Posts Tagged ‘accessories’

• Spicing up the pantry

  Date: 2010.08.08 | Category: Organizing | Response: 33

  I picked a cabinet for all my spices and cooking stuff…

  

  It sat like this for exactly 5 days before I couldn’t even take it anymore! (And I hadn’t even baked anything yet!)

  

  YIKES!

  What a disaster! I am OCD when it comes to being organized, so obviously this train wreck was not going to work for me.

  I headed over to the Home Depot and bought this awesome organizer.

  

  I cringed and looked away as they rang it up (almost $40!) but I know it is so worth the investment.

  

  You can see the mess in the cabinet where I previously had all my spices. Obviously I didn’t pick a big enough cabinet. I decided to hang the shelf organizer on the inside of my pantry door.

  

  It took me about 10 minutes to hang it. These are so super easy to install. I just screwed it right onto the door.

  Now I can let out a sigh of relief!

  

  An organized spice rack! Niiiiice.

  

  I still have to organize the actual pantry, but at least my spices and cooking stuff are taken care of.

  Being organized isn’t hard. You just have to have the right supplies. For under $40 I went from this disaster:

  

  To this neat and tidy pantry:

  

  I can’t wait to do all sorts of fun home decor crafts, but for now I’m just trying to get the bones of the house taken care of. I hope you like organizing tips because I have a feeling I’ve got a few more posts in the future.

  

  Do you have any great tips for organizing? Share them with me!

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• Rodney White

  Date: 2010.07.09 | Category: Decorating | Response: 29

  
  “We tend to Seek Happiness when Happiness is actually a Choice”

  Rodney White is the mastermind behind all these amazing paintings.

  
  “It’ll cost Nothing to Dream, but Everything Not to”

  Not only are the paintings beautiful, they are also full of inspirational phrases that make me smile.

  
  “Sometimes the Heart should Do Things without the Brain’s Permission”

  Rodney White is currently my favorite artist. I cannot stop thinking about these paintings.

  
  “The Future is just a collection of Successive Nows”

  I have got to have one (or two… or three… or all of them).

  
  “There is no such thing as Small Change”

  These paintings are HUGE. I think that’s one reason I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Most come in 36″ x 36″ or 48″ x 48″. H-U-G-E.

  
  “Rain is good for Growth, Shine is good for Blossoming”

  To get a mounted print they start at more than $100. Many are between $200 & $400 each. Ouch.

  
  “How Great would life be if we lived a little Everyday”

  I may not be able to afford a framed mounted print, but mark my words, I WILL own several of these. I’m on a mission!

  
  “Bitch and Whine Tasting Mon-Fri”

  One of the first crafts I do when I move into our new house involves me acquiring one of these prints for a fraction of the price. I hope my idea works!

  
  “Life is always in progress”

  

  
  “Share a random moment”

  
  “Nothing Beats a Miss but a Try”

  
  ‘Notice the little things”

  
  “Insanity is merely an opinion of 1″

  
  “The only show in town ‘The String Theory’”

  

  

  

  
  “I gave her roses and she blamed me for the thorns”

  
  “Tomorrow is the Fantasy we make it through Today for”

  
  “Experience every now and then”

  
  “Patience is knowing it will happen & giving it time to”

  
  “Sometimes believing is seeing”

  

  
  “Life needs more green lights”

  

  These paintings speak to me. If I could afford it (and it wouldn’t look rediculous) I’d own at least 20 of them!

  Which artists do you love? What type of art speaks to you?

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• mini green flower pot

  Date: 2010.07.07 | Category: Decorating | Response: 20

  When you see something like this:

  

  Don’t pass it up!

  I got this cute little worn out flower pot at G-Will for ninety-nine cents.

  One coat of Apple Green spray paint and a dollar store flower later…

  

  So easy. Instant cuteness. And it only took me like 3 minutes to paint it.

  

  I didn’t even prime it first. I just washed it and then spray painted it.

  

  For those of you who don’t live in California, don’t be jealous that it says “Trader Joe’s” on the bottom.

  

  For Mother’s Day my children brought me home this purple flower from the 99 Cent Store.

  

  I love these colors together.

  

  The best thing about this is that I didn’t even hassle with planting my flower in the new pot.

  

  I just stuck it in there. It fits perfectly. So, two bucks later, I’ve got a cute little potted flower. And now I can reuse my planter over and over again.

  *~*~*~*

  We are CLOSING ON OUR HOUSE at the end of July! Thank you for being patient with me while I’ve been slacking on my blog. It’s been hard to find time to blog while I crash at friends houses.

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• Capri-sun chaos!

  Date: 2010.06.27 | Category: Crafting | Response: 21

  As promised, here is my other Capri-sun craft I promised you all.

  

  Purses!

  

  Is it just me, or are they ah-freaking-dorable?!

  

  K-bear couldn’t have been more thrilled!

  

  She snatched them right up the second I was finished.

  

  And I’m pretty sure she thoroughly enjoyed every second of her photo-op as well.

  

  Now that she has two purses, all she needs now for Christmas are her two front teeth!

  

  Uni the Unicorn enjoyed a ride.

  

  These bags are the perfect size for a Webkinz or small stuffed animal.

  

  I’m seeing lots of animal and purse combo gifts in my nieces futures…

  

  I’m still debating whether I *need* one for myself or not. ‘Cause what 30 year old wouldn’t need one?

  *~*~*~*

  So now here is my pathetic attempt at describing how I sewed this purse together. I’ll try to keep it coherent.

  First, you need 10 clean used Capri-sun wrappers.

  

  (To clean them, read my other post about Capri-sun lunch sacks.)

  First step – make the handles first. (I learned this the hard way).

  Sew two wrappers together (one above the other). Overlap the wrappers about 1/4 inch and sew across them (I used a zig zag stitch ’cause it’s cute.)

  

  Fold it in half length-wise and then mark the center.

  

  Cut the wrappers in half down the middle length-wise.

  

  Fold each half in half again length-wise and stitch up either side.

  

  Now take 2 wrappers and sew them together (side-by-side) . Do this twice. These are the sides of the purse.

  

  Take your straps and sew them to the fronts of each of the side sections, like this:

  

  Here’s an up-close of how I attached the handles (I just sewed an X and a square on each one).

  

  Now it’s time to sew the bottom of the bag. Overlap two wrappers until they are the width of the side pieces. Sew together.

  

  Now you are ready to assemble the bag!

  Here’s how you will need to lay out your pieces to create your bag. You’ll need two additional pouches – one for either side of the bag.

  

  (This tut is how to make a flat-bottom bag which is a little harder to make.)

  Sew your pieces together like this. Make sure your side pieces are overlapping the bottom of the bag on top of the bottom piece.

  

  If your bottom piece is too long, trim off the extra at this point. This is also a good close-up of how I attached the sides to the bottom.

  

  Sew the other sides of the bag to the bottom the exact same way you sewed the handled-sides.

  

  Finally, fold up all 4 sides to create the “box” or the purse, and just sew them together wrong-sides-together.

  *If you try to sew the sides together before you attach the bottom you will not be able to create a flat-bottom bag. I’ve tried it and trust me, it doesn’t work!

  When I say “flat-bottom” what I mean is that the bottom will be flat like this:

  

  … Instead of inverted like this:

  

  (The inverted ones are easier to sew, but I like the look of the flat-bottom one better.)

  And a fun view of the innards of the bag…

  

  And THAT, my friends, is how to make a cute little mini-purse for your mini-me’s!

  

  *~*~*~*~*

  PS For those of you who are following my moving saga, after 2.5 days in the car, we arrived in Texas safely and are staying with friends and family while we continue the torturous house search. We’ve still got the offer on the short-sale house, but it’s taking a long time and we’ve now found some other houses we want to check out. Hopefully I’ll be able to find a house I love and can’t live without very soon so that we can close on it and not be homeless anymore! House hunting is not fun! I’ll keep you all posted on how it goes. Wish me luck! I need a house so I can start decorating it for all of you!

  Thanks for your continued support!

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• Five Minute Frame

  Date: 2010.06.18 | Category: Decorating | Response: 34

  ~**~**~ Dollar Store Frame ~**~**~

  (Can I get any more unoriginal than that?!)

  Call me Captain Obvious, but just in case you still aren’t sure, this frame came from the Dollar Store.

  

  It’s plastic. Srsly. I know! I was as shocked as you.

  It’s cheap alright – 2 frames for 99 cents? But don’t try to tell me it looks like thin flimsy plastic. ‘Cause I ain’t listenin’.

  

  I like the detail on it, but the color? Do you think it could scream “I’m from the Dollar Store” any more than it already does?

  Yes, it’s getting a make-over. But honestly, I don’t think there are many things in my house that are safe from me and my spray paint.

  

  
  What is my boy doing in this picture?! But I look good not horrible so it’s stayin’!

  Five – minutes – later… (spoken in the “Bueller?… Bueller?… Bueller?…” voice.)

  Green! And you know what, plz don’t hate on me, but I’ve already packed my spray paint so I have no clue what this color is called.

  BUT, I do know it is NOT spray paint for plastic. AND… I forgot to prime it first with spray paint for plastic… Whoops. My bad.

  But like anyone’s even going to be touching it, so if I am really careful with it I think it will be a-okay.

  

  And now I’m sending subliminal messages to read my blog. Do you like my very subliminal HoH plug here?

  Kinda trippy. You are reading House of Hepworths right.now while reading House of Hepworths. Like, Whoa.

  And just to reiterate, my HoH Rules to Live By:
  1. Buy crap
  2. Spray paint it
  3. DONE

  

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• The H that refused to quit

  Date: 2010.06.14 | Category: Crafting, Decorating | Response: 30

  

  This H was the biggest pain in the rear!

  I swear it was the most annoying project I’ve ever done.

  

  Here’s how NOT to make a large block letter…

  First off, DON’T start with a cereal box:

  

  If I do this again (which I probably will) I’ll use thicker cardboard like Christy did that wont buckle on me when it gets damp. Christy is much smarter than me!

  

  Fortunately for me, the letter H is symmetrical and easy to make. No curves or weird shapes.

  So basically I cut out two identical H’s, and then I attached them to each other using rectangle pieces in between taped with box tape.

  

  Here’s what it looks like partially taped together.

  

  Almost done. I just cut pieces all the same width, but made each length the length of each side of the H.

  

  All done.

  Next thing I did was the paper bag technique.

  

  

  So far so good. I should have just stopped here, but it just needed *something* else. Hmmmm…

  The next thing you should NOT do is spray paint it this color.

  

  Yikes. Too late to go back. Dang it. What a waste of time! Now I have to fix it.

  

  Between the watery glue from the paper bags and the spray paint, the cardboard was too thin and buckled. Now it looks even worse!

  So I traced it and cut out another H.

  

  And then I attached the H with more box tape. This made it a bit thicker on the front and covered up the buckle.

  Then I did the paper bag technique again.

  I will NOT give up so easily! This H will turn out if it kills me!

  

  So after the paper bag dried I printed Hepworth from the computer, cut out the letters, and glued them to the H.

  I may be able to redeem this thing after all.

  

  I then coated the entire thing in Mod Podge. This was my first ever attempt at Mod Podge, and now I’m hooked. Love the stuff!

  

  I think I redeemed this H fairly well. The green was just awful, but I’m digging the neutral color with my last name running up the side.

  

  Live and learn, right? I could have done this project in 1/3 the time if I’d used thicker cardboard, but in the end, I’m happy with it.

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