The last few days, I've been busy getting stuck into the house and accomplishing a little more organising + doing some crafting for the enjoyment factor!
Starting {yet} another new quilt top is a sure fire way to get me all excited... yes I know, I really should actually FINISH one of the many tops, but hey this one is only small & I am going to hang it in my craft room once it's done for inspiration!
It's the Hearts and Frames pattern from Logan's Patchwork that I picked up at the last craft show. I decided to make it half the finished size as I have plans for the remaining black and white fabrics! Actually the ONLY reason I started this one was so I could cut out some squares of the black and white to use in this little journal.
The one I started last week just didn't grab me... this one however I am raring to get started on - it's going to be my 10 days of happiness book; I am hoping to start it later this week (depending if I have enough instax film left LOL) Oh & please don't peer too closely at my ironing board cover... it is disgusting!
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Apart from pottering in the craft room, I have also been busy 'moving' stuff. Moving contents of boxes from one to another & moving things from room to room. It's very 'slowly' starting to come together, but I still have a LONG journey ahead to fully get this house under control once more. I can't believe so much stuff has just piled up and gotten out of control so very quickly. So first things first, after the success of Bookcase number one that is now housing my whole vampire collection of books + my Blythe dolls. I decided we needed a second bookcase for the new playroom. Only problem was I still can't move in there (it is piled high with junk) so after a little re-arranging in the house that saw the freezer being moved back into the laundry (where it was originally) and having a new space open up near the piano, I went ahead and built bookcase number two (this time I was a lot quicker at the building process) & have since filled it with the box of books from the 94L storage tub. Mainly my Danielle Steele, Barbara Taylor Bradford and Virginia Andrews collections :)
That 94L tub is now housing all the bigger Barbie toys that my daughter has started to amass... add them to my vast collection (that need to be thoroughly cleaned) from the early 80's and we have A LOT of barbie stuff hanging about. Thankfully for now, they seem to fit in this container with room to move.
Step 2 of the organising this week has been the girls toys. For ONE child, man she has so much stuff and with most girl toys there are a heap of little things that go along with those toys. So every few weeks I have been buying these 5L storage containers from the cheap store - at $2.50 each, they are a bargain and are sturdy enough not to feel like they will break easily. So we have been busy adding to these containers and I realised I can store 6 neatly into the new bookcase. To make it nice and easy for Miss 4 to see what was in each box, I have labelled each with what is in the box and a picture (until she can read for herself)
Yes, hanging my head in shame... we needed a box for the Macca's toys LOL - but in my defence, most of the toys are from when I was working and I would grab a happy meal on the run and give the girl my toy from it ROFL! These little containers are the perfect size for the smaller toys and odd stuff like felt board pictures and her paper dolls. Hopefully if we can teach her to continue to repack each box AFTER she's finished playing with them, the house might yet become more habitable and less like a toy shop in a tornado!!!
Next job on the organising agenda is another 2 bookcases (yes I have even MORE books... I can't bear to part with them all and I'm sad to say mum and dad also have a tonne of mine in storage too eek) ONE more book case will go alongside this one to hold my books + more storage containers for the girls toys (if needed) and the 2nd case will go into her playroom for the vintage childrens books I've been collecting as well as a rotation of her bookcase which is currently overloaded.
That will bring our total to SIX bookcases... Admittedly all but one are on the small scale, but hey if my husband had of heeded my requests to build me a wall to wall, floor to ceiling bookcase in the garage (complete with one of those moveable ladders) he wouldn't be commissioned to pick up the new ones tomorrow LOL!
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