I've been asked how I made those bulletin boards in my last post so I thought I'd share my process with you! Here are my materials: cork tiles or sheets (I bought these at the dollar store) self-adhesive shelf liner scissors A pretty basic list, right? The cork sheets at the dollar store are actually quite thick compared to others so you don't have to worry about applying a backing material when pinning things to your bulletin board. The first thing you need to do is cut the cork sheets into the size/shape you want: Laying out your self-adhesive liner, face down, place your piece of cork onto it and then cut around the cork sheet, leaving about a 2 inch border all around your piece: Remove the cork and carefully peel your liner, leaving it face down, ... [ Read More ]
No wreath hanger? No problem!
Long time no see! I can't believe it's December and how quickly Christmas is coming! It is my absolute favourite time of the year and I'm on countdown (pretty much always) to the next December 25th (feel free to commit me to the nearest mental institution). As the season is fast approaching, all my thoughts turn to decorating! Our outdoor front porch area gets quite a bit of snow during the season (Ottawa has had, I believe, the second coldest winter on record - Moscow being the first) so I have to keep it minimal. I fill the urn with a fresh outdoor arrangement, I pair it with a wreath on the door and call the outdoor decorating done! This year though I was late in the game to buy a nice and large outdoor wreath and all they had left were small ones so I bought two with the idea ... [ Read More ]
Make your own Halloween Trick-or-Treating Tote for under $1!
If you've been to Costco lately, you'll feel like Halloween has come and gone - hello Christmas! So I'm happy to report that we still have a month to deck out our houses for fall and decide what our little ones are going to dress up as - and to also buy Halloween candy. And re-buy Halloween candy. In my case, the re-buy happens a few times. I like to think I'm pretty organized when it comes to holidays but more often than naught I find myself scrambling at the last minute. So when I walked into HomeSense the other day and found an adorable costume for my little girl that was plush and warm, I scooped it up! (In Ottawa, every Halloween has been frigid - sometimes we see snow!) Three guesses as to what it is: I haven't shown it to her yet, otherwise it would go into her ... [ Read More ]
An easy way to make basket liners!
Baskets. My other half says I’m obsessed with them. I’ll totally admit that. They hide store so many sins and when you have them all looking uniform with pretty labels, what’s not to love?! My latest project is re-organizing one of our junky closets (a post on that is coming soon!) and I found these baskets that I wanted to re-use for the space: Some of the liners were so old they were coming apart at the seams and no manner of washing these (previously) white liners was going to make them white again. So I decided to find the quickest (laziest) way for me to make basket liners. I went on Pinterest and while there were many ways to do this, they all involved measuring and cutting quite a few pieces and then stitching them all together. I was impatient and experimented. I took ... [ Read More ]
How to fix a damaged shelf edge!
This was one of those things that could either have been a waste of time or work really well. I'm happy to say it was the latter! Some of the shelving found in our closets were chipped and damaged. Most of it was melamine shelving and seeing chunks of it flake off the edge made the shelving look old and ratty. I started Googling how to fix it. The first option was an obvious one - replace the shelving. But most of them were nailed, glued, (cemented!) in place and removing them would require sanding, a new paint job, finding new shelving, installing them, etc. More steps than I was willing to commit to. Option 2 was using iron-on melamine edging. But having to chip away at the remaining shelf edge to get it all off was not how I wanted to spend my evenings. What was my ... [ Read More ]
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