Paper Organization

If you are anything like Jordan and I, you have lots of loose papers that pile up on the counters, floors, or other places. I usually like to hide them places and then Jordan can't find what he needs. So this was an idea I came up with to create a better system for "hiding" or organizing our papers. We picked up a set of 5 magazine holders from IKEA in plain white for about 3 dollars (maybe even less than that). They are just white cardboard and pretty lame so I added some color and interest by cutting scrapbook paper to fit the spine. Use modge podge to apply the paper to the cardboard and then apply a coat on the top to protect the scrapook paper. We used five different colors/styles of paper so that we could identify what papers belong in which holder. We then placed them on a bookcase facing in so that the spine with the different scrapbook paper shows. You could cover the two sides as well, but we decided we just wanted the spines covered.

organizing thanks to pinterest

Here is another idea taken from Pinterest. I saw a pin where shower curtain rings were used to organize women scarves. Well, I took the idea to help my husband organize his ties. I took a heavy duty hanger and used plastic shower rings to organize his ties. It is so much better than the organizer we were using before. It is easier to get them on and off and put them together with colors! Such a great organization idea! Try it out for those guys in your life.

cheap wall art

This is some wall art for Miley's room I made for cheap. The vinyl was from a vinyl boutique I love to stop by, but you could cut it our yourself or get it custom made. I just put the vinyl right on the glass on the frame. The frame is just a dollar wooden frame from the dollar store that I used glossy black spray paint on. Scrapbook paper was cut to the frame size and added to add some color and design. Cheap and easy to make!

6 MONTHS

Miley is 6 months officially on January 17, 2011. She weighed in at 14 pounds 3 ounces and is 25 inches long! She is a small little baby girl, but so cute! She is sitting up so well and is so strong for her age! Miley is babbling and talking all the time. She can get so loud and shrills and screams a girly scream quite often. Her personality is really starting to show more and more each day. It is so much fun! Now we are just waiting and getting ready for her to start crawling any day. She will go from sitting up to getting onto all fours and wants to start crawling so bad.

Miley Marie

Lamp redo

Here are the ideas from pinterest where my idea originated:

   

http://pinterest.com/pin/61924563595936282/

http://pinterest.com/pin/61924563595873211/

Our lamp was just clear glass and I spray painted it with Valspar spray paint from Lowes. The Valspar spray paint is awesome and coats really well. I've used it for a few projects on various surfaces and it works really well. It looks a little more blue in the picture, but it is more of a teal or turquoise color. I've now added a black empire lampshade with it, as well.

another printable

I saw another printable on Pinterest that I only kind of liked, so I decided to take the idea I saw and edit for my own colors and taste for my kitchen. It is now a 12x12 size for a frame I already had in my kitchen.

Here is the original pin from pinterest:

http://pinterest.com/pin/61924563596075788/



Here is my own printable I created using photoshop: