new years resolution?

Okay, so I know I haven't posted the DIY projects I've done & it's been over 2 months since I said I would post what I've done. Sooooo, one of my new year's resolutions is to keep up with this blog. I know, I know.. I say it everytime. But, really this time. (i hope! haha)

So, last week I ordered this AWESOME planner from www.erincondren.com - it's called a Life Planner and it looks amazing! You can personalize it with any of their cover designs & your name on the front (or whatever you want it to say!).

This is a video on the site that shows a little of what the planner is:

I am so so so excited to get this. I've been looking at blogs and youtube video reviews since I've ordered it and it's not helping! When I ordered it, the approximate ship date showed Jan 18 (which is TUESDAY!) :)

I found out online that this planner comes with some pretty neat things - inspirational quotes throughout - a little pouch (sort of like a ziploc) - tabbed months - notes pages - individual weeks broken into morning, day & evening - todo's and goals - stickers! (haha)- soooo much! (there's more!) So, I plan on using this for EVERYTHING - and i mean everything, it's so much easier for me to write stuff down and know what I have to do and be able to cross it off. Yes, I will probably still use my phone. One thing about the planner is that it was $50... yeah, I know. But I'm all about planners/notebooks and stuff like that LOL!

Once I get the planner, I'll take some pictures and do another blog post :)

DIYing

So, over the last couple of weeks I've been on a DIY kick. I'm going to do a post on each one sometime soon (hopefully this week). I've been getting all of the ideas from pinterest.com, so i will post the original link with what I did :)

- also...if you want to join pinterest, let me know and I can send you an invite!

Being in our own place is awesome! It obviously has the goods and bads about it but I wouldn't want it any other way now. Funny thing is, we've been there almost 3 months and still aren't fully settled - it really does take a long time haha & before you know it, by the time your settled it's time to move out. anyways, it's wayy different than living in a bedroom lol

So... I will start posting all of my DIY projects in my blog :)

diy

It's been a while. A lot has been going on. Chris and I moved into our first apartment together almost a month ago. We're still getting settled in, it's amazing how long it's taken. I guess since we're so busy during the week, we take the weekends to relax. But we finally got everything unpacked this weekend except for a couple of boxes and I did my first DIY project for the living room...see pictures/steps below :)

1) I took 3 16"x20" canvases & put them together on top of newspaper.

2) Used 3 small bottles of black acrylic paint, made circles and swirls... basically anything to cover the white space. I let the black paint completely dry before the next step.

3) Added some red acrylic paint to match the throw pillows I got from Target (I didn't even use the whole bottle of red).

4) All done! I spaced each canvas 3 1/2 inches apart :)