10 Spring Projects (some finished some not!)

Just thought I'd share a few (10, to be exact!) of the projects I've been working on to jazz up the house a bit now that Spring has Sprung. Some are finished and some I haven't even started yet. :) Here they are:

1. Decoupaged Dangly Hearts

These hearts were originally painted plain green with little dots running along the edges. They were a bit dated and just kinda...blah. A little scrapbook paper and Mod Podge later and Voilà! Heart makeover complete!

2. Boring maroon jelly cupboard in need of a re-do!

This is a project yet-to-be-completed. To me this plain maroon color is just a blank canvas of possibilities! One of the ideas I have is something like this:

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So stay tuned to see the result! :)




3. File Cabinet Makeover

This file cabinet which lives in our office/playroom was such a drab eye sore! But with the addition of a few vinyl decals I now love it!

4. Artichoke jar turned Q-tip container!

Inspired by these re-purposed jars over at Happy Clippings I decided to put this old glass jar to good use. This was so much fun and FREE since I had all the materials on hand!

5. Cigar box Makeover!

I had this cute honeycomb printed cigar box sitting on my desk for months (it holds all of our itty bitty misplaced toys that need to be put back. I call it "Toy Purgatory"), but I never liked the writing on it. Instead I though it'd be cute to cover the words with some vintage bees. So I printed some out, "shabbied" it up with a little brown paint, finished it off with Mod Podge and ta-da!



6. Cigar box (#2) makeover!

This cigar box is actually my "Prayer Box." Inside I keep all of my written prayer intentions, inspiring scripture verses, prayer cards etc. But it was just your standard boring cigar box. So, I applied some scrapbook paper, hot-glued some ribbon and buttons on and now I love it!



7. Armoir in desperate need of some paint!

I've had this old unfinished armoir for years! I decided it's high time I give it some love, so I plan to paint some tree branches and birds on it. Below is one of the ideas I have for it:

So stay tuned to see how it turns out! :)

8. Jewelry Box Make-over (To be Completed!)

This jewelry box belonged to my mother, so it has sentimental value, but I'm not crazy about the appearance. I haven't quite decided exactly how I'm going to paint it yet, but I'm thinking it will involve blue patterned drawers and some type of shabby white paint. Stay tuned! :)



9. Notepad catch-all basket

We have a gazillion half-used note pads that never get finished since they end up lost and buried in piles or lurk in dark scary places. Well not anymore! In a (rare!) moment of brilliance (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating just a tad) I thought I'd put them all in a basket and pop them on my desk. No more lonely nights for these little guys--I use them all the time now!

Aaaaaaaaaand last but not least...


10. Remote Control Basket

We had had an old remote holder that no one ever used because it was in a really inconvenient dark dank corner (my house sounds like an old haunted manner with all of these dark dank corners I keep mentioning lol!) of the living room. They were always getting lost because no one ever put them back. And the funnier thing was that when they (rare occasion) were actually put away no one ever even thought to look there! :p So I thought, "There must be a better way!" And a better way there was. They now sit perched happily in this little basket (which happens to be the perfect size and shape by the way) on the ledge above our couch. Problem solved. And the remotes lived happily ever after.



Anyway, those are some of the things I've been up to (and will be up to!) this Spring. Have any ideas you'd like to share? I'd love to know! Leave a comment below! (LOL that rhymes. I love when I accidentally rhyme. I feel like Dr. Seuss. I'm also easily amused. Have I ever mentioned that?)





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10 Reasons I'm Looking Forward to Spring

1. Spring bulbs. I love everything about 'em...the bright colors, the heady perfume, their thick meaty stems and leaves.... Ah, to me they're just the quintessential symbol that Spring has finally arrived!

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2. Flip flops. Ok, I know some people wait until Summer but I am a die hard flip-flopper (who also makes up her own words). Once it hits 50+ degrees it's time to don 'em. You say tom-ay-to, I say tom-ah-to.


3. Sending the kids out to play NOT requiring fifteen layers of snow gear, complicated boots, gloves, hats, scarves and other various and sundry cold weather-moisture-wicking-whatevers.


4. Access to the outdoor grill--no shovel required.

After one of the many snowpocalypses that struck this past January

5. The return of sweet little chirpy happy birdies. Somehow hearing their high-pitched melodious songs makes being up early in the morning just a little bit better. (But not as much as coffee.)

6. It NOT feeling like bedtime at oh, 4:30pm.

7. Trading brown icky melty snow for...er, brown icky mucky mud and basement flooding. Ok, maybe that's not a big improvement after all! But hey, it still shouts SPRING! :)

8. Going for a walk outside without the looming fear that a snow plow is just around the corner waiting to take me out.

9. Fresh garden chives! 'nuff said.

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10. Skipping through the days with an extra spring in my step, sunshine on my face and gratitude in my heart that I survived yet another brutal Winter in New England! :)


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Top 10 reasons why I love homeschooling

1. (After this past January I decided this one must make the top of the list!) No snow days!

2. Can stay in bed until whenever I want to. Ok, so not really seeing as 11:00 might be a tad too late for the kids liking lol! But, there is at least some wiggle room in this area.

3. We get to go on field trips whenever we want! No lines, no fuss, no waiting during weekdays!

4. My boys are truly the best of friends. They play together so beautifully and I'm convinced that this is in part because they are with each other just so darn much.

5. Things like baking cookies and holiday decorating are actually learning activities! What's not completely awesome about that?!

6. We can stay in our pajamas all day and no one minds or even knows the difference. (Ok so this list makes me sound like the biggest in-bed-all-day-slob on the planet, but hey, that's cool with me.)

7. We get to explore to far away lands, become pirates, fight space aliens, rescue damsels in distress, slay dragons and travel through time-- all without leaving our doorstep. Everyday.

8. Days off and vacation time is completely up to us!

9. We get to pick whatever we want to learn about-no deadlines, no tests, no stress and no boring lectures.

10. Each and every day I get to hug and squeeze and smother my kids with kisses allllllllll daaaaaaay loooonnnnng (even if it drives all of us crazy lol!).