simple cheap chore jar

This was an easy idea I came up with instead of a chore chart.  A chore jar.  Cheap. Easy peasy.  I found some votive candle holders at the dollar store in a two pack($.5o/jar cheap).  You can use a bigger jar if you want more chores/ bigger papers.  I cut 12 papers(2 chores per day, 6 days a week, sunday rest day).  

Empty plain jars. 

Used my silhouette machine with black vinyl. Cut out 

To do and done. If you don't have a silhouette you can use 

sticker letters. Out the vinyl on the jars.

Put in the chores and waalah: Easy peasy craft.

When my daughter finishes her chores we move it into the done jar.  When the week is over we put them back in the to do jar.  I added some fun chores as well like read a book to your brother and make cookies with mom.  But also regular things she can do to help out like making her bed and dusting the living room.  This helps to mix it up and gives her something responsible to do during the summer so it's not just play all the time.

Month One-sies: Great Baby Shower Gift (Silhouette Project)

My BF here in St. Louis had a baby shower this past Saturday and I wanted to make something fun and special. Plus, she loves to take pictures so I thought this would be perfect. The idea is to have a one-sie for each month of the first year for the baby so you know how old they are in each picture.

Very easy, but time-consuming and much easier if you own a Silhouette or Cricut but you could take these into a shop that makes printed t-shirts too if you really wanted to do this.

First, get yourself some one-sies.

I bought packs that had three in them so I could do this:

 0-3 months= month 1, 2 & 3

 3-6 months=month 4, 5 & 6

6-9 months=month 7, 8 & 9

and 

9-12 months=month 10, 11 & 12

Order your Silhouette Heat Transfer in the color you want. She was having a girl so I did pink in the smooth heat transfer.

Wash your one-sies, pick your font, cut it out and starting ironing! Follow the directions closely on the packaging. Like I said, it takes a while for it to stick and I noticed it did better if the steam was on.

Here's some pics:

Here's all the one-sies...month 1-12.

Here's a closeup--I used the Mandingo font.

This is what I used for the 12 month, birthday one-sie

and here we are at the shower! So fun!!!

Congrats again, Meg!

Drab to Fab: Bathroom Redo

 Our house doesn't need much re-doing (thank goodness!) but there are a few little things that need updating...which is fun! So, this past week I worked on giving our bathroom a little more personality and had to get rid of those horrible sliding doors to our shower.

See here: 

I had taken the doors off before I remembered to take a picture and there was no way I was going to put them back on! So use your imagination.

There was a big mirror on this wall (imagine this too) that took up the whole wall. I liked it at first but then after a while it got kinda old, and we decided to put up a smaller, framed mirror.

This is the bathroom in our bedroom, see the big mirror (and the mess)? Imagine this lined in black in the other bathroom. Not bad, but a little outdated. This bathroom/our bedroom is my next project-ha...whenever I get to it!

Final Pictures:

Put up a fun and funky shower curtain found on amazon.com (the room was already painted red when we bought the house---loved it).

Add in the framed mirror and a few little touches. This isn't the biggest bathroom so there isn't much room for loads of decorations.

This is a super easy craft. I took an old frame and cut out some vinyl with my Silhouette, applied it to the glass, left the back of the frame out, hot glued some ribbon on...and done! Got the idea from Hobby Lobby.