Thirty-One Party- Large Utility Tote

A few weeks ago, I had a Thirty-One Gifts party at my house and it was a blast! I have never been to one before. If you have never been to one you should go. It is the ultimate organization company. Almost everything can be personalized. For having the party I earned this:

Some of the bags are luggage and work, but most of them are to organize all the stuff in my house. I am trying to make everything have a home, so nothing looks cluttered.
The first thing I got to use was a large utility tote. You can use this for multiple things like: going to the beach, in the back of your car, when you go to warehouse stores like SAMS or Costco, or stores like Aldi's that don't give you a bag. The uses of this are endless.

 I used the first one I received to store both of my daughter's memorabilia stuff. Such as: professional pictures that don't hang in frames no longer, both of their baby books, both of their Disney Autograph books from DisneyWorld, outfits they wore going home from the hospital, both of their time capsules from their first birthday, and a few other things. See how it fits so nicely in the tote?

Then, I just put the tote in the top of my closet so I can easily pull it down if I need something and put it back up again.

Next I am going to tackle this- organizing all of my craft and scrapbook stuff:

You can see I already started organizing some stuff into those black and white bins. I can't wait to create my craft area on the enclosed sunroom. Stay tuned...

Have you ever been to a Thirty-One party? Tell all...
Enjoy!
  ~Amy

Chevron Covered Photo Mat

I really liked the picture frames in the dining room, but they needed some sprucing up. I ordered this yellow chevron fabric from fabric.com a while ago for pillows, and thought it would look nice in these frames.

CHEVRON COVERED PHOTO MAT

(I think black and white photos will look better in the frame, so I just ordered some.)

The materials you will need are:
     *Fabric
     *Spray Adhesive
     *Scissors
     *Hot Glue and Glue Sticks
     *Ruler or Tape Measure
     *Frame with a Mat

First, spray paint the picture frame with four light coats of white paint
Take apart the picture frame and take out the mat
Measure the picture frame and then cut the material that size, leaving enough fabric to wrap around the mat.

Wrap the fabric along the mat and use spray adhesive to get the fabric to stick to the front of the mat.

Use hot glue to secure the fabric to the back of the mat.
Finally, put the frame back together and hang back on the wall.



Cover any photo mats lately? Take any pictures of your kids? Time to hang a new one on the wall!

Enjoy!

  ~Amy

Stripes have Appeared!

Finally, we have stripes on the hallway walls. I only got two walls completed, because I wanted to make sure it looked good before I painted them all. I am not going to lie, this was very time consuming! I will get into how to make stripes on the walls in a second, but for now here they are- ta-da!

To make stripes on the walls, you have to first determine how many stripes you want and if you want an odd number or even number of stripes.

I measured from the floor to the ceiling and divided that number by the number of stripes I wanted. It came to be a little over 7 inches.

I rounded down to 7 inches and left the remaining measurement for the bottom stripe. You can't tell that one is bigger.

So I measured 7 inches down from the ceiling and made an X with my pen:

Then, I set up the laser level. I am in love with the level- it is awesome! Why didn't I purchase one before? I placed the level on the X that was marked on that wall:

I then remeasured with my tape measure to make sure the red laser line was 7 inches down. I then placed a piece of painter's tape on the line and then remeasure again to make sure it was 7 inches. I kept doing this unto the wall was completed. I then moved to the second wall and followed these steps again.

I placed a piece of tape on the stripe I wanted painted so I didn't forget which stripe was to be white.

I painted two coats of off the shelf white from Behr in Eggshell. I allowed 24 hours before applying the second coat. I did not have any problems when I riped the tape off of paint bleeding under the tape.

See all of the tape that I used.... A LOT...................... 

It was finally completed after six hours of working off and on.

I only have three more walls to complete, hopefully, I can get them done this week after work!

What did you get done this weekend? Did you organize a drawer or closet? Did you paint an end table? Doesn't it feel so good to get projects completed?

Enjoy!

  ~Amy

Hallway Stripes Inspiration...

I have always wanted to paint stripes in the hallway, but felt is would be too time consuming. Well, I was right. So while I am tackling that project, I will show you some of the inspirational pictures that will make you drool.
This one is from Melissa at the Inspired Room-

Sherry and John from Young House Love Painted Stripes in their Old Bathroom-at the Old House

This one from It's the Little Things that Make a House a Home:



Stephen and Brittany's Hallway:

So while the girls are visiting their aunt tonight, I'll be measuring and taping, using the level again and again. Wish me luck!

Are you a fan of stripes?

Enjoy!

  ~Amy