Organization: Coat Hooks

I am loving using coat hangers for keeping things organized and I plan to add many more to the house. Above, you can see a simple four pronged hanger we hung in Kaitlyn's closet. She can hang her purses, backpacks, and whatever else on it.

Here we have another four pronged coat hanger. This was red and we painted it black. We hung it nice and low so the kids can reach their coats and can reach to put their coats away.

Here, we have some in our coat closet. It seems like we were constantly piling coats up because for some reason, hanging them on hangers is too much trouble. This way, everyone can keep a coat at easy access and again, the kids can hang up their own coats.

I am wanting to get some more hangers for Brayden's room. I want them for his backpack and for dress up items. I will post photos when I am done. I am still working it all out in my head.

Decorating Idea: Curtain Rod

The photo is terrible, but here is an idea for you. My SIL saw something similar to this at a store once. She used the idea to mod podge letters of her daughter's name (A M Y) and h and hang those. It turned out super cute.

But my kids names are much longer than that. I went with this. I got the letters K and P from Hobby Lobby. I got the frame from IKEA. The rod was in the house when we bought it. I will have to try to get a better picture. That is awful. But the idea is cute! Oh, I found this one:

PS wondering where I have been? I have been MIA because my computer contracted a virus, followed by our hard drive dying...so after more than two weeks, I finally am back--hopefully for good.

More Scrapbooking: Milestones

Here are Kaitlyn's Milestones pages

Vinyl Wall Clock

We have this clock on our wall in our family room. Literally everyone who sees it comments on how cool it is--no matter the age. 

Here is the best part. It is at Hobby Lobby for I think it is 30-50? And it goes on sale for 40-50% off all the time. So you can get this large clock for a rather inexpensive price!

We had one in our old house, too, in our master bedroom. We obviously couldn't transfer it with us, so it is still there and the new owners are enjoying it. 

Scrapbooking: Kaitlyn's Family Section

I love to scrapbook, and I am still an old school scrapbooker. Yes, I know digital is cheaper and faster, but there is something relaxing for me to actually scrapbook. Here is the family section of Kaitlyn's 0-12 month scrapbook (yes, yes, I am far behind).

Family intro page

Daddy page

Mommy page

Nana

Papa

Grandma Beverly

Grandpa Ron

Great Grandparents

More Great Grandparents

More Great Grandparents

More Great Grandparents

Aunts and Uncles

Cousins

Brayden

This is what I have been spending most of my crafting time on, and why things have been pretty quiet around the craft blog over the last month. 

Decorating Idea: More Grouping

Here is another example of a place I have grouped things on the wall in my home. This is in the hall, so that is why the picture is not good. That P is so great, I got it at Hobby Lobby. Notice also that all of my frames are different. We once would try to have matching frames, but then things would happen like somebody would knock one down and break it while he moved things up and down the stairs (that would be my husband) or we would want to add a frame because we had a new baby, so we decided the best idea was to have different frames. They are all black, but all different. There is also a mirror there.

Africa Dresses

Thanks to everyone who sent supplies an dresses for Africa! And thanks to Serra for helping me make the dresses. One reader did them a bit differently, and I think they are fabulous--mostly because they require no bias tape and I despise sewing with bias tape. Go here to see the tutorial on her amazing craft blog. These little girls are going to be so excited to have these adorable dresses to wear!