New Uses for Old Things

Ugh, what an awful past two mornings. First off, yesterday morning Tessa almost suffocated in her sleep and if the circumstances were just slightly different, she would have. But God kept her safe, and to make sure she was still safe I was getting up every two hours last night to make sure she was okay. So when she decided to wake up at about 5:30am I was exhausted and it took forever for her to go back to sleep and when she did she only slept for 30 minutes. I'm still tired and now I have a headache. But anyway...

I love the MSN Lifestyle articles. They give good ideas on better cleaning, organizing, and decor. This particular article is especially cool if you have kids. They have some great ideas in this one. I think my favorite is the growth chart, will definitely be doing that for my little one.

Repurposing

 Now that my Dream Home Series is over and gone ( I can only have so many rooms!), Thursday is now all about being "green" and I don't mean green with envy! Although some of these posts may make you a little envious and have you thinking, "Why didn't I think of that!" From upcycling to saving money to repurposing and everything in between, Thursday will have your mind reeling with ideas and inspiration to improve on your "green" life.

There's so much junk and trash in the world and then people just keep buying stuff so people keep making stuff and more stuff gets bought and so forth and it just keeps building! That's why repurposing is just so cool; it's taking something and turning it into something else that you need. For our first post in the new series I have some pretty awesome pics of repurposed items that I found online that I just HAD to share!

 This is so cool! If your living in a house or apartment where the landlord won't let you paint the walls, this will definitely add some color to your walls.

Ah, yes, the pet bed made from a suitcase or similar luggage, I remember when these first became popular and they were EVERYWHERE on Etsy

 This is just too cool, and very functional! You can store what you need inside your table!

I love picnic baskets, so when I saw this my jaw just dropped. You could do this with a suitcase, too.

 Great idea to display your jewelry for those craft shows, or if you don't do craft shows it'd be a great jewelry box. Love it

Add a hinged lid to these drawers and you've got a storage chest! Upholster that lid and you have an ottoman or perhaps a seat! This may be my next project!

This is pretty awesome, shutters turned into a bookshelf, why didn't I think of that?

This is great for the crochet/knitting enthusiast

Which is your favorite?

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Fabuloooouuus!!!!

Everything is just absolutely, fab today. Tessa has been in a good mood all day, the weather is perfect, I'm having a great hair day and I had a delicious smoothie from Jamba Juice. Yummy. I think the equally yummy Michael Buble sums it up.

 New listing today, just as promised. Its a monogrammed set of ten cards, with the letter "A" tied up in a pretty blue ribbon, the buyer will receive ten resealable envelopes along with the card. This set would be great for yourself, a loved one or a newly wed couple. I will be adding the whole alphabet eventually, only 250 more cards to go! Phew!

Here's a DIY project for you. I think this is such a great idea. Not only will it help organize those pesky papers that flood your desk but you'll be bringing an old antique back to useful life in a new way; its a vintage photo album turned file organizer. If you think this is as cool as I do you can find the instructions at countryliving.com