~Crafty Hearts, Warm Home and Little Toes~

~Crafty Hearts, Warm Home and Little Toes~

Thank you for visiting my blog, here you will find tons of before and afters and decorating tips all done with a small budget! I love being inspired, so I hope something on my site will inspire you. My husband and I have been working to transform our little house into a warm, comfortable, cozy and updated home. We are newly married 20 somethings enjoying life and livin it to it's fullest! Now we are on to lifes next adventure and having our first baby! Please follow us as we go through life transforming, creating and learning to be parents!



Saturday, January 1, 2011

TIME TO ORGANIZE!!!

Ahh, the good ol' junk drawer. You can find one in almost every house.  I actually love the idea of a junk drawer because I love things to have a spot or a "home" as I tell my 3rd graders "EVERYTHING MUST HAVE A HOME"  anyway junk drawers are great until you have so much junk, that you can't open them to put any more junk away. 
(See above)
A lot more stuff then in looks

I bought this to put all of our take out menus and house idea papers in
Now there are no loose papers in the junk drawer
All "junk" papers have their very own "home" now:)

While I'm at it......


Kitchen Sink make over




Ta da!  Now I can actually wash baking pans without getting water all over myself and the floor!

Friday, December 31, 2010

Favorites of 2010

Rhoda of Southern Hospitality is hosting a “Top Projects 2010” party.  I thought it would be fun to recap some of my favorite projects/events of the year.



Probably one of the fastest years of my life, I guess that's what happens when you are having such a great time!! 2010 has been really good for us, it has been busy and productive. It's hard to just pin point one thing that was my favorite. Wait, who am I kidding? By far being married is the best thing out of 2010, yes the wedding was wonderful, just not nearly as wonderful as actually being married. It's weird because it feels so similar to when we were just engaged, but so totally different too! Anyway enough blabbing, here are a few of my favorite events/projects from the big 2010 ......
(in no particular order)

Finally finishing our kitchen remodel
Check it out HERE

The Puple monster re-do
Check it out HERE
My bachelorette party, all my favorite ladies in one place for one party. Priceless!


Walking down the aisle with my dad (gosh I love that man)

The amazing bridal shower my mom and sister gave us
Our honeymoon in St. Maarten (no further details needed)
The Cubs game where I acted like it was my 21st birthday.  I'm not proud but it made for a good story:)
I know it's not really a project or an event, but I love my Keurig!!! And I got it this year, so that counts.

Our before and after bathroom
Check it out HERE
Our DIY wedding
More pics HERE



 Well, there is my top 10...but wait it's going to be 2011 so one more for good luck, I know I'm a dork and a cornball but like you haven't guessed already..........



Signing off until 2011
Happy NEW YEAR!!!!

~J

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cutest Santa thing EVER

Calling all moms and dads of believers!!!!  Check out this http://www.capturethemagic.com/

You actually can create a picture that looks like you caught Santa in your living room!!!!!  Have fun, and Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Poor Frosty:(


or  Frostys I should say...and lots of them! 

I saw this idea here and thought they were too cute not to make, so I decided to create them for the Schrader Christmas party and for my 3rd graders.....5 hours later!!!!!!


This is about 1/2 through decorating.  Now don't get me wrong, I was multi-tasking with wrapping gifts while the cookies were cooling and the frosting was hardening, but still 5 hours later.....



I had 72 cookies!!! Way too many, but I just kept going til the dough was gone.  They are really cute, but really hard to travel with.  Next time I make these babies I will be havin the party at my house!

Classroom Stuff: A little snowmen crazy

I had my students make these to while I was teaching them about transition words (first, last, next, after, etc.)  They did a really good job and I now see them using transitions in their writing daily:)