Nothing says 'Welcome to our home!' like a...

Bowflex in the front room!

Sigh...
This does not mean I lost the battle for the front room, but merely that I love the husband....a lot! He knows I plan on finding some way to conceal it eventually.

One project I'm so excited about this month is a lady bug baby shower I'm hosting! Here's a pic of the invites in the works:

The past week has been crazy busy but I did get caught up on my card bundling. Did you know cards are kinda my thing? Well, they are! I just LOVE getting cards...and sending them. I save almost every card  I get. Random ones go in my shoe box (every member of the fam has their own shoebox for special things) but occasion cards get bundled together:
Birthday cards: First they get displayed for a week or two on 'the' shelf...

Then they get sorted by height, hole-punched, and strung with ribbon. Add a tag stating the occasion and they're done!

For graduation cards, I also included my announcement and thank you card I sent everyone. (I decided to put them here rather than scrapbook them)

First time I ever did this was with our wedding cards...I still love going through them and remembering who was there.

Transactions #80, 81, and 82...

Successful Craigslist transactions that is! (I started keeping track awhile ago and that's as many as I could remember) This week we sold our black couches, a lawn mower and I bought myself an amazing birthday present via Craigslist.

I have been looking for a scrapbooking storage solution for years and have finally found something that will work in this house! I don't need a whole scrapbook room or anything...just something better than having to pull 8 containers out of the closet every time I want to craft, make gifts and cards, or scrapbook.
Here's what I bought!

Literally every drawer pulls out once opened. The bottom middles section is open and slides out and the sides are actual drawers. I will finally have easy access to just sit down and pull out what I need! And these are the BEFORE pictures...you know I'm not going to leave it that color! (Still not sure what color to do yet...it will be housed in the front living room)

So stay tuned for the AFTER pictures coming soon!

And if you aren't taking advantage of Craigslist... get with the program... so many great deals out there!