30 Items in 30 Days- Shoes

One of my favorite blogs, IHeart Organizing, is doing a challenge to get rid of 30 items in 30 days.  It the perfect challenge for spring {cleaning}! And it feels so good to de-clutter and get rid of unnecessary things that are junking up my house.  I love it!  So I was super excited to hear about her challenge.  I did a bunch of organizing and getting rid of things in January and February, but I figured I could come up with at least 30 more.  Especially since it's only one a day {minimum}.  And you can get ahead too, so if you do more one day, you can miss a day. 

Anyways, so today was the shoe challenge!  I had recently gone through my shoes, so I couldn't get rid of 11 pairs like Jen from IHeart Organizing.  BUT, I did get rid of 3, which was pretty good for me!  She also challenged us to organize our shoe areas, so  I did. 

Here is my before.  

I put my shoes in our master closet.  They are in 2 areas- a hanging thing and on the floor.

Pretty messy.

I got rid of my 3 pairs and then organized. 

 I love those black heels, but my sister's dog chewed up the tip of one awhile ago.  I don't know why I still kept them for so long.

Then I stole the white thing from up here...

...and put it on the floor to organize the floor shoes. 

Then I stacked the shoes nicely in the hanging thing.

Before and Afters-

Total items purged = 3

{ahead by 2!}

Day 1 CHECK!

$1 Craft Makeover

So I picked up this clipboard from the dollar spot in Target a few weeks ago.  

It wasn't cute or anything.  But I knew I could make it look good!  And it was the perfect {small} size for a daily to-do list I've been using.  

So first I spray painted the metal with some ORB {oil rubbed bronze}.  Love that stuff.  

Next, I picked out some scrapbook paper and then measured and cut it out.  Mod Podged it on the clipboard.  After it dried, I did a few layers on Mod Podge on top to protect it. 

Done.

I love the look of the ORB for the clip part versus the shiny metal.

The prfect size!  Fits a half sheet of 8.5 X 11 sized paper.

Small = Cute!

:)

I've been using and lovin' this little clipboard.

And for my fav, the before and after.

Total cost- $1 for the clipboard.

 I had everything else on hand.

Dontcha love when that happens?!

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C-A-T-S Cats Cats Cats!

So some of you may know, but we currently live in Kentucky and my hubby is going to medical school {2nd year} at UK {University of Kentucky}.  So we've become UK fans and the our basketball team is in a Final 4 game tonight.   Yay!

So of course we dressed appropriately to cheer on our team.

Aaaaand... this is what we got when we tried to get a picture of Grayson looking and smiling.

 You might not believe me, but every other time I get the camera out, he ALWAYS looks and smiles.  Which is super cute.  But it's also hard to get a candid shot.  I have to be real sneaky.  Grayson does know what to do when you pull out a camera!  I think he was distracted by everything else outside.  We've been mostly inside lately as it's been a little cold.  Anyways, we'll be cheering on UK tonight.  Hopefully they win and then it's the national championship game.  Exciting stuff!

Since you couldn't really see his cute onesie in the other ones, here's a better picture of Gray. 

 He was super tired and about to go to bed, so no smile, but I still love it!

 

Woo-hoo, go Cats!