Fabulous Friday Finds: My 100th Post….

Hmmmm…..I noticed yesterday that TODAY’S post would be my 100th post. That’s craziness to me. My oh my how things have changed since that first post…and I’m proud of those changes. Little Easie Peasie has grown and evolved into something I enjoy and am proud of. I hope I continue to grow and am looking forward to the many adventures of the future!

To celebrate…how about a few cute Valentine printables!!  Are you looking for last minute Valentine ideas? Here are a few DARLIN’ Valentine printables I have seen lately in blog land…..

♥Cutie Pie Cupid Printable by Heidi Kenney from My Paper Crane

♥Woodland Valentines : Secret Agent Josephine

Or perhaps you would like to use your own photo to create custom Valentine cards….these are SUPER DUPER CUTE!

♥Sweetheart Valentine Mini-Wallet Cards by The Album Café

{Please note that you must have Photoshop to use these precious cards!}

The SUN is officially out in my neck of the woods of Texas…and it might get over 30 degrees today! Yipeeeeeee!

My fabulous and talented friend Keri of ….

is in L.A. ….as I write this…. shopping at fabulous L.A. vintage stores and thrift shops!

How awesome is that? She has an amazing boutique with unique and gorgeous fashion items.

She’s currently giving away this FABULOUS necklace….

♥Please swing by her blog and become a FOLLOWER by clicking HERE!

♥Visit her boutique and enter the giveaway by clicking HERE!

I hope everyone has a SUPER SWELL…and WARM weekend!

XoXo,

Mamma Mondays: Dry Erase Organization Board

This weekend I finished a groovy little project to help me organize my day, week, month and so on. Since I’m the head Mamma and honcho around here there’s a lot of things I need to keep up with…even if I don’t want to. Such as changing air filters and all that other manly stuff that must be done somehow.

The problem is…between everything in single Mamma land…toddler tantrums…bills to pay…laundry to wash…I forget things.

Don’t we all??? Soooo to combat that issue I created my own little handy-dandy dry-erase-remember-everything board!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! Flylady would be SO PROUD! LOL!

The concept was not anything I magically came up with…I’ve seen a lot of SMART LADIES do similar projects. I just made mine…with a few of my own ideas.

I first created…and then printed out these little doodahs…

Then I used an 11x14 frame from the Dollar Tree….added a little scrap of fabric for a background…and taped my forms down like this….

Ta-daaaaah! Fabulosity!!!! I love it and it’s perfect to help this Mamma keep track of the most important things!

Things you could keep track of :

♥birthdays

♥doctor appointments

♥car maintenance

♥church events

♥household duties such as changing air filters or checking smoke & carbon monoxide detectors.

♥pet care information

For now I have my handy-dandy board on my incoming mail/errands desk by my front door. I haven’t found the perfect wall space for it…and right here I can still see it daily to remind me of my tasks to do!

Here’s a few close-ups:

And a small confession…I have a {slight} obsession with dry-erase boards in my home.

I used an old window a few months ago for a board in my kitchen. Each week I write my weekly meal plan on it…as

a reminder/schedule for the week.

Basically if it has glass such as a picture frame…or an old window….you can use it for a dry erase board! And they come in VERY handy if you want to stay ORGANIZED!

I made my {daily*weekly*monthly* quarterly*annually} printouts available if you would like to make your own ORGANIZATION board!

Click the following lists to view the printables individually!

♥Daily

♥Weekly

♥Monthly/Quarterly/Annually

Send me a PIC if you use them and make your own! I’d love to see your FABULOUS LOVELIES!♥

Have a SUPER Monday!

Friday DIY: Affirmations & my obsession with chicken wire….and a NEW printable

This week has been a monumental week.

First of all it REALLY DID SNOW here yesterday. SHORT & SWEET…but it really happened!

Then….

one of my dearest writer friends & and I have been very FOCUSED

on being STELLAR

writers/editors/

designers/bloggers/photographers…

as well as…..

being successful…

and OWNING our talents.

That probably sounds like crazy talk but between us it’s a HUGE thing!

I must say that the power of affirmations about your life…can cause DRASTIC powerful energy shifts.  I printed out affirmations and put them everywhere in my home.

When I work out on my treadmill I do air-punches and repeat my affirmations over…and over. LOL!

I could do an ENTIRE post on how many AWESOME thing changed and occurred just this first week.Whew.

Believing in yourself…really is powerful peeps.

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One physical thing my  affirmations triggered for me was to CREATE my office area. I have a desk where I work from daily but it wasn’t fabulous or inspiring. And it hadn’t been for a LONG time.

As I kept doing my “I am a Writer and an Editor” affirmations…I started shifting my desk area around. Suddenly it started looking “for reals.” LOL. A real office. A real writer home office. DUH. How long have I worked from home as a writer and an editor and I just now get this? I’ve tried a little before…but never followed through completely.

Sooooooooooo as I created my office space…..I also made a CUTE decoration for my new area. {You knew I had to didn’t you???}

I have shown previous projects of CHICKENWIRE stapled to empty picture frames. This time I went BIG with the ♥chickenwire!

Oh yes I did.

I stapled a LARGE piece to my wall.

Like a BIG MAMMA memo board!

WORD.

Seeeeeeeee! Love it! I have BIGGER plans for a WHOLE WALL piece…but this was all I had on hand.

It’s a great place for pictures, work reminders, design ideas, Jaxon art work and bill reminders.

I nailed two yard sticks and two strips of ribbon around the wire to sorta-kinda frame it out. It’s not at all perfect…but that’s PERFECTLY ok with me!

To attach papers/photos I used large and mini-sized clothes pins as well as simple, small binder clips. All items I already had!

Items used:     ♥Chicken wire scraps

♥2 yard sticks

♥2 strips of ribbon

♥Staple Gun

♥Hammer & nails

Price for this project: $0.00 – I had everything on hand!

Lesson learned – Look around and use what you have to create NEW places and areas within your home!

AND……….

Affirmations do WORK!

I. am. a. writer.

I. am. an. editor.

I. am. a. designer.

I am. a. photographer.

LOL.

I. am. awesome.

I am. successful.

What are your affirmations? What do you believe about yourself?

Take a minute to create your own. We are ALL awesome in some fashion. What talent do you need to own? Just see what MOUNTAINS you can MOVE with a week of affirmations. I dare you.

Make it a HABIT to OWN your TALENT.

As a SUPER DUPER Friday extra….I found a quote this week that goes along with BELIEVING…and DOING…and making a HABIT of excellence and strength of character.

Here it is:

Make an affirmation.

Create your HABIT

of owning your strengths.

Download your own copy of HABIT print by clicking HERE.

P.S Don’t forget to swing by Facebook and Twitter and join in the Easie Peasie fun!!!

Happy Merry FRIDAY !!!

♥♥I linked this project to:

Best GROWTH CHART {DIY} ever!

So first off I must apologize for my lack of posts. I haven’t had any CREATIVE MOJO for days now! I’ve been totally BLAHDY BLAH BLAH! But I saw this little cute doo-dah and instantly I was ready to CREATE!
I have looked and looked for a cute and CHEAP growth chart for Jaxon. Have you priced these things lately? Like $70 and higher! Are you kidding me?? Ummm…I’m on a single-Mamma budget so that kind of price is OUT!!
But I saw this little JEWEL and I knew I could rock this bad-boy!

Photo credit: The Stir
It’s SOOOOOO cute! I totally ♥ it!!
Here it is in Jax’s room {and the pic is less than stellar – I just used my phone!!} But you get the idea!!

If you want to print one of your own….CLICK HERE
•A few notes:

♥I DID NOT use an Exacto knife! Heck no…I haven’t picked one of those up since my DESIGN classes in college!!! I used plain-Jane scissors.
♥I also used a black Sharpie to color all the edges of every sheet of paper…but you probably could get away with just doing touch ups!
♥I used PHOTO paper to print my chart on. It’s thicker, tougher and glossier for easier marking! Just use a Sharpie to make your marks! VIOILA!

Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!!!☺
XoXo