A Little Spring Cleaning & WIWW

Spring makes me a little clean freaky.

My closet has been out of control for a while now so last week I decided to take the plunge and organize it a bit. I’ve been making myself some fun new things for spring/summer and I need room for my new pretties!

Here is a little before and after for your viewing pleasure…

BEFORE

 

AFTER

{top…bags, layering items like tanks and long sleeved tees, sweats}

{Jackets and sweaters…I have lots. I’m always cold}

{skirts, dress pants dresses, tops…}

{more tops, sleeveless tops, you can’t really see it, but I have a hanging jewelry organizer and shoe (in my case flip flops) organizer in there too}

{scarves, bags}

 

{Here you can see my flip flop holder a little better. I’m a southern California girl…lots of flip flops}

 

Two bags ready to go to Goodwill…yayee!

Turns out I had some pretty cute stuff hiding in there! Here a few ensembles I put together this week. I am very new to this whole taking pictures of myself thing so bear with me. Maybe next week I’ll clean the mirror first…

 

{Pink Boyfriend Cardi-Target. Gray Floral Top-Made by me :) You can see it again here. Distressed skinny Jeans-Target. White Flip Flops-Havianna’s}

     

{Black Hat-H&M. Pink Ruffled Top-Old Navy. Black Sweater thingy-Target. Same distressed skinny jeans-Target. Gray Tom’s}

I’m linking up to Lindsey’s What I Wore Wednesday.

Come back tomorrow to see the big reveal of Project 2 in my Wardrobe Challenge and the first ever Wardrobe Challenge Link Party!

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Have a Happy Day!

{My Creative Space}

Over the weekend I gave you all a sneaky peek at what was going on behind the scenes at Sew Chatty.

It was time for an office/sewing space INTERVENTION. I felt like I was on an episode of “Hoarders” {which I totally love BTW}.

Clutter had overtaken most of the space and when things are messy, I am a crazy lady. It’s a pretty small room…about 10x10…and we have A LOT of furniture in there. It’s our home office AND my sewing room. Double duty means two desks and one of them is L-shaped so that’s like 3 desks.

My sewing desk {IKEA…love it} is made to be double sided so I was using one side to cut and the other to sew. I love that, but that means the desk is in the middle of the room and it is a TIGHT squeeze to move around in there. I decided that was the first change to make.

After LOTS of decluttering and organizing and moving things…I give to you the tour of my creative space…how it is now…but I’m no where near done yet!

This is the view from the living room. Whoa. I can actually walk in there now!

   

This is a strange little nook outside the room that I have turned into my shipping station.

This is the first area I’ll be making over! The dresser will be getting a pretty paint job and new pulls. The ironing board will be getting covered. And the things that are currently on the wall will be relocated to another wall and I will framing some pretty vintage flour sacks in embroidery hoops to hang up.

I am also eager to makeover this area! I’ll be redoing the inspiration board, covering the chair, making a new sewing machine cover, and adding a few cute accessories to the desk. 

This is the shelf part of my desk and where I store all my books, patterns, and various supplies. What is that white thing you ask? That would be my .50 light box…what I use to photograph most of my products. Tutorial coming soon! The other shelf stores my fabulous fabric.All that stuff in the corner is display things for boutiques/shows. I really need to find a more aesthetically pleasing way to store that!

This would be my new cutting table {aka desk that’s been in the room for 7 years} and where I check email, etc... I blog from the couch because I’m lazy :) 

I am also thinking we need a new desk chair. This one is GINORMOUS {while being very comfy} and not pretty. I like things to be pretty.

Well, that’s it. My creative space pre-redo. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be working hard to make it pretty! I hope you’ll follow along to see the progress!

Have a fabulous day!

Sew Chatty {behind the scenes}

This weekends project...begin to declutter, organize, and beautify the office. Don't shame me. I know it's bad. I'll keep you posted on the process!

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The start of a new project.

The new year makes me want to have everything tidy and clean and organized and nicely decorated. Anyone else crazy like me? To feed my OCD tendencies I am going to do a room by room purging, cleaning, and even redecorate a bit. I have lots of fun craft projects planned! I have estimated this endeavor to take 7-8 weeks. Let's hope I'm right! I am starting this week with our living room.

I know it looks tidy but now, but if you could see the insides of all those drawers…you would shame me. The game plan : De-clutter, and CLEAN. I am making some covers for the throw pillows, and doing a pretty big fireplace makeover. I also want to make two more quilts…they are easy patterns. I am hoping the living room comes easily together this week so I can show you the room again next week all spruced up! Happy Tuesday friends :)

Menu Plan Monday (fine, Tuesday!)

Trying to use up what we have in the fridge this week!

Monday: Misc leftovers or sandwiches

Tuesday: The pizza and salad we didn’t eat last week

Wednesday: Going to a bday/Cinco de Mayo party…I hear it’s tacos and marg’s…awesome :)

Thursday: Four Cheese Pasta Florentine, with green salad, and garlic bread

Friday: Disneyland with church friends!  Picnic dinner.

Time for a little Spring Cleaning…

Last year I followed the Spring Cleaning Party from Simple Mom and got the house in ship shape from top to bottom. I tried to be really good about staying on top of clutter all year so this time around I am just focusing on areas that have gotten a little hectic. Like my son’s room for example

Not a big room and WAY to much stuff. In our busyness it had gotten neglected and even he was saying “Mommy, my room is messy!”…I knew it was time to drop everything else and get in there. Here is before…

And after 3 1/2 hours of decluttering and rearranging (sorry for the bad lighting, but you get the idea!)…

Menu Plan Monday!

 

We have a busy week ahead so making sure I had the dinner menu set was a huge goal for me. We have some tasty things on our menu this week! All have Weight Watchers Points and some will have links. Check out Organizing Junkie's website for even more great menu planning and organizing tips. Enjoy!

Monday: Teriyaki Beef Bowls 5pts

Tuesday: Roast Chicken with Red Potatoes and Green Beans 7pts

Wednesday: Pesto Chicken with Sweet Potatoes 8pts from my favorite slow cooker site! Great recipes so check it out!

Thursday: Black Bean Chicken Enchiladas (using leftover roast chicken) with brown rice and salad 10pts

Friday: Pizza Night! Turkey pepperoni with homemade whole wheat crust. We use the Muir Glen Organic Pizza Sauce…AMAZING and roughly 6pts a slice.