2015 Update

Hi all,

How is the new year shaping up for you? I am doing pretty marvellous. After a lovely Christmas & New Year getaway I am rejuvenated and excited to handle all that comes my way this year.

So what’s new? Well I bought some new bits of washi tape and stickers recently as my filo was dying a creative death by the last quarter of the year gone. Still working the Chameleon Pocket, I hope to show you a few pages in the upcoming posts.

My wedding filo (The A5 Adelphi in red, I don’t think I’ve mentioned the poor gal on here) has for obvious reasons been retired and after never really getting over the loss of my Luxe I persuaded the Mother for a trade!

So the Lady Luxe is back in business everybody. What for? What use does she have? Well, it’s mainly the Mother’s handwritten family cooking recipes that are somewhat sentimental now that I’ve moved out. But there are plans for some serious workings as a general life goals and projects organiser. Details will be posted as soon as I figure them out myself.

Beyond the general day to day goings on, I have begun yet another project, why I don’t know because I never finish them. But this involves story writing. I love telling stories, often turning my day into a comedy over an email to a friend. So the Husband suggested I channel the creativity into a real effort and well I thought go on then! It is a very fresh project in the planning stages, but if I progress along enough perhaps I can share some extracts with you. Likewise if any of you have embarked on ever writing a short story or novel, what tips do you have and what pitfalls did you encounter along the way if any?

For now here’s a picture of my smoosh face cat Shai (like pie) who’s become a cocky blighter as he “tear’s up” Instagram. Twat. Okay so its not that hard to be more popular than me but he doesn't have to rub his paw in it!

 

 

 

 

Hope you’re having a good one, and smile. Friday’s lurking just behind the clouds!

D.I.Y Drawer Dividers

Today I’d like to share with you a fantastic idea for tidying up messy drawers and going one step further to getting organised.

The idea comes from Jen over at Iheartorganizing. A fantastic website with tutorials and tips on organising your home, office you name it. Check it out HERE

Over the weekend I decided my drawers needed some organising after I realised I am beginning to accumulate more stationary that I can physically use.

The drawer dividers were a simple solution to help me get to what I want straight away and provide a nicer cleaner feel to the drawer overall! The best thing is you don’t need anything special just scraps lying around the house.

What you need:

Ruler

Scissors

Pens

Empty cardboard boxes of different shapes

Coloured paper/Wrapping paper of your choice

Glue (I just used pritt stick!)

Step 1

The first step is to get your boxes together and decide how you want the dividers to lay in your drawer. A bit of reshuffling here and there. Once your happy you can mark out on the boxes where you are going to cut them to ensure a secure fit in your drawer.

Rough placement of various cardboard boxes.

 Tip: Cut the boxes a little above the line you've marked. Then re-arrange them back in the drawer so you can make any last adjustments before the final cut. Better to cut less in case you have to cut more.. does that make sense? ^_^

Step 2

Once you’ve decided on the size and fit of the dividers you can start covering them with the coloured paper/wrapping paper you’ve chosen. I had some lovely heart wrapping paper I saved up for years and also some read tissue like tablecloth paper lying around as scrap which looked nice!

You can begin to wrap them anyway that is easiest for you. I did them in stages so the width first then the end. I just measured out the paper to the correct size then covered the side in pritt stick glue and covered the little boxes.

Step 3

Once you’ve covered all the boxes you can place them in the drawer. I took this opportunity to glue some of the smaller ones together to create a joint box. I also paper clipped some of the sides of the larger boxes together to help set the boxes in shape.

Finished dividers back in the drawer

FINITO! Quite simple and something that you can easily spend an afternoon doing with some enjoyment!

Finished dividers helping to organise my mess!

Hope you found this helpful, feel free to leave a comment about any other helpful tips you have to get organised and remember to check out iheartorganizing’s blog for a more detailed tutorial and lots more ideas!