Valentine's Day {Pinned and DONE!!}

If you're a total procrastinator like I am,

you're scurrying to find a fun Valentine idea

 for the chitlins to hand out tomorrow, abbooouuuttt...... NOW!

I'll hook you up! :)

Procrastinators UNITE!

hehehheheeee

The first one is a boy Valentine.

Aren't they fun!!

We made 90 of them.

WHEW!!

I'm beat!

Here is the pin.

Here's where I was able to print them off.

Miss Holly SAVED my booty!

LOVE her for that.

Thanks girlie, you ROCK!!!

Next up, a girlie Valentine idea.

Here is the Pin that inspired it.

The pin doesn't have a printable available.

SO,I made my own.

GUESS WHAT???

I can TOTALLY share :)

Let me know and I can email it to you.

WELCOME!!!

PINNED, DONE and feeling FABULOUS!!

 If you want to follow my boards on Pinterest,

 click on the big fat red button

on my right hand side bar.

If you aren't on Pinterest and would like to be,

Shoot me an email and I can send you an invite :)

Hope your Monday was HAPPY!

Smooches :)

Our Chore Chart

Remember how I showed you How We ROLL????

WELL,

I finally finished our

"How we ROLL" chart.

YIPPERRSSS!!!

I'm SOOOOOOOO excited for you to see it.

It didn't cost a cent to make.

Everything, once again, was found  in my garage.

Here's what I did:

I had an old scrub board.

Totally appropriate for a chore chart, don't ya think?? 

 Check out the swan stickers all over the back of it.

Yeah, you heard me, SWAN stickers. 

See, NOT CUTE!!

FLIPPING.THE BOARD. OVER...mmmkay!!

I used  some leftover Mosaic tiles from our Bathroom redo a LOOOONNNGGG time ago.

 I pulled off all the tiles I wanted to use.

I cut out enough tiny circles on my cricut in black vinyl to make my dice dots.

 SEEEEEEEEEE......

Then I took some large Popsicle sticks and  trimmed them to the size I wanted with a pair of scissors.

Snip, snip!

Then, I went on my computer and designed little labels to go onto the Popsicle sticks.

Printed them out and trimmed them up.

I used black paint and painted the Popsicle sticks.

 Then I glued my labels down and sanded the edges. 

Aren't they CUTE???!!!

 Next, I added a magnet to the back of EVERYTHING.

The boys like to switch things up.

This adds to the whole game feel.

 Next, I hopped back onto my computer and made little square pictures the same size as my tiles.

I cut them out and glued them to the top of the tiles.

Then I designed our title to go on top of the board.

I printed it out on card stock and used double stick tape to attach it to the board.

I didn't want anything to be permanent.

I might want to use this board again for something else :)

This is what it looks like all finished and in action:

The boys love it!!

YAY!!

Once again, makes life a little easier around here.

NEED that!

LOVE that!!

If you want to see "How we ROLL" go here for the post.

Have a Suite day :)

{Suite} Entry Way Table

It's

{Suite}Revamp Wednesday!

Wanna see what is now living a FABULOUS, newly married life??

This poor little broken table!!

Ummm..Hmmm, that's right!

Furniture around here gets married All the time!

I brought it home from my Momma's thinking I could glue it and refinish it.

My dreams were squashed when it decided to snap completely in half.

Yes, that is  the shadow of me mourning my loss, UGHH!!

I was a little upset to say the least.

This is when my brain starts to squeak and blow a little smoke.

Then like my annoying GPS lady says.....RECALCULATING!!

I headed back out to my junk yard garage and saw yet ANOTHER sad and lonely table.

This table was suffering from a small table top.

I didn't refinish it before, because I wasn't sure where I would put it. 

 Plus, what accessories could I possibly fit on that tiny top?

Another thought, I know, a miracle.

"This could be a beautiful thing!!!! 

A marriage of two sad pieces always seems to make one beautiful happy piece.

It was TOTALLY meant to be.

Here they are living a FABULOUS new life together as an entry way table.

Introducing,

Mr. and Mrs. 2Jackeduptablesturnedfabulous!

I had to dress them in lovely white paint.

SHOOOOTTT...they just got married people!!

 Who cares if the two tables don't love each other.

Who cares if they do!

All that matters is...I'M in love.

Thanks for being here!!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

How WE roll!

It's "Pinned and DONE" Monday!

Whew!! 

Chitlins and Hubs were off for ONE stinkin' day and it threw me off a whole stinkin' week!

Please, forgive??

Ugh...I need another vacation :)

Today is a quick one for ya!

NO, it's NOT all fancy.

I promised myself we would try it out and if it worked,

THEN we could fancify it.

Okay, HERE is the pin that inspired me.

(Man, these JEN's are P.R.E.T.T.Y. amazing!! Heehee. No, really, this Jen has her stuff together.  Lots of cool organizing stuff. Check her out.)

What kid doesn't like games??

I LOVED the idea of turning regular old chores into a game.

When I presented it to the kids, they were BEYOND excited.

HOORAY!!!

I didn't want to get my hopes up too soon.

I did just as Jen suggested,

I had each room designated to a number on the dice.

They would take turns rolling the dice and we would ALL go together and clean that particular area together.

It worked great like this for about 3 weeks.

After those three weeks, we met and discuss how it was going.

The kids said they REALLY enjoyed how we were doing things.

BUT, they all agreed that they wanted to have their own individual chores.

They are all about getting things done quickly.

I was TOTALLY down with that.

We kept the same chore list with corresponding numbers.

We still took turns rolling, but now, we roll for our very own chore.

They decided they wanted to reroll for a new chore each week.

Works for Momma!!

I like to call it,

"How WE Roll"

Well, It's been going strong for yet another 3 weeks. 

That would be like 6 weeks all together!!!

(I know, big math problem for me...took me a minute!)

We have never stuck to such a routine for this long.

GET THIS,

they aren't even getting paid!!

NO MONEY???

Ummmhmmm... THAT'S RIGHT!!!

(They can; however, choose to ask for the cash instead of getting a dumb toy from Dollar Tree that is gonna break during the car ride home anyway. It's totally up to them.)

I talked to them about how blessed we were to have all the wonderful things that we do.

A home, a bed, clothes, food....

I pointed out that we should show that we are thankful for our home and other blessings.

One way we can do that is by showing  respect to our Heavenly Father and our Family by take care of all we've been blessed with.

They get it PEOPLE, THEY FINALLY GET IT!!!

I have had NO complaining, no arguing, just a miraculous 15 minutes of busy little bees gettin' junk done EVERY night.

It really is AMAZING!!

My next step, make a cute board so we can keep track of who is doing what.

My wheels are squeakin' in my little noggin'!! 

Have you pinned something and made it come to life???

I want to see it....we ALL do!!

Email me!!!

Have you come up with an AMAZING chore plan.

PLEASE, email me!!!

I'd love to share it :)

Help out that T-shirt!!

Here's our first {Suite} Revamp Wednesday.

Welcome to the PARTE!

I LOVE t-shirts,

as you know!!

But,

I DO NOT love how FRUMPILICIOUS I feel in a t-shirt.

(Ya know, like you wanna sit on the couch and pull your legs up into it, while you lick your oreos covered in PB frumpilicious?!)

I'm starting to collect quite a few little running shirts.

 It's SO cool.

It's NOT cool when they run out of your size and hand over a size that is WAY too big.

I have a little solution for ya if you suffer from this problem too.

T- shirt Revamp

(I tried this out on one of my hubbies shirts before I cut up a race shirt.

I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing.)

Here's ONE way to do it.

Pull out your favorite fitting shirt.

Turn your shirt that you are revamping and your favorite fitting shirt inside out.

Lay the larger one on a flat surface.

Add your shirt that you LOVE on top.

Line the neck lines up to each other.

Grab a fabric pen, Or a sharpie like me :)

Trace along the outside of the shirt.  Make sure you give your self a little bit of a seam allowance!

Pin it all together.

Run it through the sewing machine following the outside of your trace lines.

Here's how you do the sleeves.  Draw a line across that lines up with the bottom of the sleeve on yo r favorite shirt.

Here's the fun part. 

Try it on, inside out.

If it isn't quite the fit you want, run a seam ripper through it and start over again making the adjustments needed.

 SEE....

you gotta try it on so you can take a picture of yourself lookin' like a flying squirrel!

If the fit is good, run it back through the sewing machine a couple of times to help reinforce it.

  Next, grab the SCISSORS.

EEEeEEEE....EEEEEE....EEEEEEE

(I'm making those scary movie noises!)

Trim all the way around your seam.

You can be done there.

BUT,

Your sleeves might be kinda long and the neck is feeling a little claustrophobic!

If so,

Cut off the neck.

I started on the outside of the collar and made a center mark on the neck.

Snip, snip, cut off that neck!!

Start out with less.

Then, if you need to, you can cut more.

 On mine, I made a little slit in the front middle with my scissors and then I just torn it by hand.

OH,

Don't forget your sleeves.

I cut mine at a little angle.

You can cut it how ever you think is cute.

Remember, start off cutting less than you think and then cut more if you need to.

Here it is all finished!

Here it is ON!!

I love all my big old t-shirts to work out in.

I don't feel bad if they get ruined,

I can just turn them into a quilt,

ya know??

Fits perfect!!!

If you end up trying this, I want to see!!

Toothbrushes

Welcome to Tippy Tips Tuesday!!!

Today's tip is an organizing tip.

Toothbrush Organizer

I have my 4 little ones who can't quite reach the medicine cabinet in the bathroom.

I can't figure out why???

Oh,

 I guess it doesn't help that the stinkin' cabinet almost touches the ceiling!

REALLY PEOPLE?!

We needed a spot for the chitlin's little tooth brushes, quick!!

 We needed a place where they could reach 'em and put them away,

ALL.BY.THEMSELVES.

Here's what I came up with.

I found this utensil drawer organizer at Walmart. 

 It fits them all SO perfectly!!

Don't they look cozy?

They keep them germs to themselves too.

LIKE THAT!!

The best part, the chitlins can reach in and put it away when they are done.

Each kid knows which slot is theirs. 

I'm still thinking I'm going to label them though.

Now, ya know how nasty toothbrush holders can get!!

As you can see...

we have a little mouth wash in a couple of the slots.  Heeeheee!!

I make sure I spray the whole thing with Antibacterial spray and clean it up real good AT LEAST once a week.

I'm sure you guys have come up with something way more FABULOUS than this.

HOOK A SISTAH UP!!!

Please share.

Shoot me a comment. 

Or better yet, an email :)

{Suite} Baby Feet

For those of you who follow me on Pinterest...

 ya know my boards are full of stuff that I could NEVER possibly finish in this lifetime. 

I pinned them for a reason, though. 

They INSPIRED me.

On Mondays, I will post projects I have actually pinned on Pinterest and brought to life.

What a FABULOUS idea!!

WHY THANK YA!

{Suite}Baby Feet

This is my inspirational pin.

I hear ya...awwww, SO CUTE!!

WELL,

This is what I came up with.

It's a fun little basket from Target.

Then I filled it with stacked blocks that I whipped up.
I cut two pieces off of a 2x4,
and then painted them with regular old craft paint.
 Distressed them then tied them with a piece of denim.

Thanks to my Cricut,
The blocks say:

"Lead me, guide me, walk beside me"

 I found some SUPER cute bright Puma socks.

Are you catching on? 
The whole thing has to do with feet.

oooooo...precious, right?!! 

Then the shoes! Give me one more "precious"

PRECIOUSSSSS!!

Imagine the different socks and shoes and baskets you could use.

Ughhh, makes me get all Happy Dance feelin'!

Now wasn't that fun?!!

Lets start a revolution my dear bloggy berries. 

Let's bring our pins to life.

What have you brought to life?

I TOTALLY wanna see.