Show Off Sunday Party

Welcome to my 7th Show Off Sunday Party!  Happy Halloween!!  I hope everyone has a great day of fun!

My favorite project from last week the is the kitchen island from Cristie-Its Just My Imagination.  I love this make over.

http://cristie-itsjustmyimagination.blogspot.com/2010/10/kitchen-island.html

Thanks for coming to my linky party!  Feel free to post anything you would like from: home decor, crafts, recipes, thrift store finds, great before and afters, etc.
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Now the not so fun part, rules.
Here are the simple rules: (I hate rules!)
* Add my blog or button to your link. Or don’t. Sidebar. Separate tab. I don’t care. Just put a link to my site somewhere on your blog so others can come party with us!
* Link directly to your post, not your blog. If you want to link to your BLOG, click here and link away!

Let the fun begin!!!!

Bathroom Organization Tip

Have you ever been digging through a bathroom drawer looking for something in the morning rush, but can't find it.  That is the story of my life every morning.  I usually can't find things in my bathroom drawers and I waste time every morning looking for things, which sometimes causes me to be late. :(

Well I decided that for the first time ever I am going to organize my drawers so that everything has a place, so I won't be in such a hurry in the mornings.  I want to stop and enjoy my mornings. Plus I generally buy extras of products and make up because I can't find what I am looking for or forget I have something.  Which is not a good habit plus it is a waste of money.

With moving into a new home and being able to start over I decided to dump out my drawers and go buy some organizers.  Why haven't I found these great little things before?  I went to target (they had a better selection than Walmart) and bought some great plastic drawer organizers and a few baskets.  I went with plastic so I could clean them out regularly.  I use mineral make up and it tends to get all over the place from time to time, so the plastic is key for me.  But regular baskets would work as well.

This is what my drawers looked like before my shopping trip, be cautious its scary and embarassing. 

I have tons of eye shadows so I picked out a organizer with a few medium sized spaces.  I also needed two longer organizers for brushes and eye make up (mascara and eye liner pencils).  I settled on one clear organizer from target with 3 spaces for $6.99 and these two plastic white baskets for $1.27 (for both of them) from Walmart.  My total was under $10 for this drawer, not bad to gain my morning back.  

Here is the before again.  YIKES!!

Here is my make up drawer after picture.

Isn't it pretty.  Love it!!  

Next is my hair brush and accessory drawer.  I pulled out all my jewelery and hung it on the wall in my closet, as I have previously showed you.  I also put my headbands and  hair accessories in a little brown travel bag so I can easily throw them in my suit case (I rarely use them but on trips when I need to do my hair fast).  Next was a organizer that had room for my brushes and a few little things.  I bought a plastic organizer from Target for $8.99 which worked perfectly.  I also needed something for my contacts and their accessories.  I picked up these great little white baskets again at Walmart, you can't beat the price $1.27 for three.  I gave two to my husband for his bathroom stuff and kept one for my contacts.  Again I organized this drawer for under $10.

Here is really bad before.

 

And the pretty after. 

I don't know about you but it is so nice to have organized spaces, and when everything has a place I find that my belongs tend to stay organized.  So get out there and tackle your messy drawers, who knew that less than $20 would bring me so much happiness and save my mornings.

Next is under the bathroom sink.  :)

My New Office Part 1

Well we have lived in Virginia a month officially today.  WOW!  How time just flies bye.  We have had our furniture in the house a little less than that (we had to live a week without furniture.)  With that said I figured that today was the day to get some of our extra rooms upstairs semi finished.  I thought I would share my slow progress with you.

On a side note before I show you my office in progress, I want to say I am sorry for not being a very good blogger this past month.  I know I haven't been putting too much time into my blog lately but with all the changes and work around the house, time just got away from me.  Plus the week we spent driving cross country was hard, I didn't always have access to the Internet.  And the additional week of living at hotel in Virginia didn't help my creative side.

Today I am officially back!  Here are some pictures of how the movers left my office after a long day of moving and how I have left it for almost the last month. 

Now the finished product for right now.  I still have a lot of work to do.

Sadly my printer has to stay on a chair until I find a buffet type piece for it to sit on.

I love my Ballard Design Mail Sorter Knock Off.

I still have a lot left before my office is finished.  I need to hang the curtains.  Find a piece of furniture for my printer to sit on and find a few more great things to hang on the wall.  I also have to install a light fixture and finish making my shelves for above my desk.  There is so much to do that I think I will be busy with this room for a long time to come.  I hope you have enjoyed my new office as much as I currently do.  Stay tuned for more picture as I slowly finish my office.