Happy Monday All. Hope everyone is having a great start to the week. It is rather chilly and dreary here, but its actually a nice break from the heat wave we had for the last few weeks.
Today, I thought I'd share a quick project that I whipped up several weeks ago. I intended to put them up in my etsy shop, but I just haven't had the chance to do it yet. A few months ago, I picked up some really cheap embellishments on clearance at Michaels. Since I had a bunch of the same or very similar little fabric brads, I thought I would whip up a couple sets of clothespin magnets.
For this project, I just used some clothespins from a 100 pack that I got at Walmart, some embellies from Michaels, a hot glue gun, some homemade modge podge, patterned paper, and a heavy duty magnet roll that I got a couple years ago at Ace Hardware (These rolls have lasted me quite a while. I'm still on my first roll I think.).
Since I will be putting these up in my shop, I wanted to create a cute chipboard shape to package them with, so I ran a very thin sheet of chipboard through my Cuttlebug machine with a Spellbinders die and then cut it in half with my paper trimmer.
Good Morning All... It's Friday!!! Can I get a YIPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (Okay, so I'm excited it's almost the weekend if you couldn't tell!) Nothing is going on this weekend really, just really glad the week is over. It was a rough one.... But I digress, I thought I'd share some more pictures of our in-progress apartment.... the office space... The office is still a work in progress (we still need a filing cabinet and I am working on making the cardboard drawers in our storage cubes pretty with patterned paper, but it is functional for now ;) )
I wanted to spend as little as possible in my storage solutions for my crafting, and so far I've only had to spend like $8 dollars on a over the door shoe holder for all my ribbon and a few storage containers from Ikea for my buttons, the rest was pretty much re-purposed from elsewhere. Oh, and I spent $2 for little white dishes to hold our keys. Those will eventually get moved to a small table directly inside our door, but for now they are right beside our docking station for our phones. I also plan on covering the cork board with fabric and hanging it over the breaker box on the wall beside the furnace room door.
Anyhoo, the pictures....
I put this shoe organizer on the inside of the furnace room door, making it right behind my desk if I need some ribbon, but hidden if we have anyone over.
Right now, we have all of our files/shipping/items waiting to be worked on for gifts/my Etsy shop in those two white boxes on the floor. Surprisingly, it's driving my hubby battier having all of the files shoved in that box than it is me. :) But the biggest thing is that WE BOTH HAVE DESKS NOW!!!! I have a desk just for me to spread my crafting craziness across and he has his side with the PC on it. :) :) :) :) :) I have a craft space now that doesn't involve sitting on the floor at the coffee table. :)
I am working on getting my things more organized/making the storage solutions look a little prettier, but for now I am very thankful we have the space to keep all of my crafting items in close reach instead of needing to have them stored in a separate room from which I work...
I was able to bring in my storage for my crafts that had been in the spare room in the other apartment, and get extra storage for stuff that had been in our much bigger previous desk... and also fit some more of my crafting supplies. We were also able to get the printer up off the floor too. :)
If you notice the wall behind the right desk. I was able to re-purpose some shelves to hold more crafting supplies. The top shelf holds my glitter supplies (given to me by an awesome friend who has given me so much to start my crafting hobby. I am so grateful for all her help and giving heart!) The bottom shelf holds all of the little containers for my buttons. I purchased 4 of them at Staples, but when I went back they didn't have any more round ones, so I re-purposed some containers from an Ikea Container set. I put them low enough so that I can easily grab whatever I need off of the shelves.
That basket is usually on the other side of the desk beside my lamp, but I had my craziness spread out on the desk and needed it moved over. :) That basket holds all of my in-progress projects (mainly Christmas oriented stuff right now), that way I can keep the craziness contained when I am not working on it. Behind it is another organizer that holds all of my markers, colored pencils, stamp markers, and also holds my coupon holder as well (making the most of the space :) )
On that back wall are all of mine and hubby's diplomas and certificates. That wall to the right needs something, but I haven't decide what yet. :) I want to make the most of our space, but not make it feel cluttered.... We have a giant window between our desks, as well as the wrap around window wall that carries into the office from the living room which really help keep the space feeling opened.
God really was so good with this apartment. It has pretty much everything I wanted in a space. :)
You may notice that we have a lot of black furniture - there is a rational for that... since we are mainly living in an apartment for the foreseeable future and each apartment is set up differently, I wanted to keep our furniture similar so that I could pull things into different rooms and not be driven crazy by the fact that they don't go together. ;)
Wow, this post was quite the mouthful :)
Okay, I have a hope chest that is like 11 years old. I want to paint it black, but it has a glossy finish. I also plan on reupholstering the seat on top. Does anyone know anything about spray painting glossy finishes? Is there a type/brand that gets the best results? Will I have to sand it or is there a way to paint/spray paint right over the existing finish? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
