Everything in its Place

I do love a tidy work space, but my home work space never seems to stay that way.  I'm a messy crafter!  I recently spent some time really sorting, organizing, and getting rid of things in my craft room.  I thought I should document this rare neatness, in case I'm ever in need of future encouragement!

Easter Decorations

With just a few days to spare, I finally decorated!  I realize I have less than I thought, although I think there may still be a box left in the attic.  So instead of spreading things out this year, I just went one extra festive space and few small touches elsewhere.  I have everyone's Easter treats and baskets ready, eggs have been dyed, and now the house is festive.  I think I am officially ready for Easter!

Spooky!

I'll admit I've had a hard time getting into the Halloween spirit this year.  I don't know if it has to do with the unseasonably warm weather we've experienced recently or just the busy pace of life lately, but we've finally started to get into the swing of things.  We decorated our house, went pumpkin picking, and I even got dressed up for the Halloween crafternoon!  I'll post those latter two later this week.  Here's a look at some of our fall decor!

 

A Place For Everything

I've been spending time finding homes for things in my dining room.  That means making room for lots of knick knacks and dishes and hanging things that have sat forgotten for way too long!  I've had the little cart for a long time and it's been tucked away in our basement.  A lot of my finds recently have been kitchenware, so I brought the cart upstairs, gave it a good scrub, and stocked it full of some of my favorite pieces.  All of my little birds are hung in one place and my dog collection has settled in on the shelf.  I think this is my favorite little corner now!

Hippity Hoppity Easter's On Its Way!

Easter sort of snuck up on me this year, despite coloring eggs at the beginning of the month.  I haven't really properly decorated for my very favorite holiday, but I have managed to add a few festive touches around our dining room.  I've been lucky recently at finding some cute vintage decorations, so I haven't even bothered digging out whatever we have in the attic.  I have managed to find time to gather lots of goodies for baskets for everyone in the house.  Putting together baskets is my favorite!  On Easter Sunday, we will head to my grandparents for an afternoon egg hunt and pinata and then on to visit other family members.  I'm hoping to dye some eggs with the boys before then too and eat my share of Cadbury eggs!

A Little Peek Into My Craft Room

Oh my poor little neglected craft room, I am so happy to say that I have finally given you a pretty good purging and you are ready for some crafty fun!  Before having kids and moving my mom in with us, Donnie and I had lots of our own little spaces.  We just seem to be gaining more occupants and with that comes less of our own space.  I have managed to hold on to a bit of that space, though.  What was originally a balcony and later converted into an enclosed sun porch, has now become my little sanctuary.  I love this little sunny room and am glad to slowly be improving it and working in it again!

This is my little workspace.  It's not usually so tidy, but this was right after the big clean.  There's also my Valentine's Day wreath, in progress at that point, but since finished!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a better depiction, although it still looks pretty neat compared to how it looks right now!  Oh! The table beneath that festive cloth is our original dining table, a beautiful yellow and chrome metal table from the 1940s or 50s.

For someone who doesn't scrapbook, I have a ridiculous amount of paper and stickers.  I also keep all of my copies of old art magazines, because I'm maybe a tiny bit of a hoarder.

Look at all those clean paint brushes!  They go great with the stacks of blank canvases on the shelves across the room! 

I also collect (hoard) stationary and maybe one day I'll stop being an awful pen pal and put that stationary to use!

I may have look through these books once or twice.  Who knows?  Maybe one day I'll complete a project from one!

A proper blogger probably would have fixed that curtain that's hanging higher than the others, but I'm being real here, people.  Oscar likes hanging out in here too.  He calls it the pretty room.

Who cares about seeing the rest of my craft stuff?!  This is the cutest trash can ever!

So here's some proof that I am both crafty and a giant slacker.  I made this little octopus years ago and spray painted the bowl he's in a pretty blue, with the intentions of making him look like he's coming up from water.  He will probably sit like this for another four years!

A Little Peek Into Our Hall

Hallways are totally taken for granted.  Sure they're tiny little spaces, but they get us from room to room.  Our hall and stairway used to be pretty ugly and I don't think anyone ever really noticed or appreciated it.  There was wood paneling and dingy white walls.  When it came time to spruce it up, we went crazy with color and filled the walls with artwork.  Now we love this little space!  There is still one small wall at the top of the stairs that is still bare, but eventually it will be full of frames too!

A Little Peek Into My Livingroom

It's been awhile since I've shown off any more of the rooms in my house, mostly because it's always a damn mess of toys and clothes!  To be honest, I've been pretty ashamed of my livingroom for a long time.  We were the idiots with two dogs and two toddlers who had a light tan sofa.  Well that stained and battered thing is now in several pieces waiting to go out for the trash!  The other furniture in the livingroom was a mishmash of cheap Ikea stuff and pieces we've had since Donnie and I first moved in together.  Over the past few weeks, though, things have greatly improved, thanks to a few really nice thrift store finds.  Sure it's still going to be a mess of toys most days, but I'm finally excited to show off our livingroom!