study break

As I continue to take inspiration from Cortney and Megan, I'm going to list out some projects I'd like to tackle, in hopes that it will make me continue to take study breaks to accomplish them. Since I've scored As on both of my exams thus far, I feel as if I deserve some fun. And by fun, I mean home improvement projects.

1) Upload and organize pictures from both of my cameras, then delete said pictures from both cameras so I have room to take more.

2) Reorganize my closet. I HATE how it looks.

3) Clean out the junk cabinet in the kitchen (most of it is my art/craft supplies, old school supplies, etc).

4) Finish redecorating our bathroom.

5) Organize my stationary box (yes, I have a box set aside specifically for stationary), and then use some of that stationary to write to my lovely friends.


I'll start with those 5 for now. I know I have more ideas, but I have a limited amount of time and it'll probably take me 5 months to do all of those things. Boo.




BY THE WAY, if you hop on over to Our Fishy Family, make sure to say CONGRATS! Because those two crazy kids are gettin hitched! :) So glad I got to celebrate with you, Cort!

inspiration for organization

I'm taking a study break (ok I also took an  hour nap earlier) to watch Glee!, and since I'm doing that, I decided to upload some of my own organization pictures! Our Fishy Family and Mrs. Tgo Says both posted some great pictures the other day, and it motivated me to finish a couple of projects I've been working on.

This earring holder is something I borrowed from Smart and Sassy with Sprinkles. It was super easy to make with some mesh craft wire super glued to the back of an old picture frame. I put earrings with studs on it too because it's easy to take on and off the wall.

 Also sort of from the same blog...Allison's is a lot cuter, and I have plans to upgrade some day when school isn't kicking my butt. I am also planning on putting push pins in the map as a guide of "places I want to go" kind of thing. On the far left are all of my hair accessories, and then obviously I just used push pins to hang my necklaces on all the way across. A little tacky, but functional!

 This is the top shelf of my armoire. I was having trouble fitting everything, so I added a black shelf I found in the kitchen aisle at Wal-Mart for $2 a few years ago.

 The top shelf hold all of my fancy jewelry with another little cube for medicine and candy (now that I live with my brothers, I have to get creative about hiding things for my sweet tooth).

My jewelry chest has all of my childhood jewelry...rings I've outgrown, but can't bear to get rid of.

I also stacked some childhood jewelry boxes that I will never be able to part with on top of it. 

The tray in the middle has a couple of bowls holding bracelets, which wouldn't stay on the push pins, and then all of my sunglasses/rings etc.

This is my "desk"...I don't have space in my room for a desk, so I'm making do with what I do have room for.

This, however, wasn't working. as you can see, it was super full and I couldn't find ANYTHING when I needed it.

I found 4 more pairs of scissors after this picture was taken.

Loooove my permanent marker collection :)

This is an old Fossil watch tin masquerading as a binder clip holder.

I'm sort of out of control with post-it notes. I am not allowed to buy them anymore.

Finished product!

And here is my desk. The other drawer has electronics (cords, old ipods/cellphones, etc) but it is NOT organized so that'll have to be saved for another day!

The end. I hope I provide you guys with a little inspiration just like Cortney and Megan did for me! :)

an organizer's nightmare

So I moved home this weekend. It's official, back in with the rents. It's fine, except last summer during my brief stay here, I didn't do a great job condensing. Thus, I have still been in the process of combining two fully stocked rooms of clothes, decor, bedding, etc into one. 

So for those of you interested in seeing the disaster, here are the before and after pictures.

Before:

My "walk-in" closet that I was having trouble walking in.

                                    

I'm not very neat while unpacking/cleaning.

Notice Lisa from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Trashy reality TV is perfect cleaning background noise!

Everyone needs a helper!

Closet after. I can actually walk in and see everything!

Look how much bigger everything looks!

Don't judge all the childhood memorabilia. Some things I just can't get rid of.

So. Comfy.

It still feels a little bit cluttered to me...what do you guys think?