Simple Valentine’s Day Wreath

by leanneja on February 3, 2012 · 1 comment

in Crafts,Valentine's Day

Yep, I’m just now decorating for Valentine’s Day.
I’m a bit behind the rest of the blogging world.
So I came up with a fast and super simple Valentine’s Day wreath.

I went on The Graphics Fairy and searched valentine’s day card images on google until
I found some cute vintage cards to print off.
Then I cut around them so they looked like the real thing.
I hate to admit this but I actually remember some of these cards from my childhood.

I’ve had this awesome wire heart for a few years.
So I just attached a gray checkered ribbon to hang it from.

And then attached the vintage cards to the heart with painted clothespins.
Super simple and cute.

There’s still time to link to the Home Decor and Organizing Link Party.
I’d love to see what you’ve been working on and I’ll be featuring my favorites on Saturday.

I’m linking to these awesome blog parties:
Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots and Jello
Show and Tell Saturday at Be Different Act Normal

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Mud Room Lockers

by leanneja on February 1, 2012 · 5 comments

in Mudroom

Do you remember my January Home Goals? Yeah, well I didn’t do very well on them.
I had some unforeseen events come up that made it difficult to finish all of them.
I was able to get a few things done (storing Christmas decorations, shelves for Legos) and the mudroom about half done.
I wanted to show you my progress on the mudroom lockers.

I had painted the metal buckets black.
As you can tell they were green before.
I added some padding to the bottom so they wouldn’t leave marks on the bottom of the lockers.
I was using pads I already had on hand so I cut them in half to have enough for all the buckets.
The pads were already sticky on the bottom.

Each of the kids have a locker for their things.
The metal buckets hold library books, music books, sports equipment, scout stuff, etc.

The 2 lockers on the left are completely painted, the 2 on the right still need 2 more coats.
Can you tell the difference?
Hubby built the lockers. Didn’t he do a great job?
I just gave him the dimensions and he went from there.

I decided to have 3 hooks in each locker.
I drilled pilot holes for the hook screws.

Then added the hooks.
They can hang their coats, backpacks, and swimwear in the summer.

The room is going to be finished this month (pinky swear).
I still need to paint the other 2 lockers, the ceiling, paint and hang the light fixture, and paint the 2 doors.

I’d love to see what you’ve been working on lately.
Link up your projects to the Home Decor and Organizing Link Party.
I’ll be featuring some of my favorites on Saturday.

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I’m sorry I’m just posting the features from last weeks link party. If you’ve been following me here or on facebook you know that I’ve had some family matters that were important for me to take care of. There were so many great ideas linked last week that I couldn’t pass up featuring some of [...]

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