a little organizer project

If you remember the little sneak peek I gave you about a project I was working on a while back, I have finally finished it (yes, I know it has taken me longer than I thought, you don't have to rub it in, not that you would of course). So would you like to know what this little project was? Okay, well I will tell you.

At my house, we unfortunately have a room just for storage. So you will understand that this was the first place I began looking when I decided I needed something to organize all of my jewelry for my etsy shop. I found this vintage organizer for nails, screws, nuts, bolts, and a few odds and ends. There were so many drawers that I just knew it would be perfect. The only problem was what to do with the nails already in there. I dumped them in an old fish bowl, but I won't tell if you don't.



After I cleaned it up a little I discovered that those stubborn little sticker labels were not going to come off. So I decided to cut up pieces of my favorite papers to hide those silly labels, and I actually love the way it turned out.







Now the little organizer is full of jewelry and I have even been able to organize it in a way so that things are easy to find. And I even have pieces separate by what has already been listed in the shop and what is yet to come! I just love it.

And you might be interested to know that I have a huge surprise coming tomorrow. I mean this is really a big deal. It's like a hold on to your knee socks kind of surprise and I cannot wait to share it with you.

my little blog book

I probably can't count on two hands the number of times I have been inspired to write a blog post at the most inconvenient times. It will happen at night when I'm just about to go to sleep, while I'm driving, or while I'm sitting in class.

When that happens, I usually don't drop what I'm doing to write down my ideas...which also means that they disappear and I usually have a hard time remembering them later.

Well, no more! I now have the cutest little purple notebook filled with graph paper so that I can jot down, list, or sketch out my blog ideas at any given moment. The little book is the perfect size for my purse and I can carry it anywhere.

I decided to share with you all a few of my pages from my 'blog book' to maybe give you some inspiration for keeping your own book of ideas. Please keep in mind that this is the actual book I keep my thoughts in, so that means it does have a handful of mistakes and scribbles (gasp!) that you will just have to overlook.







Do you have a special way of keeping your inspiration at hand? I'd love for you to share it with me! ♥

tutorial: fabric pom poms

I found this amazing tutorial at Once Wed for pom poms. These would be so beautiful hanging from the ceiling at different lengths or strung on a garland. And with winter and Christmas decor season right around the corner, I thought these would be beautiful hung on a mantle or as Christmas ornaments. So many color options too.




{all images from Once Wed. please go there to check out the full steps of the tutorial.}

handy dandy

i discovered this amazing graphic the other day on the blog yes you maigh and i think it just might save my life one day. or at least save my sweet tea.



i loved her fonts. and i loved her idea of making this into a print for her kitchen. i think it would be so neat to make my own version of this and frame it.

do you struggle with conversion measurements?