well organized chaos in this house

there is a method to my madness,

for this craziness and

frustration over the timing of all the shit that needs to happen in my life right now and 

 for this move of mine.....

Boxes marked :

No. 3  - Back of North Carolina storage;

first in the moving truck

gotta keep but don't need soon.

No. 2 - Middle of truck and into Jeffy's house; Clothes, kitchen boxes, some furniture,  craft shit

No. 1 - Front/door of truck and using up until move; Tools, bed, dressers, couch, tv, roadtrip clothes, bathroom stuff, laptops, printer, fans, paperwork, kitchen boxes, more craft shit.  (at this writing, it's the end of Sept and i have the whole month of October before we want to leave.

i had to leave out some creative "things" to do or i'll go crazy.

so, with that said, the secret's out!!!

now you know that i'm a little anal

about "some" kinds of things.

the problem with wanting to be this organized, is that i'm FOREVER thinking i forgot something.

sheeeeeeeshhhhhh

So here's the bedroom, AFTER we removed one dresser from that wall.  it's in the closet now

this morning the dining room looked like this

kind of like a staging arena 

this is just before Jme went to the storage room with a load

lol

a load of boxes!

stay turned for more pics from the OCD girle

and here's something for you since you sat through the moving stuff

and

so what if he's old....

Pookie Update

he won't look at me

he's getting good at ignoring me

unless i have food in my hand

could it be because of the 9mm in the black case on top of his PRISON!!!

again he won't look at me

he has no clue what's in that box....

holiday gift ideas and/or just plain ole ideas!!

no explanation is needed for the next two pictures

Pretzel dipped in chocolate and then dipped again

wish list for family members

(this would be so cute to a family with kids)

using embroidery hoops, holiday fabric, ribbon, clothes pins and fabric markers

darling gift idea for that special bff that likes to craft or inspires to....

paint terra cota pots and add ribbon and utencil 

for a special birthday girl

once you gather up the materials for this, may as well made two or three, doncha think?

this would be so cute as a wedding gift.  and you can use fabric pens

special hostess gift or neighbor gift or stocking stuffer

(containers available at The Container Store)

garage sale mugs or tea cups

dollar store glasses and a bag of twigs from the flower mart or Michael's

fangs from the Party City store and pumpkins from the grocery store

an old frame, some chicken wire, moss and succulents

very festive and easy

and this is cute and easy

cute give away

Jme is definitely getting these next Valentine's Day

Rolo's, red construction paper, and black cording.

how simple is this?

Wahooooooooooooooooooo!

I love you!

how easy is this...

soooooo many different ways you can jazz up a pair of comfortable heels that you just can't bear throwing away.

link for the how-tos for these lace heels

how about rhinestones or another kind of sparkly thing?

they have the silver studs at Michael's and are stick on.  just use a stronger glue and wahla!!!!!

string garden how-tos

gather the following materials:

- The plastic, netted bags that produce sometimes comes in

- Potting soil

- Long Fiber Sphagnum Moss

- A 1:1 mixture of peat moss and perlite

- 1 Spool of jute cord

- Decorative moss

- Sharp Scissors

- Clean, pure water

- Assorted plants (the runners off a Spider plant, some Baby Tears ground-covering from a shady party of my back yard, Scented geranium clippings, and assorted Pinguicula (one of my favorite kinds of carnivorous plant)

After using the pure water to dampen my mosses and soils, mashed fist-sized balls of the peat-perlite mix together and placed them inside the plastic netting. then wove a short piece of jute cord through open part of the netting to close the bag. Then poked holes into the dirt-ball and gently inserted the roots of my Pinguicula into each hole. gave the entire ball a squeeze, carefully avoiding squeezing and breaking any plant leaves. Next, took damp pieces of the Long Fiber Sphagnum Moss and wrapped them around the entire ball.  use a long (about 3-foot) piece of the jute cord to wrap around the moss- pulling the cord, adding more moss, wrapping with more cord.. etc. It was a process... 

finished when wrapping the cord when my entire ball of peat was covered, the plastic netting no longer visible, and the Pinguicula plants were snug in Sphagnum moss pieces. 

repeated this process - instead, using potting soil (not peat/perlite) to make the Spider Plant String Garden...

...And Baby Tear's Moss String Garden...

And Scented Geranium String Garden...

this is where i found these instructions

closet

before

the grey looks dark and i thought it would darken the walk-in, but it didn't

and here's the after

more tricks for stuff

Frisbee® as Paper Plate Holder

Don't lose your dogs! At your next barbecue, place flimsy paper plates in sturdy plastic Frisbees® so guests can better balance their meals.

and

Toothbrush Holder as Vase

Display individual blooms (peonies and ranunculus work well) in each hole and fill with water for a foolproof, evenly spaced arrangement.

and

Beach Towel as Shower Curtain

Make a summery shower curtain by hanging two boldly patterned towels using clip-on drapery rings.

spent alittle time

surfing today while waiting for PAINT TO DRY!!!!!

here's what i found:

home made wind chimes from miscellaneous STUFF

this would make a cute gift for someone who's ill or just having a bad day and i've seen these containers at The Container Store!

this would be soooooooo easy to do

and so cute

now i'm collecting pie pans and old cake pans

along with buttons, ties and ornate frames.

the list keeps getting bigger

red construction paper, black cording and three Rolo candies!

i'm doing this one!