Want your laundry to smell minty fresh?

Just throw in a hand (or pocket) full of WintOgreen Lifesavers.

Someone at my house did.

My favorite idea I've had in quite some time...

A title like that's got you waiting with baited breath, right?

Behold the new towel hangers for my kids' bathroom!

Each kid is getting a towel with his or her initial or name or something on it. They'll go here when not in use.

Want to make your own? Go to Home Depot or Lowe's or whatever and head on over to plumbing. Find a spigot. I chose some that started out looking like this (minus the water droplet hanging mid air):

Now finded a threaded pipe flange (that's the real name...I asked BC) the same size. Screw the spigot in, just to make sure it actually fits. Your flange is galvanized and doesn't match your spigot? No big deal!

Head on over to paint and pick up a can of Rustoleum. I used this in Matte Nickel.

I gave the spigots and flanges (still giggling at both of those words) a couple of coats of spray paint and then mounted them directly to the wall. I hit a stud on the center one and used drywall anchors like these for the other two.

Now, does anybody have any suggestions as to what color I should paint the rest of the room?

Embellished towels

Why in their right mind would anyone put turquoise polka dots on a red towel?





Because they have this rug and shower curtain, that's why!

I cut 3" strips of the polka dots and then turned under 1/4" along all the edges. I positioned the strips about 3" from the bottom of the towel and pinned them in place like crazy. Then I sewed all the way around the strips. I used a zig zag stitch with invisible thread on top and red (to match the towels) in the bobbin.

If you want something a little less Seuss-y, check out this tutorial.

See that flushable wipes container on the tank? I covered it with stickers from the dollar section at Target and then did a couple coats of Mod Podge. I don't LOVE it, but I think the idea has some potential.

Stay tuned for more from the bathroom...

BUSTED!

It has come to my attention that my dear, sweet (slightly evil like her mother) daughter has led some (OK a lot) of you that know me in real life to believe that she *actually* needs glasses. She does not.

She does, however, need a haircut.

You know what today is?

It's my blogiversary.

Yep.

My first post was exactly one year ago today.

Time flies when you're having fun?

180 posts.

Here's to 180 more!

Decoupaged Barn Star

I found this idea here (and small weird world on the old www, she happens to be my step mom's neighbor).

Before:

During:

After:

Look way up there in the right hand corner.

Flower clips

Macy and I made a bunch of these Monday morning. Seriously easy! She likes them clipped to her newsboy type hat. I have to admit it's pretty darn cute. You could easily clip them on a headband or just in your hair, too.

Here's what we did:

Cover an alligator clip with ribbon. Directions with pictures can be found here. You can buy boxes of alligator clips cheap at Sally's.

All the flowers pictured above came from Dollar Tree. We popped off the individual flowers and took them apart. Most of them we layered 2 flowers together. You can sew them or glue them. Cut the plastic stem thing on the back as flush as you can and glue them to the clips.

Want better instructions? (And who can blame you, really?) Try these!

Flower barrettes

Sparkly Retro Silk Flowers

Multiple flowers on one clip

Organza with beads in the centers

Felt flowers

With buttons

With fabric layers and button covered centers

And my fabric flowers made some dang cute clips, too...if I do say so myself!