Feeling old....

I'm feeling a little old at the moment....

Yesterday, I attended my niece's high school graduation on the Ohio State University campus.  She attends a Arts Prep school in Columbus.

I have to say that it was the most enjoyable graduation I have ever attended.  The students there are extremely talented and demonstrated such with some performances during the ceremony.  

I can't believe she is old enough to graduate!  She was born my junior year of high school.  (eek!)

I started crying as soon as soon as they started walking out, during some speeches, and of course when she got her diploma.

Where does time go?

Moving on from that emotional moment... (hehe)

I'm in the process of reorganizing the craft room and am searching the internet for ideas to make the room more organized and efficient.  I've been watching TONS of You Tube videos on the subject and have picked up quite a few tips that I am going to use when I do mine.

I have recently been thrown into the world of Stampin Up! and have been buying inks and cardstock left and right.  I have magazine holders from Ikea that I purchased to store the paper in, but I actually needed a 'filing' system to hold the paper when in the holders.  I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire that suggested job ticket holders to store paper, so I ordered a box of those along with the P-Touch label machine she suggested.

Most of the craft rooms in the videos on You Tube seemed to all contain quite a lot of Ikea furniture or organizational items in them.  I have already purchased 3 Ikea office tables for the room and am so excited to get them together and get them in the room.  I have a HUGE list of other Ikea items that plan I on purchasing Memorial Day Weekend.

I hope to have the room sorted, cleaned, painted, and organized by mid June, as my work has a crafty garage sale the last week of June.  I plan on purging a lot, so I want to get that done by then!

I plan on posting pics on my blog once the room is finished, so stay tuned!

A remodel or two...

I've been AWOL from the blog the past few months.  Hubby and I have been doing some remodeling in the house, which took a little longer than originally.

We started on our kitchen in February, with an inkling of what we wanted.  We added a mobile island, as we don't really have a large amount of counter space.  After the selection of the island from Amazon, we began the difficult process of selecting wall color.  We ended up picking a light gray for the walls and a darker gray for the trim and cabinets.  As we both work a lot, it took a LONG time to get the paint on the walls.

So, long story short, we finished the kitchen two weeks ago and I can now cook again.  There's nothing worse than eating fast food, pizza, and PB&J for a few months....  ugh....

The finished product.....

And now we move on to the rest of the house; the upstairs bedrooms will be switched and sorted.  In fact, we have discovered that hubby and I are clothing hoarders and just got rid of 10 bags of old clothes and linens!!  Not letting that happen again!!  :)

The next few weeks will be dedicated to purging, cleaning, and reorganizing the craft room.  We've purchased new tables from Ikea and will go back for more organizational items in a few weeks.

Picking up tables from Ikea...

I plan on having at least three tables, with room for my still-in-the-box Silhouette and my Cricut.  I also have purchased ink organizers from organizemore.com for my Distress Ink and other Ranger Ink.  And since I have just developed an addiction to Stampin' Up!, I will be ordering another ink organizer.  :)

In addition to the reorganization, I plan on purging quite a lot of unused craft supplies.  We have a 'scrapbook garage sale' at my work and I plan on filling a table or two with my supplies.  Then, I can take the money and get MORE, right??

I also plan on painting the walls from a dull white to either aqua or red.  I haven't quite decided yet, but either color will make me happy.

It's time for me to hit the hay... When I get my craft room complete, I will be sure to post pics!