Just throw in a hand (or pocket) full of WintOgreen Lifesavers.

Someone at my house did.

A title like that’s got you waiting with baited breath, right?

Behold the new towel hangers for my kids’ bathroom!

Each kid is getting a towel with his or her initial or name or something on it. They’ll go here when not in use.

Want to make your own? Go to Home Depot or Lowe’s or whatever and head on over to plumbing. Find a spigot. I chose some that started out looking like this (minus the water droplet hanging mid air):

Now finded a threaded pipe flange (that’s the real name…I asked BC) the same size. Screw the spigot in, just to make sure it actually fits. Your flange is galvanized and doesn’t match your spigot? No big deal!

Head on over to paint and pick up a can of Rustoleum. I used this in Matte Nickel.

I gave the spigots and flanges (still giggling at both of those words) a couple of coats of spray paint and then mounted them directly to the wall. I hit a stud on the center one and used drywall anchors like these for the other two.

Now, does anybody have any suggestions as to what color I should paint the rest of the room?

Why in their right mind would anyone put turquoise polka dots on a red towel?

Because they have this rug and shower curtain, that’s why!

I cut 3″ strips of the polka dots and then turned under 1/4″ along all the edges. I positioned the strips about 3″ from the bottom of the towel and pinned them in place like crazy. Then I sewed all the way around the strips. I used a zig zag stitch with invisible thread on top and red (to match the towels) in the bobbin.

If you want something a little less Seuss-y, check out this tutorial.

See that flushable wipes container on the tank? I covered it with stickers from the dollar section at Target and then did a couple coats of Mod Podge. I don’t LOVE it, but I think the idea has some potential.

Stay tuned for more from the bathroom…

It has come to my attention that my dear, sweet (slightly evil like her mother) daughter has led some (OK a lot) of you that know me in real life to believe that she *actually* needs glasses. She does not.

She does, however, need a haircut.

It’s my blogiversary.

Yep.

My first post was exactly one year ago today.

Time flies when you’re having fun?

180 posts.

Here’s to 180 more!

I found this idea here (and small weird world on the old www, she happens to be my step mom’s neighbor).

Before:

Macy and I made a bunch of these Monday morning. Seriously easy! She likes them clipped to her newsboy type hat. I have to admit it’s pretty darn cute. You could easily clip them on a headband or just in your hair, too.

Here’s what we did:

Cover an alligator clip with ribbon. Directions with pictures can be found here. You can buy boxes of alligator clips cheap at Sally’s.

All the flowers pictured above came from Dollar Tree. We popped off the individual flowers and took them apart. Most of them we layered 2 flowers together. You can sew them or glue them. Cut the plastic stem thing on the back as flush as you can and glue them to the clips.

Want better instructions? (And who can blame you, really?) Try these!

Flower barrettes

Sparkly Retro Silk Flowers

Multiple flowers on one clip

Organza with beads in the centers

Felt flowers

With buttons

With fabric layers and button covered centers

And my fabric flowers made some dang cute clips, too…if I do say so myself!

Remember how I said that we’d be making some more washer stuff?

Here’s a YouTube video, if you’re interested.

Things I’ve learned:

I used E6000 to glue down the paper. Let it dry COMPLETELY or you’ll get rippling when you apply the glaze.

It’s OK to have “paper over hang” (like that term?). Once your adhesive is dry, take a nail file and file downward all around the edges. Make sure to file or sand the inside edge, too.

Diamond Glaze is hard to come by in Utah. I used Aleene’s Paper Glaze. It’s available at Michael’s. I’ve done 18 washers (the big ones were 2″) and still have some left. Also, DON’T SHAKE IT. You’ll get bubbles. Most of the bubbles can be popped quickly with a needle. Pop them as soon as you notice them. It looks milky straight out of the bottle, but it dries clear. The drying time was about 2 days.

Now we just need to string them!

Remember this post?

Finally!

LOVE this pattern. It says it goes to size 8. Macy’s a 10 or 12 slim, but it still worked fabulously.

I only had a yard of the Denyse Schmidt, and I used every last ounce of it. I used about a yard and a half of the yellow gingham. And we tied the bow in the back. 9 year olds are opinionated, you know.

Don’t the filthy feet just scream summer?