life, organizing, products, storage, kind-design life … Even More Space Bags Once I proved to myself that the Space Bags did so well organizing the attic, I waited until the following month to get more. And when I did, I went through my jackets, sweaters, and small rugs to fill more space bags. Lots of…
environment, outdoors, kind-environment environment … Black and Yellow Garden Spider A few weeks ago we had a cool looking spider make a web in the corner of our deck. I took a picture but never got around to researching before hard rains came and wiped out the web. Today, as I am in the…
bathroom, life, lighting, kind-design bathroom … Bathroom Vanity Light For a while now, about 7 years, I have had the same light in the main bathroom off the 2nd floor hallway. It was originally with the light facing down, but I made a frame for the mirror and then the light didn’t…
bedroom, color, IKEA, life, kind-design bedroom … From Blah to Bold to Calm Guest Bedroom Phase 1 : Guest Bedroom Phase 2 : Guest Bedroom Phase 3 From blah to bold to calm, this bedroom is like a chameleon. This room started out and remained a guestroom for quite a while until recently when it became more of a…
crafting, life, organizing, kind-design crafting … Organizing Ribbon I saw a post by Christy (ColumbiaLily) where she organized all of her ribbon. It inspired me to get mine together. I couldn’t find the zip-top baggies but I did find some self-sealing ones at Joann that worked just fine. I can reuse…
kitchen, life, projects, kind-design kitchen … Kitchen Drawer Mod We have these 2 drawers in our kitchen that are in the corner of our cabinets. You can’t open them up at the same time due to them being at a right angle to each other. This never used to be a problem…
crafting, life, livingroom, organizing, scrapbooking, kind-design crafting … Scrapbook Center So I can be in the same room as my husband when I scrapbook (while I watch him play video games or while he does his own thing on his computer), I have my scrapbook stuff in the living room. Until it got organized…
kitchen, life, organizing, projects, kind-design kitchen … Tip-out Tray One of the nicest “drawers” in the kitchen is the tip-out tray. They are those little trays that fit in that small space right in front of the sink. I searched to see what I could find but wasn’t sure what to call…
life, lighting, livingroom, kind-design life … Living Room Lighting It was time for some new lighting in the living room. The lights we had were really nice still, but I wanted to use them in one of the bedroom upstairs, so I researched to see what I liked and then see if I…
kitchen, life, projects, kind-design kitchen … Lamp Install I have been wanting to do something with the pot lights over our kitchen peninsula, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with them. While looking at the Lowe’s circular for this week, I saw conversion kits that fit in…
life, organizing, projects, kind-design life … More Jumbo Space Bags This week’s project involves more Space Bags. On Sunday, I purchased more space bags like I hoped to last week. On Monday, I condensed more items in the attic – sheets and towels this time. I am definitely making progress on the attic – I…
life, organizing, projects, kind-design life … Jumbo Space Bags My weekly projects have spread into the weekend for once. I have to share these “new to me” huge space bags. They are awesome! I can fit so much in them and plan on buying many more for other items. The first thing I…
bedroom, closet, house, life, organizing, projects, kind-design bedroom … Closet Semi-Redesign This week’s project is the master bedroom closet. When your “workplace” is your home, there are always things you can find to keep up “continuous improvement”. One of the places I am always most critical of is the master bedroom closet. It has…
color, decor, home, house, life, products, kind-design color … Dots I was watching an episode of The Stagers on HGTV and I saw the coolest wall decor. A whimsical way to update the look of a room – minimal cost and reusable. The product is called DottiLicious by WallCandy Arts and can be found multiple…
kind-environment Swine Flu Update If you haven’t heard yet, on April 29th, the level of influenza pandemic alert raised from phase 4 to phase 5 due to the spread of the swine influenza A (H1N1). It started in Mexico and has moved to the US and 14…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Scalloped Potatoes I had never made scalloped potatoes before today. I looked at over 5 recipes and wasn’t happy with any of them. So, I took bits and pieces of different recipes and added an idea of my own. Below is the result of the…
food, recipes, kind-environment food … Trail Mix Recipe Mod Recently, we have been making our original Trail Mix recipe on the lighter granola side (maybe a winter thing) and since I make our granola from this blog every time, I thought I would update the recipe. There are only 2 modifications: double all…
art, crafting, life, projects, scrapbooking, kind-design art … Making Cards I needed to make a thank you card to my aunt for my birthday present AND I needed to use my new scrapbooking tool – the Sweet Heart Maker, so I punched out some hearts in pink, red, and purple and got out a sheet…
kind-environment B+S Challenge on hold If you are wondering what happened and why I all of the sudden stopped my posts on only Day 4 of The Challege. I got in a little over my head. I needed to buy some items to continue the process. One lesson learned…
art, life, scrapbooking, kind-design art … 25 Random Things About Me Since my friend Carla wrote down her Random Things and I have had some requests on Facebook for mine, I decided to list my Random Things. I was just going to do 20 like Carla when I saw that on Facebook they are doing…
food, kind-environment food … More Peanut Butter Product Recalls I received an email from Drugstore.com today notifying me that there was an update to the “Peanut Butter and other Peanut Containing Products Recall” that has been in the news for a little while now. The FDA has a new list of the…
kind-environment Modifying Recipes I was just reading one of my friend’s blogs where she did the 20 Random Things About Me exercise. I noticed an item that we had talked about recently – she always follows a recipe when she cooks. This made me think about myself…
BoSoChallenge, food, health, kind-environment BoSoChallenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 4 The Challenge Day 4… Stay on Track Healthy food for all week. Check. I made a crock pot full of rice, quinoa, lentils, split peas, veggies, and spices. I can only wonder if something in this concoction is breaking my face out. I am…
BoSoChallenge, fitness, health, kind-environment BoSoChallenge … Body + Soul Challenge Day 3 The Challenge Day 3… Detox Your Diet Today was the day I was supposed to start the eating plan according to Body+Soul, but I started it on Monday, so I guess I just got a head start on that part. I really need…
