Memorial weekend to-do list
26 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in 2012 home goals, Around the house, Lists
- Follow up emails
- Finish ripping up the carpet
- Deep clean the bathroom
- Grocery shop
- Bill drawer (follow up with some tax and medical correspondence)
- Clean out kitchen pantry
- Purge and organize food container storage
- Junquing!
- Polyurethane desk chair
- Ironing
- Finish the stack of paperwork I brought home from work
- Manicure
- Catch up on last two episodes of Once Upon A Time
A crafting lifesaver (it really works!)
16 May 2012 Leave a Comment
Rubbing alcohol removes hot glue
Something to look at
07 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Around the house, Vintage stuff
…while I’m finishing up with the software upgrade at work (just one more week, just one more week, just one more..) The paper mache tray and ceramic bird are from Junk and Disorderly, the candles are mine. This little tableau now lives on the bottom shelf of the TV stand. For a few dollars (like $4.00), I’m as happy as that little bird.
Happy Easter Candy
08 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
I’ve always been a Peep girl and these have become my new favorite candy.
Chocolate mousse marshmallow dipped in dark chocolate. How can you go wrong?
Procrastination
25 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
I love a good to-do list. The more, the merrier. I’m the kind of person that will put stuff on the list just to take it off. But sometimes, I just hit the wall. Hard. This month has kinda been that way. So I’m rolling with it. I’m stockpiling projects, buying needed items, and downloading plans – getting ready for the time when I kick back into gear. Sometimes the whole process of ‘getting ready’ is the impetus I need to move past the ennui that stalls me.
And the above comic is from Hyperbole and a Half. She’s hilariously funny and beautifully honest. I’ve got a girl-crush on her!
Stash-busting bracelets
18 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
The top one is blue suede (found in a sale pile at AC Moore), and a citrine bead and silver wire from my stash. Bracelet tutorial is here (I added a clasp instead of tying the ends).
The middle bracelet is a black rubber thong and milky glass beads from my stash.
The bottom bracelet is sale bin find from Michaels. It’s two strands of bronze suede threaded through an antiqued chain. All I had to do was add a bit of antiqued chain from my stash (to make it longer) and a clasp.
Unfortunately, the stash is far from busted. 
Thrifty finds
15 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Around the house, Vintage stuff
Junk and Disorderly – one of my favorite haunts – is relocating to a new storefront. In preparation for the the move, they’ve been hosting a 30% off moving sale until the end of the month (EDIT: this weekend is their last in the old location and everything is 50% off!). This past Saturday, I went for a stroll and scored a few things.
- The brackets will be repainted and are the base for my clothes-hanging station.
- The fiberglass bird tray is now hanging on my front door with ribbon bow (this was one of those “one day I’m going to buy this” purchases.)
- The aluminum molds are going to get a coat of oil-rubbed bronze spray paint.
- The wooden bowl is going to get sanded down (purpose – yet to be determined.)
And the marble miniature of two women (I like to think of them as sisters) is on my little curio shelf in the craft room. I had been following this little piece as it moved through the store for months, and finally brought it home!
Craft room organizing
14 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Around the house, Crafty, New stuff
Courtesy of -
Target (Dollar Spot cardboard magazine files and white notebooks)
Martha Stewart (adhesive metal bookplates)
My stash (Art Nouveau scrapbook papers)
Coffee
