tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12185331772451662592024-02-07T00:20:56.439-05:00This Organized MessFamily, Home, Creativity and Thrifty Crafts!Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-42328885386110468122010-10-24T14:33:00.001-04:002010-10-24T14:33:48.952-04:00I figured I needed to pass this on…<p><font size="4">Some of you may remember a while back I did a post on teething and I highly recommended Hyland’s teether tablets. Well I saw this today and felt like it would be the responsible thing to pass it on… just click on this link</font></p> <p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm230761.htm?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cc44c9db3e3bfc1,0" target="_blank">Hylands Teether tablet recall</a></p> <p><font size="4">Just wanted to pass that info on ! I know I’ve been a little absent of late and prolly will be a while longer. My family has  hit a big snag and I’m going thru a rough spot… please just keep us in your thoughts and prayers.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-44225046237014912202010-09-29T12:58:00.001-04:002010-09-29T13:05:06.859-04:00Monkey’s Ugly Monster Doll<p><font size="4">Monkey LOVED Rew’s ugly doll thing soooo much and Rew didn’t want him touching it.  So I had to make one for Monkey too. </font></p> <p><font size="4">While at my moms during the  AC problem Monkey fell in love with my sisters blanket and they had something similar at walmart so I had to buy him one. Forget the super expensive awesome blanket we bought him he wanted a $7 throw from Walmart. Sunshine helped me pick out a cool pattern and he loved it !! </font></p> <p><font size="4">                        <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirS1wub5uG7D4Ml9xzKb16MrB7YNQHQhosPVZZV4PyT0xwaW7gmqjLOYQ1nDIjHFbih_YUdx7ZEaupTFk2Jk7dS7rzLbYTGsbSthzY7OstXSNam32fkHitZTQAnSBcEwjPDPdsPInrp28/s1600-h/blanky%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="blanky" border="0" alt="blanky" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TKNwA9V7hGI/AAAAAAAAARQ/fZWa4Xzzb5Q/blanky_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="4">But the thing is HUGE for such a little guy so I bought a second one. The first stays in bed to cover up at night time. The second I cut a corner out of and made a Monkey size Blanky . I had to sticth by hand ALL the way around the edge of it or it shed something awful !!He adores it !!</font></p> <p>                                            <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZnvMO2u_-kn8-OIAOcjpv7r-qVPsaQoqqGhJ-epVaF3ZOZd2AO0VOkHmBJc6rfrV131LGB87LwBHOMOkRSJrqhJm1mvw5AoL6nep83OW4I85X813SlsfpkKYx06omaJvOwlhbpBwdn6M/s1600-h/blanky1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="blanky1" border="0" alt="blanky1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTpZR1JRiwUHW8CeaiY7uKjDOYM3Am1_DfuhURIyk5y79g4_LdF4Ufud_E0mMPR7rkhu_RYJRvXEP1B5fCxv8VGxu3Kgwwg-uSzIlkJGLUZnI6QfDLRypJ-Do_0Wvf_LCeBF_P2wM7lq1/?imgmax=800" width="229" height="234" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Since he likes it so much and it’s the same type of fabric as Rew’s Ugly Doll I decided to use some of the leftovers to make Monkey’s. My inspiration for design was his binky. We bought some of the Mams with the cutest little monsters on them. this one is my fave !!</font></p> <p>                                    <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_ZUlYI7dZbpVh4RKkQiEe4mxSCtQKb0z3jpZ9z7GmUOZvKD6UURj3vxpWUuFA_jUpo8hYmXtb0cZH_lQWqgJO2L7KU3Ue6a3rtn4hheyXK6UUzRRxSIahK9dnoobeUg0JFg7sHuTQb7x/s1600-h/bink%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="bink" border="0" alt="bink" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TKNwSwUKD9I/AAAAAAAAARw/h5pmRUTszAw/bink_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p> <p><font size="4">Isn’t he cute ???   This one was also a challenge because I had to attach those legs on the front. One day I will take my own advice and make a simple one with just two pieces of fabric. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Anyway here’s my results….</font></p> <p>                               <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TKNwTAuCMtI/AAAAAAAAASA/Wm8_h0SqL5g/s1600-h/uglydoll%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="uglydoll" border="0" alt="uglydoll" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdigbNfC3ikCp_3TuYytQOzMp9W_2vSJ4QCBL5rXRPvwKwhAk0lfAJFkFFn4Rbi2r5KW6EeeyyeIXkouCeej3kzil7mEtYkZ2VWrKxvsxHsdFBX4qxAhdVp1YdKahdkjghyphenhyphenLzSjxt-YdX/?imgmax=800" width="302" height="205" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">I think Monkey’s pretty happy with him !</font></p> <p>                                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfhttUzwe3wkut0MOGp2vwkA1eCbuyvWZQbFgG7X_iXHCCSYitWBNKzk37Z3q3eG6jsM4PQPHqW5CTshsh39kYYMRv2j_5HIeH21g7WQviBD2tXogZOnoFmPuRWDCd0ncsOUwdywR8uG-/s1600-h/uglydoll1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="uglydoll1" border="0" alt="uglydoll1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK5qs24jElyR1_vMzbITi8SKlHcAHQC6efMASWd8-hD4ZBnMkTyd43_2aybgWf9Hd1nKwLy4dRbq28A0MMZb0pX_i9aQBu5M2GlYt3dyWruLThQXm_3nwiy7_OfC9KA2epjx8Rjdedrc32/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="229" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> <font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-22446949634545963572010-09-29T07:11:00.001-04:002010-09-29T07:14:05.173-04:00Wordless Wednesday…<p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TKMfenV9XlI/AAAAAAAAAQY/zHC55uJ91pQ/s1600-h/connorcolt%5B106%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="connorcolt" border="0" alt="connorcolt" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUSnDeWXVXA2yhB1jW5SXBIoNleGiXUAQq1POBnwJfT70hKgpXh9sSQyNu2r6tdcWfWkfvuI5CoPfxG6DHo7d_WD75P-1E-qYuB7zuU7qeXhP-0r9GB0KP7ZT-TJSuoJibdlV4P2W4VXw/?imgmax=800" width="509" height="395" /></a></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-53268363363951818462010-09-27T14:27:00.001-04:002010-09-27T14:27:31.298-04:00Monday…<p><font size="5">Dear Monday, </font></p> <p><font size="5">         </font></p> <p><font size="5">You Suck !!!</font></p> <p><font size="5">                   </font></p> <p><font size="5"> Best Wishes , (not)</font></p> <p><font size="5"></font></p> <p><font size="5">  Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-2145072199844519852010-09-24T08:53:00.001-04:002010-09-24T08:55:24.417-04:00Weekend Getaway !!<p><font size="4">As far as blog land goes this is all I’m doing today </font></p>                                        <a href="http://designitchic.blogspot.com/search/label/Boost%20My%20Blog%20Friday" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="BoostMyBlogFriday" src="http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt262/designitchic/Boost-My-Blog-Friday.png" /></a> <p><font size="4">and that’s because since hubby is finally home for good we’re going on a weekend family get away to see my family.  We’ll be staying at my sisters house but I’ll be spending lots of time with with my mom <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">where all the inspiration happens</a>. </font></p> <p><font size="4">To anyone who may view my blog today thru this blog hop… PLEASE poke around my other posts !! I promise this is NOT my norm. I have way cooler posts with crafts and decorating and stuff !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">As a quick update to my We have a new family memeber post…</font></p> <p><font size="4">We got Yoshi neutered and apparently he was just as unhappy as Rew was. (Rew did NOT want to take him to the vet let alone leave him over night. ) When the nurse carried him out to us he stopped yowling and grabbed Rew’s face in his paws. The nurse said it was about the only time he’d been quiet since waking up after his surgery. He howled all the  way home in his carrier but as soon as I let him out in Rew’s room he was quiet and happy again. I couldn’t find him anywhere later but  a quick search yielded these results…</font></p> <p>                                            <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfyfBcvJEza_4apAOMa-P71QjFTm3DJDqDbKCnEDvk442l1cnj6slIAZG3NKdIqadc0ko7i1LKfGcXYmbPkMHV0QBNN5t7GchvPmT4ii2plY_pdgBRkJNmLmA1emjH-f5N-qDADuvd4y4/s1600-h/sleep1%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sleep1" border="0" alt="sleep1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRnDnybYmIpqLgQxzkTBO58oZiUs6SJcmsm4aIoxg97EbUWyJJzySz8vr3ee8XrL-GQCCGmo2xQHPtfBRc4LdAnQaik8CIvAGANzFEr6sAvlNNM0L-YCQeSROmmB0-L5Mk7vrEfQnwLvH/?imgmax=800" width="276" height="297" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">The flash and my putting away laundry disturbed Yoshi so he got up and got a drink and then snuggled back up as close to his boy as he could get</font></p> <p>                                          <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GJvtT1bB0ZchytJDgIjZH3ssjSK_1P2Qm6CrPPYFIQb8AeTr9lD5RZ7A0011z64MAwFVnGLAcNYT9moT0iOjqW4B5uyzNWpZwWA9dt_iTaRjYGMXf9NMKsTVxCMGFAY4QYECYhpBeIig/s1600-h/sleep2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="sleep2" border="0" alt="sleep2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjCflpLGRz5cgI42VN7-zmn_59iupPZ2MUxzl_7M6laaKdDY0qy3sdoHfhy9A0WovYrjt0HglRz1fV4lQfysb1HsoKQHTHXB4KvG0qNF5tJYet5NhPte26FS4TJTbXjsCUHHjGDRE8XjW/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="242" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">I guess neither one slept very well without the other the night he was gone. This is at 4 in the afternoon folks and Rew does NOT nap !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">At bed time neither one was sleepy so they played Nintendo Ds quietly in bed so Bub could get sleep. </font></p> <p>                                       <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXYqArY4eyRUglTuYp8LkAIz8piUZ8M0vi4TQSETLXXTXVjjBcDiWT9vgIbsNPudOWaycB6uWCA3uCncmUfRSz2izOqg1jftRb8pYu1GdHqtxCJ9RPWquFvr6n0aPewokMWFn0BIbSxPs/s1600-h/bedtime%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="bedtime" border="0" alt="bedtime" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAmkMRE6imIk8XiFK5esQHrYfI-isx0c9RIQrQEaHmQCKxXe3wC8vqsiBuYwenteKd0Wkr2DQcNBkECTZuxQhBjKR1CG4Z1N-zjQAKJKrfsjb8BGk552uILtIlPHoLfQ7GzrKfXp8PWQv/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="153" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">We are not taking Yoshi on this trip so…. I hope Rew stays busy enough that he sleeps ok and that when I get home Yoshi has left my house standing ! LOL</font></p> <p><font size="4">Well I gotta go pack up…</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-43988298609737700432010-09-21T12:19:00.001-04:002010-09-21T12:50:53.685-04:00Menu Board / Schedule Planner<p><font size="4">Ok  remember I said I was going to do some interior decorating for my sis a few weekends ago ?? Well we had some successes and some failures. (She claims she is happy with the failures and got compliments on them but I hate them so I’m working on a redo. )</font></p> <p><font size="4">Well one of our successful projects was a menu / schedule board. She’s using it as a menu now but I’m gonna make her a nifty one that will go on her fridge and then she can use this as a schedule/week planner.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I have seen these going around all over blog land where you turn a old picture frame into a dry erase board. But I have to say the one we drew the most inspiration from is over at <a href="http://christinasadventures2010.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chistina's Adventures</a> ! Hers turned out just gorgeous !! </font></p> <p>                                            <a href="http://christinasadventures2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/make-your-lists-beautiful.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirlcT9JUfEGM2Tit9T9DqNzOo6Ok3k0ek8N-ZmOuUyBxYeZu4ZLF1nFc0Ogl7BO7NM9tv6gNHCd0Ql-irIlTTtniq87l0bhr26CB8dnK2PJZgov0pDiNCSa0sUOSyHrAuXk7VWVUucK-M9/s320/Decorating+108.JPG" width="235" height="311" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Click on the pic to go to her original post for the tutorial since I only have a finished project picture to show of ours. And while you’re there check out some of her other stuff… She is incredibly talented !! I have sooo enjoyed following her blog as we have similar taste. Plus I have to love anyone who wants to make lists beautiful !  (<a href="http://lifesorganizedmess.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-list-habit-collides-with-my.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> is my attempt to make beautiful lists.)</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">My sister is going to use hers as a schedule planner and has a serious bare wall problem. She lives in an apartment and can’t paint so we are filling her walls with colorful things both functional decor and purely decorative items.   This is one of the functional decor items obviously! I have been teaching her that in small spaces (which is her whole place) you make functional items decorate and vice versa. SO anyway… said all that to say this one will be hanging on the wall not in a neat bookstand like Christina’s.  Shay’s colors in her living spaces are creamy beige, black and a rusty barn red. GORGEOUS !!! She is nice blend of modern and classic/traditional. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I went out to find a frame. Shay and Hubby have only been married and had their own place 2 years so she doesn’t have a store built up like some of us. She and I both went thrifting separately and couldn’t find anything.  I was at Fred’s looking for something else when in their damaged goods clearance aisle I found an awesome frame. It retailed for $20 at the original store (Fred’s does some closeouts) and was $10 at Fred’s. Then after being damaged in Fred’s was only $3 !! SCORE !!!  It was very Shay looking too !!  I couldn’t find any damage but a neighbor pointed out that it was originally made to hang or stand and the “stand arm” had been ripped off. SO WHAT we’re hanging it !!  I picked out scrapbook paper in her colors and a pattern I thought she’d like, some swirly black letter stickers and went to work ! Here is our finished board…</font></p> <p>                                </p> <p>                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3eucQmoKJtPOxeJbR3TAAzQ2QfMHTfieMBasBqf7m3_Wm7u8_mrNDvUYoXkvpmuSofrN7oUuCBZ4lYkevs4WrFoFkRS6FIaI8BxMpeFitIAeTHtrVGOeQGHhxHqVt_7Ly7OoqUQvulFu/s1600-h/menu%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="menu" border="0" alt="menu" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ahuF4ISwViRElQbXHLSbPJYo15AVCNvn6fvz_N0IUrPCqamL7aUGdgAJUn8lvSGkrXupzs8Q4C-vGw4hQDdb6oirLcdIdZxPzGi9BsMeD7HelmKTKDU0jfsMjIS2kKH21qw_CGi8aET9/?imgmax=800" width="370" height="415" /></a></p> <p><font size="4">I love the detail on the frame !!  I have bought so many white boards here lately I had TONS of markers and the little things you use to hook them on the boards so I gave her a set and now her marker is always right there ! It’s a clear plastic grip so it looks like the marker is floating .</font></p> <p><font size="4">Well that’s one of our successes. I’m going to try to get more posted throughout the week. But things are crazy here. I’ll share more on that later too. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace</font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">Linking to…</font></p>                                                           <a href=" http://allthingzrelated.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="All Thingz Related " src="http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac182/allthingzrelated/ReBeKaH/th_anythingrelated.jpg" /></a> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-81890911334804045372010-09-16T11:33:00.001-04:002010-09-16T11:33:51.702-04:00We have a new family member…<p><font size="4">Rew is 4 years old. He has sucked his finger since he was 4 months. I have tried EVERYTHING to get him to stop nothing worked, UNTIL last weekend that is.  Last weekend we went to the pet store to get some supplies and show Monkey all the animals.  (we haven’t been to this particular pet store in awhile, it’s one that has animals in it)  Well they host a few animal shelter animals. As my husband was playing with some tiny kittens in a top cage An older kitten grabbed Andrew’s pant leg from the bottom cage and started playing with him. It was so cute how they interacted and Rew declared he needed a kitty to be his friend while Bub’s at school. We not wanting to add to the menagerie or deal with the insane adoption process of this particular shelter (seriously it would be easier to adopt a child) told him only IF or when he stopped sucking his finger would he be big enough to handle the responsibility of his own kitty. He came home wrapped transformer band aids around his index fingers and went all day without sucking them. Then all night as well. That shocked us. I figured at night he would relapse as you don’t realize what you’re doing in your sleep. Oh no he wanted his kitty soooo bad that he clutched his blanky in his balled up fists and tucked them between his chin and chest. I checked on him thru the night when I got up with the baby and he stayed that way all night. That is some SERIOUS will power.  My husband decided that such will power deserved immediate reward so the next morning we headed to an animal shelter to begin our search for Rew’s friend. We did not just want to go grab a kitten we wanted to find Andrew’s buddy. At the first shelter we stopped at the coolest kitten chose Rew.  From the minute we walked into the cat room he followed Rew occasionally meowing and always trying to get his attention. After 10 minutes of playing on the floor with several kittens Rew stood up and pronounced the “shadow” as trhe one saying “this is him, this my friend kitty”.   So we adopted the little grey and white tabby with beautifully unique markings ( I was so happy he didn’t pick some strange looking alley cat) When we got to the car Rew put on his orange collar and announced his kitty’s fave color was also orange just like him. </font></p> <p><font size="4">                                  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrop2T-a7O7TxDeVQ6fEr0XYskIIV7uK5qTpj_V-H1QahQaUasTWcxCefzdr5iGOBlnjlD18Eh3LmdLYU2NDhOMejFNNkFPpBCgh9GqNa98oBHokIEL3g0FSPOW4qkoSZRs5dYdlP-y2g/s1600-h/yoshi%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="yoshi" border="0" alt="yoshi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUbi9m3h_G0o1rlUrHlUT7x7MouDkMhX1gVZKpDMOWdB4SC8Ga3dw8AsSOkfFzksyDTD-xznrFhVMBitb1wyA1hi87492JsJAh5E1BvdyKUN_42kaM9BpctorWOvrltdDya-i1gR7mrM9/?imgmax=800" width="172" height="226" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="4">The kitten insisted on riding with his boy</font></p> <p>        <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VXmzWZGBZz_yXv_W8hTUGyzoWXYfKq2Vdy2MUxL5u0WtPeuASwIFG-HM8aYRC1Ln6OaS_Wd1u_V-EhR1QyQX9du2nZQQw0P2hpl_j6lypwaxt1vgMRR6q3GenBtw6f-2Fd_M-IKIMwwD/s1600-h/yoshikeys%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="yoshikeys" border="0" alt="yoshikeys" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TJI40IG1BcI/AAAAAAAAAO0/zCWJ6bsPACA/yoshikeys_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="212" /></a>                                   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqZQmWNrERGG7MLlWyG00d7emK8H752qr-RFsmO5OB00ETZ-HZpgQb7JUvXJFDgAIsidY8S69d-jZycfvJElCPyb9QbRufwHWV5cE-dWrUjGOmcthwmQPc3Xaxlhur1K-HpjMv27g67en/s1600-h/yoshisnug%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="yoshisnug" border="0" alt="yoshisnug" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TJI40xXbioI/AAAAAAAAAO8/gKi2u3ljm8g/yoshisnug_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="172" height="226" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">And Rew  shared his blanky and they snuggled. At the end of the 45 minute ride home Rew announced his friend kitty’s name is Yoshi !</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Here is a pic of the perfect cirlce on his side . There is one on the other side too!! He is so cool looking I love his markings !!</font></p> <p>                                    <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TJI42ZTUNcI/AAAAAAAAAPA/yBJzgbs5m7A/s1600-h/yoshicircle%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="yoshicircle" border="0" alt="yoshicircle" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TJI42sOSJFI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Ssa6J9um0cA/yoshicircle_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="298" height="229" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4"> </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Yoshi does indeed keep him company while Bubs at school. They spend hours in the bean bag chairs playing the Nintendo DS. </font></p> <p>                                <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharTfor7EtQFRRagEY1sT8klqRI7LQubMHddBlZ88t-HlqDPk2S3NaD9PrWCqXLob7zjnx7k7ufW1pafbJeEtd5-xiLxvd-KwLLX59ZZle_SmKMN8qVnwXz8NXZEKply27bUyxpVJhMHuJ/s1600-h/yoshigame%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="yoshigame" border="0" alt="yoshigame" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TJI43j24oZI/AAAAAAAAAPM/xDE6y2JgMx8/yoshigame_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="335" height="255" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">They are inseparable. They sleep together, (Yoshi has an orange blanket on Rew’s bed) play together and Yoshi shadows him everywhere.  Yoshi hangs out in the boys room with Rew instead of insisting on being in the living room like I was afraid he would. They truly are buddies. Yesterday I went in the bathroom and as Rew hopped off the potty Yoshi came out of the covered litter box. I had to laugh. They really do everything together. Rew still has not sucked his finger in almost a week!!  He is totally responsible for feeding and watering Yoshi and does an excellent job of it. I am soooo proud !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">So there is the scoop on our new family member and the story of how I FINALLY got Rew to stop sucking his finger !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-41078718898685065272010-09-07T21:40:00.001-04:002010-09-07T21:40:57.823-04:00Boys Room Furniture Re-do<p><font size="4">I have to say I was so excited to see this party over at <a href="http://www.thethriftyhome.com" target="_blank">The Thrifty Home</a> ! It’s a <a href="http://www.thethriftyhome.com/2010/07/refinished-furniture-party.html" target="_blank">Refinished Furniture Party !!!</a> I have actually been doing a lot of this in my boys new room.  I’ve never been very good at it before but this time something just clicked and I am proud to show these pieces off ! I have one more shelf to finish but it will not be done in time to get into this party so here’s what I have !!  </font></p> <p><font size="3">When My oldest was ready to move up from toddler bed to big boy bed we found this at a yard sale and got it for a steal !!!</font></p> <p><font size="4">                         <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UpfeWHahQFCXqOuxXHWWu4mUlp8ea0mMF5GSEDh1AU4c4-JDrUyZMgAaUP2gtpKkMJTM_vtPb4qA2HekmzPq6tseyzW-NBqfQYqFhiLUY3lXTEW1AqtG-niHYtedwIDfcAf5Q-FjByho/s1600-h/bed_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed_thumb" border="0" alt="bed_thumb" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbphNvrroI/AAAAAAAAAM8/gTePsc-WIGY/bed_thumb_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="204" height="156" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3">I LOVED this bed !!!!  It was so neat with so much potential but when my 2 oldest needed to start rooming together in a TINY little room we needed bunk beds. BUT with hubby unemployed at the time I had to resort to craigslist bartering. After a week I traded the really cool bed (that it killed me to part with) for these…</font></p> <p>                                                 <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9o6T0B7PCVCm53MF2728YiEiFB3dRX2-reUwjsywzccsH6ojyqEtCJqx1AyJNI8SH5Q7z2sLLUY2rO7uFI4sYYOcR6m8rO6s1YZJ4KEhRplWXNEmgsccNw1pna4-4z7ySo1xmqOD1paxC/s1600-h/bed1_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed1_thumb" border="0" alt="bed1_thumb" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh4-nEXhHalZyQiZyoEfJOHNL-HcTaPxaVhypyMjdEjx5roi3McV8jUcm5jF0xbuMidn8M_v7PUzyvBzBGKawk66ayQ1DX0Wuny9iG3B8k-Ez-VpUjf6vC2VJ-5GPe2AMbzxV1umcPAWJ/?imgmax=800" width="156" height="203" /></a> </p> <p><font size="3">And yes my boys are typical messy boys. I KNOW you can see the toys everywhere don’t pretend you can’t.  We all know they’re there. LOL…</font></p> <p><font size="3">Anyway…the bunk beds remained as they were until we decided to do the room swap/ redo. Now I want all the furniture to match/blend. Yay it’s time for my fave thing, PAINT !!!!! I love how a simple coat of paint can breathe new life into any tired old thing.  (kinda like taking a shower and shaving your legs can make you feel like a new woman after a hair raising day with your kids. I have 3 boys I KNOW these things.) I broke out the sand paper and roughed my surface a bit and then started priming…</font></p> <p></p> <p>                                        <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbpiSRhOnI/AAAAAAAAANI/3RaQEJHAFqQ/s1600-h/bed3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed3" border="0" alt="bed3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLymvvW109ypwCbz0-1ZaejNLYJnAi72FzhtXxTDkK6e5rWuHXUdxQfBsSrEyLqfNH5w2wMfddc3M4z1-1S5S7n083T0lADvUSImFN3ExSaRVb6fV5qdiAu5HZKpIBcfaEhhC9PHF0_51A/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font size="3">And after the priming and 2 coats of white satin paint I realized the red dinosaur stamp treatment that my 4 year old had so generously given the side rails was bleeding thru no matter what I did.  On to plan B.  I sanded the side rails back down and “colored” the rails. Orange on the bottom for Rew and blue on the top for Bub. Then the safety rail got a coat of dark blue paint. Now we have this…</font></p> <p>                                    <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZKxSiUQt-m9wkHbFOUG3guPgDypJHbfHaE0DrWsE6TrzVgXt1sNNJq1ZecQianGvI0bZIUNowDI0lWr5qjLkF0Vt54jYQRuEN5nKnX1gRV24RpERTZ0Q4HFte-K7F5rVR_6ci6rwo2_b/s1600-h/bed5%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed5" border="0" alt="bed5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiI6tMnGy4x3Ibw1ipgvYcI-R0WDzpbWu1PQ1wFQLPQuGd5m3jTZEIXV5nznw6Xc-IqghaHeEfgWBVsoHqd5lUtqYbLyztWNs4nDLn82O4twbfP9Y3ckfWtvcmHXPPfM9KX6vZRYdnLXQ/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3">It took 4 coats to get that orange right… Orange is just as bad as red when trying to get an even true shade.   </font><font size="3">Next I added bedding and we get the finished product</font></p> <p><font size="3">         <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbpkQoqviI/AAAAAAAAANY/uHz9UEMM9GE/s1600-h/bed4%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed4" border="0" alt="bed4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymqyFMuGj1ImLWJXzIi03NThYNo9KoFrVPKxJDB7RLyMBQRGBPyIDO3hGjA-jRb77LTQdZgUX1hrJvZUckRTnU1NvbsVofFRSysZq9hl5ndLwxB3w8NuN4-sR436sWrzsvW5oQlHhFevv/?imgmax=800" width="153" height="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiDncL24Zm26oWvV2_LCmAi5BZz6jkDhSzygUFVq4pS76_k6lAwhdtVnTsFqCPLX7L_xuc7V0jb9P-JFfCuDyjiZOFHiOUiHYz8G5MtyXfM7guKFx2zSMe92cAfbEJLO0qjdtdWc68Ekv/s1600-h/bed6%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed6" border="0" alt="bed6" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbplaHq71I/AAAAAAAAANk/f8vqtCcyo7s/bed6_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Yes my boys are still messy, we haven’t gotten to the organization stage yet or the floor scrubbing. LOL ! There are paint splatters everywhere on the floor.</font></p> <p><font size="3">OH !! I almost forgot Rew’s FAVE part of this redo. He has the bottom bunk and hates that its so dim under there so I added a tap light and TA DA !!!</font></p> <p></p> <p>                                                   <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiuBhGgq5ffEJUskHpoeLySdt6A7LabVfAu1977SDXJCVznl3r_0u5OEL9iTyF8jXPmHOfpbisIc3sER24cppX9qRCRPO7U2mwQKnyhiX_Jcx59BFr20I3qCTYj5pR177eI1guL7mGezT/s1600-h/light_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="light_thumb" border="0" alt="light_thumb" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbpl3XnVRI/AAAAAAAAANs/TevYw02Dar8/light_thumb_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="209" height="160" /></a> </p> <p><font size="3">He loves it ! It’s his own light and he is in charge of turning it on and off and all the other things about a tap light that would amaze a 4 yearold.</font></p> <p><font size="3">That’s my bunk bed redo.  I took plain old dark wood bunk beds and made them bright cheery boyish beds that blend with  their room and match their other furniture and are “color coded” with their fave colors !!  </font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Next came the Book Shelf   Re-do</font></p> <p><font size="3">My boys needed a bookshelf to free up some space on their toy shelves. Now despite the fact that my hubs and I are both big readers and my boys love books there is only one bookshelf in our house. It is a<strike>cheapo</strike> inexpensive bonus item that came with a <strike>cheapo</strike> inexpensive computer desk from Walmart. I wanted all the boys furniture in their “new room” to match / blend so again PAINT !!!!  </font></p> <p><font size="3">ALL the paint in this project is left over from other projects and the shelf we’ve had for 5 years so total cost here $0. Gotta love FREE !!!</font></p> <p><font size="3">I have no before pics of the shelf.  I forgot to take them in my excitement to get going.  But here’s one of the side of the computer desk (still cheap and ugly… oh well that’s a project for another day)  so you can get the idea of what i was working with.</font></p> <p><font size="3">                                    <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbpmAgwxhI/AAAAAAAAANw/vUz6uJESraY/s1600-h/desk%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="desk" border="0" alt="desk" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqYFSlJgGjK8Qv4AXotAQY58-IoMhtPTRvJDIbs5PNRIYiY7Xf7wynBT3pc77vUiMMMCZsEIn0R-VTKkNAwbcO9_3OCeYYWcnsDtWPPqojYhgEosFEtQ56gRljHx39mGX13RJ6ekuXTV1/?imgmax=800" width="143" height="187" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Yes that’s all you get to see. The rest is HORRIBLY messy and un-organized. It doesn’t even qualify as an organized mess. You can see it seeping into the picture in the upper right corner. paper work, envelopes, bills etc.  LOL !  But you get the ugly silver-grey metal tubing and ugly black MDF shelving and desk top. Same thing on the bookshelf.</font></p> <p><font size="3">I took it completely apart and started with the ends. I roughed them a bit with fine grit sand paper and primed with Krylon white spray primer.</font></p> <p><font size="3">                                          <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNimPKJvuRayghTovyieqY9xvijqI23M1q2rrC4Jk5tISrFVhm7nd7vhfcZMKUpTjmxf8iUU8F2SyUEBuaWsP81CzR_GRQJYQg3iATCZudDBgGefPFLZwtwvUFwnkej2Hc3mVMmeRYIWWn/s1600-h/BS1%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS1" border="0" alt="BS1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtT_e91N59Rj9iGvXyxhkJA03cBCEfmd9uAZRryRlXghuJKjK7T30GKKZD2cD_UqFTRoOcBQxmujI5PbshHhYx4EvLIv2PxPDoQbFvnQUl1RjgM1gVqvGbLQWsXkms4ict7dRY48rxHUA/?imgmax=800" width="148" height="194" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Then 2 coats of Krylon Gloss White paint later they were done</font></p> <p><font size="3">                                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fmbfRtxZKsMbl89Y3PS_8zlrEwukcYI3f5e5Jxt2HeQ5qVnl8yFUaJBuQPAjLqCq7PBX043o0cG5tSWQHViFw4zrnEzXGYQQaIAK2gfy9MuAJmTZBX0e_pFW001XhI9-W5zJTTbfwKet/s1600-h/BS2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS2" border="0" alt="BS2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcbBDcoBqFdytD7H1_yXIkVtNQyuSvrAW-1gpXCE-qWZc5PjZkOxiZNojl99Hm1l499FexnuQVbCL_hjXx3_0ZjHgN-Bzr5cQuWwcHcH2YAZzVOj0lcPEkYwWLMNHCvNFfPGoqItre94re/?imgmax=800" width="153" height="221" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="3">Next I LIGHTLY sanded with a medium grit sand paper all the MDF shelves. They were under a leak and had very slight bubbling on them from water damage. After that I primed them as well with the Kilz primer i bought for my kitchen cabinets. When it was time for paint I gave each shelf a different color like the bed rails.</font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>                                             <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS0TletYwNbiNJ2fu-Mml1XDRrh0pRj-P2G1D2oAcXlQKcGeptpYUHB81iHdafOsPF_rWWbGQnLwtrUx7ZJldFekiYDQwH2ERZ3TgfOPqGx1xK6X06RoGUzTnwi3wOJVuNY43Sy3Wv9es/s1600-h/BS3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS3" border="0" alt="BS3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuteTnnfGj-kkfGsGuHG3XPaeK-W77xjLGF7Ab_ApjtcTV1CeatBzs0sKiSdcZ57sQD0bBU2IRSYb_uqutF-8e72fHENo2s7pcxi1pTABMKLegiu6XrOM6sMczZ5WbRZxqgwqRyrdLJgSy/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font size="3">LtR : Behr Sparkling Apple, Krylon True Blue, Dutchboy Bouncing ball.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Yes the blue shelf is sprayed the others are not :o) And once again just like the bed that orange took MULTIPLE coats. The others only took 2.</font></p> <p><font size="3">I also primed and painted all the brackets to coordinate.</font></p> <p><font size="3">                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74oWrtNaujZPet8KK7QE9x7BcDcDi_5jHSaviVtOKrSXz6cl4pCtJcpV1oG9fOY5cGdiMRc-NtlUkk2-onFelYYzv3HpGCqAkL8zbp2ZkswR8PJwE9E3M_X566hSESDyfKBmERhCk5VRF/s1600-h/BS4%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS4" border="0" alt="BS4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQDihNOTnjZQ1STRca84lAyEQRyYSCgu9dxPAqMZHAXdy13SnsZx2vaz5nV2W_0IcLJapxnA9CPiDXg_DF6oTvYNDLp6p3kvGZedCBLXzB9zTDjh1Wr3ByMr_G6jwsKGGmetWGg2gNYhq/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="118" /></a></font></p> <p><font size="3">I let all of this dry and cure over several days. Since it’s going in a <strike>kids</strike>BOYS room I didn’t want to end up with dings and scuffs in the paint from turning them loose on it to soon. Boys are very hard on furniture. Mine especially. When it was finally all dry and ready to go I put it all together…</font>       </p> <p>                  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYL0EEBQgt_B_1hOC-bC8tWF_DI4B_sxkSy55Z0Bvfbt_7GPf9PAVMWiwlEaI-6z4yHw-eWKi0WnVZQys09wHw1Kq_NUKN6lFOkM022qMu-pTQdKtC3snpyBAZOeaZe5ztOpAK-hXuFDRf/s1600-h/BS5%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS5" border="0" alt="BS5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIbpptzEkkI/AAAAAAAAAOc/qT3eKCpnQfM/BS5_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" height="210" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbA0QU6Q4c42dz0P8buN9gS-eoPljVlUAFzO1iz1D9PvfGSlh7gKkaQhMXg7-eY7q4K_SC1fRIRfEOX-7ipo4dYmCcdX3rVNi2X8GsbJQf9wauVcag8m2Lda0JLQXlIgz9h_wZ9O4gKVkg/s1600-h/BS6%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS6" border="0" alt="BS6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLismpM_XAfQBFgqFjSs0XwyZ1WP6J9AJX-yBesAPEcMdQPp-2Rm-uD8jR2xU_3SwpiSRkZVVRIPXFhYaeLY15vRYpeTo_6O9nq4k7CuvS5DABXTqNFoGJ5qbmTy_E13udBximaX5wv2U/?imgmax=800" width="219" height="207" /></a> </p> <p><font size="3">And there we have it! The boys get a cool new shelf that blends with their other furniture and matches their room colors ! I <strike>covered up</strike>  “made adorable” a complete eyesore. And I think it looks much better in a kids room in bright colors than in the industrial office supply look. I HATE that look. I have HATED this shelf since we got it. (still hate the matching desk. again, project for another day )  Not a bad little shelf sporting it’s new look though.</font></p> <p></p> <p><font size="4">I am so happy with how these turned out !! I have created this post showcasing my boys room furniture refinishing to link up to the awesome Refinished Furniture Party ! I am going to make it so easy for you to go check out the party and all the other fun refinished furniture projects people are linking !! Just click the button below…</font></p>                                                      <a href="http://www.thethriftyhome.com/2010/07/refinished-furniture-party.html"><img border="0" alt="The Thrifty Home Refinished Furniture Party" src="http://www.thethriftyhome.com/images/rfbtn.gif" /></a> <p><font size="4">Enjoy the party and hopefully find some great new ideas !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-69133680941425714952010-09-07T10:23:00.001-04:002010-09-07T10:23:30.456-04:00I’m back again finally…<p><font size="4">Ok I do realize I promised to be back quite sometime ago but as usual nothing I planned actually happened the way I planned it so here is a quick update. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Hubby came home and fixed the AC. It only cost $18.00 and other than going to get the part took 15 minutes to fix. Now how come FIL and all his “knowledge” couldn’t figure that out BEFORE i spent several hundred on a window unit ?? What was it I said in a previous post  <a href="http://lifesorganizedmess.blogspot.com/2010/08/make-your-own-ugly-doll-monster-alien.html" target="_blank">“useless and annoying waste of space”</a>??  Oh wait I was talking about the stuffed animals ! Wink wink … </font></p> <p><font size="4">While here Huby decided to finally take my advice and stop by the staffing agency that found him his previous job and just talk to them. Well guess what I was right AGAIN !! (I’m the one who sent him in last time too) They asked what experience he had and when he told them their eyes lit up and they said they had the perfect fulltime job for him and they are desperately needing help. SO Hubby turns in the keys to this fuel guzzling monster on Thursday…</font></p> <p>                                         <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGHRT6Zsr5KsibaxLK6KpEEGkGo2lEWC77SsDtSxIKGMVT00XdDO2rKHWMA3n9jLWIMnxcJ11DVUiH_Yr14wb1w0_dzJKSPZmBJiAQl8D7JZimOPbp8wngv4T3eLo4hbBz4jMzqHNXTAm/s1600-h/truck%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="truck" border="0" alt="truck" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpkpvznu9WzgXUtqIzngtr-89dyci1GvtRXhUrKuzgFkk9DJk9i7zAKBUpYzeMzHwJk_cJhopJQnbFpwoiY5iUdR2lzYJIr6Sf_uk79dM1Zh-EBM3_ZSJXH3x9T1cFln6pkyPTnH3CUMg/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Yay ! No more absent hubby… although it will take some readjustment I’ve kinda gotten used to having less mess . LOL He has an interview on Monday and we are crossing our fingers, praying ,etc. like crazy ! </font></p> <p><font size="4">I have had to halt any more room redo for the boys… I have a few projects I’ve got all the stuff for and I’ll finish those soon but I’m out of money. Hubby will be taking a pay cut and I seem to have lost my job as Diva and monster’s dad has quit and is playing stay at home dad and no one is responding to my phone calls or emails. :o(   I miss my craft money.  </font></p> <p><font size="4">I am however working on a project that excites me greatly I am decorating my sisters guest bath and possibly living area depending on her budget !! I am already working on some projects (in those few spare moments I find) and we head down to her apartment to decorate on Sunday !! I don’t know who is more excited her or me ! I LOVE to decorate and make beautiful ! I am taking lots of pics and will be blogging the whole thing! Check back for more in the days to come !</font></p> <p><font size="4">Bub started school and is doing pretty good. The bus comes MUCH earlier this year and we’re having some morning focus problems we are working on. I may end up driving him every morning again… there goes some blog time but oh well…</font></p> <p><font size="4">Rew is on a Harry Potter kick and has decided thats who he wants to be for halloween. We have gotten a wand and glasses…</font></p> <p>                                              <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIZK4d8bpLI/AAAAAAAAAMw/2OIFWP9nkz4/s1600-h/hp3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="hp3" border="0" alt="hp3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TIZK4VliFnI/AAAAAAAAAM0/Pqgth6esdDA/hp3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="234" height="244" /></a></p> <p><font size="4"> I got reading glasses at Dollar Tree and just popped the lenses out. It took us almost 20minutes to find ones that fit him that he deemed Harry Potter worthy. Eye liner makes a great scar and I’m crocheting a scarf in Gryffindor colors. Now we just need a robe.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Monkey has made an olympic sport out of army crawling and is into EVERYTHING !! He is also learning to pull up. He fell over on a toy and got his first shiner. Yay now it looks like I beat him. I get many odd looks in public. There are the Moms who nod and grin like “oh yeah I’ve got boys I remember that stage” and the people with no kids who look at me like I deserve bad parent of the year. Whatever… Monkey has also outgrown ALL his clothes again. YAY more shopping !! I bought a few things to get us thru til I have my yard sale and I can do some big time shopping. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Speaking of big time shopping, I went to Osh Kosh and got Bub’s entire fall wardrobe. The deals I got were unbelievable !!! I’ll post on them this week too ! </font></p> <p><font size="4">I’ve done several small projects while absent that I’ll also be blogging as soon as I can so keep checking back. Now that I’m here I have plenty to blog…</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace</font></p> <p><font size="4"> Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-77832750034882312382010-08-20T19:04:00.001-04:002010-08-20T19:05:35.851-04:00Where I’ve been…<p><font size="4">Sorry I’ve been gone without a word although  I doubt I was missed very much since I’m still a very small fish in a very large pond…</font></p> <p><font size="4">I was just going to take last week off. Bub’s first week of school and my vacation week. I was hoping to do some catching up around here and focus on getting back into the school routine. </font></p> <p><font size="4">BUT then on Friday last my AC went out. This is the hottest summer we’ve had in years and I have an 8 month old baby and my husband is only home 3 days a month… THIS IS SO NOT THE TIME  for my Ac to die !!! SO we have been living in the master suite with a window unit and just running out to the fridge and microwave waiting on my hubby to get home. </font><font size="4">He is back and we think we know what the problem is and are working on fixing it. I hope to be back in blog land on Tuesday when he heads back out on the road.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I am sooooo glad I re did the master suite and moved the boys in there. It has made this whole experience easier and of all the rooms in the house to be locked in at least it’s the one that looks like it belongs in a magazine! Not to brag or anything but it is sooo nice in there !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">All right well I’ve breathed in all the hot air I can stand for now so I’m heading back to the bedroom. See everyone Tuesday !!</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-87322543437846445802010-08-07T10:17:00.001-04:002010-08-07T10:18:56.920-04:00Sooo it’s Saturday…<p><font size="4">Well today is going to be more focused on the family part of my blog than the crafty. I’m still working on finishing up my cleaning… I hope to be back to my projects on Monday. </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">We are teething here… Well Monkey is but we all feel his pain.  I have been using <a href="http://www.hylandsteething.com/?cat=3" target="_blank">Hyland's Teething Tablets</a>. They are fabulous !!</font></p> <p>                                                           <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGMuw-jzZTnCZLNKxx5dzCYeK5cfJ1uABA0nyZ6PvyTx-AaJoBGc8G2Eu6UfBA2NwhyphenhyphenA4xTz_iO8yxw4GFIemjIAQoG0FpXwOsWcwNSzXUzq7ZViD8CsgLUCapeZTwsDqADYk1h_7-8tY/s1600-h/3__320x240_ttabs-new%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="3__320x240_ttabs-new" border="0" alt="3__320x240_ttabs-new" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TF1rBW8mm4I/AAAAAAAAALQ/XfaUp6JtG3M/3__320x240_ttabs-new_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="122" height="149" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">We do the usual Motrin at night but the biggest life saver has been that I FINALLY found a teether that works. None of my children have ever used a teether. Each baby I spend about 20 bucks on various teethers (they always like them in the store they’re bored LOL ) plus they have the ones from the baby before them. The only thing they end up using is Mommy and Daddy’s fingers.  (They prefer mommy’s due to size)  OUCH ! And not very sanitary. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Well <a href="http://www.nuby.com/en/natural-touch/teethers-toys/67906" target="_blank">Nuby's Natural Touch line</a> has made the PERFECT teether for all those parents with fingers only kids like mine.</font></p> <p>                                              <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LBHu53ndsy-BBbH_2S2Uuah4czgI2FlmI7i4OI7VzZWwS80_ZOb0SLKkS1wsquoPSWIAh_hcaqcBYiAsIfMGgCLK4YLPgWp5JE4aIKfgHC1tAdnDkBbxAmOui0v-c3xp4vYmPpJ8gDNq/s1600-h/67906_hdr_1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="67906_hdr_1" border="0" alt="67906_hdr_1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TF1rB2exbAI/AAAAAAAAALY/FVktphgwpqI/67906_hdr_1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="158" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">See the hand looking ones ?? They ROCK out loud. Monkey has been my worst fingers only baby. NOTHING but fingers and occasionally binky goes in his mouth. Well he LOVES this teether. It closely mimics real fingers in size and shape and is soft yet firm like a finger ! Each finger tip has a different design for a varied texture to teeth on. It also kinda works like those little “tooth and gum brushes” you can buy to slip on your finger tip. The texture is about the same and so after those pearly whites get here baby can chew away to keep them clean ! It is the perfect size and shape to get in there and do the job teething or other wise !! I found mine at Target and they are NOT with the toys. They hang with the pacifiers and come in a great plastic carrying case !</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Well I’m gonna go clean some more and try to ignore all my crafts and projects screaming at me from my craft corner. I’ve also gotta do a TON of laundry and get together all Bub’s clothes to prepare for starting school on Monday. Where did the summer go ?? </font></p> <p><font size="4">It’s gorgeously sunny here in Ga but HOT so I’ll be enjoying from the window as the pool is still not usable  UGH!!  <font size="4">Enjoy this Saturday everyone and I hope yours is as beautiful as mine. </font></font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace</font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">I’ll be hopping around here today during my breaks !!</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <center><a href="http://lucasjourneyspd.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/misterkade/sun-1.gif" /></a></center> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-23084057490636007982010-08-06T11:09:00.001-04:002010-08-06T11:09:11.326-04:00It’s Friday !!!<p><font size="4">Ok I’m almost caught up on my cleaning and I should be back to my room redo and crafty projects soon. That’s good cause I’m having withdraw symptoms in the worst way… </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Here are a few things I thought I’d share today just some totally random thoughts…</font></p> <p><font size="4">We had open house yesterday at BCPS. I am so excited about Bubs teacher this year ! I think it is going to be an ideal match for him. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Rew is angry that he doesn’t have a class but would refuse to go every day if he did. He just wanted a welcome goody bag at open house. That’s a 4 year old for you. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">I have a new hair do and color and let me tell you I feel like a brand new woman. Actually I dyed my hair back closer to it’s more natural shade and added caramel highlights. Ok when I say “I”  I actually mean my sister did. I have a great little Sis who is a cosmetologist and she rocks !! Thanks Susan ! Hopefully I can change my profile pic soon that one is from when I was preggers, so very old. </font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">I find it absolutely hilarious that my soon to be 8 year old is no longer eating chips due to the fact that “they build bad cholesterol that will clog my arteries like blocked up pipes and I will die a horrible heart attack” and that was a direct quote.  My other sis who is a dietician would be sooo proud !</font></p> <p><font size="4">I am going crazy trying to clean, organize, babysit, finish the bedroom re do, finish projects, Keep the dog from destroying everything I own and the cat from tormenting her , birthday shop, get Bub back to school including finding a Pokemon back pack which NO ONE is selling except Toys R US and then only online ),  keep the finances and pay all bills by myself and just find time to breathe. I am soooo looking forward to my “vacation” week next week. The Monster and The Diva will be home with their daddy next week since he is in for a break . (he drives a truck like my hubby)</font></p> <p><font size="4">Speaking of , I miss mine ( my hubby) … a LOT… like a TON !! I can’t wait til the 19th when he should be home. I have got to find him a local job this trucking thing really sucks. Big time.</font></p> <p><font size="4">My Ugly Monster Doll thing for Rew was such a success that I now have 3 to make for other people. I am NOT including the inside pocket on those I am keeping them easy. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Now here are a few “bloggy” things I thought I’d pass on <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keen Inspirations</a> has a new feature going on its called <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/2010/08/news-flash-on-friday.html" target="_blank">News Flash Friday</a>. It’s really cool newsletter type post where she passes on anything she ran across thru the week that caught her eye from projects to new blog hops to giveaways. And speaking of giveaways she has one of those going on right now too.  Its <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-about-csn-giveaway.html" target="_blank">a $45 gift card to CSN stores !!</a>  I know we would all like to win one of those !</font></p> <p><font size="4">And here are the hops and parties I’m participating in today… at some point… I have already linked up to some and as I get my “breaks” will sit down and finish linking up to and exploring others !! Happy Blog Hopping to all this fine Friday !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <a href="http://www.lovinmylovebugs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Rachelle%20Czuk/featureyourselffridaybuttoncopy.png" /></a> <br /><a href="http://designitchic.blogspot.com/search/label/Boost%20My%20Blog%20Friday" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="BoostMyBlogFriday" src="http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt262/designitchic/Boost-My-Blog-Friday.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.toddlerawesome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" border="0"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4624788364_8f66dc4d57_o.jpg" /></a> <center><a href="http://thetrendytreehouse.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="New Friend Fridays" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1403/4731192098_60e98411a4_o.jpg" /></a></center> <br /><center><a href=" http://goobergrapemonkeyman.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/JumpingJaxDesigns/ChickadeeButton.jpg" /></a></center> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-62271927730160629722010-08-02T13:23:00.001-04:002010-08-06T10:26:49.071-04:00Bookshelf re-do<p><font size="4">My boys needed a bookshelf to free up some space on their toy shelves. Now despite the fact that my hubs and I are both big readers and my boys love books there is only one bookshelf in our house. It is a <strike>cheapo</strike> inexpensive bonus item that came with a <strike>cheapo</strike> inexpensive computer desk from Walmart. I wanted all the boys furniture in their “new room” to match / blend so again PAINT !!!!   </font></p> <p><font size="4">ALL the paint in this project is left over from other projects and the shelf we’ve had for 5 years so total cost here $0. Gotta love FREE !!!</font></p> <p><font size="4">I have no before pics of the shelf.  I forgot to take them in my excitement to get going.  But here’s one of the side of the computer desk (still cheap and ugly… oh well that’s a project for another day)  so you can get the idea of what i was working with. </font></p> <p> </p> <p>                                             <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb9-JozhQI/AAAAAAAAAKU/LhdgriDmh-8/s1600-h/desk%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="desk" border="0" alt="desk" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTykUduh50OzRfIlimMOY8uDN2WeE_4vG29QEJnUYn24Egpt5oBIgt29IpcFjhp0B5y_eCm7IrLAEjASDqwge9s3TRKBgZreZuTYnzeU4f88DoA-VRTCDIeneZlG3C8OyxDpfjJmYP_Z4d/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Yes that’s all you get to see. The rest is HORRIBLY messy and un-organized. It doesn’t even qualify as an organized mess. You can see it seeping into the picture in the upper right corner. paper work, envelopes, bills etc.  LOL !  But you get the ugly silver-grey metal tubing and ugly black MDF shelving and desk top. Same thing on the bookshelf.</font></p> <p><font size="4">I took it completely apart and started with the ends. I roughed them a bit with fine grit sand paper and primed with Krylon white spray primer. </font></p> <p>                                                     <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb9-0AAJmI/AAAAAAAAAKc/n-esTY_Wc44/s1600-h/BS1%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS1" border="0" alt="BS1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb9_E832mI/AAAAAAAAAKg/-cF_wfllnDI/BS1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="161" height="211" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Then 2 coats of Krylon Gloss White paint later they were done </font></p> <p><font size="4">                               <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6A3iWjz50BwzGL3oUlON1Yyue_d6-nkPJM1qaa_RDnIln4ZMfeU3AiTZCNQx_NouMaNZev2JNznjEmYVNjZUULnD7M6Dwxg99IUrQU73EnlYlvdN0EpP7C6Hn9j79TNVf479IxvETd4jx/s1600-h/BS2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS2" border="0" alt="BS2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF3rxz9f8g0p-TdRUXxi2KKSZVnZffy9SQeMA-0BRPPbqbk-okocVfuPgTf87iSZ-OugNxjGcUYWLCn1ZKCB6fe6nCusWfYLTQWqmPJonnL36XS3Q71KNqNhSkeIYymglE_D93N_TzRy5/?imgmax=800" width="163" height="244" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="4">Next I LIGHTLY sanded with a medium grit sand paper all the MDF shelves. They were under a leak and had very slight bubbling on them from water damage. After that I primed them as well with the Kilz primer i bought for my kitchen cabinets. When it was time for paint I gave each shelf a different color like the bed rails. </font></p> <p>                                        <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb-AKiJZgI/AAAAAAAAAKs/SjWPkvYrWdc/s1600-h/BS3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS3" border="0" alt="BS3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpVuaci5RUW-NLjMLzF6EV1ZR6e11F4U2ZhRxbJTSNJf-GVjYsyRLrOAtGDsxe9bO-KY-FksfGj8r4LPdG7jgIpfyCfYUgn39YiTmEtCe50GwYhyphenhyphenHr3x4kFV9auDdarXWjF4ZNSCKSUgR/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p> <p><font size="4">LtR : Behr Sparkling Apple, Krylon True Blue, Dutchboy Bouncing ball.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Yes the blue shelf is sprayed the others are not :o) And once again just like the bed that orange took MULTIPLE coats. The others only took 2. </font></p> <p><font size="4">I also primed and painted all the brackets to coordinate. </font></p> <p>                                       <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb-A7D04oI/AAAAAAAAAK0/k11YcsvF1Ms/s1600-h/BS4%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS4" border="0" alt="BS4" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb-BKUChTI/AAAAAAAAAK4/Pn1BuCA3fN4/BS4_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="118" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">I let all of this dry and cure over several days. Since it’s going in a <strike>kids </strike>BOYS room I didn’t want to end up with dings and scuffs in the paint from turning them loose on it to soon. Boys are very hard on furniture. Mine especially. When it was finally all dry and ready to go I put it all together…</font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb-BWdHMzI/AAAAAAAAAK8/kXVQ4Xw4y0I/s1600-h/BS5%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS5" border="0" alt="BS5" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFb_C6VULZI/AAAAAAAAALA/7T82mUaPndI/BS5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_ogmRHqwBXGAbyNisC8Oh5Pg8C-jQArxYXBYT7eqGy_RPKR5c0FdOWsW-N12-5MHMkxY5TOUrWqIGktrbmpK7ByQU-SW9l-pGjjMA2AePvdo_M5pDVU2KgnLOmWLKOVoUflUComOlUkQ/s1600-h/BS6%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="BS6" border="0" alt="BS6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZws0rHmwt9gSCEAiIOBhJEj_3TM9Kjv7RofTPo4NecDF9-1xAZw16b9HyWl9PktFQaYVToOQLrTHqodEFtKWypFijxajCiFtdAKjGDrELmt2lSyjPQ5ImB3NNJB5KYiSQ3r7AenmcKjyP/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="230" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><font size="4">And there we have it! The boys get a cool new shelf that blends with their other furniture and matches their room colors ! I <strike>covered up</strike>  “made adorable” a complete eyesore. And I think it looks much better in a kids room in bright colors than in the industrial office supply look. I HATE that look. I have HATED this shelf since we got it. (still hate the matching desk. again, project for another day )  Not a bad little shelf sporting it’s new look though. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace</font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <a href="http://www.lovinmylovebugs.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z78/mikerin3/Rachelle%20Czuk/featureyourselffridaybuttoncopy.png" /></a> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-5023654773198220012010-08-02T09:53:00.001-04:002010-08-03T13:49:55.895-04:00Make your own: Ugly Doll, Monster, Alien etc.<p><font size="4">I have so many unfinished and half done projects around here it’s really not healthy. But I put a halt on all crafty and remodel projects to finish up my cleaning projects in the lower floor of my house. The part we live in the most and people see !  I had to make an exception today though. </font></p> <p><font size="4">My four year old has a blankey. His name is “Keys”. Short for blanKEY add an S. I have NO idea where the S came from.  He goes every where with us and as Rew’s best friend shares many adventures and  endures much abuse. He is 4 years old and LITERALLY falling apart. At the seams, not at the seams …EVERYWHERE !! I had to put yet another patch on him yesterday and so today Rew was extremely upset that “keys” needs to be safe but if he’s safe on the bed he can’t be with him. (we already leave “keys” at home when we go out now.) </font></p> <p><font size="4">Rew is also obsessed with these “Ugly Doll” things. I think they’re cute and the story of how they started is adorable and sweet BUT I don’t have 20- 50 dollars to spend on a stuffed piece of fabric. They are so simple it’s unreal what people are paying for them. Well I decided to try my hand at making Rew an Ugly Doll type monster. Now I brainstormed a step further. I need to rig a pocket of some sort, some where attatched to this monster to hold  “Keys”.   If you’re not getting all fancy like me with the pocket these things are E-A-S-Y !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Here goes… </font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 1. You need to start with a piece of fabric of any kind twice the size you want your doll to be. You can use anything. An old tshirt, sweatshirt, a towel, a blanket. I bought an unbelievably soft micro plush blanket in Rew’s fave color orange !! This came out of the room redo budget. And I have plans for the left over blanket. (throw pillows anyone ??)  But the blanket was only $7 at Walmart. It was cheaper than fleece fabric (at $7.48 a yard) and softer. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 2.  Next you need a piece of paper big enough to accommodate the size of your doll. Start by sketching out the basic shape you want your monsters body to be. We are making a pattern here people so it needs to be actual size. Be sure and leave room at the edges for adding ears, horns, arms, legs etc.  Once you’ve decided exactly what shape you want all these to have add them to your pattern drawing. It should be all one piece. You'll see in a second…  It does NOT have to be perfect. that’s the appeal of these little guys. They’re wacky looking.  Mine has 2 big ears , one arm down and one up waving, and legs with feet toes pointing in per my 4 year olds requests. He also is not perfectly symmetrical and I made his face a little off center.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 3.Take your fabric fold it in half (or big enough to lay your pattern on. My blanket was so big I only had to make a small fold in one corner !)  Make sure you fold the side you want showing on the inside. You want the inside of your fabric on the outside right now so your seams are hidden nicely by turning it right side out later… Lay out your pattern and pin in place….  Like so…</font></p> <p>                                       <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25pmqm5caDkaEyvzFYN9cE4QkGQwe9zWYUWaqSfg4HjcrBaLDHpNW4rZzUe3_e8sc3ELefe7eDoWUrtSINohomU1iOExMriXcQlCT0wi8d_CMkiZdroVZyTW7tFRgkT8yu1n4zqj63gjw/s1600-h/ud%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud" border="0" alt="ud" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyAIEnsmBJ0lL4Ug8WDd21aATPCjrceO9gAryOpHT77aDmqn9FrWjIp42diK6DaltjlvjGpNt4qThSzkKvRzZxgksP8NHabd1euA1jdh3iJu_G-fq7JGFnhpnzHiCK-pgyevycMlCRXYr/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="230" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Step 4. Now you just need to sew around the edges. If you have a sewing machine this is fairly quick… I do not so I stitched this  by hand and I went around twice. (it’s going to belong to a 4 year old boy. It MUST be sturdy) It took forever !!!! Don’t forget to leave an opening to turn it right side out and stuff it.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 5. Now CAREFULLY cut around the outside edge of your     seam (s)  to remove all excess fabric. Working with the micro plush was messy since once you cut it it starts to shed. UGGHH !!  you can also remove your pattern. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 6. We now turn the shape right side out and if your monster is very small you can use the eraser end of a pencil to push all the arms legs etc. all the way out. My monster is BIG !</font></p> <p>                                                    <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNsXRY1YI/AAAAAAAAAJk/DPSfBLijB1c/s1600-h/ud1%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud1" border="0" alt="ud1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNsdM5wPI/AAAAAAAAAJo/42Ve6o93lr0/ud1_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="181" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Step 7. You’re almost done ! Now you get to stuff it… If you’ve been at the crafting longer than me and have a better stock or just sew projects a lot ( I do NOT as evidenced by my lack of sewing machine) you may have fiber fill around. As you may have guessed I didn’t.  SO thrifty me GUTTED a giant (useless) Easter bunny. My children get several stuffed animals a piece every Easter from paternal grands. I find them a useless and annoying waste of space. (the stuffed animals I mean ) I have boys so after 2 days so do they. Needless to say this bunny donated to my cause nicely.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 8. After stuffing to desired firmness stitch up the gap you left open to stuff. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Step 9. Last one !  Now the fun part ! Give your guy or gal a face and add decorations ! I cut out white felt circles and stitched around the outer edge in black thread then  sewed a big black dot in the center for a pupil. My son favored the original Ugly Doll looking eye balls. Anything works here though buttons are a cool idea !! So are wiggly eyes ! You can stitch a mouth with embroidery floss but not having any I did this in black felt. I cut teeth from white felt and sewed it all together and then stitched it on. We also put a big green and orange button in his hand that says Friends Forever ! Rew is flirting with the idea of adding little tiny button “polka dots” all over. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a NO. </font></p> <p>                                               <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw2lFbX1xHGZ1ihCxqMKbJhDw4S-bkVJWMZVXoPcFc_aes87l6yV1_H_T1Um0u_KRFzVqAOWXtLJaf1ei92cEjJUpnE2tDlXq6eKjf49GC6Xi2rI4VEidXNjkg7zcEg2jf1szDeiIKCPZ/s1600-h/treako%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="treako" border="0" alt="treako" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNtapOlCI/AAAAAAAAAJw/-Grw6c-KpFs/treako_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="218" height="244" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><font size="4">So now YOU’RE done… </font></p> <p><font size="4">I’m crazy I added a few extra steps in there on mine. 1. I sewed a pocket.   2. I did not leave a hole for turning and stuffing. I cut a slit in his back. I turned and stuffed and sewed one edge of the pocket to the slit and then the other side as well then punched the pocket in and made a pocket space inside the monsters stomach (but the stuffing cannot escape !)  3. Then I sewed on a flap to cover the entrance to the pocket and applied velcro dots to keep it closed.   4. Then I added buttons on top for decor. We put “Keys” inside his new safe hide out and left the tags hanging out the flap cause Rew likes to rub them as he falls asleep. He likes the silky feeling.        </font></p> <p><font size="5">1.</font> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNtqIs9JI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/W6e-oXNXWE8/s1600-h/ud2%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud2" border="0" alt="ud2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXngb4RljTWHDrTu6-ZyTDabJGkrcMxtqWN4OeHCD0BMS-uT20Ov7HaS_QZcWwjmjWfP7COSDjtHaNJ1r8ERiakAfNMH1wcn2U-TntVIKmmvhuS6W3TdlGg8ETfta9yBxN_A7nINxn0ARK/?imgmax=800" width="167" height="191" /></a> <font size="5">2.</font><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNuao2-dI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/hGn1h72D0bE/s1600-h/ud3%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud3" border="0" alt="ud3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAt5frhZKBQ0PU8CvHterJ-zgSMuztCJqa2VRlGJ2ZL6ePwa9-0P5-_2qN1xX0S3_AwlRJI_aTP0jCpMdlI5n4a20R6xp_GsNlRRwfQcZpjAEeIIjFVFXrKr-b3kw9jd-H_lq-m5scaodO/?imgmax=800" width="183" height="189" /></a> </p> <p><font size="5">3.</font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNvdc_RUI/AAAAAAAAAKE/rnaFUlI9OZc/s1600-h/ud4%5B7%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud4" border="0" alt="ud4" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFbNviFFgQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/livLYgugBvs/ud4_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a><font size="5">4.</font> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphQqUPTyYHWYDvcP7Mn2paygbW31J-HOOT3XMWXfNX2QFBHg-Ks4yxF0qhHbpVk5ExUs4ieih4wvHFqJB7qa6Xbot36EpFraGp6iWtMx1yn4hv2cu1lZ3a86sxBbPQhL2iYBhJJnoHR3_/s1600-h/ud5%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="ud5" border="0" alt="ud5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMah2cQL2RuXRT6wROWnz3uQJz0zT2qe6G1ZAyykZwCgpzc3wGqUZlX9ZDt6Z2-cIiAe9ihraPO0pi9MmIIvN5oDovOELzYyulqiwQiorfvTknDKPhE0EMUCakId0uSsJiscAk4F5lscC/?imgmax=800" width="204" height="244" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">NOW I’m done too ! Like I said if your not adding the pocket this is one of the easiest sewing projects EVER !!!</font>   <font size="4">Andrew loves his “Treako” ! And loves that “keys” is safe and staying clean. Washing him puts so much wear on him.  </font></p> <p><font size="4">Happy Ugly Doll , Monster, Alien etc. making !</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3">linking up to these GREAT parties…</font></p> <a href=" http://allthingzrelated.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac182/allthingzrelated/ReBeKaH/th_anythingrelated.jpg" border="0" alt="All Thingz Related " /></a> <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/"><img src="http://www.skiptomylou.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/button2.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="The DIY Show Off" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ydn4kd0aaEY/SvO1EQ53tuI/AAAAAAAABt0/h5tFf_uXQiY/S990-R/DIY+Blog+button.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://makingtheworldcuter.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Making" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo119/tiffhewlett/Crafty%20Stuff/MondayCuter.png" /></a> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-37365780428345574232010-07-28T17:57:00.001-04:002010-09-08T07:25:36.341-04:00Collectible Card Frame<p><font color="#dbcca6" size="4">I know, I know… after promises to be back with my many projects I went missing again. Well here is why</font></p> <p>                              <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFCnw1E7Y_I/AAAAAAAAAI8/SKYMoKaISi0/s1600-h/truckboys%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="truckboys" border="0" alt="truckboys" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6icwgXkk9WMW3fD75SVzAM116RDlw9sgrdUyII4XR1kvYLJjJQiunCSjS0XVr-OoXZmqUSBP-lipLER6AhNHuBRJ8AiyrOvMhXQk1jYbXYnu17rSKwuMLJocfRXlkAisA_zIuydFhsiBj/?imgmax=800" width="318" height="227" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">Yes, Hubby came home. He brought his truck this time for the boys to see cause for various reasons he now leases the truck and has a little more freedom.  It was nice to have him home and we stayed pretty busy with family time and outfitting the new truck. </font></p> <p><font size="4">While he was here we headed out shopping. When we got to Target I couldn’t help myself. After the great disappointment  of finding the adorable little green monster nightlight I so <strike>coveted</strike> NEEDED for my boys room GONE  I still had to wander thru the home decor dept. Not to buy things mind you,  to <strike>steal ideas</strike>  err… be inspired !  </font></p> <p><font size="4">I had no problem finding a small 11” x 14” super hero poster a few weeks ago for the “head board” of Rew’s bunkbed.. It came folded in a coloring book.   Bub wanted a  Pokemon one and he wanted it to be more of a character gallery than “art”. I could not find anything that fit the bill. Even on Ebay.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Anyway… back to the Target outing… As I turned into what I promised my hubby would be the last aisle I looked in Bub was chattering in my ear about his Pokemon cards (and why I should possibly , maybe buy him more today) and I saw the answer to my problem. There was a nifty black frame with pockets for framing collectible cards. They had fake baseball cards in theirs but with the constant stream of Pokemon chatter running thru my head guess where my mind jumped  ?? Yep ! BUT the price on theirs was $26.99    Ummm I don’t think so ! Limited budget here ! So we left but my thrifty, crafty side of my brain was churning. I headed to the dollar store (that I can walk to from my house! Yes I am THAT LUCKY ! Go ahead , be jealous. I really don’t blame you.  LOL! ) to re- examine a frame I had admired the week before. It was, if I remembered correctly very similar to the one in Target.  YES !! It was very similar and I actually like it better ! I bought it for a mere 6 dollars and headed home.  This is what I started with  (yes I admit I forgot the before pic so I took a pick from the back !  That’s why you see some blue.      Ha ha ! ) </font></p> <p>                                                     <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEzZTX-WRxDwMqEeyv1v0VVt-cZCKTgldmaE030d0l8sZefmnhC_gbWvFNGcK6Kzd8vQiy3SVQHZEhHSs0BvgdPLl0NPwvb8YbTe5Wrl_ZUgAvhf7ObKMHsoVL6jwBXu9IPkcdDRcuZpc/s1600-h/frame1%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="frame1" border="0" alt="frame1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFCnx740dhI/AAAAAAAAAJI/jd6lMWKvZ0E/frame1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="153" height="165" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">While it was drying I headed up to my storage closet dug out the OLD baseball card collection and found a card sleeve that was in really good shape. Now this sounds easy but I assure you it was not. I have not gotten to the closet on my list yet. This means you enter it with the understanding you may not make it out  ! LOL!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Bub and I are already in the process of collecting his favorite  Pokemon cards in holo/foil on Ebay. But for now he picked his favorite 9 cards in his possession.  We put them in the sleeve and …</font></p> <p>                                               <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiJ-vr4wMDT_0AfZQkF3QpijGmeGicCCgckBNLq8DS4lMrSwbyqSh1rak3l6vr0pjTa23rpc3GcUkpLzzk0ZiKE0dT1sGd7rKJGndvd_d9CN_PuPzcs5-JmyR8XeY86bu497idwJMCRZC/s1600-h/frame2%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="frame2" border="0" alt="frame2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9eHnwJeH0jiia-iUu-Y4tFz2xWRTBCOZsL8xglZPPU93ZOuxtU36WMLDF6C9Nz335J5IAQqbGgTXnqbBHqQejp39ZjInVhWnOrhj0C6G1GspCVM_pKFNMBS8cY2ajntKGbdX-C_AUN-O/?imgmax=800" width="202" height="218" /></a> </p> <p>Sorry about the picture quality i REALLY need a new camera !</p> <p><font size="4">Now I took another frame I already had and it’s “glass” was actually acrylic so I swapped it with the real glass from the frame I bought. This is going to be hanging over my 7 year old’s head. Glass?? No thanks. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Then I gave the frame a nice coat of “True Blue” shade   Krylon Fusion paint. The same color I used on the bunk bed safety rail . I put a white background in the frame .Then I used double sided poster tape to position the card sleeve. I popped it all in the frame with the new acrylic “glass” and WA – LAH !!!</font></p> <p><font size="4">                  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vP0mtY-8h-Yqfb5I0N3TxQxonS6tHOYd2n9JgxWPwF5br8H4sWZJ-2DZ4Hqg6OOeSVIHcECDNdbn_D4gOEnkWsptHxzff8R9xJd8RNuBdo1GptKJ4ta09Cyz2bL8m_t8Mlor1SHt4u5K/s1600-h/frame%203%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="frame 3" border="0" alt="frame 3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TFCnzb37AnI/AAAAAAAAAJY/4R6Fku6DXak/frame%203_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="314" height="308" /></a> </font></p> <p><font size="4">I have collectible card frame that better matches my decor, better suits my exact needs (and is a little safer for my purpose) and for $6 instead of $26 !!!!  I am so excited about this project ! I hung it up immediately  and Bub LOVES it ! I have gotten many many hugs and multiple compliments and grateful comments from him. And that means the world to me ! </font></p> <p><font size="4">This would work for any collectors card, Sports, Bella Sara, Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh!. It’s a great way to get some favorites out where they are visible all the time and SAFE ! That’s big for me the safe part. Bub has his favorites we’re in the process of collecting in holo/foil over the summer. He is a very generous, easily convinced child and I did not want him getting swindled out of them on the bus. They’re his faves and I am putting a lot of time, effort and money into collecting these specific cards on Ebay. I’ve been wondering how to keep them safe and now I’ve got a solution to that as well as the headboard/poster problem. Well I’ve got to go prime another project ! I’ll be back with more soon !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <p><font size="4">Linked to   <a href="http://nikkisniftyknacks.blogspot.com/2010/09/gettin-crafty-on-hump-day.html" target="_blank">Gettin Crafty On Hump Day @ Nikki's Nifty Knacks</a>         </font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-80271918454965378572010-07-23T15:17:00.001-04:002010-07-23T15:17:11.997-04:00HURRY, its your last chance for the giveaway !!!<p><font size="4">Sunny over at <a href="http://sunnyslifeinrehab.blogspot.com">Life In Rehab</a> is doing a giveaway !! You can enter for a chance to win $40 to spend at CSN !! YAY ! How fabulous is that ?? </font></p> <p><font size="4">One of the ways you can enter is browsing over at CSN and then coming back and leaving her a comment on some things you might buy. Well I browsed and shopped and browsed some more and had a whole list of things I had ooooo’ed and ahhhhhhhhh’ed over.  But then I saw it… the most adorable little wooden workbench toy. You can really screw pieces together and there are <strike>cute</strike><strong>  </strong>manly little tools. I live in a house with 3 boys. This would be a huge hit !! They all love to pretend build. Yes this would also benefit me (and my walls and my coffee table and my end tables and all my nice paint jobs etc. ) cause they could finally stop “building “ everything in my house.  LOL</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">So make sure you head over and enter …  Wait ,  I’ll make it easy for you click <a href="http://sunnyslifeinrehab.blogspot.com/2010/07/who-wants-to-celebrate.html">HERE</a> and it will take you right to the giveaway ! How easy is that ?   I’m sure you’ll find PLENTY of things you’ll want to spend that $40 on so get started !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace </font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <center><a href="http://sunnyslifeinrehab.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSPYBCrNlt3BPIoG5T_CbFUP66F2jduZEJgjMJDmPxxcpqFqYm-7RNsFNBpzYhjzS8q-lLcdXa0KV_hxYnZ2Pjb8rfaDIuXtnl6MHTeJCObRWrA7zHN9FDZ_S-L25Xf085kZ4IVjZxI-2/s1600/button(7).png" /></a></center> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-7322240730644625102010-07-22T10:40:00.001-04:002010-07-22T10:48:27.854-04:00Bunk Bed redo<p><font size="4">When My oldest was ready to move up from toddler bed to big boy bed we found this at a yard sale and got it for a steal !!!</font></p> <p>                                    <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSCPUa2e2r1OT_19E2i6r9HZWZRm4xhutFVZsstErR-yZsx2sSq0SI4xCZlKFOIFoQYF2SHYf4nONluV3nywYexzjkUQ3F29seCEHgAUn833tUXc5rcnR8C8oJwq3lVXlTtBv27u6eqk9/s1600-h/bed%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRIWUFKIEit8K1MxQt66jaDRw5dP8-ycftE9um8sQT7wzYGpSguMniUd_fXL8n3ymWMAzhq2_ZfI3fngPY3wux8wXm8k_CGSItqqoKVFHj9WdKI4p2vd4N5wYhUl4Ma3TryrYCgMhgEJX/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font color="#d9c99f" size="4">I LOVED this bed !!!!  It was so neat with so much potential but when my 2 oldest needed to start rooming together in a TINY little room we needed bunk beds. BUT with hubby unemployed at the time I had to resort to craigslist bartering. After a week I traded the really cool bed (that it killed me to part with) for these…</font></p> <p>                                                  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPJheg4mkMSEl0x1WnoOZdcfkkc8CQEZouqcP8aU_wFhy6j9Hqy7hEusriEaGhIFAeJlrPCWH-Ot0AjQgLp5lShTyBTUoQgm57VGdt81HbYO_M-C3zbIsU0LwKtv4robHtslIAXi3LEU1/s1600-h/bed1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOC6840vMbXqYsVkvPLcnsZUSYsBrTi-PAnCIHUdnXOXGsX3kWV6-O-JsbJ8b8vohNtDjrATuOCA-cVnIifYOccNUKNRNtMWo4FeUxuJhbkqQ0tugL2lHFChQ1u4zfFl_8ZjBXUhPO6Nz/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">And yes my boys are typical messy boys. I KNOW you can see the toys everywhere don’t pretend you can’t.  We all know they’re there. LOL… </font></p> <p><font size="4">Anyway…the bunk beds remained as they were until we decided to do the room swap/ redo. Now I want all the furniture to match/blend. Yay it’s time for my fave thing, PAINT !!!!! I love how a simple coat of paint can breathe new life into any tired old thing.  (kinda like taking a shower and shaving your legs can make you feel like a new woman after a hair raising day with your kids. I have 3 boys I KNOW these things.) I broke out the sand paper and roughed my surface a bit and then started priming…</font></p> <p>                                        <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd9JqVds4nd15m1fqYqzSrM8QYOw-P7i4qILAxN62FcxZzagWb4d_1NzZpbA2HxI9X7Y77lbba7uLkdn6tcTqLkpWxBjL3fT7G5ekUp2_aoCs86dNNlzHOyqgkAy3KgaW548F9yPvAhkl/s1600-h/bed3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed3" border="0" alt="bed3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf6F35Qul2hy0xupl-zpG1BcBR9rS7EUa8JGDXO2KfHpjawIpvcI3IA6HPsZsM4JxbhHiL7NT-9OT1Dnvpk8mZ0Kh1q1S0WSJoDHs-Qp55x5EI5dMbQeBH8f0a-oprlOZnp6gwLSIUcrF/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">And after the priming and 2 coats of white satin paint I realized the red dinosaur stamp treatment that my 4 year old had so generously given the side rails was bleeding thru no matter what I did.  On to plan B.  I sanded the side rails back down and “colored” the rails. Orange on the bottom for Rew and blue on the top for Bub. Then the safety rail got a coat of dark blue paint. Now we have this…</font></p> <p>                                     <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmVNQYaKKZzIAgJaUwBXttjhplgyOJn3V-OlunJLvRbHULl1ltaWTrRnSy-n1gMBVc2aljEToofN5ZHAZvPBDC56HsGwA2hUcatsezuzU1BauhuTIm4bDeEcc-opu7aonWgHaDAKnL4im/s1600-h/bed5%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed5" border="0" alt="bed5" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TEhYTNvcBgI/AAAAAAAAAIg/7jrna8C_JpE/bed5_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">It took 4 coats to get that orange right… Orange is just as bad as red when trying to get an even true shade. </font></p> <p><font size="4">Next I added bedding and we get the finished product</font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueXSmEnt0CewkJpU9uM-SAvfaBRGiJ6-EtJ59Dqog4WB7AAjKmcC_XwNc1yLasVOoDUXtvhgh0kln5ixojmU_baEg8mrJtKtypad6pQKCUhxs2WZamv-bxl2PpXFtcPyF8X2zZ0tVxgoO/s1600-h/bed6%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed6" border="0" alt="bed6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDg6xcG9TIqIqF_Z6qcRwrPOw1d74JzXGmO__mOYxWwGajc3RrPwTfLTK43QuNArom0jqmuW93tWGViR2T_Zx1L3xjrvc1tLcO_1RRPTE2euh_NDTOkgA8FEXT-8phpbg-psDFQQDxWcF/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPib6sqgJyyj0ikL2Sbo3zTuNF00dPtDdVyUY-egXZ1LvuMvBvcwJdsTF_EMF2kAX6rtQhmltKq5EL70XSZmLVzkLRyJ3Is1cWml5t_18IdX93hM1FKu6EA3Jz7ktcxVdCHpeVY5PpBNL1/s1600-h/bed4%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bed4" border="0" alt="bed4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WSdEDZ24JK5sEiAbvV55sSpyr9YPmaqPpzxumFZV4obZVpOJJKVGAkzESYDxrNfmac0yv1OuP1Nd1z2PcQXtTzgrfB6ffwLcA9DE1l27-Vov7i0iaatyFWQqML9zm-MFTUizgqVigAvB/?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><font size="4">Yes my boys are still messy, we haven’t gotten to the organization stage yet or the floor scrubbing. LOL ! There are paint splatters everywhere on the floor. </font></p> <p><font size="4">OH !! I almost forgot Rew’s FAVE part of this redo. He has the bottom bunk and hates that its so dim under there so I added a tap light and TA DA !!!</font></p> <p>                                   <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TEhYVARfOhI/AAAAAAAAAI0/SwzDyIHk7tE/s1600-h/light%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="light" border="0" alt="light" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-ZuWR1mRh109CqaTilupQ_GH4cOAQByylJ4TaE9cDH2PqjMjcoDgLhO4gJ-Gy20O-4S5V9Nw-rMG5FNOa6rOwAfe0SWNkN6S40WY-EiZD68QpiZqL10nhqIiBj6l2Y2rk1chjxAWZyTC/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><font size="4">He loves it ! It’s his own light and he is in charge of turning it on and off and all the other things about a tap light that would amaze a 4 yearold. </font></p> <p><font size="4">That’s my bunk bed redo.  I took plain old dark wood bunk beds and made them bright cheery boyish beds that blend with  their room and match their other furniture and are “color coded” with their fave colors !! I have many more projects going on in their new room so keep checking back for more fun boy stuff !!</font></p> <p><font size="4">Peace,</font></p> <p><font size="4">Steph</font></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="4">P.S.</font>  <font size="4">I am linking this up over at Seven Thirty Three for the What Are Little Boys Made Of  weekly round up. Head over there and check out all the cool boy inspired crafts and projects !!</font></p> <center><a href="http://733blog.blogspot.com"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OJdDfsDxbLZvSemnMyJWUpQzRuZ5LLPMi0HThE93fZaYhLTmROmG8Wtaf4Yd-saP6Myh1ym8c1F3-bx1P1vj1OpmCENaIKPofsUYVyU-JDpTjOaYPHB1inAUNf-upSgVqnmeZHOOyl8/s320/WALBMO.jpg" /></a></center></div> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-21924120095658225212010-07-15T23:48:00.001-04:002010-07-16T13:00:44.847-04:00How it all started…<p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I’m finally going to start giving some peeks in on what I’ve been slowly working on… It’s been slow waiting for the money to come in as well as having to work on things on my days off which have been very few. </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I figured I’d start with what got the ball rolling…  It actually started in Monkey’s nursery. “How ?” you may ask. Well I’ll tell you. </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I painted my boys room when we moved in 4 years ago a plain dark blue. With cheap Walmart brand paint cause I happened to have 2 gallons left from something else. Needless to say its been 4 YEARS and the paint is not only ugly to begin with but has NOT held up at all. At some point Rew even started peeling a big hole ion the paint on the wall. So when I finished Monkey’s nursery Rew came in looked around and demanded to know with a major attitude of indignance “How come da bebe gets cool room and I get crappy room for ?” So here is the baby’s nursery for you to see…</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Here was my inspiration piece… a quilt from a bedding set I found at a friends consignment shop but it was already sold.</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">                            <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_Waba81eI/AAAAAAAAAGs/8-XOuewhtCE/s1600-h/coltbedding%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="coltbedding" border="0" alt="coltbedding" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_WavyfSUI/AAAAAAAAAGw/exOYY3KfbyM/coltbedding_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" height="244" /></a> </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I loved both the colors and the safari/jungle animal theme.</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I painted these canvases…</font></em></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_So4Zv_80O1mCh32N34BpLJSEsns2IGT5IYH7XhmgxDCZ59b4Lhm8Tb-YSGtyRE4eRYcC6SgKxz3NaAwHxEmq3eF8uuEylzMMY2tCB9WPAmZgm8NoPZy2bziAdVcgCiMIJxYt3OMjvzhV/s1600-h/elmcanvas%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="elmcanvas" border="0" alt="elmcanvas" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGw55NIEPlHmsksqMnR-FQvtPj_XAhkxUuKGabs7AlMCG2NpSVPUx3TIz1Z7187_JXeiVu6t_MiVUbK1Wu1DdNRWj_TH4QcMrXIKUB0s6pUFQGQdN1uR9o-2lmlgi3MoG1Jng4TPNdamwr/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="149" /></a>  <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq3XpmRPdNra7jhc6ztFHlaDogOY8DD-mM0Kho8VQ3jl1ves-ksYyv0XMq5N65hDAtQYngFlqRP_8_X3LczxNG4aXc8RvIRLSQgvSmtlbbLz7ZQa5_xU0Ola7u6s5_ZNUqLK74gQGbUR_/s1600-h/Z%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Z" border="0" alt="Z" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0oaDIM3EhZYrFgaHlr9oEmXskDzbZA-FeHOjXpCwKXkclD-Fj5ZhI3OjOE3hrPWyaT7WM2naewDr6gusKENav4ox7s-TBPJzNUTsccfI7aTQ1DiYU5Ct7-asE071VJf9qAMnla-NVPax/?imgmax=800" width="228" height="174" /></a></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4"> </font></em></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>                                          <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_WcgJ7cAI/AAAAAAAAAHE/iBdPLWj4jmU/s1600-h/G%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="G" border="0" alt="G" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEOCCacKEeRiB4LqKzNJFw2imPsDw5-AZwPr9r4BvK17nN8j_e7h0sEVEqXsY3XQUX-E6w0tZNxR4a7rzrruKV8IDBXiE4EBlMcF9pgM-pCOv1gbpgwsh32m8_8fxx3wmLIvRA8XowzKK/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="216" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">You’ll see in a minute that my nursery has a sloping ceiling so I have two short walls that are parallel to each other. I wanted to do vertical stripes on those to “add height” and solid blue on the tall end walls. BIG problem ! My walls are not even and are crooked and messed up like everything else in this house that was built in a hurry by a crooked contractor.  So my husband suggested polka dots instead and I’m happy he did. They look way better than the stripes would have anyway. My blue and chocolate paint was left over from my living room and I made my own khaki  by mixing some white and chocolate. My wonderful sis Shay bought me the green as a “baby present” and even helped pick/find the perfect shade. So I spent nothing on paint !!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I had an old dresser that was given to us by a very special family friend that had been special to their family as well… but it is old… So I gave it a face lift. Sorry I have no before pic but it used to be oak looking and had very tarnished gold pulls. My crib is white so now the dresser looks like this</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">                        <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZiHRi1A_VmnOlq6_DcjjEfjQrx0xtLGbqp8i6D-D-JPl-6hmuXoEA4q7JeOA9nZwhvOyPRhCnwFQmlO0x4HIyIsZSWMOHW3I39CzdOfwTDUWSNGd50aWZWerMUBZFUqXHF2WMUaIlN7L/s1600-h/dresser%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="dresser" border="0" alt="dresser" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK6BO8YlvGZmC4mWTaGEGcpELS6tGhPgM8xzi5RGIRS3G4ffzZjMZjLBT5dW4e2mZfsv0HAcQvcqrChU7SeHKEWNMYLWI_Z67Fa-qze211oDhW0gcUHNNkndyQND2gdj6uN9hKSIBQz_U/?imgmax=800" width="228" height="175" /></a></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I also took the ugly OLD blue Lazyboy rocker/recliner you can see a smidge of in that pic and made it a slipcover with a sheet I bought for $3 on clearance at Walmart.  It was the only one and the perfect shade of blue.</font></em></p> <p>                                      <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsUAyVTGHa5yS1KxOgmHi6bUcNMUZUije97SJylongA9clmAP-mAy1QBte0fWgUx1w6UDDPxPEd8UDeY7SSj-rQ5-2F27KgkFMSCeqEguxhyCN6hpWnIUrd_M_Y7tiBuE2abPXgOvridH/s1600-h/beanies%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="beanies" border="0" alt="beanies" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkjNKA-urxfn6k2-xPF2CL1uVFPxB3tLqta_7-2Lk8OW9K22-2hvt1EQ2cb-9tsDJZGC_7uwnW0rCBTKf46mF-0AuZGcb_I3HbOgOcngOdaiVptHMpL0t7iP9mOhk0mgHk9bbLr56eIBre/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="73" /></a> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">These Teeny Beanies from McDonalds belonged to my husbands Grandma. They were very close. My other children have many birthday and Christmas gifts from Grandma but she passed away a month before we found Colt was coming. So it’s nice he has these that belonged to her and they match our theme. </font></em></p> <p>                                        <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_WfWJrZvI/AAAAAAAAAHc/4XgFel23kjA/s1600-h/c-o-l-t%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="c-o-l-t" border="0" alt="c-o-l-t" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KJj7JjqbFk76cPvxZQeKhIIxhzAOT8HjFFhy8wY3K1UPmWBei63TD0-QOboHIoug86-ctStvcyjgYGKwgvAlpwOWzBENB1mnCYVRcjSPb8hjGSMZLhj6bk0Vl4FgZyk-51SJC3Mc0eMS/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="131" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I wanted his name in big letters on the nursery wall but I couldn’t find any I liked. So I bought these wooden circles and painted his name on in a font I liked !</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4"></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Now here it is all put together !</font></em></p> <p>                 <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiqk65Va664Inm3ZeEAnwJFecWGdi7ygdlhAh22J0Kd1Cm8u3mqQJgUzswR1iRONa8nzJjYLeeKv1x8muQlUjRKNpCshxi-G1ourTY1Njo1SESmIR7FwDSCGBwR0venkhqfAj0vAEkWi4W/s1600-h/nursery2%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="nursery2" border="0" alt="nursery2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhjZGciNYkfxK6IPu0Hi7bPsW49oqWPXzklJPnWyHNf8A7c9Lep63A5N9CRa1peqSuWgfWyy9sjVwB8MG5sBEccLTkBmaXcj87c8koho45mJyF6MNfkWNWljTsQlqM9ZjSoPl7zwagHrD/?imgmax=800" width="407" height="312" /></a>                                                    <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_WhFwXCZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/tK5kOSu3umg/s1600-h/nursery1%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="nursery1" border="0" alt="nursery1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KeHn2vcEUXXLnJD5Cf_-khIQsd7GmNsTqY45RMNkwzeQCVv8QCPy7wgGMcZWKP0NpEuR9jhWX4uE2lCjvtbREch5Q1iBu0UkeNM8hTjlABvm3CnqBfClHOQcU9XDcRb2UDhHyrlC-vKG/?imgmax=800" width="382" height="298" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_Wh3AMvOI/AAAAAAAAAH0/qwkDisM505w/s1600-h/nursery3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="nursery3" border="0" alt="nursery3" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD_WiL2uzXI/AAAAAAAAAH4/3C8CU6jxqaM/nursery3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkz0ECTZuiX6ti4iFUegHeljDTjNbzuo5LXjbvVDAxEXmEn-dcb56UlekC7RdpDlxC4MbhB9MC6TG5ZCwspMHASxMnrhbsjoQ6vAzQmfuJl0QhHtgNfIUkcIc4W1RkgNhsHSIZGMQYbOH/s1600-h/nursery4%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="nursery4" border="0" alt="nursery4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpSgiYF5gCUl_PFcvShWlVdt6VYPFz4cXcUi5SorhgX18o3fS2deMqOESDdURWgZB5SjoxOT99pDW8X0z0axgKeh5ZrAVNf7nPIfmCl-V7IXpyzmEm61xgh0jf9SuVytgbVpksdhDkmtm/?imgmax=800" width="241" height="185" /></a> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Well there it is the room that was “cool “ enough to inspire jealousy in the heart of my 4 year old and make me realize after 4 years and bad paint it was time to give the big boys a new room as well.  I’m quite proud of how it turned out !  Hopefully I can keep on this roll and slowly give you peeks at projects before revealing the boys new room and how all the projects look together!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Peace</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Steph</font></em></p> <br /><center><a href=" http://goobergrapemonkeyman.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy8/JumpingJaxDesigns/ChickadeeButton.jpg" /></a></center> <br /> <a border="0" href="http://www.toddlerawesome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4624788364_8f66dc4d57_o.jpg" /></a> <a border="0" href="http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae163/kstrieg/button1-2.jpg" /></a> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-38648042746312780662010-07-14T18:52:00.001-04:002010-07-14T18:52:42.723-04:00A little peek… (sort of)<p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Ok I really am gonna get to blogging about my room move/redo for my boys. I just want to have more done first and it’s slow going finance wise…</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Today I had to cancel a shopping trip for a rug due to financial reasons so I figured I’d head to the park for a free part of a project I wanted to do in their room.  It will be a photography/art project… I think. I have several ideas I’m playing with, not sure which one(s)</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4"> will end up in the room. </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">SO I dressed the boys in “blending” outfits and took them to the park. I picked this park cause the playground is orange and blue so it matches the accent colors they chose.  Here are some of my results…. (I actually have TONS these are just my favorites.) </font></em></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0XgKvkiLpVO90bkyXStF2vILYLSgeapqezqEM-ha4VqLR4vFvYOKbyO-jxn3V0Zt-ORJi15LBt-I21RCsOFPcX7rE26WN_CKo-c54GtjybrJAqEUTXpn1aqf-SSYQUuoW36MSX6gX8MA/s1600-h/contunn%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="contunn" border="0" alt="contunn" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisRHhVkJ4MiO10jlpRVfO6UMkUg6AHlfo92gh97WF3qGbEkLj2jKB2zXLMr_kBGtH5umbzQWMcDvsxu0Bt7E76sVHJMuCAMD9JMSDNZ6ARUzE-u9KfVdnntd3JYehJ7zCrelhnw3wmAJ9D/?imgmax=800" width="228" height="244" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhpguBXKrobdqRGc8T-0fsHgKaXM1Th2En5ss4yZFQuOPvOXoYPfQM6LOf9ZeSKmd6BkCQ1f2-n8Brub1n84wzh4SLdHVjQ32WTqRw8Qitc-Fe9uYS6-Uj5SrwfSe-0HCsUvQXmlp231ma/s1600-h/rewtunn%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rewtunn" border="0" alt="rewtunn" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjzgGV1bh2x0GVtAMvG1szA3Rb_TyOyqWNR8JqoRkagNCfGumQ1UWrTuzhc2SToqFPZ4yc9l-QSpGn08P3RtIBxaaYHDsBi5o_K1Di6mYGdg2T_EeeB92evUpo_IQqnKOWyzpD_dwRFBG/?imgmax=800" width="189" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>                             <em><font color="#cab57b" size="5">Bub                                Rew</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="5"></font></em></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdqB67jxAkkZOI5Ukq1HRGwulc_XnQIwFgLCNiTtNz1UuOu4jeDoEbHNyJN-NYDiVSBcmojMldVw4wNlkkOIxQmvVEmxSqVsWUaZ9lyu3NvWLnNm_r8Es4Rv5cs5xWNDqwClplqQTxUw4/s1600-h/connorpoles%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="connorpoles" border="0" alt="connorpoles" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD4_rh0QACI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/QCmJ0BQCbcQ/connorpoles_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" height="244" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dywQyZ6B4zFuW73CGJrwnSMJ251WWV7riVZyoYFBZXl1wqMwurtfY92SGH1NCCEpJiWVhhygxd_bx37hMgBwVg_LpB4HnogV34aySKPSX0m1M7SagWtHwa-e2ogidRrwVfKspVDLm9nK/s1600-h/rewphone%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="rewphone" border="0" alt="rewphone" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBOKgOyjNR8a239Sei0LJWR6R20pELitUw9ub0hKLy2UyXlrNXXBpfBkVd-yHmWrcPJDgo4GmmiCrBy1pLbA0ItMlZOHS5R4fMki0EYWOSB6f0iGUFnceBYy0TNTB6LDD12Tt1sx5CMljH/?imgmax=800" width="207" height="244" /></a> </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVk_1HQ1D_PIMHd18tlOo0bEUHxOC35mpa40XpNJCDXQJRRbkf9kFvzF5RGbMsqK_LDdXhTkxdaccs5ZnZHeFoxPlZZKjQE4fm_zKcKHNOG0ELZAZd1e0GsRzYQgHw9sBLlyn02bPxCa-/s1600-h/boytunn%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="boytunn" border="0" alt="boytunn" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4Bl2z9GU62d2l2IMEV-XpIIc0ptR-rHpgusB8W60b1Og8ipjf3AdtdQdfLxxWir39VaUduP1z5r6QNg-tHbF6-yrMoqHLIlm5E27aXtKA1GrjhuBRJ05K8UA4j0-ZjmDNnubywwZrflY/?imgmax=800" width="236" height="244" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBGuDrd7CwNCbX_kWrCqv7SAJ4WD2QFNCM_AOjWg5Fyd98oi0VX2gvbLTZtmm87ydHDY93w1O27x3cGTt6_eRtwkF-eIjj047COO9QuLrpVLAIOaBpfmIhXiSv9Pf9S3S4EsfsRzCja1p/s1600-h/3boys%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3boys" border="0" alt="3boys" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TD4_umiHrNI/AAAAAAAAAGo/l3iAlDLG3a4/3boys_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="208" height="244" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">I added Monkey to that last one so they’d have a pic of all the brothers together even if Monkey does have his own room.  They turned out so much better than I expected since I desperately need a new camera !!  I love the orange and blue playground equipment ! How great is it that it is the exact same colors my boys picked to accent their apple green ?? It’s awesome !!   All right I’m gonna go join family movie night but I hope to have more to share soon !</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Peace </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="4">Steph</font></em></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-65953744016769953052010-07-09T17:46:00.001-04:002010-07-09T17:46:19.386-04:00My Experience at Best Buy…<p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">Well I haven’t blogged my awesome project I did for my lil Sis yet cause… I forgot to take all the pics I needed and she is at camp this week and couldn’t email some. She comes home this evening so I should be able to share soon. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">However, while we wait I just thought I’d share my experience shopping at Best Buy and warn everyone so that you don’t end up like we did. Let’s just say I will NEVER under any circumstances shop at Best Buy again.              N-E-V-E-R !!   </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">It started when we went to Best Buy last time my Husband was home. So about 3 weeks ago. He needed a TV for his truck. He wanted a flat panel cause they are space saving in such tight quarters. We headed down to Best Buy cause that’s where we buy all our electronics etc. Before my husband lost his job we were  updating some appliances and my husband is a tech junkie in the worst way so I can safely say in the last 4 years we have spent SEVERAL thousand dollars there. Okay more than several … cause to me that implies 3 or less and it’s way more than that. We have been very loyal customers. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">So we pick out a tv. This is after my husband spends close to an hour deliberating and only finally made a decision cause the kids ( baby included) were starting to make a ruckus due to “starvation”  LOL :o)  He decided to give their “in house” brand  Insignia a try due to the fact that they were on sale and he could get a new LED type for the same price as other brands older LCDs.  While checking out,  the little teeny bopper cashier asks if we would like to purchase the protection and replacement plan. My husband looked at me to see my thoughts. Now knowing this TV is going to be traveling around in a semi tractor I grilled the girl heavily on what it would cover. She satisfactorily answered my questions and it seemed like a very good idea all things CAREFULLY considered so we paid the extra 50 bucks. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">My husband left out the next day and when he got to his truck he plugged the TV up with the component cables and the whole picture had a bad blue cast to it that could not be adjusted. SO he hooked it up with the AV jacks and then noticed that only when it’s on you could see a small crack on the INSIDE of the screen. So he put it back in the box. Now you cannot just pull into a Best Buy parking lot in a semi tractor pulling a 53 foot trailer that weighs 40,000 pounds. So he had to wait 3 weeks til he had off time again. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">He came in this past week as you know and we headed right out to Best Buy. He pulled the tv out of the box and unfortunately riding around in that big truck the vibrations had caused the crack to spread but it was still only on the inside.  </font></strong><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">The Best Buy guy said Geek Squad had to look at it.  They determined it to be “physical damage” which they do not cover. I said we were told the protection/replacement plan we purchased did indeed cover accidental physical damage.  They said the cashier was mistaken. My husband told them all the problems and that it was that way straight out of the box. They said he could not prove it and should have come in sooner. Then they add  that they could fix it for an additional fee. My husband said “Bull I already paid for your bogus plan that covers nothing so no way and I’m never shopping here again”.   He was told it was “his problem” .   We used up a gift card we had to purchase a computer game for our son ( why not use the free money) and my husband told that cashier what was going on and she said call corporate and gave him the number.   </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">I just want to add here we were NOT asking for a refund. My husband wanted to exchange for a more expesive brand and pay the difference or even just exchange for the same thing. </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">We called corporate and after getting bounced around to 5 different people and departments including Insignia themselves we are now stuck with a broken useless TV  and are still paying it off on the credit card  :o( My husband was pissed beyond words and wanted to leave it in the parking lot I loaded it into the car and said  “ARE YOU CRAZY ???  So one of those rude little geek squad losers can come out here fix it and sell it ???  NO WAY !!! </font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3"><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">Now funny little side detail the sales guy who sold us on the TV in the first place walked by while hubby was arguing with Geek Squad. He was all smiles and asked how I was. I told him not good and started the story with the Insignia TV was broken right out of the box and now they’re not honoring the protection plan. He could NOT rush away fast enough, dragging the guy with him away at the speed of light. I found out later from hubby that they headed up to the customer service counter for a Best Buy credit application to buy a 60 inch flat panel. No wonder he didn’t want the guy to hear me. </font></strong></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">Needless to say we will not shop at Best Buy again.  EVER.  NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER… PERIOD !!!!!  I just wanted to share this to say Best Buy’s customer service both in store and on the phone with corporate was lousy and rude. Geek squad was condescending and rude. Insignia products seem to be cheaply made. AND most of all even if you choose shop there DON’T buy their protection plans they are a GIANT JOKE and  really cover nothing !!!!!</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">Peace</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">Steph</font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3"></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#cab57b" size="3">as a disclaimer I was not asked to blog ,share or say any of this by anyone. Everything I just shared in the above post is purely my opinion on my experiences with those mentioned.</font></strong></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-89020823422655549572010-07-03T17:08:00.001-04:002010-07-03T17:08:27.801-04:00I Promise I’m coming back soon…<p><font size="3"><font size="4">Things</font>  here have been CRAZY !!! I took last week off from blogging to roll up my sleeves and do a MAJOR project cause my boys would be at Grams and then found out I had to work 6 days straight. It made it very hard to complete my project but I went as far as my financial budget would allow. Also my Lil Sis who I am very close to received some very sad news and I had to make her a cheer up project on top of my major project. I have been taking pics of everything along the way and promise I have TONS of blog posts coming up but I will not be blogging again til Wednesday. </font></p> <p><font size="3">On top of al my other stuff going on  a bit of good news !! My hubby is in for his time off and he gets an extra day off !! 4 days this month instead of 3 !! YAY !!!!! So between now and Wednesday morning we will be having family time and a huge BBQ on Sunday for the 4th. </font></p> <p><font size="3">So happy 4th of July to all my 9 loyal followers and any readers lurking around out there!  I will be back on Wednesday with a big blog post about my awesome project for Sunshine.  (my lil sis) I am so proud of it !!! It turned out better than I ever imagined.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Peace</font></p> <p><font size="3">Steph</font></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-79295043909335820252010-06-24T13:57:00.001-04:002010-06-24T18:38:03.041-04:00Kiddy Pool …Doggy Pool !!!<p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I have a very large still some what overweight chocolate lab. She suffers from a condition which causes her to slough off a much higher than normal amount of skin cells. Thus more shedding and dander. I also have 3 boys who suffer from skin allergies and one is a 6 month old baby who LOVES playing on the floor. Unfortunately this means Ginger must spend a lot of time outside. I live in mid Georgia and it is extremely hot and there is pretty much zero shade in our yard. All these things combined  (plus the fact that she started digging a 2 foot deep hole next to our house foundation to lay in and stay cool) got me searching for a way to keep her cool. At the beginning of the summer I purchased this for my big boys (we’ll use their nicknames too)  </font></em><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Bubba (7) and Rew (4).  Monkey’s not interested in getting in yet at all…</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TCOcVYKEQgI/AAAAAAAAAFE/CT_yn79qpZs/s1600-h/pool1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="pool1" border="0" alt="pool1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUDGpGW0PjH0cgqwubIuNyJFhpEHyRlCgXoz_XhQ77kWYUIjjdgOmQn1SnLi0xKB-SaJFzcxMMHjFQVeh_ou3kDrdLOS3IiRec8e5XK_u2aDO8D7w91ekqEVXyboIa_wVZ0VJtT8rir1x/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="187" /></a> </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">It is another project in progress. I need to trim down the tarp, mulch around the pool , ring that with stones and add stepping stones from back patio to poolside. But enough on that, back to Ginger beating the heat…  Buying the big pool left me with this from last summer…</font></em></p> <p></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtreYcBEt-6fJddKGh4WVIopkBHimnT_5aBrobgg9eqBfjfllQ2wmq0gaLULlbgEjzkRUqI_ZuxfUIjgyCfqsE8xfNoyxRp4wlU_RfYVdQ1Uh3HuWNt87hPS5LeA0RL3g3aeuia8q54V7m/s1600-h/little%20pool%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kqx08Ztd-OXDfwlRaQJdIcexVG47IBVUWHr8YWcixwvFgDv2BE2H6YWtN7sy0WKy4YxN5O1WhXjkGekCnGdi3cK13ryc0J3eZf30fA8F-2wKI8H-Blloyor-aKJNCiU6viSlogflovaG/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="176" /></a> </p> <p><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><em>So I cleaned all the winter debris off my back patio dragged the K<strike>iddy </strike>Doggy Pool out of the shed and scrubbed it clean. I had planned on turning it into a raised garden bed for a little bit of lettuce but Ginger’s health seemed more important. The day I kicked this project into gear she had collapsed on my porch on the verge of heat exhaustion.  I still bring her in and let her sleep in the coolness of my master bathroom from noon to 3 during the peak of the day but she LOVES her pool !! We also feed her popsicles and float them and ice cubes (mostly ice cubes they’re better for her) in the pool and she “bobs for ice cubes”.   It is one of her favorite games. She will stick her whole face or head under the water if necessary ! It is so funny to watch. I also float sponges in the pool she loves to chew on them since they’re dripping with cool water !! On the day I went to take these pics my boys were at Gram’s so the Diva came out to feed Ginger popsicles for me</em></font></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjvym2PuZAFYEPLcsN9QcfOkhbSsEvqhxHX3tRv_b_XRelR-u2kKzVa50r0mGExgf3j1FL4vaHa_1jrB6sSGny9buZB-CpjwHCYYdgQ96j2YrDqz0UX_fzKQjXkEh615infGEqDOezTPs/s1600-h/popsicle%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="popsicle" border="0" alt="popsicle" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX3mzu71GG5ufgK5uGBEJA9gXZgyOEzEuJmsoNRZTvDmlMK17C1NAvLqCOpBC8p2t7CypLD5_WsFwHSRDBwqLVFg45awY3BqzeMTSB4NQreKxMBPEEAFATj-hemHfLN9__5vrADqJsKLh/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3ynKES2bl3dQNkMyKtgpLlq_VyxQzbe_T6ao_Pdo3qY0tTAZm1z3AIF_8UiHtk2-r4FpvN1ttL6J60_ntjgkhL_d-7r1zuSzWSOZfuevupN1b8ZtNbC3v1a7TCd3Oxuuligo9eLjS129/s1600-h/bobbing%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="bobbing" border="0" alt="bobbing" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVRgf8x8kSGOz5-BeGfCKgfM5O68y6hw84mfsZBi4cE46io21XpGhR9wyE4urfmYOFyV5ZbRTLokp5F4C_US4-zGjylhoSl_1h7zP-e89gEERI9YHKkKcnUmcXBNR5HTQoz09pvHtHc-A/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="214" /></a> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">In this pic you can see she’s almost got the popsicle !</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TCOca9cXgbI/AAAAAAAAAFk/HenkPReg3DU/s1600-h/head%20dunk%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="head dunk" border="0" alt="head dunk" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrs5r420A2-wCmLO-SgAO5hb6ckWbkIxmJbqQiRqXQLVfK00KGKggbileXhZVCJGHLNvyBJri_0PXIGft_MN-BIkC-YWEu-QZNbRZQcCb2ZLZtIKcIE9Zv_wq-8RPNUPyhZsJx0B9F2G1/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="229" /></a> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I wasn’t kidding about submersing her head</font></em></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVZYUS7gAL5LD6BooYYHI9zJ73a_-bZhy3pvJOnB-pcpj0kFv9MufNqnJCG0e1jxlKeAA62Uf985ZJU5oMy0YeWhexZxT847uawdVYzK0Uv511yTpcuhhVNGQcNjnJLAa8fxxwJs0sw9_/s1600-h/win%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="win" border="0" alt="win" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TCOdi3fxG1I/AAAAAAAAAF4/IjMeqoOMx-A/win_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="212" /></a> </p> <p><em><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#cab57b">When she finally gets a hold of the popsicle she jumps out to eat it.</font></font></em></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdh-zJFpIVGVY0sdWO5Ntyz7_c7DacaoYuFOY7mMwTwWr0G0qK4b7b1oXu6hSWtB8711vPyotGDxaZANwvQnnzY322T0U98qn2AwsIUIMkjP9eBr_RhhEYxmKVwMxGI1ohykRWSGCQSvHc/s1600-h/jump%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="jump" border="0" alt="jump" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-AnBiOGpcHBli3_RL7vtSgW0650_Axx7C-siJXU6A8cwt2dv43HuwpzowIMyO4s4RHJP2fCcVjVil8mXTCVQXUwbi10lFuDJpGRtZMn9dKIPj9x1pvhkbRocQapOLDXh8z5TvXQpLNjI/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a> </p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">In this pic she just jumped into the pool… you can see the water is all churned up. And this pic leads me to the only modification I had to do to turn it into the doggy pool. I bought some heavy duty clear non skid stickies (like for bathtubs). They had to be clear cause if she thinks there is something on the bottom of the pool she will NOT get in !! I took the non skid stickies and trimmed them into small pieces the same shapes as the raised bumps on the bottom of the pool. Then I coated the bottom of them with pool repair kit adhesive to give them extra strong stickability  LOL ! I stuck them on and when she does her super dog flying leaps into the water she doesn’t slip and go down. So far they are holding up well !! Ginger is cool and being a Lab is ecstatic to have her own pool and my boys are entertained watching her antics. </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I am linking this up in the <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/2010/06/its-time-to-party.html">Garden Party</a> over at <a href="http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/">Keen Inspirations</a> that I mentioned the other day. Stop in, check out everyone’s  outdoor and summery projects and enter all the giveaways. There are several and they are all great !!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Peace </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Steph</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></em></p> <center><a href=" http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/Keeninspirations/Blog%20Buttons/BlogButtoncopy.jpg" /></a></center> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-20070217309637764162010-06-23T16:16:00.001-04:002010-06-24T18:38:03.042-04:00Garden Party and Giveaways !!<p><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><em>I know some of you know that Sharon over at Keen Inspirations is my mom. If you don’t know or haven’t been to her blog drop by !! It is awesome ! She blogs about everything from crafting and repurposing to couponing  and even some recipes. You can find her here</em></font></p> <center><a href=" http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/Keeninspirations/Blog%20Buttons/BlogButtoncopy.jpg" /></a></center> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="5" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="5" face="Comic Sans MS">                         BUT WAIT !!!!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">This week she is having a “Garden Party”  !! There are giveaways and “door prizes” and so many people are linking up great outdoorsy projects !!! So this is the best time to check her blog out !</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Here is your invite  :o)</font></em></p> <center><a href=" http://keeninspirations.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src=" http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/Keeninspirations/Blog%20Buttons/GardenParty.jpg " /></a></center> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">SO be sure you drop by and enter some of the fun giveaways !!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Also I have been absent cause I am BUSY working on a HUGE project blog posts and pics coming soon !!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Peace,</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Steph</font></em></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-7534877224320784242010-06-14T12:12:00.001-04:002010-06-14T12:18:24.908-04:00A Canvas I Painted for Monkey’s Nursery<p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Halfway through my latest pregnancy my husband lost his job and after losing our baby girl at 36 weeks pregnant making a beautiful nursery this time was really important to me . I was determined to do so even while working on my VERY LIMITED budget. </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I went with a jungle /safari animal theme and made most of the stuff myself. Here is the Large canvas I painted for one of my taller walls.  I started with a blank 16x20 inch canvas that was already primed white. Sorry no pic cause I was not aware I’d be blogging at the time. LOL </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Then I drew my Giraffe in pencil where I wanted him on the canvas.  I put a G in the lower left corner to make it match a set of 4 smaller canvases I had done for another wall. (I’ll blog those another time) and it still needed something so I added tree limbs in the upper right corner.  This is what I ended up with</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BzeRbvkIT7f-tTbD7jdHscECPjAF7fUlNKdis-WwbY_GYgh3Hycc9l6XU1hOqXV7uvBS-mAZlkIS0eeqZr2e5tOxvjcACQ6wosqv0Bh4dQ1nKPiVg46PJ96Q6Ac8d6NY4G6GvqrzSWBQ/s1600-h/gircanv%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="gircanv" border="0" alt="gircanv" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TBZU_Nqfy6I/AAAAAAAAAE4/UrcYZDLgZYY/gircanv_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="225" height="244" /></a> </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Sorry it’s hard to see but it is pencil… So finished with my drawing I started painting. My wonderful hubby picked the most fabulous yellow for me. It was perfect “giraffe yellow” LOL !!  The blues and greens were left over nursery paint any other colors or shades I mixed myself. As I finished I realized it needed something more if it was going to blend with the other canvas set I made. My nursery “designs” were stripes and polka dots. I went with polka dots on this canvas to off set the length of the giraffes neck.  So now the finished product is this…</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_V11pbOA_y7I/TBZU_Tn3LjI/AAAAAAAAAE8/5yd3imLmKMM/s1600-h/fingiraffe%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="fingiraffe" border="0" alt="fingiraffe" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjv1eteWdF8QqwMNBBmIW9soI28GrLqDLbnYgg2gDvi3BV4F4eSo9EnvnSPLdcNvr1DBh-1LrRaEepSR0W7cS9k0xe35PWJOTFKZA5ifV8paKeKTuXiilDOcxXXV5s5FBwAUhNUU1EHdEV/?imgmax=800" width="244" height="216" /></a> </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">I am very happy with it finished  and am proud to show it off.  Start to finish this only took me 2 hours including dry times !!  Now I am sharing this at   <a href="http://dillydallyandflitter.blogspot.com/2010/06/just-something-i-whipped-up.html">DillyDally and Flitter</a> for Just Something I Whipped up Monday !!</font></em></p> <p><a href="http://thegirlcreative.blogspot.com/search/label/Just%20Something%20I%20Whipped%20Up" target="_blank"><img alt="The Girl Creative" src="http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq286/happielife32/TGC_linkyparty.png" /></a></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Check out all the neat stuff everyone is whipping up and share the comment love. You know deep down we’re ALL comment junkies. I for sure am. I LOVE getting feedback !</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Peace </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Steph</font></em></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218533177245166259.post-35369380877087874252010-06-12T21:28:00.001-04:002010-06-12T21:28:31.018-04:00An AWESOME GIVEAWAY !!!<p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Well I did not get to do anything on my list the Monster was in rare form today.  LOL  But I did get Monkey’s clothes sorted and packed up what he has outgrown so far :o( makes me kinda  sad.  Then cause I couldn’t do much of anything but be at Monsters beck and call I started blog surfing and through <a href="http://themommytimes-scmomof2boys.blogspot.com/2010/06/ipad-review-giveaway-at-one-savvy-mom.html">"The Mommy Times"</a> I found a fantastic giveaway over at <a href="http://savvycouponmommy.blogspot.com/2010/05/ipad-giveaway-ends-625.html">One Savvy Mom</a> !!  The give away is for an Apple iPad   ! YAY!!! I am so excited, I could really use one of these. Then again so could my Hubby. His job has him out on the road all but 3 days a month.  He was out of work almost a year so when he got this job 9 weeks ago we could not afford a laptop or anything. But if I could win the iPad it would be a great father’s day gift and we could SKYPE !!  Which would be great cause he could see the boys and talk to them too !! Especially Monkey since at this age they change sooo much every day. Anyway…The giveaway ends June 25th so head over and enter if you’re interested but no offense I hope I win… LOL!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Once again I want to thank  <a href="http://savvycouponmommy.blogspot.com/2010/05/ipad-giveaway-ends-625.html">One Savvy Mom</a> for such a great giveaway and to thank <a href="http://themommytimes-scmomof2boys.blogspot.com/2010/06/ipad-review-giveaway-at-one-savvy-mom.html">"The Mommy Times"</a> for passing it on !!! Good luck to all!</font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Peace </font></em></p> <p><em><font color="#cab57b" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Steph</font></em></p> Steph @ This Organized Messhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12425554227809032533noreply@blogger.com0