Jan 19, 2013

My new love- SMASH

I have been thinking for some time to get this cute notebook that you can actually go crazy with called a SMASH book. I tried to get my teenage daughter into it last year but she didn't really understand the concept of its cuteness but finally she wanted to get one after I was talking about it again. So I decided that I wanted one too. I hope that I can stick with it for the year because really it will be so cute after it is full to look back at all the things we have done this year. I got the 365 versions and the papers it in are festive and plain too so it gives me some options to work with. My cute little 7 year old also wanted one so of course I couldn't say no to a child who wants scrapbook so she picked out the cute mini version. They are all from K & Company and so is all the embellishments to go with it. The tape and cute pockets come separate and then we bought a couple of the quote tab books so we can share them. They are so cute because you can make a list of things that you are thinking about that day and this allows me to be so creative without really spending too much time on it. Here is some pics of the things we bought. Can't wait to get started.






Jan 11, 2013

Cute Notebooks


I have an obsession with a cute notebook. I just can't help myself when I see one I must grab it and add it to my collection. Over the years I haven't collected as many as I used to but I still have to stop myself before I pick it up. Right now this is my favorite I just picked up from Target. The cute little ribbons coming off the top are not my creation, even though I would love to claim them, they are paperclips with ribbon tied to them. I picked them up from Micheal's craft store. They come in several colors but I grabbed pink and I think I'm going back for blue and purple.

Anyways, you might be asking why do I need this cute notebook anyways, right! Well I love the way it feels to use a pen and jot down notes. I love to scribble down all kinds of good info like websites I want to visit or interior design ideas that I want for my house. I am not an interior decorator or anything but I love to look at peoples ideas and then incorporate them into my house. See thats called creative lifting. I'm not ashamed to say that is how I pretty much do all my creativity. That is exactly what Pinterest is and Tumble and Indulgy and all those other websites that we all use to share ideas. I think they are brilliant don't get me wrong I love them I'm just saying that we all do it. I have a birthday party to finish planning and baking for so I better focus on that. I will post pics of that later this week. You must see the yummy things I'm planning. 

Jan 7, 2013

Boxes

I love looking at interior designs and try to fit that into my everyday home. I just bought a new home in October so that was a very exciting time for me it was also overwhelming. We moved into the house and then came Thanksgiving followed by Christmas & New Years. Well now that everything is put away and clean I have been on a really deep cleaning spree. I was so over the boxes in the corners or hidden in the closets. It was embarrassing when I brought someone over to the house and then had to apologize for the boxes. Everyone was always so nice about it and understood but it brought me such anxiety. I hate that feeling. Anyways yesterday I promised myself I was getting rid of the boxes and so 30 went out to the curb for trash day tomorrow. It felt so good to be able to do that. My son was so sweet and helped me take them all out. I am still not done with removing all of the boxes but at least most are gone. I still have my craft room to organize and I can't wait for that to be done because I LOVE my crafts! The local scrapbook store by me is closing and everything is 40% off and I want to go so bad but I don't have a space right now to play with anything. I figured that means I really don't need anything new anyways. I'm sure there will be another time or maybe a sale online. So my goal this week is to take out all my craft supplies and throw out those boxes.

I have a list of wants for every room in the house. I have been searching Pinterest for ideas and I have found so many but the windows might be different or the layout of the walls and TV are different so that has been fun and challenging all at the same time. Pottery Barn is another great website that I have been searching for ideas because I have some of their furniture and that is my style, but the price can add up quickly. I am thinking about having an interior designer just come over one day and give me some pointers. My taste is simple & clean and I don't like a lot of clutter or furniture so I hope they don't want to add a bunch of stuff that I have to dust. Wink! Hate that!

I will have to take some pictures of the before and after shots too. Right now I am getting the front yard done and I will post pics probably next week when that project is complete. Like I said each room has a list of wants but I guess the yard needed it more because everyone can really notice the dead grass and the fact that the HOA has sent me a letter that I need to replace it. :) If you have any good design websites I would love to have them so please send me them in the comments. Thanks!

Jan 3, 2013

Happy New Year


I hope everyone is ready for this great year of 2013 that we are blessed with. My kids were so excited to ring in the New Year they didn't go to sleep until 1:30 AM! Can you believe it. Can we say party animals. We live close to all the theme parks in Orlando so we had so much fun sitting in our driveway and watching Disney's fireworks and then Universal Studios was on the other side. We had quite the show. 

So did you come up with your resolutions yet and are you sticking with it. I have a teenager and this year she came up with a resolution. I thought that was so cool because it shows some sort of dedication and thought about her life and how she wants to improve it. 

Well today is family day and we are off to have fun. I want my kids to be outside more and play. I would love to start this new year off right by being outside more and eating healthy. I bought a new cookbook yesterday too on the "Paleo" diet. So I have some reading to do but the facts are that its about you get out of your body what you put into your body. So treat it right cause you only get one. Well on that note have a productive day.