tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38181800559593981402024-03-12T19:44:05.519-07:00Knocking it off......inspired by others, "Knocking it Off" for YOU.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-2064129704152205562011-06-02T11:00:00.000-07:002011-06-04T13:42:20.705-07:00Knocking it Off's very 1st giveaway Results!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC8UcdaVrHqakXMMloiCVUgAgA72EN26QrUJfk3e1Xx56fAKtLJdB-HsVB_H6vRXonDYf5DfkljRDpPhxRilBgBtdV1YebUXFbHeOp74Vv7vfZHD7gjnYY2NSl9793IV1Cy0AsG74QVY/s1600/DSC_8802-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC8UcdaVrHqakXMMloiCVUgAgA72EN26QrUJfk3e1Xx56fAKtLJdB-HsVB_H6vRXonDYf5DfkljRDpPhxRilBgBtdV1YebUXFbHeOp74Vv7vfZHD7gjnYY2NSl9793IV1Cy0AsG74QVY/s400/DSC_8802-3.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">A big <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Thank you</span> to all those that had participated in Knocking it Off's very 1st giveaway! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">These 2 beautiful flowers (Plumeria, Tiare) are what each of the participants were vying for.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Using RANDOM.ORG's true random number generator, we've come up with 2 lucky winners! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the winner of the Plumeria flower is lucky <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">#6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">A very big congratulations to Olivia!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Now on to the next drawing. . . .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the winner of the Tiare flower is lucky <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">#12</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Congratulations to Ana!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">We hope you've all enjoyed our 1st ever Knocking it Off giveaway. Hopefully it won't be too long until we have another one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aloha! <span style="color: #a64d79;">Brandi-Lee</span> and <span style="color: #674ea7;">Mileka</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Winners will be notified by e-mail or facebook. </em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><em>Prizes will either be mailed or delivered.</em></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-27908041337673110162011-05-30T08:43:00.000-07:002012-01-19T13:28:12.607-08:00Cool Ideas: Beat the Heat!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just the thought of Arizona in the summertime makes people shudder. Things don't even start cooling down until October (last year it didn't really start cooling down until late October/early November and then it only stayed AC cool during the winter time! Craziness!). I don't think it's as bad but because I have 4 boys, you'd better believe that there'll be football! Our football season comes during those months that are the hottest in AZ! (Not to mention I will be at the field all day long because I have to watch 3 different games back to back!) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year, I decided to "<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Beat the Heat</span>" by preparing my "<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">cooling gear</span>" early. On a trip to Walmart one day, my husband and I bought a garden sprayer (the kind that sprays insecticide and weed killer). These puppies hold quite a bit of water and, thanks to a wand and nozzle, can spray streams of water or super fine mists that can keep you cool without making you look as if you could be a contestant in a wet t-shirt contest. <span style="color: #a64d79;">The sprayer is portable and can be taken just about anywhere! You could also add ice to the tank to make the mist even colder! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1rJGm0vRFmhXHRlEF61J6Ajck6BgPxXJRArC58Z8USdGVZwAye4ubXjAouV9cCsSrvfl0kiE6KOcERY7PqlWTAPE3HkqTJdcYqgS2VzD2vFyvHIN0qyU1EImH47TfcfQ91L6z-xERHc/s1600/DSC_1814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1rJGm0vRFmhXHRlEF61J6Ajck6BgPxXJRArC58Z8USdGVZwAye4ubXjAouV9cCsSrvfl0kiE6KOcERY7PqlWTAPE3HkqTJdcYqgS2VzD2vFyvHIN0qyU1EImH47TfcfQ91L6z-xERHc/s640/DSC_1814.JPG" t8="true" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The price was not bad (about <span style="color: #a64d79;">$8</span>) and I knew it would pay for itself the very first week of football.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs2JQsnNYOqj4uDhcfELfydCqntvuWMlU-zawmjIcP3Lt-sVMQnmvOXkgGeGbQwfJBkdKlH_apvPdUfTbBIkKr2ef5QMKYvKWk2qF3wVpknlOorOlCwrPdHFiEUI57uCFbjlz4RVg3QE/s1600/DSC_1815.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLs2JQsnNYOqj4uDhcfELfydCqntvuWMlU-zawmjIcP3Lt-sVMQnmvOXkgGeGbQwfJBkdKlH_apvPdUfTbBIkKr2ef5QMKYvKWk2qF3wVpknlOorOlCwrPdHFiEUI57uCFbjlz4RVg3QE/s640/DSC_1815.JPG" t8="true" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To personalize it, and make sure no one without my last name could accidentally take it home, I had some vinyl of my last name cut in our team's colors and applied to the outside of the tank. <span style="color: #a64d79;">You could also use letter stickers or a permanent marker to spell your name out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb0BVTguH_etHdw3B4Gpdz14w-VLwQFPYGux5nFyPW3M9J5kjCEWDjRecTvyL5ITVGINeCfA2G9m_StCMiV8qCGkHFzy3aenmPNOXq9WgfNfpDxvoe5sOSahtheXwZaDv9SEMSyemmTQ/s1600/DSC_1816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb0BVTguH_etHdw3B4Gpdz14w-VLwQFPYGux5nFyPW3M9J5kjCEWDjRecTvyL5ITVGINeCfA2G9m_StCMiV8qCGkHFzy3aenmPNOXq9WgfNfpDxvoe5sOSahtheXwZaDv9SEMSyemmTQ/s640/DSC_1816.JPG" t8="true" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also applied the symbol <span style="color: #a64d79;">H2O</span> so that we or other people wouldn't mistake it for poison. It was also so no one would use the "water sprayer" to spray poison.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCilMfkAAQtBRRDhFcCbpgyI1EszdUANmIE74rqbAchaDHhHaqgFjCH7MmbcbAptIVOQTUDNeOsKAQH3DcxF1StMmvTgqDSJCaf_UtSM6y15mjVv_F6dgSROBkmOwJFwWouHWh6uIaLw/s1600/mod_podge_matt_8oz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCilMfkAAQtBRRDhFcCbpgyI1EszdUANmIE74rqbAchaDHhHaqgFjCH7MmbcbAptIVOQTUDNeOsKAQH3DcxF1StMmvTgqDSJCaf_UtSM6y15mjVv_F6dgSROBkmOwJFwWouHWh6uIaLw/s320/mod_podge_matt_8oz.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly, I brushed a layer or two of mod podge over the vinyl to seal out moisture that could cause the lettering to detach. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I am ready to <span style="color: #a64d79;">Beat the Heat</span> at all those upcoming football games! I hope you will enjoy using your sprayer just as much as I will!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">BTW, don't forget to enter to win in our <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/05/knocking-it-offs-very-first-giveaway.html">giveaway</a>! You have exactly 3 more days to enter! All's you have to do is comment to enter to win! Good Luck!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-7690228711396845342011-05-24T15:00:00.000-07:002011-05-24T22:34:18.051-07:00Buckets-O-storage<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOYwo4hfduAXRvkZL8TA7U2bYt_YFFxQ4EA4QKTm3IFIKZ-WImvagRfD0ZM_ijvKI5Xwd2WkK5Lj2NASbksIhNl2hOOsYfwDBuLmf4JRWCveIFADgnppoXx4rYE7fKgv-McNOmTZfDwo/s1600/DSC_0909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOYwo4hfduAXRvkZL8TA7U2bYt_YFFxQ4EA4QKTm3IFIKZ-WImvagRfD0ZM_ijvKI5Xwd2WkK5Lj2NASbksIhNl2hOOsYfwDBuLmf4JRWCveIFADgnppoXx4rYE7fKgv-McNOmTZfDwo/s320/DSC_0909.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our family goes through buckets and buckets of ice-cream. Having birthdays and get togethers every month ensures an endless supply of buckets for me to use daily; it also forces me to find new ways to utilize them. This post is the first post in the <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">"I have so many ice-cream buckets that I don't know what the heck to do with them"</span> series. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do your cupboards look like this?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOO4zrD2pZNWY__7TkOuXdBanyZmX5NgMQn-1tgDMShRCPSK77_dvyDlbmT4x-3pibjBCiK0hgIpPDhV7al6Jcx8bOiOlOcxxkk1Mm-qcA84v3rR_czADm8SYQB9S3mNAaWytbV2dQo8/s1600/DSC_0968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOO4zrD2pZNWY__7TkOuXdBanyZmX5NgMQn-1tgDMShRCPSK77_dvyDlbmT4x-3pibjBCiK0hgIpPDhV7al6Jcx8bOiOlOcxxkk1Mm-qcA84v3rR_czADm8SYQB9S3mNAaWytbV2dQo8/s400/DSC_0968.JPG" t8="true" width="265" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">. . .Then you need to find a way of utilizing all those ice-cream buckets instead of throwing them away. Here's a couple ways that <em><span style="color: #a64d79;">I</span></em> like to use these wonderful plastic pails.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpvYkY0iVw8RbqaA1IgNtTS0drQAyhRxMOFbH5jmTf4uZgq-BXVDgYkh6qyeYo144o5yvKuJ5HBL3c5Ewo4ZP9-JqJJTtTO8y1fD6EWqfuVAQVa9IVl66rKzjVMhc3EkQCvjw3ffIUjo/s1600/DSC_1818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpvYkY0iVw8RbqaA1IgNtTS0drQAyhRxMOFbH5jmTf4uZgq-BXVDgYkh6qyeYo144o5yvKuJ5HBL3c5Ewo4ZP9-JqJJTtTO8y1fD6EWqfuVAQVa9IVl66rKzjVMhc3EkQCvjw3ffIUjo/s320/DSC_1818.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8amowV777ukOD3Z_V269EWgsfkSnKV7nG6Xvzv53Qde0huwcraVltqaQfa0_LRUIk2r8PMfD2eWOdwEJFSbt1Ec6CdmCj01xRbyxCdO2dF3I9c-dZvOSqFEBPhO7xY70nUjcjlTXG3TA/s1600/DSC_0971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8amowV777ukOD3Z_V269EWgsfkSnKV7nG6Xvzv53Qde0huwcraVltqaQfa0_LRUIk2r8PMfD2eWOdwEJFSbt1Ec6CdmCj01xRbyxCdO2dF3I9c-dZvOSqFEBPhO7xY70nUjcjlTXG3TA/s320/DSC_0971.JPG" t8="true" width="211" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">First of all, I needed a way to get rid of the labeling on the outside of the bucket. One day when I was shopping at Walmart, I stopped by the paint section and saw that Krylon was changing out the labeling on their packaging so they had a buttload of their "plastics" paint on clearance (for more on paint for plastics, check out my <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/shopping-spree-paint-aisle.html">"shopping spree:The paint aisle"</a> post). I found this cute blue color that I thought I could use more than once. I'm not sure exactly how much I paid but I think it was like $2.00 or something. Awesome!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7_PVfl6D1P89uyze4iWgQNqqoKbPYJp8CPCMPFGqh-DiOYIekZrpmh-gQ_5kfqNpoKiXL5cbX9XythJ7C9DcrdbxOzTKvbUtG4UCARaZcMtFmpWd52ONhY0iIURygvmfuLgYMvlmE_E/s1600/DSC_0975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7_PVfl6D1P89uyze4iWgQNqqoKbPYJp8CPCMPFGqh-DiOYIekZrpmh-gQ_5kfqNpoKiXL5cbX9XythJ7C9DcrdbxOzTKvbUtG4UCARaZcMtFmpWd52ONhY0iIURygvmfuLgYMvlmE_E/s320/DSC_0975.JPG" t8="true" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpvYkY0iVw8RbqaA1IgNtTS0drQAyhRxMOFbH5jmTf4uZgq-BXVDgYkh6qyeYo144o5yvKuJ5HBL3c5Ewo4ZP9-JqJJTtTO8y1fD6EWqfuVAQVa9IVl66rKzjVMhc3EkQCvjw3ffIUjo/s1600/DSC_1818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpvYkY0iVw8RbqaA1IgNtTS0drQAyhRxMOFbH5jmTf4uZgq-BXVDgYkh6qyeYo144o5yvKuJ5HBL3c5Ewo4ZP9-JqJJTtTO8y1fD6EWqfuVAQVa9IVl66rKzjVMhc3EkQCvjw3ffIUjo/s320/DSC_1818.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I put 2 coats of paint on the bucket. . .it covered like a dream! It was so pretty and it could've been used just like that (think those little buckets they sell at Walmart at Easter time).</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVnKnQHG7OW2wmhIwimfFK7RlhH4DVKgAM9qIcF_vZOZw0n7oxv_xGZW2G91iBL-M3OuXx80hSRHDoH-ZagC1z3533E__zyroY7-Zp620KsVJTQEAzRLrTCGcxs0b1XOoV410p0u15dA/s1600/img-thing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVnKnQHG7OW2wmhIwimfFK7RlhH4DVKgAM9qIcF_vZOZw0n7oxv_xGZW2G91iBL-M3OuXx80hSRHDoH-ZagC1z3533E__zyroY7-Zp620KsVJTQEAzRLrTCGcxs0b1XOoV410p0u15dA/s200/img-thing.jpg" t8="true" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuVU8gIo2madCinIHMYL3SOv9ACdXyZUgzxOtadHehfZw28l8wFIUCW7CLwzy3-Vee-JubWe4lA6AFJ0jj-aMfqQ0XkHSoSEqSnbvWL8ciZ4oIz-w5zma99yCfO43f3E7inhyXIUvyJ8/s1600/AM138890-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuVU8gIo2madCinIHMYL3SOv9ACdXyZUgzxOtadHehfZw28l8wFIUCW7CLwzy3-Vee-JubWe4lA6AFJ0jj-aMfqQ0XkHSoSEqSnbvWL8ciZ4oIz-w5zma99yCfO43f3E7inhyXIUvyJ8/s200/AM138890-2.jpg" t8="true" width="178" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You could now decorate it however you wanted: stickers, vinyl, markers, even more paint!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I actually wanted them for storage. . .cute storage. I came up with a lining for the bucket (similar to Mileka's <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-just-cant-get-enough.html">makeup storage cans</a>) utilizing old T-shirts (so I could spend as little as possible. Who doesn't have old t-shirts laying around!) Of course you could always use pretty fabric if you had some of that!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's how I did it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then. . . .here's the hard part to understand for those of you that has never done it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Get it? Got it. Good!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you did it right, your bucket (and lining) should now look like this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKLziWx8yrVS6RswE9wm6zwL5gvE_SO6u694zOoaw03R5QJo8262eO6k24EcQKLSNVOK2ImuzszCRRDdJcMVnu-raR53tro9M_TGaeE4FFL6zBjGtQBVrB8xiod0e8XeoUcHlLBdM3z0/s1600/DSC_0981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKLziWx8yrVS6RswE9wm6zwL5gvE_SO6u694zOoaw03R5QJo8262eO6k24EcQKLSNVOK2ImuzszCRRDdJcMVnu-raR53tro9M_TGaeE4FFL6zBjGtQBVrB8xiod0e8XeoUcHlLBdM3z0/s400/DSC_0981.JPG" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It will look great on a shelf and help you with some of your storage needs.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Because I used what I had, this project cost me very little!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ice-Cream Bucket: F-to the-R-E-E!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Krylon Plastic Spraypaint: $2.00</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Old T-shirt: FREE</span></u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"> cloth-lined storage bucket=$2.00</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-29771967485648851362011-05-17T16:06:00.000-07:002011-06-06T08:58:54.630-07:00Knocking it off's very first giveaway!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">This Giveaway is now closed. <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/06/knocking-it-offs-very-1st-giveaway.html">View winners here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC8UcdaVrHqakXMMloiCVUgAgA72EN26QrUJfk3e1Xx56fAKtLJdB-HsVB_H6vRXonDYf5DfkljRDpPhxRilBgBtdV1YebUXFbHeOp74Vv7vfZHD7gjnYY2NSl9793IV1Cy0AsG74QVY/s1600/DSC_8802-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbC8UcdaVrHqakXMMloiCVUgAgA72EN26QrUJfk3e1Xx56fAKtLJdB-HsVB_H6vRXonDYf5DfkljRDpPhxRilBgBtdV1YebUXFbHeOp74Vv7vfZHD7gjnYY2NSl9793IV1Cy0AsG74QVY/s400/DSC_8802-3.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">"Calling" </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">all</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">people!</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">We are so excited to announce that we are having our very<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">first </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Knocking</span> it <span style="color: #674ea7;">Off</span> giveaway!!</span> Yay!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfJcOGRvZ5G0SHPU4U9rTZ4JEInA81yV6P0XrvzKtQIohiNJDZn7DCK1H8qU4xu4x2I4XRX5alnxL109GmNiGmJnykGoWB4KnhyphenhyphenKa2fXFNBKWCiys6gPifIhbdCM0C1jUD9_Q2hE8H1s/s1600/DSC_8806-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfJcOGRvZ5G0SHPU4U9rTZ4JEInA81yV6P0XrvzKtQIohiNJDZn7DCK1H8qU4xu4x2I4XRX5alnxL109GmNiGmJnykGoWB4KnhyphenhyphenKa2fXFNBKWCiys6gPifIhbdCM0C1jUD9_Q2hE8H1s/s400/DSC_8806-4.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We wanted to get the word out about how we at <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Knocking <span style="color: #674ea7;">it</span> Off</span> love to decorate our homes for<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">as </span>free <span style="color: #674ea7;">as</span> can </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">be</span></span> and how much we would love to help others do it just like we do! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We know that times are very difficult right now and that's exactly why more than ever, people need to be able to know how to beautify and organize their homes and spaces for as free as they can make it (and believe it or not, a lot of people don't know how to decorate without spending a butt load of $ "Gasp" shocking!). Even if just <em>one person</em> got something out of our blog, we would still be helping 1 person other than ourselves save some moolah. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">K, so you all must be dying to know what it is that we are giving away! Well, here's a hint: you've seen our pictures! (<a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/about-brandi.html">Brandi</a>, <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/about-mileka.html">Mileka</a>, <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/about-mileka.html">Both</a>) What's the common thing that appears in every one of both our pictures?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Got it yet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, you're exactly right! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's our <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">F</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">L</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">O</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">W</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">E</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">R</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">S</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBchG7AXFJrkr3sAuAkzaRkh6JVPJ9zV2y7KbSrSx3dn2y7mUCO-oyCBdqjxCIdde1QlJs7Ry3xefKAHO2BCBvkJxNBTwxDJZAGUfgAZ64vTH4zUp6pHchD9CP6dahLmXVoaHAHswbgrs/s1600/Project1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBchG7AXFJrkr3sAuAkzaRkh6JVPJ9zV2y7KbSrSx3dn2y7mUCO-oyCBdqjxCIdde1QlJs7Ry3xefKAHO2BCBvkJxNBTwxDJZAGUfgAZ64vTH4zUp6pHchD9CP6dahLmXVoaHAHswbgrs/s640/Project1.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are giving away 1 Tiare <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">F</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">L</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">O</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">W</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">E</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">R </span></span>(just like Mileka's) to 1 lucky winner and 1 Plumeria <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">F</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">L</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">O</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">W</span><span style="color: #674ea7;">E</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">R </span></span>(just like Brandi-Lee's) to another lucky winner. Altogether we'll have 2 lucky winners!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's what you have to do to enter to win:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">MANDATORY ENTRY</span></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">1.</span>Comment on this post telling us what you like about the knocking it off blog. <span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">(One Entry)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">That's a whole <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">4 </span>entries that you could qualify for!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "Droid Sans"; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Open to U.S. and Canada residents only! You must be 18 years old or older to enter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Droid Sans";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Giveaway <b>Ends June 1, 2011</b> at Midnight MTD (<span style="color: #a64d79;">you have 2 weeks!</span>). Winner will be selected using Random.org. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Good</span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Luck <span style="color: #674ea7;">Everyone</span>!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGs2DA63CePsdKOAXOBI3jkSjBiTV5zEqqCjEZiMNcQwBMwTC513L-TJ_ZlLEkijbv_zRaOd09aQcstE-G5AXpcW1dQuXf79QVsZ4QawP03ZWooy6gkvVd1CjfnLoEtQB3OKBOFBoXNs/s1600/DSC_8884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="411" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGs2DA63CePsdKOAXOBI3jkSjBiTV5zEqqCjEZiMNcQwBMwTC513L-TJ_ZlLEkijbv_zRaOd09aQcstE-G5AXpcW1dQuXf79QVsZ4QawP03ZWooy6gkvVd1CjfnLoEtQB3OKBOFBoXNs/s640/DSC_8884.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-37922979326168329602011-05-13T19:20:00.000-07:002011-05-16T13:23:06.232-07:00Cool Ideas: Pix Stick<div style="text-align: center;">Do you have problems hanging your pictures where you want them? Do your wall groupings look like they were hung by a blind man? Do your walls look like this?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrewxuvkhqCB9ql1rj7mM3tkiDjeQ0drEzGE-WQ7EUDb5fdTDftFRLQQ7vepYy5dfDRiHqIUio2vX4NIzpUlHJc2eDFhxN_D4hYIX2avlOoWeLy6duIeYhL7xhroxDDzmpI7dlfFrVVPw/s1600/picture+frames.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrewxuvkhqCB9ql1rj7mM3tkiDjeQ0drEzGE-WQ7EUDb5fdTDftFRLQQ7vepYy5dfDRiHqIUio2vX4NIzpUlHJc2eDFhxN_D4hYIX2avlOoWeLy6duIeYhL7xhroxDDzmpI7dlfFrVVPw/s640/picture+frames.jpg" width="640" /></a>(Kay, I'm sounding like an infomercial now! lol!) I had this same problem forever and I hated it! There is nothing more upsetting than trying to hang pictures up on a wall and having them look crooked and ill spaced!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a really simple solution that I've been using for several years now. I call it my "Pix Stick". </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lhjquuc0F0KkE8-rMKEu3Dj0XwQt_-7vfhubaTq2H62yNzjTmi5IhxgPNMrUvzP1eouP8ReeKkoMJfJW_OWs2tHDpD12iEeOCertk6Iew8oWAcqKm5ohhFtozDZKgardinICmMXaKVg/s1600/DSC_1503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lhjquuc0F0KkE8-rMKEu3Dj0XwQt_-7vfhubaTq2H62yNzjTmi5IhxgPNMrUvzP1eouP8ReeKkoMJfJW_OWs2tHDpD12iEeOCertk6Iew8oWAcqKm5ohhFtozDZKgardinICmMXaKVg/s640/DSC_1503.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All you need is a paint stick and a screw or nail (like my artwork?).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC3EXLXHpfFVYS8SC3k0awYdaaPP7KflW2LnE22SHlzTASjrUq2rP6ACjrLPiveB_u6t3RB_kPHE09-_ZmYtk_kYpqh6VktBhLgcNFwz6CUCjkJQYoSdlgL7JBiQgVBPVuAwLzfdEuCE/s1600/DSC_1504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC3EXLXHpfFVYS8SC3k0awYdaaPP7KflW2LnE22SHlzTASjrUq2rP6ACjrLPiveB_u6t3RB_kPHE09-_ZmYtk_kYpqh6VktBhLgcNFwz6CUCjkJQYoSdlgL7JBiQgVBPVuAwLzfdEuCE/s640/DSC_1504.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> Now I know you're wondering "How the heck is a paint stick and a screw gonna help me hang my pictures?" When you find out, you'll be thinking "Brilliant!".</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfR6ntXK06Bf0DHVPOOlwmXanobP_GolglZ8lC7j0o1vD5_GH__VYCEIJffYFGx4PRR7S42KwxV3rSWmOb7XYdeZ0kAaKZIsZwJfJzg67724-SNMxmOnMMvi3fQWqjr0NeXDpvSPlmAs/s1600/DSC_1508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfR6ntXK06Bf0DHVPOOlwmXanobP_GolglZ8lC7j0o1vD5_GH__VYCEIJffYFGx4PRR7S42KwxV3rSWmOb7XYdeZ0kAaKZIsZwJfJzg67724-SNMxmOnMMvi3fQWqjr0NeXDpvSPlmAs/s400/DSC_1508.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, there's a screw "screwed" into one end of the stick. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWN1-E0o0KHIN6u3G632bc9m-9PSW6qDD0YZF0ZgEd8NntoCCPOFN7qLxt9UFeX8TNWnjPfCShcnOfNSOZdZjiaASbZud3KYTetJG7SwaCzGVK_xtbFzxIZoy6qRwihiW5IQFlWRCPaM/s1600/Project1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWN1-E0o0KHIN6u3G632bc9m-9PSW6qDD0YZF0ZgEd8NntoCCPOFN7qLxt9UFeX8TNWnjPfCShcnOfNSOZdZjiaASbZud3KYTetJG7SwaCzGVK_xtbFzxIZoy6qRwihiW5IQFlWRCPaM/s640/Project1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll want as <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><em>short</em></span> a screw or nail as you can get and insert it about half way into the stick. Instead of putting the screw in so far down like mine (my stick split at the top cuz someone stepped on it so I had to lower the screw), you might wanna screw it in closer to the edge but not too close cuz the stick might split or break. I'd say screw it in about an inch from the end of the stick.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfICa3nKxf3nMTsv_IpkFRmR5gIFhPM12NTOLeeZ0rrTGHoZhbihZmQjVN4wYLpAyFHmba6iM0z7pC4fm3D_riqmnAoyFO38h0hZz520IlN0kuPnHG1O8DhfpUGEDpJycgtvujjd8fgiM/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfICa3nKxf3nMTsv_IpkFRmR5gIFhPM12NTOLeeZ0rrTGHoZhbihZmQjVN4wYLpAyFHmba6iM0z7pC4fm3D_riqmnAoyFO38h0hZz520IlN0kuPnHG1O8DhfpUGEDpJycgtvujjd8fgiM/s400/22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">K, here's the back of a picture frame. Locate the picture "hanger". </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Wb_7OCqqJ9IO3TGPGDRVgMcpzU9z7rLHmrZRt3G41LbI5aXqaNkopAUsa-in3fqISDg-_8rHNeQ9FqnUX-9rP3PJbcogP62Fj7nuD6jjlSLr0bXK927xUZNhfOtj0Jk1hQKVhj2xIbc/s1600/Sawtooth%252520Picture%252520Hanger%252520%25285015%2529%252520White%252520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Wb_7OCqqJ9IO3TGPGDRVgMcpzU9z7rLHmrZRt3G41LbI5aXqaNkopAUsa-in3fqISDg-_8rHNeQ9FqnUX-9rP3PJbcogP62Fj7nuD6jjlSLr0bXK927xUZNhfOtj0Jk1hQKVhj2xIbc/s320/Sawtooth%252520Picture%252520Hanger%252520%25285015%2529%252520White%252520.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another common hanger is a sawtooth hanger. (not all hangers look the same but the pix stick will work with all types of hangers) </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpMUs5-c0gysaZxiXQK-nEBbexCjHZAFR8w5BiMwfZfe_S9OJdnc2VDsCeE5NRIO9uH6pIEnFRr8ZTRN_YBU05-xjiBZS189z7CRX9T07BnxqdlkZNPnwAKdCqYwD2kB4LBRUTSCJsdc/s1600/DSC_1519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpMUs5-c0gysaZxiXQK-nEBbexCjHZAFR8w5BiMwfZfe_S9OJdnc2VDsCeE5NRIO9uH6pIEnFRr8ZTRN_YBU05-xjiBZS189z7CRX9T07BnxqdlkZNPnwAKdCqYwD2kB4LBRUTSCJsdc/s320/DSC_1519.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Place the picture frame hanger over the head of the screw like you're hanging it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JHatHkvUJXXZPQBApMgQIGYqBCrTpx4ZcYVN-JtH8qHf3iaOHQd5cWyRpPEKWTkaC66BDGdOfTX2_3wMmvv12V8hW7a0NYCeqjP8CX4FHKyw5C48s7e-V186i2P4SDTNRScOOCg_o1c/s1600/picture+frames2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JHatHkvUJXXZPQBApMgQIGYqBCrTpx4ZcYVN-JtH8qHf3iaOHQd5cWyRpPEKWTkaC66BDGdOfTX2_3wMmvv12V8hW7a0NYCeqjP8CX4FHKyw5C48s7e-V186i2P4SDTNRScOOCg_o1c/s640/picture+frames2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It should look like this.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTltcPOfVgG-f4lux4W69ee0wXteqLoR1Dnhy_1KZ1SmFrbw572XkXomuamuFmKE9urYIcKZSIfZ3b_9Mu4Rg-dMDXRbkjGiQFrGl3QJZUd1jEroq8AbAeNi21lozom5Kcr6m2nc4ftk/s1600/DSC_1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTltcPOfVgG-f4lux4W69ee0wXteqLoR1Dnhy_1KZ1SmFrbw572XkXomuamuFmKE9urYIcKZSIfZ3b_9Mu4Rg-dMDXRbkjGiQFrGl3QJZUd1jEroq8AbAeNi21lozom5Kcr6m2nc4ftk/s400/DSC_1520.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTwMt1sDzCvvDIwWsXpxLOS2yAYdJkqOg6bWT5zfMieHtPn-JnCdEu_QkJZaEHiS5LL4nO1Jr4YYk7uYRuJNHo7inJlzR1iGv881hHO0iEmdl8ttTWSSK26IQspEUC83L2vMF0d0CCdI/s1600/DSC_1531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTwMt1sDzCvvDIwWsXpxLOS2yAYdJkqOg6bWT5zfMieHtPn-JnCdEu_QkJZaEHiS5LL4nO1Jr4YYk7uYRuJNHo7inJlzR1iGv881hHO0iEmdl8ttTWSSK26IQspEUC83L2vMF0d0CCdI/s320/DSC_1531.JPG" width="211" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pic 1 Pic 2</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">While firmly holding the handle of the stick, put the picture against the wall. As you can see, you can either hold from the bottom (pic 1) or from the side (pic 2). Yes, I had a hard time holding the stick and taking pictures at the same time so I had my baby help me. See his chubby arms!<br />
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The "flatness" of the paint stick is ideal for getting the frame against the wall as close as possible to the way it would really look as if it were hanging on the wall itself.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDS-2pih2b5M1j7zbCKgEWDbIl5SWnkj2Inal10CJ6BQ9FmTpHSrXoMTuMXE1ZYH9V_65-HKdMlQ6J9plnK6HaqA3atENaT5KvFncgiLHh6_OYd__jqelBAknoL2ADR_LeN_r1eMOyDU/s1600/picture+frames+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDS-2pih2b5M1j7zbCKgEWDbIl5SWnkj2Inal10CJ6BQ9FmTpHSrXoMTuMXE1ZYH9V_65-HKdMlQ6J9plnK6HaqA3atENaT5KvFncgiLHh6_OYd__jqelBAknoL2ADR_LeN_r1eMOyDU/s640/picture+frames+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Place your picture (on the stick) against the wall where you would like it to hang until you are satisfied with the placement. Press lightly but firmly against the frame (over the screw) to make a little mark on the wall. If you are hanging more than one picture, while the 2nd picture is on the stick against the wall, pay attention to placement by looking at 2 things. 1, you're going to see if pictures are horizontally level and 2, you're going to see if pictures are equally spaced.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ3LvG9ksfqvh7VWPILArvRc5qF8lc499F5cEwldoLHyn2iZ_Yhg_wEGy_zWSlClvX3PlZriW0yPvUZuWtMv24DXPOYN_BiCOqVV-G4O_Wsase_mFvlaNeZ6EVNH7lqV8EPJluyCctlc/s1600/DSC_1521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJ3LvG9ksfqvh7VWPILArvRc5qF8lc499F5cEwldoLHyn2iZ_Yhg_wEGy_zWSlClvX3PlZriW0yPvUZuWtMv24DXPOYN_BiCOqVV-G4O_Wsase_mFvlaNeZ6EVNH7lqV8EPJluyCctlc/s400/DSC_1521.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am pressing firmly against the frame at about the area of the screw to make a small mark on the wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenGGdWoSWwzyUHhw8vJkEOuQco-zVA1-9ghoQTjsKZeHjYn5gF84okjnarfZpPmf99CrecJ4KzRAgSm1EKi359beEfXIlJ_AxGW9Km-AwFSy3Ilz0H4Gf0GKdHHXwAR0e0f5pzG2hDvw/s1600/Copy+of+DSC_1525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenGGdWoSWwzyUHhw8vJkEOuQco-zVA1-9ghoQTjsKZeHjYn5gF84okjnarfZpPmf99CrecJ4KzRAgSm1EKi359beEfXIlJ_AxGW9Km-AwFSy3Ilz0H4Gf0GKdHHXwAR0e0f5pzG2hDvw/s640/Copy+of+DSC_1525.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mark made by the screw is exactly where you will be putting your nail in the wall to hang your picture.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqYUUJAJGfeOpLTFbFQ5Edu5exwZXUE1jl3nM8rnZh52QhXWlW5SfW6mxIgxT2YTcLlp-nKMABTD4wP3lJhts4K_qCwBgPXN7f2VvZZUlx6OAzsJgbezhqITC0Zo50eWbkCsyT-4qyIA/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNqYUUJAJGfeOpLTFbFQ5Edu5exwZXUE1jl3nM8rnZh52QhXWlW5SfW6mxIgxT2YTcLlp-nKMABTD4wP3lJhts4K_qCwBgPXN7f2VvZZUlx6OAzsJgbezhqITC0Zo50eWbkCsyT-4qyIA/s400/2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Your frame should hang nicely in the exact spot <em>you</em> "chose".</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a peek at some of the groupings in my home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0czzqivY-OGgBdKqiQlhLBHVJQ2Sxw8KWGGYM6-IhnN9GnSN79WUfM5iWnTFFdMUvUiwBKwNU2YE3gjth6S0mAopzzOlpfnAeHehvOqaIebxzW1CbxvuBuKX4PfekSqxJ-ucbyVMg9lc/s1600/Copy+of+DSC_1781-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0czzqivY-OGgBdKqiQlhLBHVJQ2Sxw8KWGGYM6-IhnN9GnSN79WUfM5iWnTFFdMUvUiwBKwNU2YE3gjth6S0mAopzzOlpfnAeHehvOqaIebxzW1CbxvuBuKX4PfekSqxJ-ucbyVMg9lc/s640/Copy+of+DSC_1781-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my kitchen entryway</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Soon, you will have all your <span style="color: #a64d79;">plaques, clocks, picture frames and wall decor</span> hanging so perfectly on the wall that they'll look like they got hung by a professional! The pix stick will be a wonderful, handy addition to your <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Arsenal">arsenal</a>. It is one of the most utilized tool in my own arsenal. I really don't know what I would do without it! (I'd probably have way more holes in my walls than I'd like) </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Happy Hanging!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Brandi-Lee</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-68111107210126823082011-05-05T09:53:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:11:28.178-07:00The Big Reveal "The desk"Howdy! k, so remember the old desk <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/02/sneak-peek-desk.html">(from my sneak a peek post)</a> that I got a century ago from a friend, that I was supposed to fix up? Well, I'm just about done with it. If you've forgotten how it looked before, here it is. . . .<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PPP1cWcj14R2t6kqxNxk1Ql5bAvGn_wwfORZpITEOcYUDVfSWLx2R6LozjRQsA5sksjyFRjUuhtZyQoM81coWtxgUzk5hBJ4FqzfrSLVDTJ93bN-XuaITgcTD0c-Tw8dLzEVtj2XUC8/s1600/DSC_9261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PPP1cWcj14R2t6kqxNxk1Ql5bAvGn_wwfORZpITEOcYUDVfSWLx2R6LozjRQsA5sksjyFRjUuhtZyQoM81coWtxgUzk5hBJ4FqzfrSLVDTJ93bN-XuaITgcTD0c-Tw8dLzEVtj2XUC8/s400/DSC_9261.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It had some cosmetic issues including wonderful crayon art compliments of the kiddos. Also, it was pink. . . .and I do NOT have any girls in my house (besides me), so although pink is one of my faves, it had to go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQDtxKRAx5DIlpHGiuxG8RMrcdeG6Re_Um6I9hfQZwWLTdy_3Z46Xve9vGAjKZiEujB9fFRhMo-5ad1LC5h6BJeR5CUH2JQ1cygWhBtWV4xxdwUlRdtG2ZlXeokOYPGME_7yIJVDrfaY/s1600/DSC_9259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQDtxKRAx5DIlpHGiuxG8RMrcdeG6Re_Um6I9hfQZwWLTdy_3Z46Xve9vGAjKZiEujB9fFRhMo-5ad1LC5h6BJeR5CUH2JQ1cygWhBtWV4xxdwUlRdtG2ZlXeokOYPGME_7yIJVDrfaY/s400/DSC_9259.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And did I mention the leg was not attached? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, after doing some work on it, I pretty much finished the desk except I hadn't put any hardware on it yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz5wVPYEeLOuQ4aLy2XB0NF6FPDNF2j_zVzvWGoqDFfcOtalXadk5fVgG2H2hzvGBK3ZYYF6_YBqz-4LG6oiPHid65l69vUPpmJ25xxvizGkDg2yQ6nOL5Bo2VQb9bNyUjZ17dMYnzy4/s1600/DSC_1459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz5wVPYEeLOuQ4aLy2XB0NF6FPDNF2j_zVzvWGoqDFfcOtalXadk5fVgG2H2hzvGBK3ZYYF6_YBqz-4LG6oiPHid65l69vUPpmJ25xxvizGkDg2yQ6nOL5Bo2VQb9bNyUjZ17dMYnzy4/s640/DSC_1459.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw92DY1uLEsKewVbZT7wZFyYLIoju4QDfB3eolOwXspCju-DnbW7MRu8_rNy_pXywtTV81KL6ziOHPA8u14Q_rxQxNzL9oykd23PhsUrOi-lDrzFrBq1jZhvKZq86SJ8AIriIcgmMU9D8/s1600/DSC_1447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw92DY1uLEsKewVbZT7wZFyYLIoju4QDfB3eolOwXspCju-DnbW7MRu8_rNy_pXywtTV81KL6ziOHPA8u14Q_rxQxNzL9oykd23PhsUrOi-lDrzFrBq1jZhvKZq86SJ8AIriIcgmMU9D8/s320/DSC_1447.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">K, don't be angry with me but. . .I didn't take pics of the process but I will tell you that it was basic and simple. I worked on the drawers and the desk at 2 different times but they both got the same basic treatment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">1. Sand</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I sanded the desk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">2. Fix</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I re-attached the broken leg. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">3. Paint</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted the desk covering each area with several thin coats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">4. Wait</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I waited at least overnight for the desk to dry before I used it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30PzszruRG0eTqfv94aWXl0IdtYkAY_kYN94knR7xUgrnB6igqDtVzPvLY64NmHT2k1aW0LoacxS8BuxzawdA6YVPDVP4mDw_eAh4iyGuvGu5JTs_dtPB39KWdelCLYjOeKEv1MyteVw/s1600/DSC_1435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30PzszruRG0eTqfv94aWXl0IdtYkAY_kYN94knR7xUgrnB6igqDtVzPvLY64NmHT2k1aW0LoacxS8BuxzawdA6YVPDVP4mDw_eAh4iyGuvGu5JTs_dtPB39KWdelCLYjOeKEv1MyteVw/s320/DSC_1435.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the already <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><em>sanded</em> </span>desk on it's side waiting for it's leg to be fixed. I used my mouse sander and because it couldn't get everywhere (like all the intricately carved places), I hand sanded it. As you can see, I did not have to sand all the "pink" off as long as I passed over it once with sandpaper. I used only a <span style="color: #a64d79;">150 grit sandpaper</span> although because I was trying to strip paint, I could've used a more coarse paper. I decided not to distress the desk (although it would've looked awesome!) because the finish of the desk wouldn't have gone with the finishes of the other furniture in the room I wanted to put it in. Plus I was really lazy and I needed to finish it because I had guests coming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also had some helpers. . .</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMbwubLNMauOE0_tSoBgbdrsZj4bawBZfo1EmwBeEGrp06oa9ZLMTecQgU3RD38AFh8fe5_ILc6P8WtgsSXbgCH6irMdJwtt3MOpFAjGTHT5yw5NhMEUo1GcO6cdXh474qvBKNPIp_6A/s1600/DSC_1438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMbwubLNMauOE0_tSoBgbdrsZj4bawBZfo1EmwBeEGrp06oa9ZLMTecQgU3RD38AFh8fe5_ILc6P8WtgsSXbgCH6irMdJwtt3MOpFAjGTHT5yw5NhMEUo1GcO6cdXh474qvBKNPIp_6A/s320/DSC_1438.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love hot glue! I personally believe that <span style="color: #a64d79;">hot glue will fix anything</span>! To fix the desk leg, <span style="color: #a64d79;">1.</span>we hot glued it to the desk so it would stay in place and <span style="color: #a64d79;">2.</span> we attached the leg onto the desk with skinny finishing nails. It was important to use the skinny nails instead of thick nails or screws because it could 've damaged the desk further and made it harder to cover the cosmetic damages. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuzhqhLVW46J-5JaQSh1M0OdDwkXc7jrPlB-p1QbGnx9j4KEgcwLoYAt9qI5esyKTHAZ8EA9EXQyzbn2Xdsblx11S9gbF-KXNc3puxPomd2huPZZ5K6p5GRNdFiuIJuO5exyPITAX_vA/s1600/DSC_1455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuzhqhLVW46J-5JaQSh1M0OdDwkXc7jrPlB-p1QbGnx9j4KEgcwLoYAt9qI5esyKTHAZ8EA9EXQyzbn2Xdsblx11S9gbF-KXNc3puxPomd2huPZZ5K6p5GRNdFiuIJuO5exyPITAX_vA/s320/DSC_1455.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><em>paint</em></span> that I used. It's our leftover housepaint. I would rather use paint I already have then buy new paint unless that paint is in the clearance aisle*;) (I also used this same paint to redo my guest bedroom headboard) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I covered each area of the desk in several thin layers one after the other. <span style="color: black;">For example</span>, <span style="color: #a64d79;">I did the top of the desk, then the left front, then the right front, then the left side, and finally, the right side and then I started again. By the time you get to the top of the desk again, it should already be dry and you can start all over</span>. It seems very time consuming but actually, it went really quickly. Several thin layers of paint is better than 1 or 2 thick layers. The thin layers dry faster and cover better.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HYaXsF24eYXWRb1y0hu9Us4BK3LLRQXRJWX_7uISjDmzyqA3US6ULJ9RCHqb6thD5R34L-EdkFhj-dA5UWaOgTtGovBT7fiZrXVU7B5m7XbvtS8Q_zbdHX0gG-Bb9_mOCS6PgFh7HRI/s1600/DSC_1460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HYaXsF24eYXWRb1y0hu9Us4BK3LLRQXRJWX_7uISjDmzyqA3US6ULJ9RCHqb6thD5R34L-EdkFhj-dA5UWaOgTtGovBT7fiZrXVU7B5m7XbvtS8Q_zbdHX0gG-Bb9_mOCS6PgFh7HRI/s320/DSC_1460.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Here's the hardware that I wanted to use on the desk. I got it off an old dresser at my mom's when I went back to Hawaii in March. I would've brought the dresser back to AZ with me (cuz my mom was gonna chuck it anyway) but I couldn't fit it in my bag<span style="color: #a64d79;">*;( </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">whaddya think? I may not even use these because it won't go with the decor of the place I'm thinking 'bout putting it. Oh well, we'll see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned to see where I put my desk. . . .here's a sneak peek!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-64395618851005448032011-04-27T21:11:00.000-07:002011-04-27T21:25:10.823-07:00Forgetful? Need reminding?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been crazy busy lately!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I got so busy that </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would put a load into the wash and forget it's there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">My max?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">...3 times</span> I had to wash the same load </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because I forgot it in the washer and it didn't smell so great...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I had to wash it again...and again...and again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That same load must have sat in that washer for a week </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by the time I finally got it into the dryer. Yuck!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Usually I get the kids to help me do the wash...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I just kept forgetting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Not a problem anymore!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">I started clipping a <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">clothes pin</span> on my shirt to remind me that I have clothes in the wash.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Totally works!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I stole the clothes pin off the clothes line in my girl's room. </div><div align="center">They use these clips to hang up their art work.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Brandi did an awesome post on her version of it!</div><div align="center"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/03/cool-ideas-picture-display.html">(click here to see her post).</a></div><div align="center"><br />
The great thing about it...you can use this to remind you about anything!</div><div align="center">Yes, I'm wearing it as I post...I have a load I'm waiting on.<br />
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happy washing!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">mileka:)<br />
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Head's up people! <br />
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There are tons of stores right now that are clearancing their Easter "stuff". If you're the type that buy lots of Seasonal Decor or if don't like to buy your stuff full price, now's the time for you to get your <span style="color: #a64d79;">Booty</span> to the store and stock up for next year!! <br />
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I always see lot's of "Eastery" stuff in the stores that can be used year-round which is only another really good reason to go check it out! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">See you in the Clearance Section!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Brandi-Lee</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-23406511182934712132011-04-25T12:24:00.000-07:002011-04-25T12:46:45.270-07:00Heads up! "Kohl's $10 cards"<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Head's up people!</span> You should be getting your Kohl's $10 card in the mail. These are a good way for you to spend a whole $10 of someone else's $ at Kohl's for yourself! You can either spend up to $10 and get your merchandise absolutely <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">FREE</span> or you can get $10 off something and pay the difference! <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">YAY!</span><br />
Contrary to what we all are used to, you do not have to buy a certain amount to use your card (which is why we love Kohl's!). That is an entire $10 for you to spend on whatever your little 'ole heart desires compliments of Kohl's.<br />
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I would totally have taken a picture of how the card looked when it came in but I already used mine <span style="color: #a64d79;"><em>Teehee!</em></span> The pic would've been helpful for those of you that never realized that the card <span style="color: #a64d79;">"the wonderful looking junk mail that you love to chuck as soon as it comes in"</span> is <em><span style="color: #a64d79;">the</span></em> card I'm talking about. Yes, I've done it before unknowingly!! and Yes, we are literally throwing $ in the trash!<br />
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Anyways, here's what I got with my card! (I used the card they sent me last time to buy something but never used it so I took it back and so I had about $22 to spend altogether! yay!)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The box of wall cubes </div><div style="text-align: center;">were $29.99</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFZq04JdgANJK1VwFUV6v7Xx_uE2DU6uWhtLAjSWWV3xff2IX-ceH8EPIj1gk3MuEI23x9Bk56INGp6qipamBHNMSitiELKV5ixbICMtIuFGGEKnlPm7v8bG-9nk6ohyPkes6DSUT_7s/s1600/DSC_1402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFZq04JdgANJK1VwFUV6v7Xx_uE2DU6uWhtLAjSWWV3xff2IX-ceH8EPIj1gk3MuEI23x9Bk56INGp6qipamBHNMSitiELKV5ixbICMtIuFGGEKnlPm7v8bG-9nk6ohyPkes6DSUT_7s/s400/DSC_1402.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> One of the easels was $14.99</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: right;">And the other was $12.99</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Q.</span> So how did I stretch my $22 so that I could buy all that cool stuff totalling almost $60? (not including sales tax) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">A.</span> Well, those Kohl's cards can also be used on any sale or clearance items as well </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Did you get that? K, I'm gonna type it again in a bigger font~</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Kohl's cards can also be used on <u>any</u> sale or clearance items as well!!!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">You gotta give me props for this one, c'mon!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Good Luck on your Kohl's shopping spree*;)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Brandi-Lee</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">PS</span> just got a little tip from a friend of mine, she said that if you subscribe to Kohl's emails, they give you $5 to spend at Kohl's!! Wonderfulness!<br />
Thanks for the tip <span style="color: #741b47;">Amber M.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-36103105026388353252011-04-23T17:04:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:05:51.656-07:00Pump...Pump...Pump It Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember the song with the lyrics...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(sing along and move to the music)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have fallen in love with pumps (not the shoes:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well...if you got a good thing...go with it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did a repeat on my toothpaste dispenser (above)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/did-you-knowtoothpaste-dispenser.html">(click this link to learn more about it)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Guess what this is...</div><br />
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<div align="center">Gel!</div><div align="center">No more mess!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">We also use oils instead of lotion.</div><div align="center">We use olive, coconut and grape seed oils.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">It's great slathered all over your body as a body lotion, </div><div align="center">as a facial moisturizer, </div><div align="center">and as a detangler and leave in conditioner for your hair!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what the kid bathroom counter looks like...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tada!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice and neat (most of the time:)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used old hand soap dispensers = FREE for me:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">mileka</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-42481196438470750462011-04-18T20:44:00.000-07:002011-04-19T14:18:17.604-07:00Did You Know?...Got Gas?<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Got Gas?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">NO, NOT YOU...your house?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">DID YOU KNOW that if you have a gas WATER heater you could be wasting money?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What do I mean?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">DID YOU KNOW...</span>that if you turn your water heater off when it is not in use </div><div align="center">you could save yourself over 50%.</div><div align="center">(ok...it's not really off. It's on the lowest setting possible.)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is what I do.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We only turn our water heater on (up) when we need it...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">When do we need it?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">When we take a shower</span><br />
(30 min before we jump in)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">(P.S. I don't use the dishwasher to wash dishes. Our dishwasher isn't the greatest. It leaves the dishes really wet after a wash. Even after going through 2 dry cycles they are still wet. We rent and it came with the house. We hand wash our dishes-it is less wear and tear on dishes, it saves water, and my kids have learned how to wash dishes...it's a great life skill! We put our hand washed dishes into the dishwasher and run it on the heat dry cycle. Tada...dry!)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I taught my older kids how to adjust the water heater and to turn it up to where we want it</div><div align="center">and down to the lowest setting.</div><div align="center">Now I have helpers...so it's easy to turn our gas up and down:)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">What kind of a difference can it make?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here is what happened to us...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Water heater off</span> when we don't use it (hand wash dishes)<span style="font-size: x-large;"> $30 month</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Water heater <span style="font-size: x-large;">on all the time</span> (long story) <span style="font-size: x-large;">$70 month</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I spent over 50% more.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Crazy!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Save money...shut off your gas</span></div><div align="center">(turn your water heater to the lowest setting)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">During the summer we leave it on the lowest setting and never turn it up. </div><div align="center">We live in Arizona and during the summer the water comes out of the tap boiling...lol.)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I tried to convince my husband to let me blow out the pilot light so that it wouldn't heat any water at all and then that ways I could have a $0 gas bill during the summer months </div><div align="center">(notice I said months=more than one month of $0 gas bill sounds great to me!)<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">happy gassing!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">mileka:)</span></div><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-85644052895986212972011-04-16T13:24:00.000-07:002011-04-16T13:44:47.433-07:00Cool Ideas: Sand Jars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> If you've seen my other posts, you'd know how much I love <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/03/cool-ideas-vacation-keepsake-displays.html">glass jars</a>. It seems I can always think up cool ways to utilize them. Here's my latest idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7ALGYirr3Z2o2CNl5bBSRQJe6RHnFssonf7W04RLU1OW67kywYyqyE1S9zGkmtYzOmqucH1NXo_W_OVP8eubpXU3dbGpxHI_6wykwsheJK2MDy4uWiXTrFjY9ue91XfIdihczUXnCXU/s1600/DSC_0858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7ALGYirr3Z2o2CNl5bBSRQJe6RHnFssonf7W04RLU1OW67kywYyqyE1S9zGkmtYzOmqucH1NXo_W_OVP8eubpXU3dbGpxHI_6wykwsheJK2MDy4uWiXTrFjY9ue91XfIdihczUXnCXU/s640/DSC_0858.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being from Hawaii, I miss the land and especially the <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">beaches</span>. I've always wanted to bring a little bit of home with me so I have that connection. I decided to bring the beach home with me. . . .I decided to bring home <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">sand</span>. Well, I did not only bring home the sand from 1 beach, I brought the sand from 6 different beaches home (go big or go home right? lol!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Molokai, being an island, is filled with sand! There are hundreds of beaches so it was easy for me to get my hands on some. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Sand is sand right? WRONG!</span> The sand is unique to the beach it came from. Take a look at the picture above. These 3 different sands are from beaches next to each other and yet, they have very different characteristics. Sand may differ in <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">grain size <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(course/fine)</span>, content and color of content <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(what the sand is made up of specific to the region), </span>and shade overall <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(the darkness or lightness of the sand)<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">. </span>Knowing all of this, I got to work on my project.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqBgaU7fLfJw4N6fA2um6aznexD6cN3MelKQ6Ef9k6NeNKGZe1BvJnRPlvwER1e441D-WNvL_u4eKvPOBV8XeAFdPuZBh-Q4OMI8VJ3tyZ_uh4Tm9OVX05g9HT_yaKLb-HsjVo68ncs4/s1600/DSC_0826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqBgaU7fLfJw4N6fA2um6aznexD6cN3MelKQ6Ef9k6NeNKGZe1BvJnRPlvwER1e441D-WNvL_u4eKvPOBV8XeAFdPuZBh-Q4OMI8VJ3tyZ_uh4Tm9OVX05g9HT_yaKLb-HsjVo68ncs4/s400/DSC_0826.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my last trip home in March 2011, I brought home sand in water bottles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLr1WOdGsAmIpfBcR0lzlFlnjqAYF7tijSQxnex3gK4rY_Z3sMXdNVCQnX96nj_oic17WbzlUwyPgnkqIylKA47PORh6JLRDuyDsbfLxuJjtj1OXUphblMUFc_PtoMjSiwgiiXtpPIYs/s1600/DSC_0827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLr1WOdGsAmIpfBcR0lzlFlnjqAYF7tijSQxnex3gK4rY_Z3sMXdNVCQnX96nj_oic17WbzlUwyPgnkqIylKA47PORh6JLRDuyDsbfLxuJjtj1OXUphblMUFc_PtoMjSiwgiiXtpPIYs/s400/DSC_0827.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made sure to put their names on them with a permanent marker so I didn't mix any of them up. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL-bSILBCHEUhJulriQFmUdcPCc81ixgV_m07hsxsaX5eommlvfLJubODLBN22Cv06952SSU3md5vjmkg3lEKZgK_47lH4X3oPFOZujc_aG5Y6BAM8D9q8CITkOCTjbj8OkdYkOVlY8Y/s1600/DSC_0828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPL-bSILBCHEUhJulriQFmUdcPCc81ixgV_m07hsxsaX5eommlvfLJubODLBN22Cv06952SSU3md5vjmkg3lEKZgK_47lH4X3oPFOZujc_aG5Y6BAM8D9q8CITkOCTjbj8OkdYkOVlY8Y/s400/DSC_0828.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also labeled their caps with the 1st initial of the name of the beach they were from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Great Tip!</span><em> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Here's a great tip if you are bringing more than 1 bottle of sand home on the plane. If you are on a trip and are bringing back a buttload of other souvenirs, it may be hard for you to bring back more than 1 bottle of sand especially if you have to pay the airlines those expensive baggage fees. Pack your sand (in water bottles, ziplocs or whatever else you can find) and label them. Go to the Post Office and get a small or medium flat rate boxes and ship your sand home. It will not matter how heavy the sand is, as long as it fits in the box (my baggage got very heavy bringing just 10 water bottles of sand home). This will save you time, $ and it will save your back! </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf83RlzCWkCEgSqZOVLmASnp6NLmYoSIa8us0JtGxZPdsDwKiVcFvJTnzoUPOQaFrqeqYZ-56QEwndBtxwySjp70aaswQsiFHCtaQMANgiD5_BXmMCDgE1OOMTQimS67Y4t3kQeqcaOg/s1600/DSC_0836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf83RlzCWkCEgSqZOVLmASnp6NLmYoSIa8us0JtGxZPdsDwKiVcFvJTnzoUPOQaFrqeqYZ-56QEwndBtxwySjp70aaswQsiFHCtaQMANgiD5_BXmMCDgE1OOMTQimS67Y4t3kQeqcaOg/s400/DSC_0836.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a view from the back. I just put a piece of wood I had laying around underneath the trays so they could be propped up facing the sun. This helps them dry faster.<span style="color: #a64d79;"> Warning: if you have lots of cats in the area, make sure to keep an eye on your sand or you'll find a present they left just for you *;) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIA4wlU3LL4X5tU8LD5q7KchUgpzOgiODHfYcoW3ihsBvRozy2WRkcfCtRPVAavsMazzUW-RyTxcWV7oFicVr0arPIREpUiNz_B61BVCntESWm-clzSNNT7r1T9p4im_TbAzBmi2q-Zo/s1600/DSC_0840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIA4wlU3LL4X5tU8LD5q7KchUgpzOgiODHfYcoW3ihsBvRozy2WRkcfCtRPVAavsMazzUW-RyTxcWV7oFicVr0arPIREpUiNz_B61BVCntESWm-clzSNNT7r1T9p4im_TbAzBmi2q-Zo/s400/DSC_0840.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">5.</span> I labeled a sandwich size ziploc bag to store the sand once it dried. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG75UvQnjj9QT84aCALUyClGr5CtJLlaesimSekFCOwihJVxD9bvQxYcEgbxwelop3IRyvDkAsUrmisy6yWf38xrQmhOKjHXFfnBNjcX39ML6yVkth66kBp2ngybK_zCi9bZwdiSByVYM/s1600/DSC_0850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG75UvQnjj9QT84aCALUyClGr5CtJLlaesimSekFCOwihJVxD9bvQxYcEgbxwelop3IRyvDkAsUrmisy6yWf38xrQmhOKjHXFfnBNjcX39ML6yVkth66kBp2ngybK_zCi9bZwdiSByVYM/s400/DSC_0850.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">7.</span> Pour the first layer of sand in the jar and then place a circle on the top of that layer. Make sure it is in the middle of the layer.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">10. Warning!</span> Make sure that when you put the sand in order, you pay attention to the look of the sand. If you have the sand from 3 different beaches that look almost the same, you will want to space them out evenly. What you want is contrast. A black or darker sand against a whiter sand will look better than 2 white sands together. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">11. Warning!<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> This may be the most important thing. When putting the last layer of sand in the jar, make sure the sand goes all the way to the top of the jar so that it pushes against the lid when you seal the jar. This will ensure that the layers will not move and mix up.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">12.</span> I labeled the jars with vinyl that I had cut myself. You do not need to use vinyl. You may label the jars with tape, permanent pens, stickers and paper. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Now I have jars of sand from my homeland that I can display in my home. <span style="color: #a64d79;">I love, love, love my jars!!!</span> I also gave some of my friends a jar as a present, they make great gifts! I also made some sand jars out of baby food jars for my kid's rooms. Because they are smaller, they require less sand and are perfect for gifts for children. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">1.</span> I cleaned and filled the baby food jars exactly the same way I did my large jars. Paint the lids.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">3.</span> Now that you have the labels adhered to the outside of the jar, you need to put a laminate-like coating on the label so it won't smear. I used packing tape to do this. </div><ol><li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Place a strip of packing tape over the label and trim. </div></li>
</ol><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">2.Make sure to keep the tape smooth over the label. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">3. and 4. Using an exacto knife, kitchen knife or scissors, score or cut the tape along the outside of the label with the blade.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">5. Grab the edge of the tape and peel. It should peel off easily along the edges of the label.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcXQuK9lT-ywzMr4gnlM0Lzm2032M89L8zKj-XMQcRx1S7-_mDd1iTECXYUTiYCFGXu1rbdMlfZzpHfgKITyS9rNFm0c3R1lDGB_Zv5n2mNJLH-YtKgu-cOvHQxxCB6xRxdGsfEtyy78/s1600/DSC_0942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcXQuK9lT-ywzMr4gnlM0Lzm2032M89L8zKj-XMQcRx1S7-_mDd1iTECXYUTiYCFGXu1rbdMlfZzpHfgKITyS9rNFm0c3R1lDGB_Zv5n2mNJLH-YtKgu-cOvHQxxCB6xRxdGsfEtyy78/s640/DSC_0942.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the sand jar in baby size. How cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN79teNWlwgKHuDQi3pL4vkLzR3FkeeWnC6aBhfqVouROaW-Ute3bfWuzoGCnXM1Fc93X_4TL4b_VYXAr-Q91xpBO0prDeLI-1pcyKkXKyPgpfmnccPgfreeWD6VJ-StXAMT2eWnBtOJE/s1600/DSC_0866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN79teNWlwgKHuDQi3pL4vkLzR3FkeeWnC6aBhfqVouROaW-Ute3bfWuzoGCnXM1Fc93X_4TL4b_VYXAr-Q91xpBO0prDeLI-1pcyKkXKyPgpfmnccPgfreeWD6VJ-StXAMT2eWnBtOJE/s640/DSC_0866.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy your little bit of Paradise!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Brandi-Lee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0eCKu58MWEB8XZrK6BzgCyO0uXwagRKV8CTJX9qIaLi8_b9XZuAcVdj8tGHq1UzJg0Bk5mpJQ1YbeNE9QW9vXCD_9Ci2Jo3QJApRjK0PA_CWgzTnQqmV1ZZ9fjlToswN8hznTxrdHHU/s320/DSC_0844.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 380px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 3069px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" /> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-27906804003085394112011-04-15T14:10:00.000-07:002011-04-15T14:14:39.790-07:00Did You Know?...Toothpaste Dispenser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Is your bathroom a mess?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Tooth paste all over the place?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Yes!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">The kid bathroom <u>WAS</u> almost always a mess...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">NOW...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">it's a <span style="font-size: small;">little</span> cleaner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Why?...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">because we have a toothpaste dispenser.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have you ever seen that info-mercial that advertises for a toothpaste dispenser?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know the one I'm talking about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">That sucker costs $20...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(ok...they'll give you one free)...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> $10 each.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted one. The kids wanted one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't want to pay $10-$20 for one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">SO I MADE MY OWN!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Yes, it can be done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">my cost = FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I already had everything I needed)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Supplies:</u></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">toothpaste</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">soap dispenser (empty and clean!)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">water (distilled preferred)</div></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYuyh46svxBsrrYJRZ6f4f_pvkt4YF0jL0N7aoHpPg0_Z_Zgwfy2e_kAvtS40JOFFxim8EE8hgU0wmFJAimbkY9QSw9inJ2OA5ASsyTyCHHZ1s1QHlKL4GHpLYObMrY1JsqpDJjmFWBM/s1600/03012011900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYuyh46svxBsrrYJRZ6f4f_pvkt4YF0jL0N7aoHpPg0_Z_Zgwfy2e_kAvtS40JOFFxim8EE8hgU0wmFJAimbkY9QSw9inJ2OA5ASsyTyCHHZ1s1QHlKL4GHpLYObMrY1JsqpDJjmFWBM/s320/03012011900.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Use an empty and clean hand soap dispenser.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Squeeze in your toothpaste.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dilute with a little water. I read somewhere that regular tap water can have a high level of minerals which can make "stuff go bad" quicker than distilled water. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So...I usually have a gallon of distilled water in my house. $0.83 at my Walmart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could give you an exact amount of water to add. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking that you are wishing the same thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each toothpaste is a different consistency. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You are going to have to figure it out...sorry!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I added just enough to get it to be able to get it through the pump. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is still solid enough to sit in a little glob on the tooth brush).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It works just as good as the thicker version.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the bathroom counter stays cleaner!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids love to use it and</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love it when the bathroom is clean (cleaner than it used to be).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a win-win!</div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">mileka:)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">happy brushing!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-52908471760306210272011-04-09T20:42:00.000-07:002011-04-09T22:35:35.337-07:00Shopping Spree! (the paint aisle)<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Hey Everybody!</span> So I was stuck at <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Walmart</span> one day while waiting for the hardworking Walmart employees to give my car an oil change and. . .don't laugh. . .I decided to whip out my trusty camera phone and show ya'll some of my favorite aisles to peruse (<----love using that word!). </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, I'm pretty sure people thought I was <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">mental </span>snappin all those pictures of wonderful Walmart merchandise but I was doing it on behalf the <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">cause! <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(The "knocking it off" Cause that helps impact lives around the world by sharing ways decorate for "as free as can be") LOL!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The first aisle on my list. . .<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">The Paint Aisle</span>. These are the things that are in the paint aisle that I either look at, want, have used, or think is cool. I've chosen to focus mostly on the spraypaint.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">K, here's my first picture. . .</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBXhpIeaHiuLNA4GB4Q6myWU_Hr24nU4CYCohHt-jZYKQSFEowi9MEJ_eC5sWNWo1pqhfZB3e4e5nfX-QWxyETBOKLKWQWgD2HJ7Z1v5PFhikU9lQgX8oWRi5hE1MCUJy22bGF-yYDi4/s1600/2011-03-03+14.17.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBXhpIeaHiuLNA4GB4Q6myWU_Hr24nU4CYCohHt-jZYKQSFEowi9MEJ_eC5sWNWo1pqhfZB3e4e5nfX-QWxyETBOKLKWQWgD2HJ7Z1v5PFhikU9lQgX8oWRi5hE1MCUJy22bGF-yYDi4/s400/2011-03-03+14.17.03.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a pic of all those wonderful 98 cent Walmart brand spraypaints that Mileka and I use so often. If you have tried out different brands of spraypaint before, you will notice that the product fits the price. This paint is not the best one to use on all your projects, but if you're looking to save some moolah and tackle smaller projects, it fits the bill. You will probably use more paint to get better coverage but with the awesome price tag, you will still come out ahead. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ0VKJ4f9JJ5jboO-2GjOdPlS8DHC4tU6iIRm2X_VL-pq1B-l3fL6U-ZeGoYP7aHFRYDdvJDl3bHkIFV3_DREp9EqWG_Rpln1qUHdl4r41W6ac-_hM8Firej-HUhfGdGs8TTk0tKy51M/s1600/gloss+or+matte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ0VKJ4f9JJ5jboO-2GjOdPlS8DHC4tU6iIRm2X_VL-pq1B-l3fL6U-ZeGoYP7aHFRYDdvJDl3bHkIFV3_DREp9EqWG_Rpln1qUHdl4r41W6ac-_hM8Firej-HUhfGdGs8TTk0tKy51M/s400/gloss+or+matte.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsgUPzvEyie5KLVCZzNK4nmG7OZQOIUOIDI2KlpMWQPxdCYDSqRZR6VdaUGIhRKVeV8ZaEKW4Vn2g8B9XdLceeNLsG6r-JhL0mnwQ6oAPtrRGywIQPNHlUCXn7Oqk2XfIkbf-lTrnzDI/s1600/paint+caps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsgUPzvEyie5KLVCZzNK4nmG7OZQOIUOIDI2KlpMWQPxdCYDSqRZR6VdaUGIhRKVeV8ZaEKW4Vn2g8B9XdLceeNLsG6r-JhL0mnwQ6oAPtrRGywIQPNHlUCXn7Oqk2XfIkbf-lTrnzDI/s640/paint+caps.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess I'll tell ya'll about the differences in finishes. Do you see the spraypaint covers above? There is a distinct difference in the look and feel of the finishes on the covers. It's like when you order photo prints from the printers. They ask you to check which finish you want on each print. If you want a "shinier" picture, you choose glossy. If you want a smoother, less glossy picture, you would choose matte. Think about the project you are doing. Would it look better done with a glossy finish? or a satiny/matte finish? The good thing is that YOU get to choose which one you want. Oh, almost forgot to mention that the color of the cap, is also the exact color of the paint.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB1p_776zCaQtX-nLMTi_ct4GC_2XdjDL31eCTlfT7EV1zp4OBRpXFS2N-vBY6J-I-zQUBnPDaPdyLY4WHNLm7tM2SQJm8uK2rO0lKkkcJeAv9BNnCwBzQoXA_XdXlKZ3Fn9U1c-Lixw/s1600/2011-03-03+14.16.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirB1p_776zCaQtX-nLMTi_ct4GC_2XdjDL31eCTlfT7EV1zp4OBRpXFS2N-vBY6J-I-zQUBnPDaPdyLY4WHNLm7tM2SQJm8uK2rO0lKkkcJeAv9BNnCwBzQoXA_XdXlKZ3Fn9U1c-Lixw/s640/2011-03-03+14.16.40.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">*Cue the Angels singing</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> K, picture the heavens opening and a beam of light shining down upon this spraypaint. My personal opinion is that Krylon is the very best brand when it comes to spraypaint (I love Rustoleum as well). <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">With greater quality comes a bigger price tag. I believe it's worth it depending on what you're willing to spend for your project. These last a lot longer than the cheapy brand meaning 1 can goes a long way!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This Krylon paint is specially formulated for <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">plastics</span>. I've used it on many different shiny finishes that other paints would just run off and it has come out beautifully and "sticks to the surface" wonderfully! I think this one is my favorite! When purchasing spraypaint, always make sure you read the back of the can to see what kind of material that particular paint will cover. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's Flourescent paint to mark areas that need to be seen. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">These Rustoleum paints have an awesome trigger sprayer that reduces hand fatique (I'm sounding like a commercial now!) and lets you spray at any angle. These have a hammered finish and because it's Rustoleum, it stops rust on your metals. This paint is an all-surface paint and will spray on wood, metal, plastic, masonry and more! <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Awesomeness!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">These paints (above and below) have a textured, multicolored finish sort of like stone. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The bottom one re-creates the natural look of stone! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">So Cool!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought this was cool as well. If you have chips or scratches on your appliances, you can fill them with this epoxy touch up. Who comes up with these things!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">How awesome is this? You can paint these onto different surfaces to create a chalkboard finish! I haven't used the spraypaint yet but I love the paint in the can. This sucker lasts forever! Fun, fun, fun for children's rooms! I've seen painted pantry doors for menus and entire walls made into a chalkboard so the kiddies have a place to scribble. Tape the surface off (with painter's tape) just like you would when using regular paint. Use your imagination with these. Imagine where you would want a chalkboard, and paint one there! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">These are clear coats. They seal and help protect basecoat from scratches, water damage, etc. Some clear coats also help protect the finish from UV rays. The lacquer clear coat, has a very high luster coating kinda like those japanese rice bowls. Very Shiny!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Yay!!! One of the most wonderful sights that you could ever see in the paint aisle. Whenever you see a red tag, it means you will save money on paint. The paint may not always be the color you may want but it's always good to take a look because you never know!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This price tag is for 1 entire gallon of paint in this color. What a great find! This'll last me forever! Most times they get rid of paint that the customer feels is a "tint'' off. Does that little tint off make a big difference? You be the judge of that. Sometimes they are just getting rid of paint that is old stock or they are discontinuing. Whatever the reason, you always come out the winner!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, there's the paint aisle for you. Hope you learned something from this post. Stay tuned for other posts from the Walmart aisles (I had a whole 3 hours to kill there!!!). Have fun painting!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Brandi-Lee</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-31272009528717044962011-04-08T17:40:00.000-07:002011-04-08T17:45:11.947-07:00Did You Know?...Dryer Sheets<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Did you know...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">that it isn't necessary to use a full dryer sheet?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Did you know...</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">that 1/4 of a dryer sheet is usually adequate to dry a full load of laundry?</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK69qn3QyKAX0-IZSrE3yn6qR-2_4XRkHxNLuw7eco585t5FH50SEEbj6PW45FcmCjWEmQUwfL4VySJvksK7hJJFJ3K2GvDeIOTDD1_KJo0g7Qbiy8uGa3PbuZcxFxyKifZdMiKcRs58/s1600/03012011903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK69qn3QyKAX0-IZSrE3yn6qR-2_4XRkHxNLuw7eco585t5FH50SEEbj6PW45FcmCjWEmQUwfL4VySJvksK7hJJFJ3K2GvDeIOTDD1_KJo0g7Qbiy8uGa3PbuZcxFxyKifZdMiKcRs58/s320/03012011903.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Story...</span></div><div align="center">My friend Torie B. told me that you can cut your dryer sheet into<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"> 2</span>. So I tried it and didn't see a difference. Then I thought...if I can cut it into 2 and it still works just fine...can I cut it into <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">4</span>? </div><div align="center">So I tried it...and guess what?</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">It still works!!!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">NOW...</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I cut my dryer sheets in 1/4. I get 4 loads from every sheet.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I like to buy the generic brand at Walmart (sorry...I can't remember the brand...because I haven't bought dryer sheets in so long...ooo). It is $1.00 for 50 sheets. </div><div align="center">But...I cut them into 1/4...so for $1.00 I get 200 dryer sheets.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">I do one load of laundry a day. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">2 boxes will last me a full year and then some.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="color: purple;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Ahhhh...$2 for a 1 year supply (and some) of dryer sheets.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Music to my ears!!!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDV4TGs8ZJffAvolSjzWEfdj4HDF54_bXbZrudOdIjrXALnL4nzuu89Qoq5Ob2zPSC3pxUqs54VeQWSsVFjosMo_EEydXZlp6FJM8xPxm-G_jLA2ovAE4y1p2Av5XRjhSPN6apyShydqE/s1600/03012011902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDV4TGs8ZJffAvolSjzWEfdj4HDF54_bXbZrudOdIjrXALnL4nzuu89Qoq5Ob2zPSC3pxUqs54VeQWSsVFjosMo_EEydXZlp6FJM8xPxm-G_jLA2ovAE4y1p2Av5XRjhSPN6apyShydqE/s320/03012011902.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvF12VaNWjyAv-ogh_zgI4iSFGuxhdw1guZwgNrQjMAWkXHLNC3tbZwkO7Tczjm5bh_DzdFEpxw1jvqAVuy2OOQxSqR1_PQFweuT4k-PjdkHZEXeNY8IdH5zWBg3d6Q8wy5AMpQ-QcA3c/s1600/03012011901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvF12VaNWjyAv-ogh_zgI4iSFGuxhdw1guZwgNrQjMAWkXHLNC3tbZwkO7Tczjm5bh_DzdFEpxw1jvqAVuy2OOQxSqR1_PQFweuT4k-PjdkHZEXeNY8IdH5zWBg3d6Q8wy5AMpQ-QcA3c/s320/03012011901.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is my lovely supply of dryer sheets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you love my bucket? Yes, that's an ice cream bucket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(In another post I'll show you what to do with all those empty ice cream buckets laying around ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you don't have any, start saving them).</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">FYI: The only problem I've had is with my whites. If I only use 1 sheet I'll get some static cling now and then...so I just throw in 2 and that seems to take care of the problem.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">happy drying</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">mileka:)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Dedicated to Torie B...u r awesome!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-20699374090520518102011-04-07T16:37:00.000-07:002011-04-07T16:37:38.624-07:00Featured...yeah!<div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Knocking It Off</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">FEATURED!</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">At our Stake Relief Society Activity</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">(Queen Creek Arizona South Stake).</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">4-30-11</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"The Wonders of Baking Soda"</span></div><div align="center">(cleaning and personal hygiene products made with baking soda)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">To celebrate this wonderful event </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be posting awesome money saving tips, cool ideas, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">and "did you know?" throughout the month of </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">April.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Scrub-a-dub!</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">mileka:)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-332146695949250512011-04-04T22:50:00.000-07:002011-04-04T23:01:52.345-07:00I got CANned!...again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">I got CANned!...again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sooo loved my last <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">CAN</span> project that I did a repeat because I just <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">CAN</span>'t get enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This time I got <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">CAN</span>ned in the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Tada...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">CAN</span> you guess what kind of <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">CAN</span> I used?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">(answer at the end of this post)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg72t8gVbTsOG0SwYjg94V-DurT9Pm_pxXNtFdVwtUOHDjPy8hITi8Y_XE-rxlP-_izM86JLHf-QrIy-t1Fjmlrmy1hchr6zR81BBR7mazhx-dlx16mWsyLeoIIa-_ukvh0zBvewGQDg/s1600/03152011967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEg72t8gVbTsOG0SwYjg94V-DurT9Pm_pxXNtFdVwtUOHDjPy8hITi8Y_XE-rxlP-_izM86JLHf-QrIy-t1Fjmlrmy1hchr6zR81BBR7mazhx-dlx16mWsyLeoIIa-_ukvh0zBvewGQDg/s320/03152011967.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My kitchen "tool" drawer was full.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've tried organizing it a few different ways but it still seemed crowded in there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After my bathroom organize and store project...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-just-cant-get-enough.html">(click this link to check it out and</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-just-cant-get-enough.html">how to instructions for this project)...</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it only made sense to do a re-do on my can project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CNgtakXIm192g6p61KyLE_R6A-LGOPvGdPKKy1iWdXZFGW6POxr_-PLPUNM4cgtUChrUi-bq4CwO-pCr5jmRO80QCNPQBu7soWIOfZ0y28drTYaNCtigjmNQJMqxjtOsHYYG0w0e1RI/s1600/03152011968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CNgtakXIm192g6p61KyLE_R6A-LGOPvGdPKKy1iWdXZFGW6POxr_-PLPUNM4cgtUChrUi-bq4CwO-pCr5jmRO80QCNPQBu7soWIOfZ0y28drTYaNCtigjmNQJMqxjtOsHYYG0w0e1RI/s320/03152011968.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's all black so...I heart it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">cost for me = FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">(already had everything I needed)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">answer = large pineapple juice can</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Recipe...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Spiked Pineapple Juice</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 large can pineapple juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 (or more) can(s) lemon & lime soda pop (according to your taste)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mix and serve cold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Got a kid that doesn't like fruit/won't eat it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They will drink this!...and ask for more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya...it's got soda pop, but...you can't win them all:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Chug-a-lug</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">mileka:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-22255367995468240672011-04-01T09:11:00.000-07:002011-04-01T09:13:48.544-07:00Organizing & Storage...I just CAN't get enough:)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I've been looking for a way to store my make-up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Something simple...<span style="color: purple;">cute</span>...<span style="color: purple;">easy</span>....<span style="color: purple;">different</span>...<span style="color: purple;">free</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and... it's a no sew project:)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">TADA...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTUJjTPCDmH8TYSjGfgwiYmaWXKY8NH8l-HwWEqlBcL6Av9wbyOvCVh7UMzIvFo6hohefJ4J4ilUxP98UNVhN3CN2aS5_x5dZ30d5hczXZx8w7BFBkx-BUuf13dx-VKyD7U7cTXonV2A/s1600/03152011948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTUJjTPCDmH8TYSjGfgwiYmaWXKY8NH8l-HwWEqlBcL6Av9wbyOvCVh7UMzIvFo6hohefJ4J4ilUxP98UNVhN3CN2aS5_x5dZ30d5hczXZx8w7BFBkx-BUuf13dx-VKyD7U7cTXonV2A/s320/03152011948.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Organization!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Supplies:</u></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">empty cans (beware of sharp edges)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spray paint (I used some of my left over Krylon)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old unwanted t-shirt</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scissors</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">safety pin</div></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQqPDnTYAcwRWoKwhlbKXHJdAPWAieyNUOdC0P5fV04IxHkhjKvPYX0vJE_ocLVZHnWyaDYjWF2eMPsWkwyOOlj0UD7AIvuF08ZqEs-1gma83uxwIyr4_QPOdO9If3K79IzFW24VANzo/s1600/03152011956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQqPDnTYAcwRWoKwhlbKXHJdAPWAieyNUOdC0P5fV04IxHkhjKvPYX0vJE_ocLVZHnWyaDYjWF2eMPsWkwyOOlj0UD7AIvuF08ZqEs-1gma83uxwIyr4_QPOdO9If3K79IzFW24VANzo/s320/03152011956.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spray painted an empty can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I used some of my left over Krylon spray paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiV0TIVTjg-RsA7OpgwH5IkKFKbsmkP-K_ccSHWx435huYTqp21PLZFnzRxCPkU_mKXbLFH3uQB87qLt5ZwK_SdiboacxnChOw5egXiGF_vYJjfecER49k9068Gf_44D7Hzyry-yZ0_c/s1600/make-up+cup+instructions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiV0TIVTjg-RsA7OpgwH5IkKFKbsmkP-K_ccSHWx435huYTqp21PLZFnzRxCPkU_mKXbLFH3uQB87qLt5ZwK_SdiboacxnChOw5egXiGF_vYJjfecER49k9068Gf_44D7Hzyry-yZ0_c/s640/make-up+cup+instructions.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1.</span> Cut off the sleeve of a shirt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2</span>. Cut off a small section from the sleeve (about 1/4 of an inch wide)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">3</span>. Stretch the small section to create a string & cut a slit in the hem of the sleeve</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">4</span>. Attach the safety pin to the end of the t-shirt string and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thread it through the hole you cut in the hem of the sleeve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Continue feeding it through the hem and bring it out at the other end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tie in a bow:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWXAaqGRSST0AT51OnEUEuadtuwfxfPxZ59toQ__4uP51GEaRYvGq8YESZGiAnptsn8PDOMob80cN4CgYEvNm-OuqdihyUbyYor350F-JxQd-PELo8ejOc3KeM9RaVY2HKN73eEG9BGs/s320/03152011958.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It should look like this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I cut another strip off of the shirt and tied it around the tops to tie it in so it matches.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Now everything is nice and neat!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Just the way I like it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I can find my make-up without having to dig in my drawer.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">my cost?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">(I already had everything I needed)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mileka:)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-30034929993414437782011-03-30T16:19:00.000-07:002011-03-30T23:42:11.808-07:00Personalized Dishware<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Problem #1</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">6 kids + homeschool + home all day = lots of dishes to wash!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Solution - kids wash their own dishes...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Problem #2</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Denial!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whose dish was whose?...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The kids didn't want to wash dishes and would blame the mess.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check this out...</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Each kid has an assigned number </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(according to birth order).</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Now we know who the dish monsters are!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">No more blaming it on the little kids!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">If its got your # you clean it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">pen</div></li>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> I printed out the font that I wanted. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">At first I tried using a box cutter to cut the numbers out but my blade was dull. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I ended up using scissors instead. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I traced the numbers onto the contact paper (put the numbers under the contact paper and trace).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Then I used a scissors to cut the numbers out. It was a little tricky...I made a couple of mistakes. No prob...I learned from my mistakes, tried again, and got better results:)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">my cost</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Spray Paint $4 (Walmart)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Contact paper $1 (Dollar Store)</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Plastic dishware that we already had = FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Total = $5</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I was totally low on supplies and actually had to buy:(</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">But I only used a little of each...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">which means...lots of left overs...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">which means...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">more FREE projects to come:)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">mileka:)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-39527490513692034302011-03-24T22:38:00.000-07:002011-03-24T22:38:13.415-07:00Cool Ideas (Picture display)<div style="text-align: center;">Do you have pictures that you want to display but don't have the amount of frames or wall space to display it? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Well here's a solution for ya! </span></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: black;">I am a photographer and I also make announcements and invitations so naturally, I have a </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">ton <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(not kidding!) of photos and invitations that I want to display. I have a workspace/office that is tiny (we've incoporated the "office" into a nook in our loft) so there is not much space (or wall for that matter!) to display my stuff. I needed something that would utilize the little space I had and maximize its usage. And of course, I wanted it to be <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Beautiful!</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Here's my solution. . .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2oIKa2iUA54M-FRiTypIxULDuq4xEYQ7QkCC3mTArJIYe9WuSneQH_x9W_tQNFiI9avw6WMJF9ZHWKlbSSWt1_nwm_vmbTrclmrDubZSyOwYghhhtmb8pkuzlZ6jtm69Re5mKdTmoiU/s1600/DSC_9891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2oIKa2iUA54M-FRiTypIxULDuq4xEYQ7QkCC3mTArJIYe9WuSneQH_x9W_tQNFiI9avw6WMJF9ZHWKlbSSWt1_nwm_vmbTrclmrDubZSyOwYghhhtmb8pkuzlZ6jtm69Re5mKdTmoiU/s640/DSC_9891.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a "clothesline" of pictures! Not only was this a very inexpensive solution, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> it was also very easy to make! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's how I did it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Materials:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNStQwLZnOiui1Bv5KCz_H_kvUZkopNs0UGPOc7uqAnWL7kWz0yB2cu98MNpLwyxHpnxYUeejxzBKb7e9LsSDQLbqqXb_0GrSfkojJO5IvQJHm1pE_mYjKxBhSK2HK_ktx7SgTYjQWYkA/s1600/materials.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNStQwLZnOiui1Bv5KCz_H_kvUZkopNs0UGPOc7uqAnWL7kWz0yB2cu98MNpLwyxHpnxYUeejxzBKb7e9LsSDQLbqqXb_0GrSfkojJO5IvQJHm1pE_mYjKxBhSK2HK_ktx7SgTYjQWYkA/s640/materials.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">1. <span style="color: #a64d79;">Paint clothespins a color of your</span><span style="color: #a64d79;"> choice. Separate the wooden parts from the metal part of the pin and paint just the wooden parts. Put the pin back together when the paint dries.</span> (I got my clothespins from the dollar tree. I think there were 100 or 150 of them for $1. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">I got my paint from Michaels for .50 when it was on sale. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">They are normally .75-$1 at Michaels or .98 from Walmart.You could also glue decorative paper to the front of the pins, but that's another post!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <span style="color: #a64d79;">Prepare "flower tacks by: putting a dab of hot glue on the head of the pushpin and attaching the pushpin <span style="color: black;">(with firm pressure) </span>to the underside of the flower. </span><span style="color: black;">(you may also use thumbtacks. I used pushpins because </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">it's what I had at home) The hot glue should harden in no time at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <span style="color: #a64d79;">Think about how you want your display to look and where you will be displaying it. </span><span style="color: black;">Keep these things in mind: </span>How many things do I want to display? How much room do I have? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How much materials do I have? Remember, you can "stack" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more than one clothesline (like I did).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some ways you can choose to display. . .or you can </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">come up with your own!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4. When you've chosen the style and area of display, you can begin putting it up. <span style="color: #a64d79;">Simply push a pushpin into one end of the ribbon</span> (do not cut the ribbon yet!) <span style="color: #a64d79;">and drape</span>. This is your pattern (<span style="color: #a64d79;">pin, drape, pin, drape, pin</span>). Remember not to drape too much, the clothespins and pictures may weigh it down a little causing it to sag lower. Clip some of the clothespins on to see how low it will sag. The beauty of the pushpin idea is that if you make a mistake in placement, all you have to do is pull the tack out, reposition and push it back into the wall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5. You may want to <span style="color: #a64d79;">rotate the flower so that it will "point" downward</span>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6. Now all you have to do is <span style="color: #a64d79;">pin your photos up</span>. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><i>Easy, peasy and beautiful!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This idea would work well in any room. If I were to do a boys room, I would paint the clothespins blue or camoflaged and glue "boy things" to the pushpins (depending on the decor, for example if the decor were cars and trucks, I would glue a toy car/truck to the pushpin. Use your imagination when decorating and have fun! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How much did it take for <span style="color: #a64d79;"><i>me </i></span>to make my photo/art display?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ribbon (on-hand)=FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Flowers (on-hand)=FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Clothespins (on-hand)=FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Pushpins/thumbtacks (on-hand)=FREE</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ribbon Photo/Art Display=FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How much would it take for <span style="color: #a64d79;"><i>you</i></span> to make a photo/art display </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you didn't have all the materials on-hand?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ribbon (10 yards)=.50-$1 each @ Michaels/Walmart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Flowers (1 bunch)=$1 @ Dollar Tree</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Clothespins=$1 @ Dollar Tree</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Pushpins/thumbtacks=$1 @ Dollar Tree</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ribbon Photo/Art Display=$3.50+</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(depending on the amount of ribbon you may need, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the minimum you would need to pay would be $3.50)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Brandi-Lee</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-78675399939831271322011-03-21T18:55:00.000-07:002011-03-21T18:59:00.734-07:00Office Organization: File Magazine Box<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQC5z3kSck_fyxmewFcGv2pXSJpOvT45GLqP5C5WAmKVUaNiUXSEkpgK8u_nXC4zP6V1CRs3C3DmHai4utXNHc3mM9_s279k_2C-k4-D_nWdkR6nqHKcFNvRWqqScthBQcmYWIqaC6vg/s1600/03012011904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQC5z3kSck_fyxmewFcGv2pXSJpOvT45GLqP5C5WAmKVUaNiUXSEkpgK8u_nXC4zP6V1CRs3C3DmHai4utXNHc3mM9_s279k_2C-k4-D_nWdkR6nqHKcFNvRWqqScthBQcmYWIqaC6vg/s320/03012011904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed something!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a ton of Capri Sun boxes laying around (I heart boxes:)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">or</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">turn it upright and use it as a magazine holder</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Supplies:</u></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">capri sun boxes (or another type of box)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">measuring tape/ruler</div></li>
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<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">tape</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">spray paint (optional)</div></li>
</ul><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBt30ywSzhYqq_jgV5eBpxXVLZaenzDF0m3uWWCLWGP-zHRLbcXjiG2GHR9Ej0yepLm0dkgUh4zqkO3GAyCw7l6ZdTb65IzkUf7oN0KRQaMglCOExn-S2vv994OekVRSu6FHdN8CSxqc/s320/02152011778.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">1</span>. Find a box.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I used a capri sun because I had a ton!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">They were on sale:)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And...they are very sturdy!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPehuPqWSRdlupaC86pzbv9U1QwYzHPZk7aL8Sx9_jCX8zCtb6fHCRPU06tyh9eRolFvteEvz6S7na1sNjxLPAmv0lh9Cw2-CvEBGpGcoOpw1dy22fluR6cScOxLkMob6BNoI7qmBIHiQ/s1600/02152011786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPehuPqWSRdlupaC86pzbv9U1QwYzHPZk7aL8Sx9_jCX8zCtb6fHCRPU06tyh9eRolFvteEvz6S7na1sNjxLPAmv0lh9Cw2-CvEBGpGcoOpw1dy22fluR6cScOxLkMob6BNoI7qmBIHiQ/s320/02152011786.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">2</span>. I measured 4 inches from the end </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(of the closed side or just tape a side closed).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how I wanted my box shaped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can always alter this design to be what you want.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here it is on my shelf:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can use it like this...natural cardboard...or</div><div style="text-align: center;">paint it black.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take a look at the difference between the two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you tell what color I chose to go with?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Cost for me...$1 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">(for spray paint)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy organizing!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">mileka:)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-9607910265518852952011-03-16T18:47:00.000-07:002011-03-16T18:47:36.090-07:00Fabric Wall Hanging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QS9sdsd97XjscDSUzqE74oS8Y10F77Vc_089Pn-HcTxtUfdQ26oOrbCAOntJy9Fpjw5eFTeYa-MzoSDUm6Fy9_aKOmQDSTM-sUHicOrtI12tYwB8e2KXNjnlvswFYBd2rxzJPQ5wWJQ/s1600/03012011897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QS9sdsd97XjscDSUzqE74oS8Y10F77Vc_089Pn-HcTxtUfdQ26oOrbCAOntJy9Fpjw5eFTeYa-MzoSDUm6Fy9_aKOmQDSTM-sUHicOrtI12tYwB8e2KXNjnlvswFYBd2rxzJPQ5wWJQ/s320/03012011897.jpg" width="320" /></a> For a while I wanted "<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">gratitude</span>" up in my house somewhere.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I thought about vinyl but didn't want to pay for it <br />
(u know me:) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It was before I figured out how to make faux vinyl.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-contact-paper-vinyl.html">(click here to learn how to make faux vinyl)</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I decided that the next best option would be to make a wall hanging.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">I didn't have any spare wood on hand to make one.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">So, the idea just sat around in my head. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_278999013">(Remember reading about the power of patience? </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/shopping-list.html">If not click this link to read more).</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Then one day as we were driving to the community pool we passed a house with a ton of trash sitting out on the curb. I didn't want to stop. My hubby said that it looked like there might be some good stuff (I didn't see anything...because I didn't look in it...duh). I got out and took a look. I actually did find a ton of good stuff. I think the best find was this frame. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">It is pretty big. It still had its glass in it. The picture wasn't great but I know I good find when I see it. <br />
We loaded up the stuff into the back of our van and went swimming.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">About a week later I finally figured out what to do with it. I wanted to paint "gratitude" on the glass <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-handpainted-mirror.html">(like I did in my hand painted mirror project...click this link to check it out).</a> So I got started. I took out the picture, cleaned the glass, and painted the frame. The frame was dry and I was putting the glass back in when it <span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">broke</span>...I wanted to cry...I almost did.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had my heart set on finishing my project. I had to walk away so that I wouldn't get angry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sat on my bed thinking of how I could still make it work. Then it came to me...use fabric...paint on the fabric. I had fabric! I had the perfect color.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I knew that if I painted on the glass I could just wipe away my mistakes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Painting on fabric is totally different. One mistake and it's done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to use a stencil.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is how I did it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Supplies:</u></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: center;">frame (with backing-or make one out of cardboard)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">paint (for frame/lettering)</div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">paint brush (I prefer foam brushes for stenciling)</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">fabric</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">box cutter/exacto knife</div></li>
<li><div style="text-align: center;">Packing tape or hot glue gun (with glue:)</div></li>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">1.</span> <span style="color: black;">Prep frame</span> (paint if needed)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">2</span>. Place the fabric into the frame from the back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">3.</span> Place the frame backing into the frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">4</span>. Pull the fabric along the edges pulling the fabric taut/tight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">5.</span> Tape the fabric in place to the frame backing/backboard</div><div style="text-align: center;">(make sure the fabric is taut/tight).<br />
I used good old clear packing tape ($1 at Walmart).<br />
It is what I had on hand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">6.</span> Secure the frame backing/backboard into the frame</div><div style="text-align: center;">(double check to see if the fabric is taut/tight)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Did I say that enough?..ok...I think you got the message:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">7.</span> Find a font and saying you like. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Use your computer to enlarge the letters to the size you want.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For large projects it will run onto multiple pages.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">8.</span> Cut out the lettering with a box cutter/exacto knife/etc. to create the stencil.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember...not to totally cut out the center pieces. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Leave it connected with a little bridge. This gap can get painted in when you are done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">9.</span> Tape pages together(if necessary) and tape the stencil to the fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">10.</span> Paint the lettering using an up and down "blotting" stroke.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You don't want to use sweeping strokes as that will force the paint under your stencil.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Go slow. Take your time. Hold each letter down as you paint.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">11.</span> Remove the stencil. Fill in any gaps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Tada!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">my cost = FREE</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">(I had or found everything I needed)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">mileka:)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-11378273698013342432011-03-14T14:48:00.000-07:002011-03-14T19:11:18.407-07:00Helpful Hint: Why go to garage sales?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Why go to garage sales?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">They have awesome deals!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Example:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found these at Goodwill. Cost? $3.00 (ok, we've noticed that our local Goodwill prices are starting to climb...not too happy about that). I started laughing because I found the exact same thing at a garage sale near my home for $1 for the pair (2 weeks prior). I bought them...but haven't done anything with it...yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">Did I get a good deal?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">You bet ya!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime;">Paid $1 instead of $3.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy garage sale-ing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mileka:)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-22180205932883255972011-03-10T16:25:00.000-08:002011-03-10T16:28:43.675-08:00Awesome Find: Faux Vinyl Wall Stickers<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: purple;">Wall Stickers</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Found it at the <span style="color: purple;">Dollar Store</span>) whoop! whoop!</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">cost = $1</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">They have lots of different designs. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the ones that I bought...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">This was one of my favorite...</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgqfmeHEAXxOtYQu1HGlncMlWxakA3L_CEmokFkRz4MRg4smnseNf2-aeX54v17DTJg5Waot-FBD7axyxn7rDmYZi7DhaNf-1sEWlsnduIJDqhUo3_RzYyjlqScOhQgYTpWKVXe8t5Bo/s320/01212011452.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you remember the faux vinyl project that I did?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-contact-paper-vinyl.html">(click this link to see the how to)</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also moved a hutch that I had in the kitchen into the room to help take up some wall space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFklh0ZHBaTz-Cfb8BKd9ijR1xuX0u1BshbOQvcIHVLwn6hM8idD_zG9UFy52OtIgFPOAeokOTt6AjyDHbIhjQsvYvXvIWDAiidTu7Df72infqb09g4xmoeogBKTlt_9EeYast8Zmto0o/s1600/02282011896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFklh0ZHBaTz-Cfb8BKd9ijR1xuX0u1BshbOQvcIHVLwn6hM8idD_zG9UFy52OtIgFPOAeokOTt6AjyDHbIhjQsvYvXvIWDAiidTu7Df72infqb09g4xmoeogBKTlt_9EeYast8Zmto0o/s320/02282011896.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNp4DKIl80wuc4Ldl8pxUy1tuHNEAFYx6nmVSl_9dVPM1APLJXUwkt06rciSG5HNxyBq4_wZJGPRUHWFxUGbZYoUjhy8KDCiy94UlIWnONI34BxyghBcYMpzH3x2DROXLQ9vNs370hmI/s1600/02282011895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNp4DKIl80wuc4Ldl8pxUy1tuHNEAFYx6nmVSl_9dVPM1APLJXUwkt06rciSG5HNxyBq4_wZJGPRUHWFxUGbZYoUjhy8KDCiy94UlIWnONI34BxyghBcYMpzH3x2DROXLQ9vNs370hmI/s320/02282011895.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got this hutch on the side of the road...marked free. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I spray painted it with black spray paint. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took about 2 cans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Total for this grouping $5</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">faux vinyl $2 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">wall sticker $1 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Hutch - FREE</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">spray paint $2</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Grand Total = $5</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stay tuned to see what happens to the hutch:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mileka:)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818180055959398140.post-36729330480115338152011-03-08T20:34:00.000-08:002011-05-24T12:31:14.821-07:00Awesome Finds: Wooden Board Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1632162579">So, I bet you're all wondering what I did with all those wonderful wooden boards <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/02/awesome-finds.html">(from my awesome finds post</a><a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/2011/02/awesome-finds.html">)</a> that I rescued from certain death. Well wonder no longer 'cuz imma gonna tell ya</span><span id="goog_1632162579">!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1632162579">What used to look like this. . . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1632162579">I made these gifts for my mother and father-in-law, my sister-in-law, and my sister to give to them when I visited Hawaii. PS I am posting this from Hawaii! Hi Ena!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1632162579"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1632162579">Not bad huh? Was I lying to ya'll when I said that I literally find trash and turn it into treasure? And this, my friends, is not an isolated incident. I've done this over and over and over so many times that I could write a book on it. Why do I say this? Because I want ya'll to know that anyone, <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">YES, ANYONE!</span></span> can</span><span id="goog_1632162579"> find stuff <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">ANYWHERE</span></span> and tur</span><span id="goog_1632162579">n it into something <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Beautiful! </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">1. Change your mindset.</span> <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/getting-down-to-businesshealthy-habits.html">(find out more about how to change your mindset here)</a> You have to believe that YOU too can produce similar results. You need to believe that even you have the ability to make things beautiful (just say "Yes, I can!). When you've allowed yourself to accept these things, you can then move on to #2.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">2. Open your eyes.</span> You cannot expect for things to magically appear on your doorstep. You need to keep your eyes peeled no matter where you may be. You may be driving down the road and see something out for free or in the trash, or you may be shopping and see something for an "as free as can be" price. No matter how you do it, remember that there is more than 1 way to acquire what you want or need. <a href="http://knockingitoff.blogspot.com/p/shopping-list.html">(find out more about how to get "stuff")</a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">3. What you see is not always what you get.</span> Train yourself to look at things differently. Do not let appearances deceive you! What may be hideous to the untrained eye is beautiful to someone that sees the hidden potential. People will always throw out their "trash" but always remember that "One man's trash is another man's treasure".<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">4. Do it!</span> Projects do not complete themselves. This may be the most important thing of all to remember.The reason I say this is because you may have all your "stuff" ready to go, but if you don't physically get up and do something with them (because you "don't know how" or "you can't make things beautiful" or "yada, yada, yada and every other lame excuse you can come up with") it'll lay there and collect dust and you will be where you were the day you brought them home. <br />
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I hope you will take these things to heart and finally decide that you are gonna decorate and 'aint no one gonna stop ya!. The only one that can stop you is YOU!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">Good Luck--Brandi-Lee</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3