting Organized!

I am not an organized person. I was not blessed with that talent. I fake being organized by cleaning my house and putting all my school papers in binders, but truly I am not organized. I blame my ADD tendencies. I can never quite finish a project so I have a million projects going on at once and they are all over my house. It is my dream to learn how to be organized. It is one of my resolutions this year. For the past couple of weeks I have been assessing my major problem areas and looking up several websites on how others organize their crap. (Yes, I had to research it. I blame that on my graduate school tendencies) So I thought if I created a schedule (Yes, I get overwhelmed and have to take one little thing at a time or else this will not get done!) and kept writing about it on my blog, then hopefully it will be easier to stick to my schedule and hopefully get ideas from all ya all and encouragement. For this month I have scheduled:

Week 1 (Jan 31st- Feb 6):
Print off groceries lists and place them in my kitchen where I will write on them.
Organize my pantry with date stickers and a list of all the products I have and need.
Buy a whiteboard calendar and coordinate schedules.

Week 2 (Feb 7th- Feb 13th):
Organize my dresser drawer
Create shelving for office
Create pin push board for office


Week 3 (Feb 14th- Feb 20th):
Organize books- Sell old text books, and put the rest in storage boxes
Organize file folders

Week 4 (Feb 21st- Feb 27th):
Organize desk

Hopefully I can do it! I'll keep you posted!

Crafts!

So here are some crafts that I have been working on. I promised myself that I would only do one craft a month. Yeah, I don't know why I lie to myself.


I am loving modge podge!


So I got this inspiration from Living with Lindsey (http://www.livingwithlindsay.com/2009/11/librarians-please-avert-your-eyes.html). One word to the wise, if you make this get a small Styrofoam wreath. As you can see I did not and it turned out HUGE!




This is about as "Valentiney" as my decorations are going to get. I think it turned out cute!

Crocheting

Yep, I found a new hobby! Crocheting. I am just starting out, and I don't know if it is here to stay, but I heart it. How am I learning? Welp.. YOU TUBE. HA HA. Judge me all you want. If I am struggling I have two ladies who teach lessons here in the valley that can teach me. But how cool would it be to learn off of the computer? Very is the correct answer. So, here are my two projects that I have to do. They are the reason why I started doing this in the first place!

Guilty Pleasures..

Ok girls, here is my top ten guilty pleasures. But guess what? If you read it, you have to post yours!

10. TV Shows- I almost have 1 (or 2,3,4,5) for each night of the week. Yes I know it is sad. Yes I judge myself.


Sunday- Desperate Housewives
Monday- The Bachelor, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Castle
Tuesday- Teen Mom, 90210, Better of Ted, Scrubs
Wednesday- The Middle, Cougar Town, Modern Family, America's Next Top Model, Glee
Thursday- Grey's, Private Practice, Parks and Recreation, The Office
Friday- Jersey Shore

9. My pillow and pillowcase- I have discussed this before. If you don't know my love for my pillow, then you don't know me.


8. Fabric stores- Yes, Kendall.. I stole this picture from you. But I LOVE IT!


7. Book stores- Be still my heart.


6. Sushi- Never used to like it, but now I CRAVE it! I once almost considered not having children because I could not eat sushi while pregnant...


5. Glee- Need I say how much I love to sing with them?


4. Doing crafts- I think that is just a given


3. Blog stalking- We all do it!


2. Cake batter ice cream from Cold Stone- BEST EVER!


1. Anthropology, J.Crew, Banana Republic, Pottery Barn, Forever 21... should we just call this one shopping?

Coasters

I made these super cute and EASY coasters for friends this holiday season. (Liz and PS, I am sorry I am a slacker and that you have not received your yet.. so SURPRISE!) My mom made these at her ward's Super Saturday activity. I thought they were so cute I just had to do them. So here is a tutorial on how to do them. (Sorry, no step by step pics.)

What you will need:
* Tiles (I did 4 per set. I got mine at Lowe's for 38 cents per tile)
* Stamps (I did alphabet stamps for the first letter in the person's last name. But you can use any stamp you want)
* Ink pad (distressed or normal ink in any color)
* Sharpie markers (if you want to color in the stamps)
* Rust-oleum crystal clear enamel spray (make SURE it is crystal clear)
* Slider pads
* Mahogany wood stain (optional)

Step 1: Take your stamp and measure where you would like it. I like mine in the center, my mom did a couple with boarders all along the side.

Step 2: Press ink on ink pad, making sure you get a good, equal amount all along the stamp.

Step 3: Place stamp on tile and press evenly along the stamp. Pull stamp off.

Step 4: Let stamp dry. Now, because it is on tile, the ink will NEVER fully dry until you put on the enamel. I let mine dry for a day.

Step 5:Take a paint brush, dip in stain and place stain on edges of the tile. Wipe off immediately with a rag. I did this to mine to give the tile an "older feel". This made the alphabet stamps I was using even more of a vintage feel too.

In addition to Step 5 (Optional): Use sharpie markers to color in stamps. My mom did snowmen on her tiles and colored in the scarves and snowflakes. It was way cute! I just kept mine all black.

Step 6: Spray crystal clear enamel spray evenly over the tiles. It takes about a day to dry.

Step 7: Place sticky slider pads on the back of the tiles to prevent the tile from scratching coffee tables or what not.

See, I told you it was easy! And pretty cheap too. Enjoy!

Yes PLEASE!

Look how AMAZING these are! Welly warmers! Yes please! I need to goes make these RIGHT now! http://sabbespot.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-welly-warmers.html

Christmas decorations

This was a lame attempt at dressing up my apothecary jar. Next year it will be better, but I still like how sparkly the balls are!



I told you I remade this! I just did not (or could not) put a bow on it. I really like how the balls pop against the green door.


I never thought I would have such a wonderful nativity set! But my mother-in-law heard me talking about it and gave it to me and Dev for Christmas this year. Isn't it beautyful? I am having a hard time taking it down!


I made these on a whim. I was at Hob Lob (a moment of silence for the awesomeness of that store)and saw the plain letters and thought, "I can just modge podge them!" Keep in mind that I had never modge podged in my life, but that did not stop me!


Up close

I still need to take a picture of my wreath that is on my front door. It is just way to cold right now to go take a pic of it! I don't have very many Christmas decorations, but I figure if I add a couple each year, then in 10 years I will have enough!