Fall Inspiration: Halloween Costume Banner

I saw this adorable idea for a Halloween Costume banner this morning and have been thinking about it all day.  Such a FUN idea to bring out each year and add to as years go by... I have decided I MUST make this this year. 

FREE printable banner is available through the How Does She blog when you sign up for weekly emails!!  I have been receiving these emails for about a year now and have never been disappointed with their crafty inspiration. 

Organization: Kids Toy Bin Labels

This summer we made some big strides as far as the organization goes in our house. 

Claire's room has been an orgizational nightmare for awhile.  She is just at an age where she does enjoy playing with most everything she has and it doesn't seem to matter how much effort she puts into keeping things picked up and sorted... the toys always end up in a big pile. There just wasn't a place for everything.  Not good. 

So, I found this shelving and canvas bin system at Costco and thought I would give it a try.  Once I put the shelf together, Claire and I went through her toys with a 'Less is More' mentality and really tried to reduce the toys she wanted to keep.  I felt that including her in the process helped her understand that we just don't have room in our home to fit EVERYTHING, and that when we only keep what we love it is much easier to find the toys we want to play with.  (Ok, so I would like to think that is what she learned... but if nothing else she did not get upset that we sold or donated many of her old toys and stuffed animals.)

We ended up with seven categories for our eight bins and I headed online to find some ideas for cute labels.  While there were plenty of cute kid's toy bin labels available, I just didn't find any that really fit my style or the color scheme for Claire's room.  I also wanted to make sure the labels included pictures for my pre-schooler who can not read yet. 

Here is what I came up with ... colorful and organized labels, printed at Costco as 4x6 matte finish prints for $0.13 each - actually they were printed two-to-a-print, so 6.5 cents each! 



Fall Inspiration: Button Pumpkin

I'd like to thank the ever addicting Pintrest and a crazy beginning to photography season for yet another lull in posts. 

Fall has found us... today was our first day with a temperature lower than 80 in awhile and I was so happy to see the cloud cover that I went out and bought a box of chi tea to celebrate! 

Right now I am contemplating if I have enough various orange buttons to make this sweet little fall craft.  Check it out over at Auntie Lolo Crafts.