inspiration workshop with gussy sews: ORGANIZATION!

This week's prompt is {ORGANIZATION}:
The new year is a great time to declutter and ORGANIZE to tackle the year ahead. Which is why we thought ORGANIZATION would make a great prompt for February. Maybe you already have a share worthy system in place? Maybe you've seen out in the inter-webs the perfect way to ORGANIZE your office or your kids playroom? Or maybe it's a cool device or shelf system to ORGANIZE things just so. Staying ORGANIZED is personal, so share what inspires you to organize your life. Feel free to use your own images, or images you find, just be sure to give appropriate photo credit if you use someone else's photo.

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OH, how wonderful this inspiration workshop will be for me! i'm SLIGHTLY obsessive compulsive. ;)

i used to be way worse, trust me. i've mellowed out a bit now that i'm married to my very much NOT ocd husband. but i still love to organize pretty much everything in sight....in fact, i even have an entire pinterest board dedicated to "ocd goodness" which pretty much consists of anything and everything organized. sigh...it's beautiful!


here are a few organization tips that i'm hoping to use when we've got everything moved into our new house....

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these DIY balsa wood drawer dividers are awesome for so many reasons. 

1. they remind me of studio in design school. 

2. they are pretty dang cheap. and 

3. they are such an EASY way to organize anything EXACTLY the way you want it to be!

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i am in love with this craft organizer. jars make me smile and the twine upside down twine holders are genius. this would be a simple upgrade to any crafting space, large or small.

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jen over at tater tots and jello wrote some great organization ideas, tips and DIY projects for the bathroom over at the new home ec. she has such fabulous ideas that make organization look so PRETTY! ;)

while you are over there, make sure to check out her 15 kitchen tips as well. you won't regret it!

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speaking of kitchens, i've been drooling over this organized kitchen for ages. i'm pretty sure i've shown you this one before, but it's TOTALLY WORTH REPEATING! it's that stinkin' awesome!

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another swoon worthy organization tip are these definition labels. what's not to love about them?

fonts: good. words: good. organization: GOOD.

all together: GOOOOOOOD!

does that remind anyone of this?

ross: "it tastes like feet!"

Joey: "i like it!"

ross:"are you kidding?"

joey: "what's not to like? custard, good. jam, good. meat, goooooooood!"


oh, joey, you get me every time.

join us for inspiration workshop!

monday update

happy monday, everyone!

how was your weekend? do anything fun?

kyle and i drove out west with my in-law's to his grandfather's 80th birthday party this weekend. it was a short trip, less than 24 hours, but it was still a good time. i think any time spent with family is a good time!! *wink*

since we left a little early on friday afternoon, i took a day off work and enjoyed some solitude in the house while kyle went into work. i spent the morning doing laundry, catching up on some house cleaning (i'm the worst at this) and finally getting around to printing and photographing a few of my printables for my shop.

and of course i made a target run! it's just not a good week without a target run. ;)

anywhooskies...

i LOVE how they turned out! i didn't get to use my "good" camera for these...since...um....my battery is dead and i couldn't find the charger. no worries, i found it after to took some with my little point and shoot camera. not too bad for a little point and shoot if i do say so myself!

printable calendar - only $3!!

be(you)tiful printable poster

this one is my favorite!! i left it in the frame and hung it up in my studio as a little reminder to love myself when i need it. ;)

you're my favorite reason poster

i love how you can see my guest bed in the frame. that's the bed i mentioned in my IW post last week!

you make me happy poster

i hope everyone's week is off to a great start!

happy monday!

inspiration workshop with Gussy Sews

inspiration workshop is BACK!

hip hip, hooray!!

This week's prompt is {BEDROOMS}:
It's the New Year! And what a great time to be inspired by your living space. Whether you live alone or have a family, BEDROOMS are the space people spend most of their time and often decorate to make their own. Whether your space is comfortable, modern or kitchy, it needs to be inspired to be you. Feel free to share your BEDROOM space, or BEDROOM spaces that inspire you. Maybe it's a really amazing bed frame, night table, or the coziest bed linens you've ever seen. Or a baby's nursery, a child's bedroom or guest room. Share what inspires you for a BEDROOM space. Remember, if you use someone else's photo be sure to give proper photo credit :}

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we have three bedrooms in our new house (i promise, i'll get around to doing a photo tour tab soon...fingers crossed!) and i have never had such a hard time finding STUFF to put in a room! they look so naked right now, every room needs to be "dressed" i suppose and i needed a kick in the butt to find some inspiration. so, here goes nothing!

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my craft room is in the same room as one of our guest beds. i am extremely lucky to have had the pleasure of growing up in an old iron bed very similar to this one. the problem is, 3-year-old catie decided to "decorate" her bed with some crayons. there are also quite a few chips in the paint and the knobs were all sprayed a really bright brass, so i'm hoping this summer sometime to clean it as well as i can and spray paint the entire thing. i'm thinking possibly a fun color? we'll see how that project progresses!

i love everything about the photo, the casual quilt draped and the gorgeous bed. love it all.

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our master bed is in this really odd little bump out in the room. our bed JUUUUUUST fits inside it. which means we have no room for bed side tables. for a reader like myself, this is unacceptable. i've been looking for ideas all over pinterest on how to solve this problem. so far, my favorite shelves are these.

Source: sawdustandembryos.com via Catie on Pinterest

are you pro headboard or against them at all costs? i think my husband would rather slit his wrists than have a headboard on the bed, he's THAT against them. i'm hoping something like this upholstered headboard from sawdust and embryos will win him over.

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in addition to our two guest bedrooms (slash craft room) we have a semi-finished attic. semi finished meaning there are stairs up to it and someone went a little cray cray with the sponge painting and the wall paper. and there are random holes in the drywall. that birds somehow get through.

but that's neither here nor there.

i'd love to be able to do something similar to this in the "wings" of the attic, what kid wouldn't want a fun attic to have sleepovers in?

the bonus is i might stay sane during a future sleepover. (HAH!)

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i have an unadulterated love for all things scrabble. (anyone want to play words with friends!?!?!) and these pillows are going to have to go somewhere in my house.

like, yesterday.

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and while we're on the subject of pillows, i had to share these pillows. they made me giggle for about ten minutes straight.

my husband, a non-shaver in the winter months, did not find them that funny.

men.

i'm linking up with:

five friday faves: christmas list edition!

dear santa,

i've been extra good this year.  i'd list the reasons why, but who am i kidding?  you know already!  here's a few things i'm hoping to find in my stocking or under the tree this year!

 

vanessa christenson's book!  i've had this one on the list since she announced on her blog that it was available for preorder!

 an iPad case from the pleated poppy.  or, really, just anything from the pleated poppy's shop!  lindsay has such an eye for combining awesome fabrics together on her products, i love them all!

these penguin rain boots in black.  {i told you i was obsessed with penguins.}

this kick-a mug from the warner brother's shop.  i love harry potter!  i won't lie, i also have this awesome t-shirt on my list...and the newest dvd.

and this kneadlessly simple no-knead bread recipe book!

what's on YOUR list this christmas?

five friday faves

yesterday's post displaying our christmas decor at chez shaffer and the weather this week (BRRRR!  it's COLD in kansas!), i'm in a WINTRY mood for today's five friday faves.  and something about winter makes me want to curl up with some hot cocoa, my hot glue gun and my sewing machine (whom i've affectionately named bertha) and craft the heck out of my holidays!  here's some inspiration i've gleaned from the never-ending crack called pinterest.  inPINiration?  PINspiration?

who cares, right?  let's get on with the good stuff.

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pinterest

so, i'm probably way late on this bandwagon, but i'm just discovering the love i have for a little website.

you may have heard of it before....

pinterest.

yeah, you know, the awesome website that allows you to "pin" things, put a little comment and essentially saves them for you, and then shows your friends what you love?  out there in the universe.  floating in the clouds.

i bet pinterest's clouds are quite pretty.  and possibly pink.  at least in my world they are.

i read about pinterest a while ago over at no biggie's blog.  and then like five other blogs that i follow.  they all found out about it at ALT.  but...i'm not cool enough to go to ALT.  or, really, have any reason to go other than it sounds like a blast.  and i'd love to hear heather speak.  (who wouldn't, really?)

but i digress.

the point is:

i gots mad graphix skillz, yo.

yes, yes, i did just speak about myself in third person.  you gotta problem with that?

since i'm fairly new to pinterest (i just got my invite on tuesday...it took a while, but they are still in beta phase, so that's completely understandable) i don't feel i can deeply express my love quite yet, but for now, i'll just show you the one reason i keep going back for more.

pretty little inspriation boards.

sigh....a designer's dream come true!

where WAS this website when i was planning my wedding!?!

and i thought using google docs to plan it was groundbreaking...

for reals, yo.

tonight i'll be making some of these to take to work:

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to celebrate a little bit of this tomorrow:

although i'll be wishing i was drinking this:

watching these guys:

beat these guys:

(please, oh please don't let us lose tomorrow....)

wearing one of these:

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and these awesomesauce shoes:

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sigh....being a grown up sucks.

like, totally.

at least the game isn't until 8:30, so the majority of these can come true.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

when the boy is away...

...the crafter will play!

so, probably something you don't know unless you have been one of the poor souls that has had to listen to me drone on and on about my wedding, is that i'm pretty much DIYing the shiz outta my wedding.  why?  because i love to craft.  and i love weddings.  and i'm cheap.  so why not?  :)

[that being said, i'm SO INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL for the crew i have handling a lot of the projects that i took on and am now like, "holy crap, i'm getting married in almost insertnumberofdaysatthetime days and i don't have this insertrandomprojecthere done yet!"  they have SAVED MY ASS on a lot of this.]

more on the awesome people helping me out later, but i thought this was hilarious.  i found it via weddingsandcookies who found it via 100layercake (side note: how did i miss this?  damn you google reader and my ability to fly through super fast while trying to decide what to read!!!)  and it's totally appropriate being that i'm going to attempt to tackle over half of my "wedding to-do list" this weekend.

anyway...this is awesome.  and so true.  i needed this about, OOOOOOOOOH, 8 or so months ago.  but that's okay, i'll survive, thanks to my awesome crafting crew!  enjoy.

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