Craft Sunday: School Paper Organizers

This week, Craft Sunday was on Monday.

I had some magazine holders (think wood-like material) from IKEA

laying around collecting... well... magazines.

I threw those out and decided they would be better

school paper organizers for my kitchen.

I took the magazine holder and laid it out on scrapbook paper

and then traced out the shape.

Once traced, I cut the pieces. One 12x12 sheet wrapped the entire box,

I just had to do a little manipulating.

I then took out my handy dandy Mod Podge and Mod-Podged my little heart out.

Once I attached the paper, I put it in front of a fan to dry.  Once dry (a few minutes, not too long) I Mod-Podged the outside of the paper.

After a few minutes in front of the fan, the Mod Podge was dry and I stuck on a cut-out in the shape of an "A" for Alex. 

There you have it.

Now, some might say it's a little girlie for a mature almost 15 year old boy.

But I will take a moment to remind "some" that it has to

work AND look good in MY kitchen.

So there.

I still have Isabel's and Nic's to complete.

Perhaps next Sunday.

So. Much. To. Tell.

So little time.

I cannot believe it's been 4 days since we got the keys to our house.
We've been to Home Depot and Lowes at least half a dozen times.
We've been to the grocery store for odds and ends more times than I count.
Today's trip to Sherwin Williams will count as the third. Evidently our walls soak up paint.
My dad and Marcos (and Alex) spent the day painting yesterday... we got a a few of the rooms upstairs almost done. Second coats seem like a must.

Not sure what we would have done without my Mom and Dad's help.
They have been WONDERFUL.

So... here are a few pics from the last few days...

[beautiful sunrise this morning - taken from my front door]

Alex's almost done painted room. It's a paint color called Software.

Isa's room. Sans the stripes.

Nic's room - taped but not yet painted.

This morning, at sunrise, I decided to sit upstairs in the loft and take in the beauty of my surroundings.

Everyone was asleep.

I heard a faint sound.

"mooom!"

Was I imagining it?

"mooom!"

There it was again.

Was Nic awake?

I took a better look outside...

Oh.

"Moo"ving on.

Guest bath, not complete but decent for guests.

Fabric for the kitchen...

Just a bit of a teaser.

Okay, that's it for now!
Off to buy more paint.

Possession

Not as in Paris...

that would be dumb.

As in, today we take possession of our house!

Nic woke up for 30 seconds this morning when I was waking Alex up to take him to the ortho.
He (Nic) smiled at me, eyes still half shut, and said "We get the keys to the new house today!" - and then he went right back to bed.

Speaking of ortho - Alex got the rest of his braces put on his top teeth and his expander taken out.
His bottom teeth are not so bad, so they are waiting to put the braces on those.

Well, I have my camera charged... and the van is almost packed (painting supplies, stuff, and more stuff) - I am sure I will have some time to post this weekend, since I will have helpers! :D

Happy Thursday!

Bugs & Grass

Two items on my to-do list today....

I need to schedule a pest control company to come out. After seeing not one, but two black widows hanging around the garage area of the house... I want to make sure we get our bug spray service set up asap.

And oh my gosh - after watching a Billy the Exterminator marathon on A&E (couldn't avert my eyes, it was hypnotic), I am even more convinced that the money is well worth it.

Photo Credit: A&E

Me no likey bugs and spiders.

The second thing on my list is to find a landscaper to meet us out at the house to talk front yard landscaping. There is a recommended tree list for the front yard - I've been glued to Google over the past few days trying to determine the one that will give us the least trouble.

I've come to the conclusion that we will be putting in a fake Christmas tree (sans the lights, of course - that would be tacky for a year long, front yard tree, right?).

Look! We even get three models to choose from.


P.S. We get the keys tomorrow!

Gettin' Busy

I made it home alive and in one piece from Hobby Lobby this morning... I didn't even mention I was going - no reason for you to worry!

Oh My Goodness.
Such delicious stuff, most of which was 50% off.
Well, the stuff I was looking at anyways.

I got quite a few things...
but most important - my color palette for my kitchen and family room!

They had the most beautiful fabric there and it was just right.

Forget about the yellow/golden color.

We are going to keep those rooms the upgraded beige they are and use that as a canvas to add more colors and things.

I was able to pick up a few key pieces to get us started...
I cannot wait to share.

But!

Patience, my pretties.

So, I get home and hide all of my loot in a box in the garage...

The husband hates the fact that I am buying stuff we are just going to have to pack all up and move.

I hate that I can't just drive the stuff over right now and begin our decorating adventure.

That thought got me thinking.

The husband and I do date night fairly often -

it helps we have some built in baby-sitters.

Going forward, once we get the keys, our date nights are going to consist of me begging him to tackle the Honey, yes you are going to, don't EVEN try to get out of it list.

I giggled at the thought.

Instead of decorating... we are going to be decordating.

Gettin' busy...

Gettin' dirty...

All in the name of home-improvement. 

So... when you see this picture [above],

you know the time spent on the project replaced a night at the movies.

Now... we are off to a Labor Day BBQ...

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!