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The Hack Store Your Markers Upside Down (You'll get more from them!) Read All About It From you don't have to read v2.0 Results This is actually one of my favorite hacks ever. (I've actually been doing it for as long as I can remember) And I actually find this works with all types of markers ( permanent , dry erase , kids markers ; etc. And as proof that it actually works, I present to you my calendar I like to have a rolling month calender (so once the week is finished I erase and put the next month's week there). So to see the fully effect, start at Nov. 13th. As you can see the orange is very light. Those were my dry erase markers straight from the package. It works fine, but as we move down the calendar to the bottom, every week the orange gets darker. (And the blue as well). And if you want to know why, I'll tell you. The secret is that you are letting gravity work. Gravity pulls the ink down towards the tip instead of aw...

I'm celebrating throw back thursday again here on the blog. This time I'm taking it all the way back to March, when I decided to try out one of my favorite organization hacks: using a wire basket to store a surger protector under my desk and help organize the cord clutter. And I now that its been over six months later, I just wanted to give an update on how things are going. (Because a hack is only useful once its been thoroughly tested and if it works in the long run) The Project Easy Way To Organize Office Wires Tip From  DIY Home Sweet Home Results So I tried out this wire organization hack about six months ago, I was so excited to try it. I even wrote a post about it. And how great it was to baby proof an otherwise unbabyproofable spot. I even included a cute little picture of Blue not being able to get into the cords. (And instead was just able to play with the main plug). I was really hopefully that this was going to be a great home improvemen...

So way back in January I decided my big January project was going to be organizing my desk. And well I gave it my best shot and made some progress (not a whole lot, but some). So sometime last month while I was deciding what projects I wanted to work on, I decided maybe it was time that I finally finish up at least my office wall. For the record it used to look like this: As you can see I have it about half way to where I think it should be. And I just kind of left like that for a while. But doing this blog has inspired me to start finishing all these projects I've got in the works. And I wanted to start with my office wall/ family command center. The Project Finish Up The Command Center/ Office Wall And before I start talking about my command center I want to share a few photos of what I'm aiming to achieve with my command center. Inspiration: Overall I would like my command center to look something like this: From  One Creative Housew...

April is quickly coming to an end, so that means its time for my Monthly Project! This month's project features the number one item I have in my house (and I'm sure you have quite a few of them laying around yours as well): The Plastic Bag!  You know I've been trying to do something with all my plastic bags for years now and I've just never really found anything that fit what I wanted to. So what's a girl to do? Take a little inspiration from various projects and turn it into something I knew I could create! So without further ado here is how I turned plastic bags into a plastic bag basket (pictures will be coming soon Here's What You Need: Plastic Shopping Bags (The more you have the bigger the box you can make) Scissors Heavy Duty Needle and Thread Clips Empty Cardboard Box  Here's How You Do It: 1. Braid plastic bags into a rope First you lay your bag out flat with the sides tucked in; cut off the top and bottom Pull out the sides; St...

The top right drawer of my desk is slowly being transformed into my sewing supply drawer. My first step in to completing this project is finally creating my own pin holder. I've been playing around with making a pin cushion for a while now, but my sewing skills aren't that great yet. And well I was never quite sure where to start. Then I stumbled a blog post talking about using a magnetic pin bowl instead of the standard pin cushion. And I knew that was what I wanted to make. Here's What You Need: Square Magnets , $5.18 Felt Duct Tape Needle and Thread Scissors Here's How You Do It: Create a Felt Box:  Cut out a 5x5 inch square out of your felt. Cut out triangles out of the corners of your square. (Like so): Next pin together the sides. Stitch the sides together.  Repeat the steps using a 4x4 inch felt square to create a lid. Create a Magnet Box Arrange your magnets into the following panels: 1- 2x2 Square 4- 2x1 Rectangles Usin...

Do not be alarmed at the following picture. This is unfortunately how unorganized my desk looked at the beginning of the year. It's terrible... I know. But this is exactly why my yearly goal is to get our house organized. So over the past week I have done nothing more than search for Craft Room organization ideas on Pinterest. And the only thing I really learned is that people have really elaborate craft rooms with really immaculate organization schemes. Unfortunately my craft area is just my (very messy) desk for now. And even that area I need to serve three different functions. It needs to work as my family command center, my craft storage area and eventually as a work area. So while I'm still on the hunt for creative storage solutions for my desk, I did find a life hack to improve the wires hanging behind my desk (and, as you can see below, to keep them some what out of Blu's reach). Here's everything you'll need to get this project done (Blu...

It seems like every year I make the same old resolution: to get my life organized. And you know what, this year I really have no excuse not to do it. I've got two children, a busy work schedule, bills that need to be paid, a blog that I'd like to start blossoming and well quite frankly I'll be turning 29. There is no better time to do it and really if I don't get around to it this year, I'm afraid I'll never get around to it. So to make this year different I've decided that instead of tackling the entire house as a whole it would be wiser to tackle the house room by room (or space by space).  Naturally my first space to tackle is my planner. In year's past I've just bought one in the store (and really there is nothing wrong with them), but this year I decided to put one together myself.  There are several different planner systems if you search on Pinterest, but I prefer the planning system from  Sweet Tea & Saving Grace  (nee One Tough Mothe...