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May 17, 2013
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InstaFriday #21

Happy Friday! It’s that time again to dump this week’s iPhone photos!

Things are getting busy around here, and you can tell as the amount of times I Insta decreases. Ha – I guess I just don’t think to stop and take a picture when I’m spinning in 8 directions. Oh well.

We’re just a little over 2 weeks out from my sister’s wedding {!!!}, so I’ve been putting together a lot of little last minute things for that. That has, of course, included succulent planting! It’s pretty therapeutic.

I have taken the time to do a couple of little projects, and there is one I am just dying to show y’all next week. I am loving it! In the mean time, did you know you can sharpen your chalk in a pencil sharpener? Game changer. Chalk art just got easier.

Here lies my first selfie….with my dog. Macy and I both got fresh haircuts for all of the upcoming festivities. We kinda let her go for a couple of months, and she looks about half her size now. Girlfriend can have so.much.hair. I’ve been grooming her myself {DIY with dogs?} since we’ve had her, and I think it’s time to send her to a professional. We pretty much end up scowling at each other for a bit after a hair cut.

Dad’s leg is apparently the best place to rest your head when road tripping. I’m currently on trip 1 of 3 this month — this time to celebrate my sister’s college graduation! Woohoo! I’m so proud of her and excited to celebrate!

How has your week been? Are you looking forward to a full or laid back weekend?

Have an awesome one!

May 15, 2013
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Filing Cabinet Re-Do

I’ve been using the same plastic file box to keep my paperwork organized since high school. Now that we’re supposed to be grown ups {or something of the sort} and have a house and consequently, a great deal of paper to keep track of…we have found ourselves in need of a filing system upgrade. I can think of approximately a million and three things that are more exciting to spend money on than a new filing cabinet, so I was pretty pumped when I scored this little fella for $7. I found him on a Facebook re-sale page for our community {It serves the same purpose as Craigslist, but only for our little section of our huge city}.

The filing cabinet was beat up and boring, so of course, I decided to attack it with a couple of cans of spray paint. I still wanted it to have an industrial look, but with a modern twist, so I went with a two-toned look.

I painted the drawer fronts with a glossy white, and the rest of the cabinet in a glossy grey. I believe the color was winter grey {Rustoleum} but I already tossed the can. It only took 3 light coats to get good coverage.

This guy now lives next to my desk in my office nook. It’s awesome to have added a little extra surface space in my corner {especially for when I have the sewing machine out}. My craft caddy lives here when it’s not following me around the house.

Next up on the to-do list is reorganizing our files and coming up with a good system. Do you have any tips you use when keeping your paperwork organized?

May 13, 2013
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Craft Caddy : Fun with Washi Tape

Did everyone have a great weekend and a happy Mother’s Day? May always seems to be a month full of celebrating! Graduations, birthdays, weddings, Mother’s Day….so many festivities!

Are there any other washi tape addicts out there? It makes me a little nostalgic of my Lisa Frank days. It’s just so much fun.

{side note : I still have my trapper keeper with this dog and cat wedding on it. It does not get anymore 90′s than that. Lisa Frank? Check. Trapper Keeper? Check. Full of my elementary school drawings and hopes and dreams? Double check.}

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I tried washi out for the first time this past Christmas and added a some red and green tape to our Christmas card envelopes. It was really cute and added a little something special to the plain white envelopes. I hadn’t ever really thought much about washi beyond stationary and gift wrapping, but there is so much you can do with it! I bought a pack from Pick Your Plum a while back, and now I’m trying to washi everything. It’s a disease.

I snatched a metal utensil caddy from Target a few weeks back, thinking it would be a perfect caddy for craft supplies {They have them with the summer picnic supplies in the kitchen section. They had a few other colors as well.}. I’m a mobile crafter. Sometimes you’ll actually find me working in our office/craft space, but more often than not you’ll find me on the couch, on the floor, at the kitchen table…whatever works, yunno? I’m also a messy crafter. It’s pretty much incredible how quickly one spot can explode with hot glue and felt and paper scraps and buttons. And then, suddenly, it’s midnight and my eyes will.not.stay.open and the mess stays while I slip off to dream.

I needed some kind of caddy that I could keep items that are often needed, and also my work in progress. This utensil holder fit the bill perfectly! It is a really good size – it has 3 smaller spots to keep scissors, pens, etc. and then a larger area to keep my masterpiece in progress. I could easily throw my things in here when calling it a night or moving to a new spot.

It just needed a little pizazz! Enter : washi tape. I wanted to add a few stripes of washi around the middle to give it a little color. I started by taping of the top section with masking tape. I did this to help me keep the washi tape straight.

I decided on colors and a pattern and went to town taping, using the masking tape as my guide.

Once I was done taping, I removed the masking tape to reveal my final product.

The entire thing took me no more than 7 minutes, and that was only because I had a dog in my face the entire time. Washi taping is a really quick way to add some quirk and color.

A caddy like this would also work really well for kids’ art supplies or for a homework station. It could easily be stocked with what each child needs and moved out of the way when needed. Colors could be personalized to each child’s preference, and would even be a fun project for them to work on!

Are you a mobile crafter, too? Or do you stick to your desk or kitchen table?

May 10, 2013
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InstaFriday #20

Happy Friday, once again! It’s been a whirlwind of a week! Nothing too exciting, but just one of those weeks that keeps moving faster than you can. Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a mini-bloggy bootcamp with The Sits Girls. I learned so much, and I’ve been working to implement a few of the new things I learned to make things even better around here!

It’s InstaFriday once more, which means it’s time to dump those iPhone photos! Don’t forget, you can follow me on Instagram @likeasaturday. There’s a fancy little button over there on the sidebar so you can easily find me.

The hubs and I are apparently all aboard the colored pants train. We were looking quite colorful together over the weekend. We always unintentionally match or coordinate. We’ve done it since we were dating. It’s really weird.

Check out this creature we saved from an oil spill. Our Macy is not a fan of bathing. And she is way past due for a haircut. I usually groom her myself…because I’m crazy…and I’ve put it off for way too long. I think she will meet the razor this weekend if I can squeeze it in. It needs to happen. After her bath, she let me swaddle her in the towel and hold her like a baby for 20 minutes…exhaling loudly the entire time. This dog cracks me up.

Y’all…add a little champagne {or sparkling water} to your pink lemonade in the middle of the week. It’s pretty and tasty and fun on a Wednesday.

I had to run into the local school supply store to grab some report covers for a project at work. I had to take a lap around the posters. Going into that store awakens the former preschool teacher in me and I just need to laminate everything. I totally had to fight the urge to buy a bunch of polka dotted library pockets. I’m trying to think up some use for them so I have an excuse. I will totally volunteer to be the bulletin board mom when we have kids.

What have you been up to this week? Any super awesome weekend plans?

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May 8, 2013
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DIY Garden Hose Hanger {Pinterest Challenge : Spring Edition}

Hi there! I’m excited to be participating in the Pinterest Challenge : Spring Edition with Sherry, Katie, Emily, and Renee! It’s all too easy to pin a million things and never get around to doing it. The Pinterest Challenge is the swift kick in the pants I need sometimes to get to gettin’!

We’ve been doing a lot of work this spring to spruce up the back yard. One thing we were missing was a place to store the garden hose. It was usually stretched over the lawn until it was mowing time and it got tossed on top of my newly planted flower bed. Not cool. I was definitely in need of a solution.

I had pinned these two ideas forever ago. The first from Thistle House and the second from Mini Manor Blog. I was inspired to build my own garden hose hanger. I loved the idea of having a free standing post. I thought it would be prettier than the usual hose holders you can purchase from a home improvement store, and would take up less space.

I stopped by The Home Depot to gather my supplies. I bought a notched 4 x 4 post and a post holder spike deal {that’s a technical term} to hold it in place, and some white spray paint. I already had some double hooks that I bought on clearance from Ikea. They probably wouldn’t be large enough to hold a standard hose, but I ditched my heavy garden hose and bought a pocket hose! It’s one of those “as seen on TV” deals that is actually completely awesome!

I spray painted the post and top of the spike thing white, and then drilled the hooks onto the front. I hammered the spike into the ground and then placed the post. Voila!

I also hung a small galvanized bucket from the bottom hook to hold all of my small hose attachments. I used to just keep them on top of the a/c unit, but they were always getting knocked off and I’d have to dig for them.

It’s so much better than having to pull the hose out of the flower beds! And the light weight, expandable hose has changed my life! I still just need to find a solution to hide the ugly a/c unit.