Oh, How Pinteresting!

This week, I decided to look through my DIY and For the Home pins and pick out the ones that I’d like to try and do before the end of the summer So here is what I have come up with.

This would look so much better than just seeing the trash can sitting at the end of the island. And it would keep Mia and Tigger out of the trash! They don’t get in it that often, but still.

Source: ana-white.com via Nicole on Pinterest

I don’t know if my nightstand is thin enough for this, but I’ll have to give it a try.

Source: teamimhoff.com via Nicole on Pinterest

Something also needs to be done with all the charging cords that we have.

Source: iheartorganizing.blogspot.com via Nicole on Pinterest

I just recently bought a bunch of Stewarts soda from work on sale so this would be perfect!!!

Source: 366daysofpinterest.com via Nicole on Pinterest

This would be really cool!! And it doesn’t look that hard.

Source: thissortaoldlife.com via Nicole on Pinterest

Not sure what I would do with it, but it would be cool to make!!

Source: marthastewart.com via Nicole on Pinterest

My cleaning schedule

So I’ve been wanting to create some kind of cleaning schedule and then post it somewhere that I can check off each item as it is done. I’ve looked online for cleaning templates and just couldn’t find any that I really liked or fit what I need. So I found a template for Excel that allows you to customize the list. I took that template, changed it up a bit, and printed out a list of things to clean daily and weekly.

Take a look at what I came up with…

If you’d like to use this template, you can check it out here.

Then once I printed out the template, I took an 8’’ by 11’’ frame and put the printout in that. Now I can take a dry erase marker to check off each item as it is done and write the date of when I need to do that item again. I’m so excited to try this out and I hope it helps me stay on top of house work!!!

My newly painted lamp shade!!!

Back on June 26th in this post, I mentioned that me and my fiance went to Goodwill and I found a lamp. Well, I didn’t like the colors of it. It was purple (which is my favorite color) and green. I don’t hate the color green, but I just don’t like the combination of purple and green. Here is what the lamp looked like before.
Like I said before, the green just wasn’t doing it for me. So I got some paint and decided to paint over the green with pink!
I love how it turned out!!! It would be perfect for a little girls’ room!!! This lamp is the only decorative thing we have in our room now, but it looks great!!! You know what would be perfect? To save this lamp for when I have a little girl!! I could give her a whole room filled with purple and pink things, starting with this lamp!!!
So, what do you think? This is the first item I’ve ever fixed up so let me know how I did!!

And don’t forget that I’m only 32 followers away from having another giveaway!!! I’m going to see how many of my current followers can refer new followers to my blog. Here’s how it’s going to work:
When you refer someone, have them email me telling me that they were referred by you. And make sure they tell me your name or it won't count. Once I get to 300 followers, I will see who has the most referrals and then the top 3 will get to fill out the entry option on the Rafflecopter form called "Refer a friend", which will be worth 3 entries. I will be sure to email those 3 people so they can do that entry. And if anyone fills out that entry that isn't one of the top 3, I will delete those entries. I hope you all have fun with this and good luck!!!!

My DIY Wedding Organizer

The other day I decided that I wanted to make my own wedding organizer so that I can be more organized with my wedding planning.

So I went to Walmart and got these items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I used this book:

to get ideas for what to put on the tabs. I used the table of contents as a guide for what sections I would need. The sections I included are: Calendar/Timeline, Venue, Menu, Guests, Wedding Party, Invitations & Stationary, Flowers & Decor, Cake, Photography, Dress, Entertainment, Gift Registry, and Honeymoon. At first I just bought a package of 8 tabs, but then I realized I needed more so I got 5 more.

Here is a picture that I took of the tabs before I got the last 5.

This is what the inside page looks like. I have some vendor sheets that some places gave us on the left and our budget sheet on the right. (As you can tell, our budget sheet isn’t entirely filled out. We’re still trying to figure out how much we want to spend on everything.)

I really love the pockets that are on each tab because it is a great place to put things. For example, here is a picture of the Invitations & Stationary.

I got some samples from Magnet Street so the pockets are a perfect spot for them.

So, that is my wedding organizer. I think this will work a lot better than just a notebook did. I took the blank pages from my notebook and put some in each section so I can still write down any ideas that I may have. So what do you think? Leave me comments!!