Oh the shenanigans...

She's growing up too fast. How do I know this? Because she's grown to be big enough to jump up onto my living room table and cause problems suddenly. Exhibit A:

She's started stealing my tea lights and is now carrying them throughout the apartment. What will she get into next?!?!

It's never as simple as you want it to be...

I'm going to blame my mother. She's always complaining about how she can't sleep at night because her brain "won't shut up" and she just can't turn her creative ideas off. Here I am, just trying to clean up my apartment, and trying to get organized for when my boyfriend comes home next week, and a simple thing like writing down my work schedule turned into an hour long creative process.  I had the idea that since Brian will only be home for a couple of weeks, it would be helpful for both of us if he had a copy of my work and school schedule for the duration of his stay. I figured it would make planning our time together easier since I have to share him with his family. ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS WRITE MY SCHEDULE ON A CALENDAR FOR HIM. But of course, once I opened up the calendar template in Microsoft Word, I had to make it cute, and color code it, and use a cute font (this particular font was a free download from this website). I probably spent at least 15 minutes creating this wonderful calendar, and even printed on both sides of a sheet of paper so he wouldn't lose one of the months I printed out. But I had so much fun creating the calendar that I couldn't possibly stop at his departure date. I continued to type my work and school schedules into the calendar for as far ahead as I knew it, and I printed out a copy of it for myself, even though I have a calendar hanging in my kitchen. I decided to paste this fancy new Word calendar to the back of a calendar page so it would be on display next month, but before I pasted the new calendar on, I decided to dig through my (ridiculously large) pile of scrapbook paper to see if I could make this project even cuter. The final result ended up looking like this:

Because I had so much fun wasting an hour when I have a list a mile long of things that need to be done in less than a week, I've decided to do something similar with all of my recipes to make my recipe book a little more exciting! That project will probably wait until after Brian is gone, unless of course I decide to waste more time this weekend :)

Fabric Covered Canvas Keyholder

I decided to get crafty this week and make something that I saw online. I actually found the inspiration for this project on Pinterest (see my link over to the right?). It was super easy and really fun. The hardest part for me was deciding which fabric to use from my mom's stash! I wanted something that wouldn't clash with my decor (i.e., my hideous couch). My mom pointed out that there is nothing in this world that doesn't clash with the couch, so I should just pick something I like and that way whatever fabric I chose wouldn't clash with my future, more stylish couch. With the help of my sister, I was able to finally decide on a fabric to use. It's been about 5 days and I still love it :) I added a little something to the design by picking up some small wooden letters at the craft store and painting them before I attached them with some E6000. The end result turned out looking like this...

It's a key holder that goes by the door! I attached a simple picture frame hook the the back of the canvas and stuck a nail in the wall, and it worked out great! It was incredibly simple to make, and (not including the time it took me to pick a fabric) it took me about 15 minutes to put together! It's very handy to have hanging on the wall - I never have to run around frantically looking for my keys before I leave anymore!