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What to do with old (or new) Mason Jars

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I love love LOVE mason jars! They are so freakin cute. I use them for everything!  For all of my events, I use them to decorate for toppings, drinks, and vases. You can find them at any thrift store (which is where I usually get them) OR any grocery or retail store outlet. I’ve seen them at Smart&Final, Albertsons, Food for Less, Wal-mart, or Target. AND, they’re pretty cheap… only about $9.99 for a dozen. Not too shabby.

Here are some of the cutest and most clever ways to use an old mason jar. Some of these are so awesome, I wish I came up with them myself.

Brilliant, for individual sized drinks from the blender:

From Real Simple Magazine (the only magazine I subscribe to)

These awesome cupcakes in a jar from the fabulous Cakies Blog…I follow her ALL the time. One of my favorite blogs :]

For special events: I love all of these wedding inspirations. I especially LOVE the bottom right one. You can use them for a sign-in table and it doubles as their drink cup! I can’t even tell you how fantastic that is.

From Apartment Therapy

I love this simple and beautiful centerpiece idea. It has a magical and fairy tale feel.

from Occasions Online

Aren’t these just perfect? I LOVE JARS OF MASON!

k, bye

Labled Goodies

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So writing everyday was harder than I imagined. haha

Today, I want to offer some free downloadable printable labels that you could use for organization, gift baskets, gift cards, address labels, or pretty much anything! They are just so darn cute. I found them on Pinterest – check it out here to see the other ones I pinned.

This is one of my favorites. You can download it here from Tart Workshop

This scalloped one is so freakin cute! Download it here.

These are called, “Happy Spring labels” I love the artsy-ness about it. Download it here.

Get these Cute circle and oval ones here.

Get these cute green ones here:

These black and white placecards would be cute for a dinner party or labels for mason jars. Get these here.

and these envelope labels are so cute! They would work so well for the gift baskets I give for Charter. Find them here. You can just make them from brown construction or cardstock paper.

I love organizational things; these labels are just so cute. So download them, print them out, and enjoy! Put it on everything! I’m going to use them for my gifts, jars, and parties.

That’s all for now!

Lovely Organizational Techniques.

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Hello world!

Today’s post is all about organization. What is it? Why do it? What causes it? Any thoughts?

If you know me, you know that I’m an organization freak. I don’t show it often because I don’t want to look crazy, or I just don’t want them moving my stuff around, hah. I organize everything, from my high-heels (which are hung nicely with its own separate compartment) to my clothes (organized by dress, shirt, and colors, often changing) to even my underwear drawer (by color, type, and style, each with its own dividers). I get weirded out when things are left out or doesn’t have its own drawer. When I have time, I like to organize my closet all over again and clean my room, in an orderly fashion, with lists. Call me OCD, but I really just love the feeling of everything having its own place. I love boxes. I love storage containers…and I love the Container Store. My friends tell me that I like “boxes-within-boxes-within-boxes”. Which is true. And weird.

Not many people know this about me, of course, because that’s just plain embarrassing. Haha. I think it all started with my dad. Growing up, he never really kept the house the same. The furniture always moved around, new arrangements were made with our DVD’s and CD’s, our TV’s would move back and forth, upstairs, downstairs, and so forth. I think I grew up with his influence, and every once in awhile, I feel the need to move my stuff around and find a new place for everything. I’m just crazy like that.

On my pinterest page, I have a section for organizing, in which I posted a few of my favorite pictures found on the internet.

Organizing makes me really happy… is that weird? I like the feeling of an organized house and room…but life goes on. Things pile up, and the house gets messy. Life just happens. We can’t control the things that happen to us, and it may get unorganized. But every once in awhile, just like our faith, we need to rebuild it, clean it, reorganize, arrange it, and make it new again. Faith, just like our lives, can get tricky, complicated, and well, unorganized. But at the same time, there is beauty in its randomness, spontaneity, and adventure-ness. I don’t always keep up with this organized lifestyle…but I wish I could. I wish my house would look like the pictures above, but it doesn’t. Nothing is perfect and nothing is always organized. You kinda just have to go with the flow of things. Let things get a little messy, because that’s just life. You can’t have a mess to clean up without the adventure that put that mess there in the first place. But every once in awhile, it’s nice to make things neat and clean and start anew.

Brand new.