Inspired Craft

Well, I couldn't help myself.  My uber-talented hairstylist, Katrina, has such cute interior decor.  I loved the door knob wall hook she had located in her entry way that she said she got from pier 1.  They are similar to these:

Very Cute.  Anyway....I have to admit, I'm a bargain hunter.....and I don't mind going to very discounted stores to find stuff.  Well, I found something similar on clearance at Big Lots (definitely not Pier 1) however, i thought hey...why not.  It was cute...it had a crystal door knob thingy and the color matched my living room anyway.  The picture of Christ above my piano and this pin that I got from pinterest:

 inspired me to make a couple of wood plaques I used to mod podge the same scripture Matthew 7:7 (although I know in the quote in our scriptures it's "SHALL" not "WILL"...but the message is the same).  It came out nice....but i'm debating to change the frame...or re-paint it black.  I dunno.  Here is what I did:

PLAQUE #1

PLAQUE #2

COMPLETE DISPLAY ABOVE MY PIANO

So to make this project you will need these supplies:
 #1- Find yourselves some doorknob looking hooks

#2 Wood Plaques from Craft Store

#3- (2) D ring hooks that screw in the back of the plaque

#4- Craft Paint- your choice of Color

#5- Mod Podge

#6 Foam Brushes

#7 Scrapbook Paper

#8 Printed Quote of Matthew 7:7 with whatever font using Word- Print it out on paper

#9 Ribbon of your choice

So paint your plaques (let it dry), mod podge some pretty scrapbook paper onto plaque (let it dry), mod podge the quote onto plaque (let it dry), screw in the D ring hooks in the back of each plaque, cut some ribbon and tie it on the D Rings....tie the plaques to the doorknob hooks...and hang those puppies up  and place them on the adjacent to your inspired picture of our Savior.  Then Voilà! There you have it folks.

ADDENDUM:  I decided to paint the frame Black.....while hanging on the wall because it was just easier and I was lazy ;)

DIY Pedicure

I normally treat myself to a wonderful pedicure at least every month...but honestly, I haven't had the time, and this Pinterest thing has drained my cash flow into my creativity supplies.  SO....I had to do one of those DIY pedicures. By the way, I have been having trigger thumb/tendonitis...or should I say, Craft-itis from all the fun discoveries i have been finding on Pinterest. (Pain-terest for now).  Anywho...I'm honestly not good at giving myself a nice pedicure with the full salt scrubs etc etc...although I highly deserve one...heh heh. ;).  I also love all the cutesy flowers and designs you can request when you are getting a pedi.  My plight is that if i have to DIY my Pedi this month...how am I suppose to make it pretty.....I mean, my thumbs are killing me and I can't make pretty flowers?

Thank Goodness Again for my SCRAPBOOK RUB-ONS!!!!

All You Gotta Do is after you paint your nails...Rub on one of these pretty puppies on and Seal it with some good Top Coat. :)  Have Fun You Lazy Crafters YOU!

Attempt at Organization

So I'm excited because we got new floors in 3 of our rooms.  Apparently the Spring time has spurred us to finally change our carpet which has been doused in cat urine.  We've tried steam cleaning, we've tried using Stink Free (which does take the odor away), Resolve you name it.  But it changed the carpet and the carpet pad...and honestly, it was starting to get embarrassing.  Jason researched the flooring and we got an engineered wood...It definitely is an investment and from what Jason has read the kind we got is pretty resilient to any damage for pets sake.  Here are some pics of our new Floors

Living Room

Dining Room

Anywhoo...it's handscraped...so any scratches will add to the charm of the wood anyway..and can be covered with any correction marker.  Also any pet accidents, since it's glued down...we can just wipe up any mess. Well since we had to move stuff out our office, the new floors also made us want to re-organize. Jason has all his electronic cable stuff that use to sit on the floor when he had the carpet. Now that we have the nice floors, he thought it would be good to put a small shelf underneath the desk to get that stuff off the floor. I thought it was great idea. Until I realized that we have a FAT cat named Maui who decided to hop onto the shelf and.....well....after a couple hours of work to get the shelves up and organized to Jason's liking....here is the aftermath of what happened (p.s. Pause my playlist so you can hear the smilebox).