Craft Storage can be fun...

I love using different things to "store" my embellishments in.  Don't get me wrong, plastic containers are functional...but not cute!

I found this little silver cup at a place called The Funky Monkey while visiting my sister in Texas.  It is very Funky in there, seriously.

These buttons are from the company I used to design for {oneheart...onemind}.  The owner of the company had a vintage bracelet that she reproduced into Scrapbook embellishments.  Way cute...but I am pretty sure that they are not made anymore.

Another find at my local flea market...it is an old Ball jar & came with tons of buttons.

Have a good one!

Getting There...Scrap Room Organizing

First of all, I found this repo-postcard at my local flea market...I had to get it because I am SOOOO looking forward to Spring!!

I also found this baby, a 9 section tray for storing my stuff.  I think it was orginally put on the wall and used as a display box.  Yep, I filled it up.  I have 2 other trays that look like this in the works, I am a collector almost more than a scrapper!

I am seriously embarrassed to show you this picture.  This is about 2/3 of my stuff before I started going through it yesterday.  I threw a lot of stuff away, lots of packaging that was not needed.  Then I also found a lot of duplicates of X-acto knives, adhesives, modge podge bottles and etc.

My stuff has been in the 4 corners of our house...now coming together makes me so happy.

That big ol' black thing in our corner is our computer armoire that I love but have decided that we are going to sell it and simplify to a laptop.  {it has shutter doors on the front}

Baby Steps to Organizing my Stuff...

I just got out a few things that I want to use as storage.  I figured that if I have a plan set out and places to put things {when I drag them out of the corners of the house} that the process will go smoother than my normal chaos.

My mom-in-law gave me this beauty for Christmas {from Tai-Pan Trading}.  It can hold cards, pictures & just about anything.  I am thinking of putting it here.

I want to make liners for the old footlockers {like from Pottery Barn, click here}.  I got the red and white magazine holders from IKEA for way cheap, I need more!  An old collander holds quite a bit of this and that.  I got the little red organizer at REAL DEALS while visiting my sister in Texas.  I can just go crazy in that store!!  The small wire baskets are from HobLob and I got them for about 50 cents.

I have no idea what this piece of furniture is supposed to be for, but it fits the photo boxes perfectly!

I know that all of this will change about a dozen times before it is workable.  Most of all I hope that I remember where I put everything.

Almost there...Craft Room

Mr. B took work off today to finish the room.

I never want to see putty, sandpaper, nail sinking tools again!

We are amateurs at this, so it really is looking good for a couple of regular ol' DIY-ers like us.  We have never installed door casings before.

After we paint and get my stuff moved in, we are going to put a window above the french doors.

I ordered these classic glass knobs from http://www.lookintheattic.com/ for a really good price!  I can't wait to get them on the doors!

Enjoy your day!

Baby K's room, Scrapbooking & Craft Room Update

I am finally getting around to doing some decorating in Baby K's room.  I know that this set up with change, but for now it works.

I eventually will paint in here something like Palladian Blue from Benjamin Moore.

I got these curtains at IKEA thinking they would be for my craft room.  Then I decided that they will be perfect in her room.  {Matilda Curtains}

Um, Yeah...Unplanned Project for Mr. B on Saturday.  He was taking the baseboards off and the sheetrock in one area caved in, then we found that there had been previous water damage.  So, he had to replace the whole area underneath the window {8' long}.  He ended up having to go to Home Depot twice.  He got a lot done, but we still have a lot to go!

See that Yucky Gold Color, the previous owners {Mr. B used to work with}, painted the whole house in this color thinking that it would be a "neutral" color to help sale it.  It was a nasty gold color, it was seriously gross...thankfully I saw past that and painted the whole house before we moved in, there was no way that I would've been able to live with that color.  {this picture doesn't give it justice for how gross it was!}

I worked on my friend's baby scrapbook because they are moving this week and I had to get it back to her.  {I covered her little face because I didn't ask for permission to show her picture, I wanted to just show you one of the 13 layouts I finished on Friday!}  She is seriously a cute baby!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Craft Room & Shopping: Getting Closer to having a Craft Room & Saving Money

Yesterday, Mr. B and I went to Home Depot to get the lumber that we needed for our projects in the Entryway & Craft Room.  It smells good in the house...maybe they can make a Plug-in smell like

 Fresh Lumber.

We had to laugh because when we were cutting some of the wood there {because you can pay by the foot}, on the cutting table someone wrote:

"God, save me from my wife".

Someone must have been having a hard time. :)

In the craft room we are going to do the Board & Battan style.  I just leaned the strips of wood to check it out.  I tried to mark where the wall wasn't there before and was just open to the entryway. 

Still trying to find a wall color...

I saved over $522.00 dollars today buying all of these clothes from The Children's Place & Gymboree.

I only paid $140 for all of this.  It sounds like a lot still, but I was buying for 4 kids, too!

At the Children's Place, I didn't spend over $3.99 on any of these items {plus my sister let me borrow her 15% off coupon}.  Gymboree was a little bit more, but still a great price {40%, plus an additional 20%}.

Most of all the clothes I bought are for the kids for in the fall/winter this year.  I went first thing this morning and knew 4 gals shopping there...the word gets around fast!

Craft Room: In the works

Today I have had a lot of random stuff to do.  One thing that I had to do was make a shopping list for my hubby to pick up the beadboard & moulding to get our entryway & my craft room done.  I printed a picture for him to remember what I want it to look like.  {from http://www.theletteredcottage.net/}

 His folks are coming to town in a couple of weeks, so we definitely want it all done before they get here!

I still need help picking a color...any suggestions for the entry & craft room?  What would you do?

The ultimate craft room from Jana Eubank.  Her house is to die for!

She also posted this on her blog of a craft room...I think it was from a Parade of Homes house.  I LOVE black!

This is Karen Russell's scrap room...I love all of her vintage touches!

I would love this for storage!  My mom used to be a librarian...maybe she would know where to find one...

I have been a fan of Heidi Swapp's for a long time.  I love how she displayed her tags on a curtain rod.

I have a feeling that we are going to get a lot done in the next few days...I will post our progress.  My hubby & I are slow at doing home improvement projects because we usually don't know what the heck we are doing!  Wish us luck!

Inspiration Day 1: Craft Room

This is the view of our entryway.  Mr. B {my DH} closed in the wall that used to be the formal dining room. 

This is from the Lettered Cottage and it totally inspired us.  Mr. B doesn't mind working with Beadboard anymore since he did our kitchen backsplash with it.  I can't wait to line up pictures on the ledge!  I think that we are going to paint it "Softer Tan" by Sherwin-Williams.  I know that is a plain color, but I figured that I could add the color "pop" through painting the picture frames fun and bold colors.

The formal dining room had two openings to enter:  one from the entryway and one from the living room.  This is a photo from the living room side.  We put in french doors and will add transom on the top.  You can see where we had to add sheetrock to the right of the doors.  So, that means more painting on that side.  I would love to change the color in the living room, but that will have to wait.  Right now it is "Weekend Getaway" from Benjamin Moore.

In my new craft room, I will be using our "old" dining room table for my work table.  When I saw this picture I knew it was what I will have to do!  My table looks exactly like that but maple, natural wood color.  I will be painting/distressing it for sure!  This picture is from The Style Files.

Well, I am off in a little bit to go play with my sisters.  Playing to us is shopping, eating and a movie {"New Moon"...I still haven't seen it!}  I will let you know if I find any good deals!  I am going to be looking for a new dining room table to replace the one I will be using in my craft room.  We want a table that extends for when we have a lot of guests over.