Clip and Bow holder

Another in house craft. Used scrap fabric and ribbon, and a glassless frame I bought last year at a garage sale for $0.25. Emily likes it and does use it. She can get the clips on and off. It is sturdier that I thought, as her little brother has a tendency to just rip them off instead of unclasping them. Now to just find a spot to hang it, as it is it floats around the room. I try to think of it as a very cheery piece of art.

I took the backboard out of the frame and covered it in fabric, using my hot glue gun. I then attached three pieces of ribbon, gluing the ribbon onto the back of the board only. Snap the board back into the frame and you are done!

I am finally on the spray paint bandwagon

Walmart spray paint $0.89 where have you been all my life? After replacing our front door, I decided to keep sprucing. Why it never occured to me to just clean the glass in the light fixtures four years ago when we moved in I will never know!
You can see our front door and mailbox(tucked behind the overgrown shrub) in this picture, the day we bought the house

The light here, we have four, two on either side of the door, and two on either side of the garage.

Spray painted matte black

Mailbox wanted in on the action too

Fabric covered knob pulls

When creating a big girl room for our daughter, I picked up a dresser and vanity from craigslist. I painted them bright white, the existing hardware was not the whimsical, fun look I was looking for. I searched high and low for fun pulls, but eek, I was not about to pay $9/knob for hand painted flower knobs! I needed 13 total.

This idea came to me, and it is so easy

Items needed:

Mod Podge

Fabric of choice, I chose a small pattern that I didn't have to worry about centering (1/8 yard was enough for 13)

Rubber band

Unfinished wood hardware (I found mine at Walmart, a pack of 8 was a little over $8.00)

Coat your knob with Mod Podge




Take your fabric, I cut mine 3.5" square, and place on the knob.

Wrap the fabric around the knob, smoothing as you go, and gathering around the base.

Coat with Mod Podge again, over top the fabric

Secure with the fabric with a rubber band around the base. It will get sticky with the Mod Podge. After it dries you can cut or remove the rubber band. Trim the fabric at the base of the knob. I coated my knobs a second time to make them shiny and durable.

Attach the knob, and you're finished!

Up and Up

Have you guys noticed the new marketing effort Target has put forward. Target diapers are now Up and Up, as are wipes and a slew of other home products that had a previous labeled Target brand. I like to buy generic diapers if they work. In my ideal world I like to coupon enough so I can get the diapers under $0.16/diaper. I used to always get White Cloud diapers from Walmart, that line was discontinued, although Parents Choice brand is still available. They seem comparable, so I recently purchased Parents Choice.
I still have to run to Target for their wipes, Walmart wipes don't pop up, and honestly if I am going to pay for disposable wipes what is the point if they don't pop up, so Target wipes it is.
While I was there I picked up a pack of the Up and Up to give them a try. I think they are pretty cute, no silly animal or character on them just big pastel blue and green dots. I am a fan of that simple design, but then I don't buy my kid Dora shirts either. The one disappointment is they package 10 diapers per each size. I know some people don't notice less diapers per package, they just check the price. All in all them seem to work well. Although I wish we were just using the potty full time instead...

Freebie book!

I just heard about this great freebie from Rebecca's Bargains. It sounds like a great idea for reading in the summer! I think my little one might be a tad too young, but I will be keeping this in mind for the future.

Barnes and Noble is giving a free book to children who read and journal eight books this summer. And no, you don't have to buy them from B&N first.

Things I heart

MilkDiapers, descriptive name I know! I first found out about this product from the Pioneer Woman . (if you don't follow her, you must start this instant) I initially thought a reusable nursing pad would be disgusting, but since the Pioneer Woman raved of them, I had to give them a try.

They are really nice, so much softer than the disposable, and they don't have that crunch to them that the paper/disposable ones carry. I don't think I could have managed using these the first month after birth, but they work perfectly for me now that my body is predictable. I get by really well with a set of three, I have to do laundry constantly anyway with the two little ones around. They are really great priced, I can only imagine the money I am saving not buying the throw aways.

You can order them from http://milkdiapers.com/. They often send me discount codes since I have placed my order, the next time I have one I will pass it on.

Garage Sale finds

12 pieces of kiddo clothing at $0.25/each all brand name!