My First Freebie

Not sure if this will work, but I am going to try! I am working like a mad woman in my classroom and decided I needed a little more "cute" sitting on my desk;) So I started playing around on my photoshop and created a little to do list that I am going to put in a frame and use as a dry erase frame.  If you cannot download it, please let me know, and if you know how to do it correctly let me know that too:)

I sized it as an 8x10... the background came from Sprik.blogspot.com love her freebies!
I am planning on making a few more of these as teacher gifts!!!
LaKeta

Pinterest=Addiction

So if you haven't heard of Pinterest yet, you are totally missing out on the party!!! I BIG - FAT - PUFFY - RED - HEART- LOVE it!!!! I do believe I could call myself a pin-a-holic ;)  There are so so many awesome links and ideas...I am so visual so being able to see a thumbnail image of an idea really hooks me!  I'd love for you to come follow me on Pinterest.

If you need an invite, leave me your email address and I'll send you one, but I claim NO responsibility if it becomes an addiction for you too:)

LaKeta

Organizing Fool...

So summer is zipping by a LOT faster than I want it to... I cannot believe we will be back in school in 5 weeks...eeeekkkk!~ I am NOT finished with my to do list yet!!!!  I have been working on getting this house O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-E-D!!!!!! one small space at a time!!!!  First up the ...SCARY PANTRY....I am very embarrassed to show you just how B-A-D this space was but there must be a before in order to feel like you've accomplished anything right?!?!?!

I think we have little elves that sneak in at night and eat our chips and leave crumbs on the floor...anyone else have this issue???

So, I took everything out of my pantry...yes sister you heard me...I took it ALL out and scrubbed it with hot soapy water.  Then, I lined the shelves with contact paper from the dollar store.  Then I began throwing away expired food...I didn't take a picture of that, but I think I would be more embarrassed to show you just how much we wasted than how nasty this area was before:(  Then I began shopping the house for storage options...you'd be surprised what all you can find in your home that can help you corral the madness!

And....drumroll please....the AFTER'S:

I recycled some plastic containers I'd been saving to store my brown and powdered sugar...

Couldn't resist using this basket to keep our bread in..."BREAD BASKET"...yes, I am a nerd like that!

I used an old cassette  box thing I bought of ebay several years ago and took out all the dividers to hold chips, potatoes and onions {which I am out of here} and a small basket for foil and cling wrap...

I had these mini drawers on hand since redoing my chipboard storage in my craft room...my labeler and I got reacquainted during this 14 hour organizing partay!  

I love Mason jars so I had to use this one to store an open bag of pinto beans...I want one for rice too...that is when I have a bag of UNexpired rice on hand;)

So one small area of my house has been reclaimed and I pitty the fool that messes it up ;p lol!!!

LaKeta :)

Land that I Love...

The other day while I was at the Dollar Tree I found these great tinsel covered stars...I scooped up three thinking I could do something with them for my front door for the Fourth.  Then while I was at Hobby Lobby I grabbed wooden letters {USA}. I shared my inspiration with a few friends... So today a few of us  got together to make this quick patriotic craft to display on our doors....  They were really easy and cheap!!! And I love how it turned out!!!!

Here is what you'll need if you want to make your own:

3 stars from the dollar tree {although my friends found hearts instead of stars and those were cute 2}

Wooden letters U S A from Hobby Lobby

Ribbon

Hot Glue

Paint to paint your wooden letters...I spray painted mine white and then used the end of a pencil eraser to polka dot mine and a paint pen to stripe my "S"

Leave the tag hanger on your top star so that you can hang it from your door...it is silver so it looks festive still!

Happy Fourth!!!

LaKeta

Sharing here:

 
 

The Boy's Room

I  have been working on my little man's room since spring break and I will get it all finished someday I think?!?!?  I wanted him to have a little extra storage space and a place to put his tv he got for Christmas...he also plays the family wii more than anyone else, so I decided he could keep it in his room...

My mom and I were talking about his need for more storage when I told her I was scouring Craigslist for an old dresser for his room. Mom remembered that she and Dad still had MY old {childhood} dresser in there detached garage...this thing had been in there for 14 years!!! It had been moved out there when my parents began building there house right after my senior year. I found all kinds of high school memorabilia inside it's drawers...eeek including my sophomore year yearbook!

Here is a shot of the after before...after before because this pic was after I washed it down with Murphy's wood soap...it was mega dirty!

So after washing it down and killing a bajillion spiders....shiver!!! Mom and I loaded it up and off I went with it with visions of what I might do to make it more boyish....

I sanded it a little...it didn't need much and then I primed it with gray primer...

I ripped the back board off and replace it with a new piece the nice man at Lowe's cut for me...one of the little drawers was gone...so I decided to create a shelf on the top part and thought it would be the perfect place for his wii and dvd player and some kind of cool baskets... I wanted locker baskets but am way too  impatient to find the perfect price and size, so I bought these el' cheapo's from the dollar general...

And grabbed my can of metallic silver spray paint and went to town!!!!

This will work until I stumble across the real deal...

And here is the dresser in the boy's room... I love how it turned out and even better the boy loves it too...he said and I quote...."Mom this room is sweet with my new dresser!"  Worth killing all those bajillion spiders....

You can't see it in this pic but I used chalkboard paint on the top and added a piece of molding along the bottom to beef it  up some:)


:) LaKeta

Partying it up here:

My Little Sister Is Getting Married!!!

My middle sister, Erin, is getting married this October, and yesterday I got to do their engagement photos...I am working on building my portfolio so this was a win/win situation...I got lots of practice and they get FREE pics ;)

I had a blast...here are a couple of my favorites from today:)

Ok...here are a *few more ;)  I really can't pick a couple of favorites....

 Although it might just be this one:::

 Erin's hubby to be really enjoyed this one ;)

 And I love this old blue two ton Chevy truck out in Dad's pasture...Looks so Americana to me:)

All the pics were taken on the 80 acres we girls grew up on or the dairy that our grandpa and Dad owned, and of course one gravel road just down from 'Coon Creek Bridge...we are country girls!


Thanks Erin and Taylor for letting me practice with you guys...I had a great day...laughed a lot!!!

Pot Luck!!!

Last summer I saw this post at Positively Splendid....and wanted to make one, but my list of "wants to do" gets interrupted regularly by my "have to do" list :(

I did find one of my terra cotta planters {the one in the middle} at a garage sale for $1...and it sat in the flower bed empty until a few weekends ago.... I wasn't patient enough to find the others in garage sales so I bought the new bottom and top pot at Wally World...

I love how it turned out and would like to make a couple more as gifts...ohhhh or maybe as the second "get your craft on" night!!!!

Upclose of the house number...

I used my silhouette to create this but still used the pencil trace method to get it on the pot...then used paint pens...

Count the Happies!!!


XOXO,

LaKeta