{Tackle it Tuesday}

So I know its a little late, but I thought I would finally post my Tackle it Tuesday! lol

My goal this week was to finish decorating Lagan's room!.And I finally did it with some help from the blogging world.
I will show total "After" photos as soon as she cleans up and I get some time to do it! lol But in the mean time, I wanted to share the last two projects that I did.

First is this Name banner. (and I finally hung the curtains I made like 7 months ago! lol) This is just a paper banner, but I love it to death, and Lagan helped me cut out the letters and punch the holes. She even chose which paper should go for which letter.



I got a tutorial on how to do it over at Mrs.B's blog. Click HERE to check it out.
It was soooo easy to do! Make sure you go give her some comment love!

The next project is something I have wanted to take on for quite some time now, the famous Ragamuffins. When Darlene posted a tutorial HERE, I ran out, got some fabric, and made one for Lagan in about 2 hours while watching TV. SOO easy, but so cute! I hung this one on Lay's bed. She love it, I love it! I think it rocks! Oh, and run over and give Darlene some comment love too!!!



So thank you blogger ladies for giving me the inspiration to finish Lagan's room! I cant wait to move on to another room now! :)
See you for the weigh in tomorrow! :)

{Tackle it Tuesday}

Hey Everyone! Tuesday already? I want it to be Wednesday so I can show you my newest weigh in!! I'm so excited :)

Today's Tackle it Tuesday is my jewelry collection. I have a TON of jewelry as one might expect of a jewelry designer! hehe But I have had it all shoved together in shoe boxes for the longest time, all tangled up and gross! I even forgot that I owned some things.



So while I was washing my sheets I decided to lay it all out on the bed so I could see what I had, what I wanted, what I didn't want, what to give to Lagan or my sister, etc.

...It took up the ENTIRE bed!...




Then, I used this huge memo cork board that I bought at Goodwill for $3.00 and some thumb tacks I got at walmart for $1.99 and got to work. I hung up all my chunky jewelry that couldn't be folded up on to here.



Once it was full, I moved onto this organizer that I got from Target for $2.50 in those front bins that have stuff for $1-2.50.
I put all my other necklaces in here (its full now too!)



I also put my bracelets in these baskets that were in the kitchen before, you might remember them from this T.i.T.(that sounded REALLY bad!!)
And my earrings are in the little canisters, also from Target. They were in the $1.00 bin, but they had a 75% off sale to clear them out, so they were only $0.25 each. I got 4 for $1.00! Such a deal!
I should have gone back and bought more....oh well!
(I also have my necklaces out that are very delicate like the one on the bust that my mom got for me. She got it on an Indian Reservation in Arizona! I L-O-V-E it!)



So that concludes today's tackle it Tuesday! I cant wait to see you tomorrow for the 1 month mark in Live well Wednesday!

{Tackle it Tuesday}

I am terrified of mowing the grass. Let me tell you why...because the last time I mowed the grass, I ended up in the Hospital with this:

and a bill for $1000.00! I just love Poison Ivy or Oak or Sumac, or whatever other junk is in my yard. Yep, I mowed right over it, the spores got on my face and I am now permenantly scarred behind my ears, on my forehead, on my left arm and behind my knee. Good Times!

So to my own amazement I acutally mowed the grass today. Here is the before...I think it's been a while.....

Here is my after:

but if you were to drive by my house, you would notice there is a section of grass that is still 3 feet tall around the bush that houses the poison whatever it is. And there it shall remain until someone not allergic to it that doesn't charge very much can come and cut it away!

{Tackle it Tuesday}

Hey Ladies! I have been wanting to get in on the blog "memes" for a while now, but never did! So I picked a few for throughout the week that I am going to TRY to keep up with! lol
My first being "Tackle it Tuesday".

For those that don't know what that means, on Tuesday, I will choose a project that I have wanted to do, like housework, cleaning, organizing, etc. Then I will blog all about it!

So for today's FIRST Tackle it Tuesday, I am going to show off the hard work I have done in my Kitchen!

Starting with my utensils drawer. This drawer was soooo messy. I tried to have it organized, but all of my REALLY pricey knives were banging against each other and it made me sick to my stomach. Plus, I could never find anything.

BEFORE:


Simple Solution: longer organizing drawers. Plastic for the knives, metal for everything else. Now I know where EVERYTHING is and its right at my fingertips!

AFTER:


Then I moved on to my pantry.
I know the "before" isn't that bad, I had organized it once before, but it just wasn't working for me. So I went to the Container store here in Austin, and bought a whole bunch supplies, then attacked my pantry full force!

BEFORE:


AFTER:



MUCH Better for me! It may look more full now, but I know where everything is, and I don't have to worry about the terrible sugar ants we have getting in to all of my stuff!