What I have been up to....

I was supposed to be organizing the rest of the kitchen but decided to put that off for a while. I was supposed to be organizing the bathroom cupboards but decided I did not want to do that just yet since I need to cut some wood to make a shelf for the cupboard. So what have I been doing you ask?

Easy.... I have been sewing... I decided I wanted to make something for Valentines day that could be left up for the Spring time too... So what have I come up with? You will have to wait and see as it is not done yet... BUT check out those colors....

OOOOH!! So lovely! I am in L.O.V.E. with how the colors blend so nicely... It is my own private rainbow! LOL :O)

I have also been playing with this....

Now, I got this back in September for a SCREAMING deal at the Scrapbook USA here in Utah. But, alas it stayed in its box until today... I got all my cartridges linked to it and got it registered... Speaking of registering it... If you have bought a Gypsy and not registered it you need to. They will give you 5 FREE cartridge downloads.. FOR FREE!!!! Of ones you do not have!!! SCORE!!!! So go register it over at Critcut.com/gypsy.

I am planning on playing with my Gypsy this weekend since we will be in the mountains playing in the snow. Should keep me entertained and DRY and WARM. :O)

Lastly, I have been de-cluttering this space....

It is my craft room. You could hardly walk in here this morning... This wall was stacked to the ceiling with boxes.. You see if I can not find a place for something it gets put in here. Not any more.. I have plans for this wall.. I have a cabinet that I got off of KSL for FREE and am turning it into something spectacular!! But, you will have to wait on seeing that..

This is one of the project areas from last fall... I turned the so called closet area into a scrapbook station. It is equipped with a counter top that I got at the Habitat Re-store. I will show better pics of this area when it is all cleared out. Don't you just love the bolts of fabric? The lighter one is for my curtains in the living room and kitchen/dining rooms. Hope to get those done real soon. The Buffalo check is for curtains and reupholstering the chair in this craft room. I will be working on that soon also.. The large picture is of Wrigley field. I got it for the Hubbs for our anniversary last July.... Still need to hang it obviously....

Thought I would show you the rest of the craft room too... Just keeping it real... Ignore the mess PLEASE because it is a Huge mess.... But, lots better than it was.. Really that is not saying much. As there is a lot to do still... But, as always it is a work in progress..

This cabinet holds lots of goodies... Decor goodies... It's my stash!! SHHH! Do not tell the Hubbs about it...

And the sewing area... At least I can sew now... Before I always had to take the sewing machine off the table so we could eat. So projects got left behind and never finished. Not any more!! :O)

See, here is my stash of sewing projects to be completed.... All nice and neat... Even comes complete with a almost finished key fob... Just one more stitch and it is done... I better get on that one so I can check it off my list...

Thanks for visiting me and I hope you enjoyed this little impromptu tour of my craft room. Now since looking at the pictures I have noticed that I seem to have an over abundance of picture frames... Need one or 20? I will have to come up with something to do with them... Oh, the wheels are a turning......

Have a great one and come back again.. :O)

The Kitchen Organization is on...

Alright, I know I was supposed to have a post done about my closet organization project for last week... But, they (yes more than one closet in the works) are not done... It is turning out to be a bit of a bigger project then anticipated... But, the fruits of my labor will be enjoyed by all.... :O)

So on to this weeks organization projects... The Kitchen... I started with some drawers that were bugging me.. Every time I opened them things would shift and I could not find what I wanted. So, in came my new found friend... I am in L.O.V.E. with it... It is Duck brand cork peel and stick liner.. I found it at Lowes for like $9.99. Kind of pricey but if it helps the drawer problems then it is worth it to me... First I cleaned out the drawers real good and even vacuumed them. Then measured the size i needed and cut away.... The back has the grid on it so cutting was a breeze...

Now, you are going to want to apply this the same way as vinyl. Peel back just enough to get started and SMOOTH it out.

Start in the back. It is much easier that way. Just pull the back off as you go and keep SMOOTHING it down.

I cut this one a bit short on the side but that is alright by me.. When I put everything back in you will never even know... Unless I told you and well, I did so SHHHH! It's our little secret..

Know I forgot to take a picture before I took everything out of the drawer but here it is on the counter.. I know very messy counter.. Believe it or not that is the only messy counter I have... But enough on that...

Now I wanted to get some containers to put things in and keep them neat but I did not want to leave the house so I went on a hunt and came up with bread pans... I have a lot that I collected from the DI over the years and have not used the small and medium ones in a very long time.

Isn't she all pretty now? I can now find my measuring spoons right away... And the best part, when I close the drawer and open it up again... EVERYTHING stays in its place.... YEAH ME!!!

Here is the start on the drawer the kids are always in... Still using the bread pans...

Oh, the neatness....

Now the silverware drawer really bugged me... The container to hold all the silverware would slide to an angle every time it was opened... This just bugged me to no end. I needed to empty the dishwasher but chose to do this project instead...

See all better.. And I even emptied the dishwasher.. Now we all can eat again...

Now, this is just the beginning of what I have in store for the kitchen organization. I have much bigger and better things in store for it....

Until then... Have a great one...

I will be linking this to Traci over at Beneath My Heart on Friday for her organization party so head on over there then..

And the NEW YEAR starts.....

Happy 2011 everyone!! Sorry I took a few days off to spend with my family and let me tell you it was nice.... But the kids are back in school today (YEAH) and the hubs has the day off... Maybe I should get back into the swing of things....

Traci from Beneath my Heart is having an Organization linky party for the month and I think I might try to jump on board... Now she has goals for each week and I think that will help me keep motivated with the organization... They are not too hard or too big of projects but, ones that we all need to do and just put off way too often... Well, at least for me....

So head on over and visit Traci (you wont be sorry) take a look around at her most beautiful house. She is amazing.... Love her blog!! I BIG Hearts it!!

I hope you all join in the fun for the month.... Until next time... Have a great one!! :O)