It Feels Good to Share...

We are working on a few things around our house with the girls. 

1. Is that we are very blessed for the things that we have and that giving and sharing with others who don't have as much as we do makes us feels really good.

2. Is the "I wants" (ie. toys)  in life are not just given to us but need to be worked for.

That's how I came up with the "It Feels Good to Share, It Feels Good to Care" jars (sounds like a Yo Gabba Gabba song doesn't it? LOL)


Every time that LL helps me pick up her toys, helps with the baby, does what I ask she will get two quarters: 1 for her "Toy" jar & 1 for her "It Feels good to Share" jar.

In December she gets to go to Toy R Us pick out toys for herself (that she has earned) and she will get to pick out toys to give away to a child in need for Christmas.

She is totally into it.  She has picked up her play room twice in two days...It's AWESOME :)

I made these labels in photoshop.  Printed them on sticker paper, backed them with thick colored paper for a little pop.  Tied a ribbon around the jar to make it a little more fun.

You can download labels here.
It Feels Good to Share Label.
Plain Christmas Label.

 I got the jars at good ol' Walmart.  The labels are circular 3.5 x3.5

I also made a plain Christmas ones that could be used for all sorts of stuff like gift tags, place settings etc.

Happy Sharing.

A bee in my bonnet.

I get a bee in my bonnet if the house is not organized.  I can't help it.  It messes with my mind.  I am a very visual person so if a space is not perfect it will bug me till it's fixed.  We have a "multi-purposed/ girl's playroom"  that just always seems to be messy so last week I was determined to get it cleaned up and organized. I gave a way a ton of toys that they no longer play with and rearranged the ones they do.  I also wanted to make the space a little more playful and colorful for them.

BEFORE.  YIKES!

AFTER.  SO MUCH BETTER!

Here's are the simple little things I did.

I really thought about the space and how it could be used better so I moved the furniture around to open the room.  Lily loves that she can now sit and use the table. 

I made these galvanized tins for her to put stickers, markers and other craft stuff in.  These are easy to make.  You can find the tins at any craft store (sometimes you can find them at $1 Spot at Target.) I also picked up big stickers the ones used for selling your home or car and used them to label the tins. Then I glued little rhinestones on them for color.

I thought you could even drill these into the wall if you wanted.

I added these playful colored dots to their bookshelf.  They are removable. It gives the room  little splash of color.





                                                                                      

                                                                              


I also made them some personalized artwork. 


All you need is a canvas, the lettering (decals) that you would like and mod podge. 

Good ole' Mod Podge.  Use to get crazy with this stuff while in art school ;)

I got the  decals from Target but you can get them from anywhere: Michaels, Homegoods, Etsy.



I spaced the letters where I wanted them and then mod podged them underneath and then on top!  Making sure to do the whole canvas so it looks smooth.  Did a "Lily and Claire's Room of Play" and "Create * Imagine" for Lily's desk.





Last thing  I bought each of them a personalized bean bag chairs from Pottery Barn Kids. 
 They love them Lily will chill in this bean bag every morning watching tv with her blanket and gives me and the hubby an extra 30 minutes of sleep!  Priceless!

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Dont' forget about blog hop.  Goes till Tuesday night;)

Let's Organized, Organized!

As I write this title all I can hear is Oliva Newton John in my head. LOL

I have a thing for everything in its place. I had this mess of pictures and searched and searched to find the perfect organization system for them. I finally found these great double photo keepers by iris at www.spacesavers.com.  They are acid free and individually compartmentalized so you can organize your photo's inside to your liking.  I got out my label maker and got to work....

Here's what is started like...

And here's what it ended up like...

So much better! This weekend www.Spacesavers.com is having a sale and you can get up to 25% off your order.  Happy Organizing!