Use Baskets to Organize

Lately areas around the house have been collecting all the left over, random items and since we are getting ready to move, I've been tidying up. One place especially are these shelves in our laundry room. Rags get thrown up there, dog brushes and leashes, extra paint, a tape gun, hot glue gun, and everything else.

So on my trip to Ikea, (closest is 2 hours away) I kept my eyes pealed for some kind of basket to organize this mess. I highly believe in organizing with baskets and these are what I came across for about 7 or 8 dollars per basket:

This way each basket was categorized, such as rags or for the dog, and nothing was allowed on the shelves outside the baskets.

It takes away the clutter (or rather hides it) and it doesn't give me anxiety every time I walk in my laundry room to see how messy the shelves are. 

Happy Organizing!

Downy Unstopables

A while back my mom and I were taking a stroll through Sam's Club and we were passing a stand of Downy Unstopables. At the time I remembered a pin from Pinterest so I purchased them. First I started adding them into my laundry and they make my clothes smell fantastic, so bonus. 

The Pin that came to mind was not about the laundry but about melting them in your scentsy wax warmer. I am a lover of scentsy and anything that makes my house smell fantastic. We needed a universal scent for our house (the boys are very particular) and we are getting ready to sell our house. So why not fresh laundry? 

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Simply put in a layer of scent beads and melt away; but never leave the burner unattended or burn for excessive amounts of time. The scent was so good and filled our large two story great room. I have since put one on each floor and keeps our house smelling fantastic. 

There are some people who disagree with the melting of these scent beads but I haven't had any trouble with them so use at your own discretion.

5 Minute Card

Last week I was assigned to visit some girls in our ward that are less active. Just in case they weren't home, I wanted to leave a little note of encouragement. Or this little card is fun for any time. I used scrapbook supplies I already have and made one in five minutes-seriously 5 minutes.

Supplies:

• Cardstock
• Stamp 
• Stamp ink
• Washi tape
• Edge punch

I always have these packs of paper that are pre-cut because I buy them when they are half price at Jo-Anns or Michaels. If you don't have them, cut your choice of paper (patterned if you'd like; mine was plain) to 4x6 or 4.5x6.5 or what ever size you need. 

 

Then fold it in half.

Next I used a paper edger to trim just the front edge of the card. I am such a cheap scrapbooker that I only have a few paper edgers and this one is my favorite so use whatever one is your favorite.

I love, love, love the one dollar bins at Jo-Anns because I can find these tiny rubber stamps. I chose to use a simple 'hello' stamp. Use whatever stamp you like/need to convey your message. For these cards, we used them to invite girls to our ward and make them feel welcome. 

So get that little message stamped on there with some basic ink in whatever color you'd like.

I am going to admit it-yes; I am still new to the washi tape bandwagon so I am still looking for ways to incorporate such fun colors and prints into projects. I picked out three colors I liked together and ripped off at varied lengths and placed on the top left corner of the card. I made it overlap so I could trim it to match the crease of the card exactly.  

Trimmy-trim-trim.

And that is it! super fast card for any occasion. For such a long post it really only took me five minutes. I think it took longer deciding which stamp to use haha. And each one ends up totally unique and handmade by you!

Enjoy making quick and simple cards!