Wine labels and Christmas Decor

Ever try to get a wine label off to do a DIY project? Well here is the easiest way!

Fill your sink with HOT water! Fill wine bottle with hot water and place in sink. Put dish soap and sprinkle baking soda inside the sink! Pour 1/2 cup of vinegar in sink and watch the magic happen...

Wa-La!

Now for my next  project I wanted to decorate my dining room table for Christmas!

I spray painted three wine bottles white..

As the paint was drying I threw fake snow on the bottles. You can get this from any craft store! 

I used real greens from outside and pinecones to decorate the table! I also purchased the white twigs from a craft store as well!

I used clear ornaments that I also spray painted and threw white snow on!

How I did the napkins..

It is as Simple As 1-2-3!

Organizing Your Kitchen

Who doesn't like having an organized kitchen? Well Paper and Oats has some amazing printables to do just that! These printables are AWESOME to organize your kitchen with whether you are organizing your freezer, weekly planning meals, making a grocery list or a cheat sheet for your couponing!  Check her out!

Introducing Paper and Oats:

Paper + Oats started in 2011 with intaglio, relief, and screen prints. After trying a few other routes of handmade items, I've focused my efforts on simple, whimsical digital illustrations for every room of the house, as well as organizational printables to help simplify your life. 

I have a strong passion for organization, which inspired my line of household and classroom printables. Whether they're hard-working moms or dads or inspiring educators, I love helping people organize and streamline their systems.

My prints represent much work to develop clean-lined illustrations that emphasize silhouettes and shapes of everyday objects and scenes. The color palettes are chosen to be unique and unexpected, meant to compliment a variety of homes and spaces. 

I consider presentation to be of upmost importance, so my prints are always carefully produced and beautifully packaged, to make your mail-opening experience that much more exciting - because who doesn't love getting packages in the mail?

This is the ultimate kit to get your kitchen under control! Organize your pantry, plan your meals, streamline your grocery shopping, and record your favorite recipes with this versatile kitchen kit! This bundled kit includes all 3 of our editable kitchen-specific sets: Meal Planning Kit, Printable Recipe Cards, and Blank Labels for Organizing (fits to Avery templates!). See the lists below for what documents are included. You can also click the links for each set to see more photos. 

I'm a designer by day, so all of my printables are created with careful attention to detail and a clear, to-the-point flow of information to help you simplify your life. I combined bright colors, bold typography, and a little tongue-in-cheek wording so your kitchen organization and planning doesn't take itself too seriously.

Each kit in this bundle is also editable! Blank fields can be filled in using Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, or Preview. (Existing text in the design cannot be edited.)

MEAL PLANNING KIT:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/151664355/meal-menu-planning-kit-editable-shopping?ref=shop_home_active

• A Weekly Meal Plan (2 layout options): fill in your breakfast, lunch and dinner for every day of the week, and keep a quick running list of extra items you need to grab at the store

• A Monthly Meal Plan: keep track of your meals even further in advance with a perpetual monthly calendar with a space for your shopping list

• Grocery List: streamline your grocery shopping with a categorized shopping list based on sections of the grocery store.

• Price-Matching Cheat Sheet: keep all your ads straight without losing your mind or missing a deal, plus a small area to write out which stores' ads to check, so you don't forget any!

• Freezer Inventory: record what items you have in your freezer, and when they expire so none of your frozen items get lost deep in the abyss that is your ice box

• Refrigerator Inventory: keep track of everyday items that need to be kept in stock in your fridge, so no condiment goes unnoticed or expired

• Pantry Inventory: keep record of your dry goods and when to use them by, so you aren't halfway through baking your cake before realizing you're out of flour

PRINTABLE RECIPE CARDS:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/163872431/printable-recipe-cards-editable-diy?ref=related-1

This kit includes 4 recipe card designs, and is color-coded in 6 different categories for extra organization: Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Desserts, Appetizers, Drinks, and This & That. Each card can be printed multiple times to accommodate your recipe collection – they're formatted with 4 on a page, so just print, cut, and cook! Each card is roughly 4 x 5 inches.

BLANK LABELS FOR ORGANIZING:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/163160627/printable-blank-labels-for-organizing?ref=shop_home_active

Designed with a simple scalloped edge, this set includes 4 different label sizes, each in 4 different colors (for a total of 16 pages in the PDF), so you can print what you need and get to organizing! All 4 label sizes are also compatible with Avery templates, so they can be printed out as stickers if you wish. 


She is wonderful to work with and does beautiful work! 

Fabulous right? For more fabulous ideas check out my 7 Day Organizational Tips or any of my other organizing write ups!

Organizing and Cleaning Part 1

If anyone knows me they know I LOVE to organize and clean ! So I figured I would post a few organizing and cleaning tips in the months of May and June  to kick off the spring cleaning season! I have several bloggy/etsy friends who chimed in to help me with awesome tips, ideas, items and downloads !!!

The Green Shop is stopping by to help me with my first blog posting on these topics!

Introducing The Green Shop:

Go Green with reusable dusters instead of disposables. Save money and the environment!

The fleece duster is great for dusting your house, cleaning TVs, computers, electronics, and more.

Each reusable duster is made with 4 layers of anti-pill fleece fabric and fits snugly on your handle. It has openings on both ends so you can turn it around for more dusting!

Wash in the machine with your regular laundry (works best without fabric softener). Use it again and again!

This listing is for two reusable hand duster refills. Handmade in the USA. Each item will vary slightly from the picture. Handle not included. 

★ Item ships within 24 hours of payment ★

http://www.thegreenshop.etsy.com

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"It is wonderful! Works better than the ones you buy (andbuyandbuyandbuy). It picks up and holds the dust and I love the softness. Great item, great shop, great price."

"Exactly as described. Quality craftsmanship!"

"These Fleece Dusters Really work and I love them! ... great service, fast shipping, too!"

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*Swiffer® is a registered trademark of The Procter & Gamble Company. I am not affiliated with this company.

Have any questions? Contact the shop owner

http://www.thegreenshop.etsy.com

So I went to my local dollar store and found this...

Brand name product..yup for a $1.00! So I bought this and brought it home..

So this is the wand...

And this is the actual duster. BUT it is a one time use duster. Once you use it you have to throw it away. Now for a dollar I guess that isn't so bad…BUT if you purchase one of the Green Shops reusable dusters you won't have to throw away the wand! 

So the green shop sent me one of their reusable dusters. The packaging was super cute and "green"!

The Green Shops reusable duster fits perfectly on the wand.. as you can see it has the same two sewed lines to fit onto the wand perfectly!

Now I can use this wand more then once! Once I use it I can throw it into the wash and get it cleaned and reuse it! It is a FABULOUS idea!

If you compare the two products…the swifter duster that comes with the wand and the Green Shops reusable duster you not only see the thickness difference but also the quality difference! Plus you can use the Green Shops duster more then once unlike the swifter duster!

So head to your local dollar store and see what YOU can find and repurpose! 

I am loving this product!!

Please stop by the Green Shop and let her know Simple as 1-2-3 sent you!!

 Here is a printable that I found. Print it, laminate it and write on it what you will be doing on each day! Or you can put the printable in a word document and type into it like I did! =)

 I have mine hanging on my calendar so that I can follow it daily !

Here is what mine looks like-

Enjoy!

It is as Simple As 1-2-3!