Last night I had a grown up slumber party. This is where you drink wine instead of chocolate milk, talk about boys RARELY and make crafts that don't involve popsicle sticks. (Unless you're planting a garden, then the sticks are welcome!)
I must say that I LOVE teaching my friends how to sew. I think part of it is the desire that they will fall in love with sewing and I'll have someone to make jokes about presser foots with. The other part is watching the pride on their faces as they admire their work.
Meg and I made folded zipper pouches with straps using bits of fabric, a zipper (of course) and some leather scraps. I'm really proud of our results!
Anyway, this morning, in a matchy-matchy moment of genius I made a coin pouch.
I don't store coins in a separate pouch though, as I have one built-in on my pocket book. But you need one, right?
All you need to do to snatch this nautical coin purse is leave me a comment and make sure I have a way to contact you! (either leave your email or make sure your blog is linked)
When we moved in and found we had absolutely no storage space we pushed things into the linen closet. All those little boxes for stemware, the full box set for our 8 piece dinnerware and our completely unpacked china set were all shoved to the bottom of the closet. Then, as shelf space ran out, we just piled on top of the boxes. Then it became so bad that there was no point anymore and we didn't even fold throw blankets before shoving them in there. You know in cartoons where they open the closet and the whole mess falls out on them? It was like that. Except that in real life, things settle and when you pull something in the stack out, everything around it stays just as it was. (evidence below: gaping hole between afghan and pillow) This is how you make an igloo, or how you burrow in our linen closet. Important life stuff. You're welcome.
Before
After
So, after 13 months and 24 episodes of Hoarders (moral support), I did it.
Tips for when you clean your own closets:
1. If you have movable shelves/wood planks, move them! By bringing the very top one down one notch to make a mega wide shelf, I was able to store all the boxes up there as high as my heart desired AND create a barrier for the chaos.
2. Learn how to properly fold fitted sheets. Check out this video for the how-to. Though, even with this know-how, I will never be able to fold a sheet as well as him...
3. If you have baskets available, it will make your life easier. I had 1 ghetto pink crate, but my bulky afghan blankets are living the dream in it.
I thought once I had done this, I would feel like our apartment was in good shape. Sadly, we are just coming out of a bout of sloppy. So, the only place that is now organized is our linen closet. Gah. I want a maid.
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