Thursday, April 4, 2013

Shoe Storage for the Little One

Happy Thursday!!
How has your week been so far? Hopefully it has been great...weather is looking good for us this week and next which means it finally feels like Spring is here! YAY! :)

Recently, our daughter has had quite the collection of cute shoes...they are seriously adorable but they weren't "fitting" in our shoe storage because they are a little too small for it. So we needed a solution!

Of course, my solution is to use left over boxes and cover them in fabric or packing paper...and in this case, it was both!

I started with an Eggo box we picked up at Sam's a few weeks ago. And yes, they are chocolate chip Eggo's...don't hate. ;)



I cut the top off of the Eggo box and got it ready for recovering.

Here is a picture of our daughter's shoes along with mine...if you can look closely at the picture, you will see that they kept falling into the bottom of the shoe storage and became lost with all of the other shoes....


More shoes...
they usually aren't scattered like this on the floor, but my daughter does like to take her shoes out in the morning (especially before we go somewhere) and play dress-up. :)


And here is the shoe box I made for our little one...it sits right next to our shoe storage from IKEA.











I also used some left-over twine to wrap around the bottom of the chevron fabric.
So there you have it, a quick solution for children's shoes!!

Where do you keep your kid's shoes?

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Entryway Changes Over the Last Year

Hi everyone!
How has the weather been in your part of town?
It has been so up and down here...one week our temperatures are in the low 40's and 30's and the next week we have temps in the 60's and 70's...and sometimes we have rain in between or just cloudy skies which are no fun. We are hoping it clears up this week and warms up so we can enjoy some more outside time then what we have been getting. I need some sun! :)

Well, today I just wanted to post some pictures of how our entryway has progressed over the past year...it has come a long way.
When I look back at some of the Before Before pictures, I am kind of surprised at how I decorated and what I thought looked good kind of looks unfinished...but that's how it seems to be when I decorate. I like changing things up a bit, although NOT a surprise. :)

So to start, I added this $9 table from the thrift store that I painted and refinished the hardware. I use it to store my crafts and things and it's where I blog.


We still have the gallery wall but I have since changed out some of the pictures for newer ones.


Then came the coat rack...we needed some place to put our coats, sweaters, bags, etc. and this was the perfect spot for that.


The bronzed hooks are from Home Depot and I love them! They have held up pretty well for our heavy coats and bags.


And when a friend and I took a trip to IKEA, I found this shoe storage that I painted and added new hardware to. It is something we are so thankful for and our daughter loves to take her shoes in and out of this thing. It's a game to her. :)





And now our entryway looks like this!
:)



Well, the floral chair isn't there and the curtains have changed...but so far I am loving it!
It is a space that is very usable now and offers great storage that we didn't have before.

Do you change up parts of your home?


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Monday, April 1, 2013

He Is Risen

Happy Monday everyone!!


Did you have a good Easter?

We did...as a family we actually didn't attend church on Sunday morning because my husband and oldest daughter were still recovering from a stomach bug they got a few days earlier. It really wasn't pleasant for them or for our family, but thankfully they are feeling much better and our daughter is back to playing and running around everywhere! :)

We still had a wonderful Sunday...we drove around town for a bit and grabbed some coffee. It was a relaxing weekend overall and we just had the chance to hang out as a family instead of going some place with friends (which is also something we enjoy, but it's nice to quietly be together as a family too).

But what we celebrate the most as a family is the fact that Jesus Christ our Lord has been risen from the grave and for that we are thankful for His saving grace! We have been watching The Bible series on television and it really puts it into perspective seeing what Christ went through before His death on the cross. When I read about the crucifixion in the Bible, I don't always picture the brutality of the beatings and the pain He went through let alone the fact that He took the sin of the world upon himself! But when I watch a reenactment (and I must admit I turn away at some of the parts) of the crucifixion depicted by actors like in the movie The Passion, for example, it really paints a clear picture of what happened to our Saviour. For us as a family, this is what Easter is all about...celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour and this is what we teach our daughters to learn about. It is by his grace we are saved and it's hard to find the words to describe the everlasting love He has for us. 

I want to end this post with a song that we enjoy listening to as a family and one that reminds me of how I have been saved as a sinner who was damned to eternal death if I didn't have Christ.

The words are from Brandon Heath and the song is titled "Jesus in Disguise"

[Verse 1:]
Ever get something in your head?
It's nothing you heard
Or something you read

Ever had a cut but you never saw a blade?
Brought to your knees
But you never prayed

[Chorus:]
Jesus in disguise
Jehovah passing by
The burden of a tear
Hanging in your eye

Jesus in disguise
A scar across the sky
You were looking for a king
You would never recognize

Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise

[Verse 2:]
Ever feel like you been somewhere before?
You hold the key
You know which door

Speak the word your lips have never known
Because your heart
Told you so

[Chorus:]
Jesus in disguise
Jehovah passing by
The burden of a tear
Hanging in your eye

Jesus in disguise
A scar across the sky
You were looking for a king
You would never recognize

Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise

[Bridge:]
So open my eyes wide as I can
Blind as I am
Blind as I am

So open my eyes wide as I can
Blind as I am
Blind as I am

Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise
Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise
Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise
(So open my eyes wide as I can
Blind as I am
Blind as I am)
Jesus in disgu-ah-hah-aah-ah-haa-ise
(So open my eyes wide as I can
Blind as I am
Blind as I am)


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