Laundry Makeover

Hello friends! So summer has come and gone in the blink of an eye! We had a jam packed summer vacation between hubby being gone for work (and having a pretty major injury on his trip which led to him having surgery in Germany and now lots of occupational therapy), summer camps for my kiddos, and little trips here and there! My youngest turned 5 last week and started Kindergarten this week, needless to say, this mama has been a bit emotional lately!! He's growing up so fast and I just can't keep up! So we are getting into a new "normal" with his school schedule and I'm hoping to find more time for my hobbies again (blogging and sewing)! I'm also planning to get back to the gym since I now have some time between him getting on the bus in the mornings and my work day starting. Maybe a future blog topic...for now, let's just hope I can stick to my fitness plan for longer than a week or two!

In other news, I've been planning for awhile now to open an Etsy shop and while I had planned to get lots sewn over the summer, that just didn't happen! Again, hopefully I can get back into a groove and make time for my hobbies and get that going here in the next month (in time for shoppers to purchase some Christmas gifts from me). Leave me some comments with items you'd like to see in the shop! Right now my plan is to start off with some of my friends and family's favorite bibs and burp cloths, as well as some baby blankets, kids hooded towels, and possibly a few other random items.

Now, on to the laundry room makeover! This post has been a year in the making, so it's about time I get it posted!

Spring Wreath Tutorial!

Hello Friends!! Long time no see! :) We've had some MAJOR life changes since my last posts, so I'm here and ready to catch you up! 

My husband got out of the Army in April 2017, studied his little heart out and passed a series of exams to get some IT certifications and progress through a veterans program with Cisco Systems. He accepted a position at their office in the Dallas area and in July 2017 we sold our home in North Carolina and moved halfway across the country! We settled in a suburb north of Dallas and absolutely LOVE it here!!

Kiddo has been busy with Cub Scouts, taekwondo, and baseball as well as playing with new friends and spending every free moment at the pool (in the spring/summer months). 

Work and being a taxi driver (to shuttle kiddo from activity to activity) has kept me busy, along with unpacking the house and getting us settled in. We are currently just renting, so we don't have a lot of DIY house projects right now, but if all goes as planned, we will be buying a home in another year or two (which will surely bring SO many new projects for me to share with you!). I'm slowly getting back to working on my Etsy shop now that life is settling down again, so be on the lookout for an opening announcement and sale in the coming months!

It's not even June yet, but it already feels like summer here in Dallas (temps are in the 90's, ugh), and I've got a tutorial for you today on how to make a fun wreath for your door! I made mine light and bright for spring and summer, but you can easily change the colors to make it suitable for any season! Let's get to it!

DIY Lazy Susan Organizer!

Hey guys!! Today I've got a super quick and easy pantry organization project for you! Previously my spices were sitting in little bins, which kept them contained and together in the pantry, but it was super hard to find the one I was looking for (I needed to clean out the old expired spices as well-there were a lot!).

 I love the idea of using a lazy susan/spinnner to keep the spices so they are easy to find, but have you priced those things lately?? Walmart, Bed, Bath & Beyond, and the Container Store have them for $8 or more! Sorry friends, but I'm not paying that much money for something sitting in my pantry. So I found this little DIY lazy susan hack that only cost $3 each! Boom! I made 4 of these for just over the price of one in the store! I actually like these more than the store bought ones anyway because they have sides, so the spices won't fall over easily. These can be used for just about anything from spices to lotion and other bathroom items, to anything you want easy and organized access to!

All you need is 2 round cake pans and  bag of marbles. You can get all of these things for $1 each at the Dollar Tree, making each one only $3! Walmart has 9" cake pans for $.88, however I had a really hard time finding a store that had them in stock (I went to 4 different stores with no luck!), so I used the 8" pans I found at the Dollar Tree and they were a great size for spices. I eventually found some at a Walmart and made 2 more of these for our bathroom cabinets! 

Step 1: Put marbles in one of the cake pans.

Step 2: Put the second cake pan on top.

Step 3: Put in your spices.

Step 4: Smile, you are done! :) And spin it around 100 times because, well, its fun!

Here's my BEFORE. :( A MESS!!

And the AFTER!! SOO much better!!

Let me know if you make these or have any other genius organization hacks!!

-A

Dining Table Centerpiece DIY

Hello Friends!! Happy Easter!! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend (I had an extra day off work, so that was extra wonderful)! We kept things VERY low key this year, and it was awesome! The entire weekend we stayed on relax mode and honestly didn't do much of anything...sometimes you just need a few days to unwind! Friday we just ran some errands and lounged around the house. Hubby and I finally got a day date in at the driving range on Saturday, and while we had a blast, I am sore in places I didn't even know had muscles to be sore! It's been YEARS since I've even held a golf club--needless to say, watching us must have been pretty comical!  In years past, we have gone to Ohio to be with my family for Easter, but that didn't work out this year due to hubby's work schedule so we just spent the day mostly at home. Kiddo did his Easter egg hunt in the house because the weather just had to be yucky. Egg hunts are much more fun outside!! After that, we just hung around and watched movies for most of the day and I think that was just what we needed. 3 days off with nothing to do. My house is a disaster and the laundry is piling up, but I'm so glad we had a chill weekend!

Kitchen Table MAKEOVER!

WOW! I've been 100% absent from this blog for over 6 months...all I can say for myself is that life happens! Between our busy summer, hubby being overly busy with work and training, and having a super active 4 year old (oh and my full time job), I just got busy and maybe a little lazy. In any case, I'm ready to get back to writing and sharing our projects and creations with you!