Beautiful Peg Board Shelves

Use that usually unattractive pegboard to make a colorful display of shelves on which to keep supplies, or decorate with pictures and other objects. See how this was made at Dilly Dally and Flitter. Go HERE.

Zipper Purse

How cool is this idea? A purse made entirely of zippers! You can unzip this entire purse! Check this purse and some other zippers ideas (clutch, coin purse, etc.) out at Corner Craft. Go HERE.

Chalkboard Clock

HERE is a new chalkboard idea! I'm thinking this is one of my favorites so far. Why not make a chalkboard clock? Write your own style of numbers in your own colors. Draw pictures, scribble words! Change the style every week or every time you redecorate. So cool! Head over to Craftify It to learn about this cool idea!

Old Weathered Bench and Chair Flower Pot Holders

Do not faint when you see this pictureof this old bench! It's not from a magazine. You must see how it was made by Creative Ambitions!!! Go HERE!

If you have broken chairs, why not make them into fun flowerpot holders? These are adorable and will look so much cuter when plants and flowers are blooming from the pots. Visit Krafty Mum so see this idea. Go HERE.

Smile Worthy Party Ideas

The link is still open so post away!!!! Here is just a couple of ideas that I like so far from the show! Aren't those wreaths adorable!! Such a great project that could be done with the kiddos durning Spring Break! You can check out Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM and see this great project HERE!

Did you see these adorable little birdies and do I have to say again just how much I LOOOOOVE beadboard?? Such a cute idea!! Make sure you check out Me Making Do and see this perfect project HERE!

Don't forget to keep linking up for this party!! And check out all the awesome post we have had so far!!

Old Milk Bottle Lamp (and Drilling Through Glass Tips)

Grover Woodworks made this old milk bottle into a lamp and thought it was such a fun idea. The tips about drilling through glass are really helpful. I was thinking that turning one of the old windows I have into a clock would be really cute!!! I might have to try drilling a hole through the glass to see if it could work. Go HERE to see how the lamp was made and to read the tips!!!

Spring Categorically Crafting Show

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Isn't Spring wonderful? It means 'Spring Break' to many of us with kids or those of us who work in schools. I officially (but only partially) am on Spring Break!!! Gotta love a few days away from work to spend some quality time being crazy with the kids!

Let's see just a few Spring projects (since I am on Spring break!)

Such a simple, yet mossy Spring centerpiece. Find this at Reinvented. Go HERE.
Of course, Spring is the beginning of flowers. Don't you love this zipper flower necklace at Gettin' Crafty? Go HERE.
Few things say Spring like robin eggs. This display got the most views last week at the Nest CC Show. See it at Mad In Craft. GO HERE!

A turquoise bird house with a nest! Oh how lovely!!! Cheap Like A Birdie created this masterpiece HERE.

We have to have a Spring wreath in this post. This one by Domestic Princess in Training has so much that says "Spring." A nest, greens, little blossoms! See it HERE.
We probably should have two wreaths actually. Butterflies are definitely a sign that Spring has arrived. I can't wait to see some fluttering around SOON! Bits of Me has the butterfly wreath. Go HERE.

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of SPRING!!! (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with SPRING! If you have a lot of SPRING projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page. I'm excited to see all the fresh spring crafts.

You can paste "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until next CC Show. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!
The next 3 Categorically Crafting Shows are as follows:
April 16 - Candlesticks

April 25 - Food/Formula Cans

May 1 - Toilet Paper Roll Crafts (Save those rolls and make something fun!!!)

Drool Worthy

When I first saw this driftwood boat, I thought how perfect it would look in a boys room (and it definitely would!) But I also think it would look great on a shelf, in a bookcase or almost anywhere in a house. Visit The Stories of A to Z to se how easy it was to make. GO HERE.


If you haven't seen this "real person" laundry room around the web, you have been missing out. Not only is it doable, but Show N' Tell shares how she made the STORAGE below the washer and dryer. Those drawers cost over $100 a piece. Save yourself money and build your own. I think you could also look at that cute door over the shelf and recreate that too. See the post HERE.

Two Ways To Make Your Bedroom Happier!

Don't have a headboard yet? Try this easy, quick and inexpensive solution to a headboard at Poppies At Play. (You'll be surprised how it was made.) Go HERE.

And after you get that sweet headboard, don't you think that your bed would be so much happier with a beautiful ruffle pillow like this one at Samster Mommy? I think so. See the secret pillow material and how it is made HERE.

Don't forget to look at what you can enter in the Giveaway Directory this week! Keep scrolling down!!!!

Giveaway Directory #2

For those of you who wanted old windows and live in the Salt Lake Valley, I am visiting my mom who lives in Sandy and brought like 8 windows with me. Email me for the phone number and address!!! I'll be here for Thursday and maybe part of Friday.

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Wow! I couldn't believe the goods in last week's giveaways! They were awesome!!!I even won something!!!! YEAH!!!!

If you don't know what this is, the giveaway directory is a place to promote a giveaway on your blog or of your "goods" (or even someone else's). Link up the giveaway. If you are looking to win free "stuff," visit the other blogs and enter. It's that easy!!!! Let's see what's out there this week!

Forcing Spring To Come!!!

On April Fool's Day, our family woke up to 6 inches of SNOW!!! Funny joke! So what did we do? Ate snow cones, of course! Luckily, it melted quickly!

And yesterday, we woke up to this again!!!!

I decided I was going to force Spring to come! So we made this flowering branch! It is so much "springier" than the snow!!! Especially while eating Easter candy!

First, my kids and I watercolor painted two white pieces of paper with red, pink, and a little purple.

After letting it dry, we ripped the papers into nice, large pieces. I made 18 pieces from one paper.



I got the branches I had cut off some trees in our yard that needed trimming a couple of days earlier. They came from two different types of trees. One of them had these cute little round wannabe blossoms nodules on it!



I put a circle of elmers glue on each square and just scruched them up with the glue in the middle. The glue is supposed to hold the paper into the scrunched form.
Then I glued the scrunched paper around the ends of the branches and where I thought a blossom would look good! I forget to get pictures of that!

And there you have it! I have officially forced Spring to come to my house! The above picture was too busy so I put the blossoming branches in front of some slabs of sheetrock in our dining room. Doesn't everyone have sheetrock with their nice china? I guess only those of us who are remodeling! It looks so pretty!

I did this in preparation for the SPRING CATEGORICALLY CRAFTING SHOW on Friday here. I hope you have a SPRING project to show off! If you don't already have one, you still have a day to create something! See you on FRIDAY!!!!




Linking to Somewhat Simple-Strut Your Stuff, Shabby Chic Cottage - Transformation Thursday, Fireflies & Jellybeans - Show Off Your Stuff, Tales At Blogeritaville - Thrifty Thursday, Life As Lori - Get Your Craft On , Treasures For Tots -Thursday's Treasures , Beyond The Picket Fences - 100 ideas under $100 dollars, Floral Showers- Creative Craft,

Party Ideas That We Are LOVING!

Don't forget that there is still plenty of time to link up to today's Whatever Goes Wednesday! Here are some favorites so far!

Here is an adorable playhouse for a little girl...what little girl wouldn't LOVE this with the window box. Make sure you go check out all of the pictures over at Superwoman!

I tried my hand at making a diaper clutch a month or so ago...didn't go so well! I am thinking though with THIS tutorial I will be able to!!! Go check out Closet Crafter Rocks and see how she made this adorable diaper clutch!

I am a sucker for really cute wall hangings! Go see how this picture is made at Embellished Bayou, HERE.

I am just in awe of I Can Find The Time. See this great clutch that was made with no sewing!! To see how it is done, just click HERE!

And last but defiantly not least! Look toward the ceiling, do you see the painting? How beautiful is that! I am so in love with that idea!! To see what else she has over at Thrifty and Chic, click HERE!!

That is just few of the great ideas! Keep checking back all day for more inspiration!!!

Check out These Party Links!!!

There are so many cool ideas already linked up to the party today. Here are a few I'm loving so far. There will be more links added throughout the day (as people get off work and such) so make sure you are checking back to see all the entries!!!!

Every house needs a mail sorting center (or place to put "things.") I love this one by Superwoman. Go HERE.

My kids LOVE to slide at the park, but not in the heat of the summer because the slide is too hot! HERE is an ingenious, easy idea to solve that problem. Check out this Towel Slide Sled at Pony Tails and Fish Scales.

HERE is a very cool tip about how to use nail polish remover to add an image to a plate (and this could probably work for other surfaces too.) The Country Chic Cottage has this great idea!
If you are starting to plant seeds, you will want to make some of these cute toothpick signs. Find out how On The Refrigerator made them HERE.

My kitchen needs a face lift!!! I would love it to look like this kitchen makeover at Holy Craft. Go HERE.

To add or view more ideas, go HERE.

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