Weekend Projects!

Jason is probably ready for me to chill with the projects!! A couple of our weekends since the first of the year have been taken over with "hey Jason I got an idea lets..."!! Haha!

"the recipe organization project"
I had lots of loose recipes from magazines, friends, websites, etc. that needed a home so I could easily find them. So it began with just a simple way to store them, that turned into scrapbook style pages in a custom binder, that added weight watchers points to each recipe according to serving size (jason's part!!!), and ended with a family must have list for quick shopping list prep! It went from a possible day adventure to several days and our table & bar taken over! I lost momentum by the end and thought it was NEVER going to be done! Don't you love how simple ideas can turn into a why did I start this ending?! Now that it is done I love it and it really does save me lots of time with our menu planning/grocery list making! So in the end...helpful and YAY its done!!

"the lets organize the playroom project"
Woah was it a mess!!! The before....Obviously things had gotten out of control!

With the help of a new handy dandy storage cabinet...things really have improved! Also, its been several weeks now and the kids really are doing a great job of keeping it up! Noah actually loves everything having a place and being labeled...my little neat freak! haha

"the lets re-finish the bookcase project"
The before...No we have never done this before so I was a little nervous! My dad made this bookcase for me when I was in high school so it is a special piece of furniture! We wanted to make it darker and I love how it turned out...glad we didn't destroy it! Yay for trying new things!
The after...

Here's a freebie...such cute kids waiting on daddy to build the fire for hot dog & marshmellow roasting! I can't believe these 3 are ours!!!


5 post today and now we are all up to date! :)