Projects in Progress: Bedroom Part II

The paint is done. The floors are waiting for some finish. Then we can move in!  I'm hoping by Christmas!!

Getting Organized

We have a couple of very deep shelves in our kitchen. They are great for storing all of our canned goods and baking supplies.  But they have not been very functional when trying to find ingredients.  I've found myself pulling everything out of the shelves several times to track down some spaghetti noodles or powdered sugar.

Enter sliding shelves!  Tony got them in the mail this week and installed them the night we got them. (Thank you honey!)

Turns out we have more than enough flour (five bags to be exact).  Guess I better start making some Christmas cookies and bread? :)

I'm too embarrassed to show you a picture of the shelves before they were cleaned out, but here is a picture of the empty shelves...

 ...and here is a picture of all the food that was on the shelves....

 ...and here is a picture of the finished product!

Holiday Gifts for Co-Workers

I exchange small gifts with several co-workers during the holidays. A lot of people give each other coffee gift cards but I like to do something more unique and personalized. Last year I gave office plants to everyone, but only a few of the plants made it. This year I'm giving away some of my homemade holiday cranberry-strawberry jam.

I've dressed up the jars with some festive fabric and ribbon and made homemade tags for each jar.  I like to use the previous years' Christmas cards to create my tags for Christmas gifts.  There are a lot of great images that can be cut out and glued on to cardstock to create gift tags.  The tags can be dressed up with anything you have in your craft box. I used glitter glue, some holiday stamps from cards we've already received this year, and scalloped edge scissors.