Easy Peasy Cheerful Notebook

Yes, I'll admit it, I'm a fan of Tinkerbell!!
But sometimes, you just have to grow up and turn the page.

I needed a notepad to leave in my car to take notes.  I don't know about you, but when I go away or when I drive, I have all these thoughts coming in mind (food to buy, things to do...), and I usually forget them very quickly. I wanted to have something on hands best to write these lists right away (not while driving obviously).

I found this old small notebook in the bottom of my drawer and was about to throw it out because of the childish cover.  But I hate throwing things out...!!  Especially when it was never used.

Fashion Friday ~ Feeling Fresh.

One day 'til Summer! Can you believe it? Where did Spring go?! I keep thinking it was just yesterday that we had those huge amounts of snow...

In this look, I am wearing my beloved Fresh. crop top from SETATA.  Funny fact, I would not usually dare wearing a top shorter than my belly button, but this one is a different story.  I guess I feel kind of connected to the top after attending the Jersey Shore Fashion Show and staying by the designer's side!

The skirt I wear is an old black and white high waisted dress.  The white top was not to my tastes anymore, so I removed it and kept the fun ruffle skirt.

The shoes are Adolfo Dominguez, and jewelry stella & dot.

The Useful & Easy Stuff ~ The Deck

Summer is just around the corner! This year I want to be able to fully enjoy the deck with my Husband and family.  So, big project going on: a deck makeover.

I was going to build palettes benches for our deck with some palettes we grabbed last summer, but unfortunately, we stupidly kept them outside all year, standing in the grass. And well... when I tried getting these palettes, it wasn't all pretty.  Yes, wood will deteriorate if you leave it out without any finish as a protective coat, but also bugs will start lovin' that wood!! Eeew... I can't stand bugs...

Since the palettes idea was out, I shopped the house!  And once again decided to give our little coffee table a new purpose.

You have probably seen this table in a previous post when I organized a closet into what I called my craft sanctuary.
Well, with the sunny days coming, I thought this shall become an outside bench!

The Useful & Easy Stuff ~ A Gold Urchin

Guess what today is?!?!?!
Yep, TUESday!!  And here at LifeInPositudiness, it stands for "The Useful & Easy Stuff" day.  So, today I'll be sharing some DIY projects and easy things everyone can do.

**Writing for you guys is helping me keep myself accountable, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who needs a little push. So, I will help you too!

At the end of the week, I will host a Link Party for all of you to link up your posts about what you have been up to, any projects you started, have finally finished, all the things that inspire you, and anything you want to share. So bloggers and Instagramers, open up your calendars and write this in: Sunday, June 15th and until Saturday, June 21st, you are invited to a "See U Now day" event!!**

A DIY Project

Last week, I was browsing Instagram and saw this picture from Devon Dyer, fashion and lifestyle writer at Devon Rachel.

I know... These shoes!!!!

Gold and Glitters for Flowers

On Valentine's Day, my Hubby came home with some pretty flowers.  Unfortunately, I never had a nice enough vase to put flowers in, so I finally decided to do something about it.

There was this old vase I had kept from an old neighbor. It wasn't so pretty and scratched in several places, but it was made out of white glass and I liked the long shape...

Holiday Season

I love the Winter Holidays!!
I have been looking forward to this time, and it's finally here!  Although I don't like the cold too much, I can't wait for the snow to come down and shape this Winter Wonderland.

So... What are your theme colors this year?
I'm thinking gold, gold gold!!! With touches of silver and black...

To celebrate in style, I created three Holidays stationeries which I am now selling in my Etsy shop.

A Craft Sanctuary

It's been way too long since I have written any thing on this blog... Ahh... I feel awful.

Since the day my Husband finished his studies, we have been spending a lot of time together, traveled to a few places ~ California for vacation/celebration, France to visit my family and an RV trip from Phoenix to Denver ~, and I just haven't found the time to write.

Grenoble, France

Washi Tape Labels to Organize my File Box

Washi Tape

I've been seeing a lot of washi tape project lately on the www world, and I just couldn't wait any longer.  I had to get me some washi tape and prettify some stuff!!

Today I went shopping...  Tape shopping that is!

Aren't they so pretty?!

DIY Drawers for Deep Kitchen Cabinets

Organizing Dish and Hand Towels

This is probably the quickest and easiest organizing tip of the year!

I think it is very hard to store any kind of item in a pantry, cabinet, closet or even refrigerator that has pretty deep shelves...  I always find myself forgetting about whatever is hiding in the back and/or having to move things around a lot.  

I came to the conclusion that my best bet was to create pull out "drawers" whenever possible. 

DIY Personalized Countdown Flip Calendar

Countdowns

How many of you use a countdown whether it is for a baby's arrival, wedding day, graduation, vacation, or anything else?

There are many apps available for countdown out there, but what if you made a totally completely personalized one?  

One that would include pictures, sayings for encouragement, love and positive thinking phrases...

Gold Rush and Other Colors

The office makeover is such a fun process.  I've been inspired by gold anything lately, and for once, I feel like I can do whatever I want, and incorporate cute and fashion designs.  After the gold and blue painted bulletin board, the gold hexagons wall decals came out really great.  Now, I am continuing this new space update with adding some more gold as well as pink and green color statements.

Wall Decals ~ Metallic Gold Hexagon DIY

After seeing gold polka dots wall decals on A Thoughtful Place, I completely fell in love.  I just had to add those gold shapes to my office wall!  

Via: A Thoughtful Place

To save money ~and also because I'm a "right here right now" kind of girl, and couldn't wait to go buy them at the store!~ I decided to DIY my gold polka dots.  

But honestly, my circle cutting skills are not that great, and I knew the dots wouldn't have a smooth circular shape.  However, straight shapes are much easier to cut and to make it as close to a circle as possible... hexagons it was!!

DIY Storage Box ~ Lonely Shoe Boxes Find New Purpose

Instead of throwing out shoe boxes, you could reuse them and make pretty storage boxes out of them.  

We'll always need a specific place to put special items!

All you need is a shoe box, wrapping paper and glue.

How to Make Your Own Reusable Stencil

I recently made this Chevron clipboard and wanted to make my own reusable stencil.

Chevron Design Clipboard ~ Tutorial and a Free Template!!

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Yesterday, I shared with you how to make a two-colored striped clipboard.

Today, let's explore how to make a trendy chevron one!  And if you're good, I'll even give you a Chevron template to make your own stencil for this project!! ;)

1. Clean the clipboard off of any dust particles.

Design Clipboard Tutorial

You may have seen my Organizing Nook which I use to organize the daily material we receive in the mail.

I use 4 cheap clipboards and painted them in 4 different ways to embellish my wall.

French Friday #1

Hey there everyone!!!  Today is my very first post for this new edition of French Friday.  This means, sorry my fellow Americans and other English speaking readers...  This post is intended to be written for my friends and family who do not understand a word of English, and will summarize this past week for them ~it's just a condensed repeat of my Ikea hack, Phoenix trip and the fantastic hotel we stayed at, and my entryway makeover.  It is therefore going to auto-translate itself in French in  3, 2, 1....

Bonjour tout le monde!!! Ca y est!!! C'est Vendredi!  Bienvenu sur ma premiere edition rien que pour vous du Vendredi Francais ~ce que je continuerais a appeler en anglais: French Friday~.  
**Mon clavier d'ordinateur n'a pas les accents, donc desolee si c'est un peu difficile a lire... Je trouverais une autre solution pour la semaine prochaine...**

Alors voila, pour resumer les quatre articles de cette semaine, au menu nous avons:

1. des meubles Ikea reinventes 
2. des photos a gogo de notre Mini Lunes de Miel dans un hotel magnifique en Arizona
3. et des images des environs: Phoenix, Scottsdale et Sedona en Arizona
4. et pour finir, je vous montre l'ammenagement de notre "entree" dans notre petite maisonnette!

Vous etes pret?!  Prenez un petit cafe' ou un apero, suivant l'heure qu'il est, ca risque d'etre long!!

Entryway Makeover

We have been renting and living in this house for almost 6 months.  We must have changed the rooms around at least twice each room!!  Personally, I need change, constantly.  I think I get bored of one way, but sometimes it's also for the area to be more convenient!

I am not a fan of front doors opening right into the living or dining area, but that's how it is in our house.
I had to somehow make a separation, as well as incorporate a space for purses, keys, change, and most importantly our shoes which we must leave by the door.  ~I insist on having a shoe-free house, because I think it's the grossest thing to walk in the streets, get poo and dirt or whatever on our shoes, then bring all those yucky things in our cozy nest...~

I got three Expedit shelving units from Ikea.  One of my friends from Florida had done this exact combination of the shelving units in her condo, and I thought it was a great idea.  It fit perfectly as my entryway separator.  A bit bulky, yet open since the squares were hallow from both sides.  I loved this setting.

IKEA Hack

When we bought our bed frame from Ikea, MALM bed frame, we had in mind to eventually add the side tables from the same series.  I really liked the set which included 2 shelving units ~with 3 shelves, a 2-in drawer and a glass top~ and a long hollow piece, as long as the bed frame, which would go between the wall and the bed.  The shelving units were on wheels, and you could bring them in and out of the long piece, therefore hiding the shelves behind the bed. 

Here is the set.  This was taken in our bedroom, before the bed frame went in front of it.

However, at $150 for this three-part set, we could not afford it right away.

A month later, we went back to Ikea to look for lights and, oh what a surprise, the MALM bedside sets were on sale for $50!!! ~yes a $100 discount~  Now, that was a good deal!  

~They must have been discontinued because I can't even find them in their catalog anymore...~

Pimp My Jar

A simple way to make a glass jar more attractive

Here was a simple sauce jar I had and wanted to use to store rice away.