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Vintage Door Chalkboard {organisation in the kitchen}

Vintage Door turns Chalkboard for Kitchen via Songbirdblog

Good evening ladies. A black and white post for you today. And the white is not coming from the snow outside. Can you believe we had another 10 inches of snow over the weekend. Me neither. And there is talk that we will actually have a white Easter this year. Crazy, I tell you, crazy! [...]

My fifteen minute wood candle holder

handmade wooden candle holders

Got fifteen minutes? Then you can do today’s project: make a wood candle holder….. But first I want to say this: Oh you guys, thank you so much for your comments on Tuesdays post. I guess I was having a bit of an existentialist crisis. I really wasn’t fishing for compliments but I sure loved getting them. [...]

Office Organization with Repurposed Tin Cans

use tin cans as pretty containers for your office supplies (3)

Hello my sweets, how are you doing? Can you believe January is almost over already?! Is 2013 living up to its expectations? How are you doing with your new years resolutions? Have the kilos (pounds) dropped off, have you quit smoking, training hours put in, house organized?

As always the start of the new year has made me want to get all organized, and decluttered and on time and everything. And all the posts I see everywhere about getting organized are not helping. Or maybe they are. They are definitely making me want to  clean out a closet or two and organize my sock drawer. 

January truly seems to be the month we are all blogging about organization projects. Guess we all want a fresh and clean start.

 

repurposed tin cans office organization via Songbirdblog 6

 

And all those posts infected me. Gave me the cleaning bug. So that is what I have been doing most of the weekend. After a quick trip to Ikea (more on that in the next post) I spent the better part of my Saturday working in the kitchen. Our Tupperware situation was getting out of hand and my overstuffed kitchen wall shelves were threatening to come down from the wall. 

 

repurposed tin cans office organization via Songbirdblog 1

 

But order is back now. The shelves have been fortified so I can blissfully continue to pack them too full. All my little containers have been matched up with a lid and are stored in big bins (or have been tossed if they didn’t have a mate anymore), and I even gave the kitchen a quick swipe.

Wow, after that Saturday my Sunday had to be dedicated to playing, don’t you agree.

Woodsy Christmas Card Display Tree. Day 9

homemade Christmas tree branches display Christmas cards (1)

homemade Christmas tree branches display Christmas cards (3)

 

Howdie folks, how is everything going, have your Christmas cards been send, your cookies baked, your house decorated, the eggnog brewed? Over here I am still running around like a headless chicken preparing my posts for this series. But we are in the home stretch.

And my house is beginning to look seriously good (can’t say the same for my craft room or workshop though).

Okay on to the next project. A place to display those Christmas cards that are coming in every day now…. 

Christmas Display with Nativity Silhouette. Day 7

Christmas craft paper bags lanterns silhouette nativity (1)

In the midst of the Christmas decorating frenzy, lets not forget what Christmas is all about….

 
Christmas craft paper bags lanterns silhouette nativity (1)

 

Today’s little Christmas craft brings you a homemade nativity silhouette.

Felt Star Christmas Garland. Day 4

homemade garland with felt stars, vintage buttons and butchers twine (1)

homemade garland with felt stars, vintage buttons and butchers twine (1)

 

Good day my sweets. Welcome back. Today I have a light post for you. A post about a bit of light crafting. Light as in very nicely white, light as in light weight, no heavy lifting necessary, and light as in easy and fun to do. 

Come on in and check out today’s project, a felt star Christmas garland.

 

Twig Christmas Decorations. Day 2

how to make stars and candle sticks for Christmas with twigs and natural elements (8)

Howdie folks, Day 2 has arrived. The Christmas decorating continues. Today I am here to show you a little something something I cooked up to hang in front of our French windows.

 

how to make stars and candle sticks for Christmas with twigs and natural elements (3)

 

I couldn’t help it, I went for free, fun and funky again. I made star ornaments from twigs, branches and a little bark.

Want a closer look, then step up and come on in….

Songbird has a Screw Loose ….. and Cookies….

Pretty vignette with cookies and a blue candle stick

Good evening my sweets. Today I bring to you a little makeover that inspired a little baking. Yes that’s how things rock in Songbirds world. From candle stick to cookies to a pretty little photo-shoot.     See! A bright blue candle stick with matching cookies. Now doesn’t that make perfect sense. It does to [...]