Bathroom Organization

Does anyone's bathroom vanity look like this?

I couldn't even change out the TP without an avalanche of magazines toppling over.

So I bought a mesh magazine rack from Walmart for $6.50, and screwed it into the cabinet door.

If you do this, just make sure that the door still closes properly. This may not work if you have a really small cabinet door.

Mmmmm....organizational bliss....

My husband, upon existing the bathroom, "Honey, I think that magazine rack is my favorite thing you've done to the house."

;)

Double Digits

The sweet pre-teen years.

Today, for Valentines Day, I was given a pre-teen.

Pre-teen: 10-12 years of age.

Wow....

But of course, this hasn't been an overnight ordeal. Today it finally hit me that the cute/funny/obnoxious/cocky/flirty things he's been doing lately are predecessors to the era of being a teen.

How could I miss that?

Examples:

1. Blushes everytime you mention his girlfriend.

2. The first step to doing homework is putting in his earbuds to his MP3 player.

3. Taunts and teases his dad whilst playing video games ("How do you like that, punk?!")

4. Dots all his i's with a heart when he spells his girlfriend's name. (Way too cute!)

5. INSISTS that he needs to wear boxers from here on out.

6. Steals his dads Axe body wash and cologne. (hahaha...and uses WAY too much!)

7. He has to come with me to buy his clothes. Ya know, just in case I pick something lame-o.

8. Carries a wallet. (Really? What do you have that's so important in there?!)

9. Sits next to his girlfriend in class. Ladies man =D

10. Most importantly: his prayers at supper have gone from "Dear Lord, thank you for video games" to "Dear Lord, thank you for food, our house, family, and friends, Amen"  I.E. the kid's showing a great sense of morality. I'm proud!

And of course, throwing him a killer birthday bash was on my February To-Do List, so here's some highlights of that:

Except, of course, I forgot the birthday candles. lol.
But he got to blow them out on a piece of cake at home ;)

Happy Birthday William. We love you, and look forward to a lifetime of your quirks!

You know what that means? I'm ahead of schedule for my To-Do list. Does it surprise you that it's "For one day, be caught up on laundry..."? Nah, me neither...lol.

Message Board Revamp

Remember when this message board...

...was replaced with this?

Well, I'm not the type to waste a perfectly fine old message board!

So I took all the junk off.

And took all the strings off.

It was re-matted, re-strung, and my wedding necklace placed in the middle.

A nice little memory =)

Total Cost: Completely Free!

I'm thinking about lowering the necklace and putting a wedding photo on the top half. We'll see...

Ugh, I have one more V-Day project, but the big day's tomorrow, and I'm going to be soooo busy with my step-son's party, so I don't know if there will be a post on it.

Maybe if I have time tonight.

Repurposed Valentines Decor

I love repurposing things. Even if it's not something huge (like a dresser into an island).

My mother-in-law gave me this winter-themed tapestry. Not really my style...

BUT she gave me free liberty to do with it as I wanted.

And I've been decorating for V-Day.

So, I measured out the length of the top pole.

Then I cut two 1x4 boards that length.

I primed, painted, distressed, and drilled holes to hang them.

Then I added a bit of dark stain to the edges to really bring out the distressing.

Then the fun stuff...

I used my Cricut to cut out "BE MINE" on contact paper.

Then I pressed that firmly down on the boards.

I spray painted chocolate brown on top of that and carefully peeled the contact paper off while it was still wet. You want to do it while it's wet so that the edges won't stick to the contact paper, and it will give a cleaner edge.

Then I tied the pieces together with twine, tied that to the bar, and hung!

Cost: Completely Free!!

It's looking pretty festive around my house ;)

Anyways, I have one more V-Day decor project left before the big day, so stick around for that!

Table Skirt Video Tuturial

Woohoo, my first video post!!

I made a table skirt.

I hope you enjoy it!

Okay, I know I look like butt in this video. Don't make fun of me! 

I threw my hair into a pony as soon as I woke up so I could get down and dirty.

Usually I look like this:

Yeah, I wish....haha!

No, really though, this is me on a decent day:

hm....I don't LOVE this picture, but "take an awesome self-portrait for my blog" is on my February To-Do List, so I guess I can live with it....for now!

Things to be aware of while you watch the video:
-the crazy disgusting garage. (We only clean it in the warmer months. Hey...Winter lasts 9 months here!)

-the lack of baseboard in my bedroom. (I told you that my house is odd!)

-The amazingly ugly carpet in the bedroom (I want hardwood floors, but I'm still trying to figure out how to do it once you get to the top of the stairs....maybe I should finally hire a pro...ha!)