Hallway Art

We have this hallway in our basement that leads to the laundry room, bathroom and furnace room...it's really too narrow for anything to go in it which makes it a little long and boring.  I had originally hung a couple of picturse on the wall, but it wasn't enough since it is quite a long wall and could use something big and substantial hanging on it.

After looking around on pinterest I decided to add to the pictures that were already there...and I LOVE how it turned out!!

(Sorry...my house is really hard to take pictures of since the walls are so yellow and throws the colors off...and this space is dark since there are no windows nearby....)

But now when I walk down this hallway to do laundry I love looking at the cute faces of my kids!!  

My love for photography + decorating my house = the perfect combination!!!

K :) 

Calendar Project

 I am the worst with dates.  I never seem to know what day it is or what I have going on when and I'm always looking for a solution.  You'd think that I would have gotten a little more organized by now, but I'm honestly just not great with the whole calendar thing.

When I started project life I started writing in an organizer book that had a calendar and I would just kind of write the things that were happening that day, but it was really more of a journal...I mostly just write the day of and make notes about what we did that day so I wouldn't forget when I sat down to work on my project life albums. (I still keep track of my days in a planner, but I just find it different than an actual calendar and looking at the whole month or week.

I LOVE Liz Tamanaha's work (p.s. did you see her project life midnight edition???...umm...amazing!!!)  and as I was browsing through her shop I came across this poster calendar kit and knew that it would be perfect for hanging on the wall to keep me organized and display some of my favourite pictures from the past year.

It was super easy to just add my pictures (it would also look really cute using instagram pics!...my friend Tara made the cutest instagram picture frame!...super cute!).  

I wanted to hang it in my kitchen where I would be able to easily glance at it when needed....

I just printed it at home on my printer and stuck it in a frame that I had laying around and put three different holes in the wall trying to decide where I wanted to put it...shhh...don't tell my hubby.  He hasn't noticed yet!  hehe!!

Check out this other calendar kit...I almost went with this style and thought about changing out the picture each month, but I knew I would forget.  So this version was much easier for me :)

And check out her 2012 calendar kit!  I love how she used her daughter's artwork instead of pictures!

Just go check it out and you can drool over her work...hehe!!!

K :)

p.s. Ryker looked at it and said "cute and cheap mom!"

the simple things

Sometimes the simplest change can make the biggest difference.  I should have taken a 'before' picture...since the light that used to be here was quite ugly.  

Seriously...who chooses these things??!!  Thankfully it wasn't me :)  

But a $30 purchase sure made a big change around here.  I LOVE this light!!

K :)

*Update*
I know this before picture is horrible, but it gives you an idea....

Front Door Decor

This past summer I painted the front door!  It was just a boring white door before...and in need of some paint.  It took me awhile to decide on a color (as always!) but I love the color I ended up picking.  Since then there has been nothing on the the door.  Mainly because I couldn't decide what I wanted to put on there, but also because I couldn't get my 3M sticky hook thing to stick again.  I must have left it too long and the weather was getting a little colder which meant it wouldn't stick.  While I was shopping one day I came across this metal sign and thought "Why not put magnets on the back and stick it to the door??"  So that is just what I did!

I added a wreath I already had and instead of my 3M hook I used a door hanger from Crate and Barrel. Done.

Looking at the pictures I'm thinking I should lower the welcome...hmm...I need to check that.  haha!

I glued four magnets to the back (just to make sure it would stay)!!

(Sorry the pictures aren't that great...I used my iphone!)

Easy...Simple project.

K

I can be a little ridiculous!

Confession:

I leave price tags on EVERYTHING!!!

(a few samples from around the house)

My family bugs me all the time about it....  It's not like I plan on taking anything back cause I absolutely hate returning things (I usually make Cody do that for me!).  And even if I wanted to I wouldn't be able to since I bought most of these items a long long time ago.  haha!  Just one of those weird quirky things I do :)

K