Sunday, February 7, 2010

My Weekend slash Vtine's Day Decor!

I picked up some stuff on friday at this new liquidation place! Well, I hadn't heard of it before until a flyer appeared in the paper so I don't know if it was new! Anyway...I picked up
 
This basket and 3 brand new patterns for .99 each! Also
 
This pottery barn book, and something for my sister! (so I can't show you!)
Anyway,  not a bad place. It will probably be a hit and miss kind of thing!
I also picked these up
 
So beautiful! I want spring to come very badly. I am in that dark gloomy winter mood. Do you get that?!
I also tried my take at the burlap wreath. Oh. DISASTER!
 
(only because the form I used wasn't as strong so it bends and is not a complete circle. hahahahah I will try again though, because I like the look of it! I will let you know how that goes!)

My college roomate came up for a visit in the country yesterday!
 
We went skating, played some wii, watched a little Dexter and had dinner. It was very nice. We should do it way more often!

Well, I guess now I was show you my little Valentine's Day corner
 
It's not much, but I never ever decorate for Valentine's Day. There are still so many projects I have book marked, but it looks as though my time is running out!!
 
I wrapped the wreath that was already there with ribbon
 
Made this little pillow from my old sweater that had some major holes
 
I loved this sweater!!
 
Got this red plate at the dollarstore
 
Filled my beautiful jars with candy. How do you like the big one? Ma and Pa got that for me! Love! I also recall there being more candy in those jars.......Michael....
 
And just some painted candle sticks. (I have to light those candles!)
And that's all she wrote! There may be one or two more projects before Sunday. I will let you know for sure if there will be! 

Back to work tomorrow. I hope everyone had a great weekend!


Oh p.s My sewing class was just fine. There were 6 of us in total and everyone was very nice! Nothing to worry about of course. I will have to show you my pj pants I finish!!



Thursday, February 4, 2010

My new finds

I had $15 left on my winners giftcard from Mike's family from Christmas and picked up these 2 beauties!
 
lovelovelove!
My first sewing class starts in less then an hour and I am getting really nervous.
I am really shy. ahhhh. I know as soon as I get there it will be fine. But until then....I will be acting like a little kid. (I'm 25 now, I thought this shyness would pass by now!)

I will let you all know how it went sometime this weekend (and finally show you the Valentine's Day decor I am very unhappy with!) hhahahah




Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A little late with Organizing

So I am a little late with organizing! January is known for organizing and sorting things out. I am a little behind, but better late then never right?! ha

It all started with this cupboard. I opened it, and stuff was falling out all over the counter! Ah. I was so ticked off. 
So I headed to the dollarstore for some baskets. (and was very excited to organize it) and now it looks like this
 
So much better! I don't know why it took me that long to organize this cupboard!!! That didn't stop me though! When I was cleaning the craft room I noticed these boxes
 
They look nice and organized but it was a different story when you opened them!
 
Stuff was just shoved in! So again I headed to the dollarstore and got 6 little boxes and labels and went to town
 
Now everything has a spot and the bigger boxes are empty!!
I was brushing my teeth and my bathroom drawer is the worst.
 
Oh man! Stuff was all over the place, jewellry was tied together. It was awful!
You know what I am going to say now....I went to the dollarstore...hah

 
I feel so much better with this all organized. Also, I have another organizing tip. I bought one of these baskets:
 
And keep all the stuff I need in it. I keep all my makeup in my makeup bag, so I can just store this right under the sink. Or if I am going away I can just grab the makeup bag out of the basket. It is great!


 Now I am on the lookout around the house to see where else I can organize!!!! Does anyone want me to come over and organize anything for them? hahahahah

Monday, February 1, 2010

My new table!

I bought myself a treat today. I found this to be very exciting. hahahha I can hear my sister laughing right now and saying..."oh Ashley, you are so old and lame" yea K?! hahahah Anyway I bought a much needed craft table. It was on sale for $25 off the regular price!
 
I took it out of the package and someone was having fun with all the plastic
 
Anyway, I brought it over to my craft room and saw this:
 
  
  
A small tornado had gone through the room! hahah All I wanted to do was to switch tables, but I had to clean up first! (which was probably a good thing) So as you can see...that was my small craft table up above. Mini! It is actually a really cute table. I am going to use it as my potting table outside this summer!

 
So I cleaned up, and put the new table up
 
  
The new table is huge!  I put the table cloth back on, because it is not the prettiest table. Does anyone have any solutions to making it look a little nicer? I was thinking of getting (or sewing! yay!) A bigger cover that went down to the floor so I could store stuff under there! I still havent found a spot for all my new treasures.

 
They are stashed away in the corner.
Anyway, I am in love with this new table. It will definitely come in handy!
No more sewing at the kitchen table, or painting things on the floor!! yay!

Happy Monday everyone!