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Basement Makeover

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Before…

My younger brother just went back to college after being home on break for almost a month. At the end of the summer, our basement got a bit flooded and we had to rip up a lot of the carpet, leaving it pretty much unusable since then. It’s not a finished basement obviously, but we’ve spent time making it our own [and hey, I like the unfinished basement look anyway!]

So while my brother was home he & I spent two days giving my parent’s basement a makeover–putting down a new rug, throwing stuff out, and re-arranging everything. Here’s a little tour!

Pillows I made, a new old green couch, and we finally got a bookshelf.

Old old couch (sofa bed!) for sleepovers & a table I got thrifting in college. So cute–i’m pretty sure it’s from Urban Outfitters.

This is my little music corner + most of our guitars. My Clash poster that’s restricted to the floor…Apparently my music taste is not good enough & doesn’t even come close to the Beatles :P I’m not sure why I have two saxophones…

Check out my old pink iMac! I’m not sure what to do with it, so it kind of just chills behind the couch. I’ve upgraded it & it works except it won’t save any files! I originally got it just for music recording purposes. Anyone have an idea for it?

My interior decorating trained Mom even said the space looked great. Success? ♥ I definitely want to hang out down there more now…it feels so cozy. Next stop–make my craft area pretty!

Tags:decor, organization
Posted in adventures | 6 Comments »

New Year = New planner

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Hello 2012! It’s that time of the year again…time for a fresh new planner to fill up with tons of words, lists, doodles, & ideas. The Slingshot Organizer is hands down my favorite planner. This is my 3rd or 4th year [I lost track!] using one, I was feelin’ turquoise this time.

It’s a hand drawn, punky, radical, unique, and incredibly useful little organizer. They also make one in a smaller pocket size, but I personally prefer more room to write. I like a lot of the calendar and to-do list apps out there but I always find myself going back to just writing things down.

What’s your favorite planner?

Tags:design, lists, organization
Posted in uncategorized | 9 Comments »

November desktop calendar & goals

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

I made a quick little desktop background that i’m sharing for download. I used my favorite pumpkin carving photo to keep the theme going into November…I just can’t get enough of pumpkins :]

Download >> 1024×768

Putting together the graphic made me think about the goals I have for the fresh new month..I have a feeling this is going to be a good one.

Goals for November:
-Get rid of 1/2 of my stuff
-Finish my personal zine
-Keep off the weight that I lost

♥ Get rid of 1/2 of my stuff. This is probably going to be the hardest goal. Im planning on a move in the near future, but I can’t do that with the mass amount of *stuff* that I have! Also another aim of mine is to ‘rebuild’ my wardrobe with more things I love & feel great in, but I can’t with everything I don’t wear & hang on to. I’m drowning in stuff and I keep saying that i’m going to do a huge ebay selling overhaul, but I always procrastinate it. This is the month!

♥ Finish my personal zine. I’ve been working on a personal zine for quite some time now..maybe a year? I still haven’t finished it/printed it out/or thought of a name yet. I have a feeling part of the reason is because I tell myself i’m not a good writer & that i’m not writing anything unique. I need to stop caring & cut to the chase and finish this thing!

♥ Keep off the lost weight. Last week I did a 3 day raw food/smoothie cleanse and I dropped a bit of weight. It feels so good but I have this sinking feeling that it’s all going to creep back (like it usually does)..I’m afraid to weight myself now! So instead of a goal like ‘exercise more’ or ‘eat better’ I’m just going to shoot for doing both and keeping the weight off.

Do you have any big goals for this month?

Tags:desktop, goals, organization
Posted in design | 4 Comments »

grandma & grandpa’s retro flowers

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

This sweet metal box used to belong to my grandmother & grandfather. I think before that, It was my great uncle’s…written in pen is “Uncle Tony” on the top. I was instantly attracted to the retro flower pattern and the bright colors. So fun! My father asked me if I wanted it (he knows I go crazy for anything vintage!) So now it’s passed on to me. I love not only acquiring lovely old things to add to my collection, but also finding out some history of my family through something they owned & having a tiny piece of them. They used this to hold old documents from the Navy!

I found a home for it near my crates of fabric..I would have taken a photo of that but it’s pretty messy right now :] I’m using the box to store some patterns. Perfect, right?

Oh, and check out my crafty guest post from over the weekend on Sonya’s blog!

Tags:decor, organization, pretty, vintage
Posted in thrifty | 5 Comments »

craft: comics newspaper box

Monday, June 20th, 2011

You know those storage boxes you buy at craft stores and whatnot? I can never find any in colors/patterns that I like, yuck! So I bought one with an american flag pattern, and gave it a much needed makeover. All you need to do is cut out strips/pieces of newspaper or photos & attack it with Mod Podge. Make sure you fold down and overlap the edges onto the bottom…I forgot to do that. oops! Also, one more layer of Modge Podge would have been a bit better too.
I’m kind of a zine addict, and this box holds a good amount of my collection. I had the idea to use newspaper pages, because it gives a tiny hint as to what’s inside :)