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To pass the time while waiting to go to work I started to brows the many blogs I follow and I stumbled across this post from A Dose of Page because knee socks are cool it's on compression socks and she is giving away a pair! I want some so bad but they are so dang expensive I haven't invested in a pair. I entered the drawing (even though I don't have the best of luck at winning things) and I'm crossing my fingers I just might win a pair!

A Big Huge Thank You :-)

A big huge thank you!

Last month I won the ETSY galore giveaway hosted by Mostly Happenstance these are the awesome prizes

Candle

by Unwined Myrtle Beach

Picture Frame

by Godwin Gifts

Necklace

by Modest Elements

Scarf 

by Knots and Bows Boutique

Ring

by Mystique Mermaid

If you have time please check out these wonderful ETSY sites!

~Sara

The Facts of Sara

After reading several posts of the Facts About me Link Up hosted by I Wore Yoga Pants to Work

<center> <a href="http://www.iworeyogapants.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i.imgur.com/Gqu74Gh.png" width="250"></a></center> I just had to join in (although I'm entirely convinced I am no where as interesting as all these ladies).
Fact: My new obsession is up cycling Fact: I really like going to the gym Fact: I live in Louisiana because my husband is in the Army Fact: I have 3 dogs, a cat and a rabbit Fact: I hate Greek yogurt 

The GFC Collective Link Up!

Hi everyone I'm participating in this great link up, check it out there are tons of great blogs to read!

http://bunniesandpearls.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-gfc-collective-blog-hop.html

13 Resolutions Link Up

Happy 2013!

I have been thinking about New Years resolutions for several weeks now, but have yet to really organize my thoughts or write anything down.  Then I saw this awesome link up....

and I thought it was perfect opportunity to set my goals for 2013 1. Reach my goal weight (I know it's probably on every ones list) 2. Enjoy the time I can spend with my husband 3. Build an audience for this blog 4. Keep my etsy shop going year around 5. Visit Nashville before moving to California in May 6. Take a medical billing and coding certification program 7. Find temporary employment until May 8. Start my California job search before moving 9. Be prepared and organized for some of the things life throws my way, but realize that I can't control everyone or everything and learn to be OK with that. 10. Learn to spend some time living for today and a little less time worrying about the future 11. Replace commercial cleaners and beauty products with home made or natural ones 12. Before buying new, try to up cycle 13. Become a better mountain biker

New Year's Organizing Revolution: Challenge #1 - Office/Desk Area

New Year's Organizing Revolution: Challenge #1 - Office/Desk Area
Hi everyone, I am participating in this awesome link up organization challenge!

I was so excited to start this project I forgot a lot of the before pictures, especially in the drawers.  I also forgot to read the tutorial on how to take nice photos but I'm hoping the ones I got get the point across.  

I added some additional goals for myself,

1. I can't buy anything new, I can only reorganize and re purpose with things I already have.

2. Poke as few holes in the wall as possible because we don't own this house and I'll have to fill every hole I make.

3. Everything should be movable and easy to reset up at our next home (we are moving in 4 months). 

Here is a picture of my side of the office (desk, drawers & wall).  The project on the table is not normally there, however the boxes underneath the table are building up, the random things collecting on the stack of drawers needs help, and the randomness on the wall needs to go.

After :-)

Now I actually want to work in the office!

I put away the random things collecting on top of the stack of drawers.  Took down my randomly placed notes and pictures putting them in scrapbooks and in their place hung one of my chicken wire displays.  I removed the boxes of completed craft from under the table so they are no longer in my foot space.  I hung the year around items that are listed on my etsy shop on the chicken wire, and boxed up the holiday crafts for next year.

Now for the mess that was inside those drawers. On top of the drawers was a blue box and white box.  Inside was scrap booking paper.

The blue box is now gone and the white one has page protectors, spacers, and extensions.  The colored drawers are now organized by type of paper, and are labeled.  I added the labels because I like this  arrangement and want to put everything back in its place after the move.

I forgot the before picture on this on, but this was my sticker box.  It was a mess, the stickers always moves around, they were organized by size not theme and it needed several rubber bands to keep it all together.

This file folder was in the yard sale pile, it's not going anywhere now! I love it's new purpose :-)

This drawer was catch all for scraps.  I save small scraps of scrapbook paper to make tags can cards.  I also save scraps from cricut cutouts to use as stencils.  Overtime it was just too much of a pain to dig through.

This is another file folder from the yard sale pile, it is now home to scraps all organized by color.

The stickers and scraps in their new home.

Back to the scrap drawer...

It is now how to stencils, patterns and letter

All of which are now organized

This was my painting tub. It was too small, the lid would no longer close.

I moved the paints into a drawer, not only did everything fit, but I also added new paints I got for Christmas.

The tub works great for keep the bottles in place too.

All of this stuff was already in this drawer (I forgot the before).  All of the pens were in the original containers which meant everything was a different size, and everything kept falling over.  Plus the note pads kept getting jumbled up in the boxes.  I saw this idea for organizing with cans on pinterest, here is the link

http://pinterest.com/pin/214976582184212078/

they used tuna cans but soup cans worked great for pens and scissors

This drawer was just full of random stuff (again forgot the before) it now has all my glue, and tape.  These Items were all in a pile in a shoe box.  Now anything thing can be used without everything else falling over.

Everything in it's place

Some of the stuff in the drawers were projects I'm still working on, I used bags to keep the stacks organized and moved them to a works in progress box out of the way.

I am so glad I decided to do this challenge, now my office is ready for the new year!

New Project Monday & A Link Up!

It's New Years Eve!! New Project once again lands on a holiday :-)

This week I am working on 2 clear square vase/jars, my plan is to add a frost finish to them.  I will also be refinishing a Christmas cookie tin into a all year around storage tin, I'm thinking teal and black.

Another big project this week is joining the New Year's Organizing Revolution Challenge #1 over on Organizing Made Fun Blog! Here is the link

  http://organizingmadefun.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-years-organizing-revolution.html#more  

I'm pretty excited about this, I haven't tried a like up before so I'm hoping I can figure out how to link up correctly.  In the mean time I will be cleaning, organizing and writing a post in between my usual crafting.

Happy New Years Eve everyone, Happy Crafting!