Finished for Friday...or just starting...

Well, I finished something!  So I figured I'd join Lit and Laundry's Finished for Friday.

I cant remember where I got this idea from.  My advance apologies to the blog that I saw it on and forgot to bookmark.  My excuse is that since I got bitten by the crafting bugs, I've probably looked at over 100 craft blogs.  It's a cute reusing idea though! Thank you!

Anyway...I turned an old cereal box into a nice letter holder for my daughter.  My daughter doesnt live here, but I am sure the mailman thinks she does.  She gets more mail than I do.  I usually put her mail on the edge of my desk, but the cats always knock it off.  Or she goes through my paper mound and messes up my chaotic organization of my mail.  So, here's my solution.  It's hanging on the wall next to the door.  I'll just plop her stuff in there.  The cats cant reach it (I hope) and she wont need to go through my stuff.

Before

After

This is not a commercial for the cereal.  That wasnt even the box I used. I just forgot to take the before picture so I grabbed the next box of cereal we had!  All I did was modge podge some scrapbook paper on the box that I cut in half.  I used my crop-a-dile to put in an eyelet in each corner and strung it with ribbon.  I used some stickers to put her name on it, and Voila!

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Now for the starting.  I have a ton of things I want to do around here.  We've lived in this apartment since 2003? or 2004?  Somewhere around there. I have finally decided it's home.  I need to start fixing things to my liking.    I want to repaint the whole thing.  I cant stand the putty grey of the walls.  And everything is shiny.  Everything looks dingy and dark even when it's all cleaned up.  Technically, we arent allowed to paint.  I didnt let that stop me 3 years ago when I painted my bedroom a soft peachy color.  Shhhh...dont tell the landlord!  I made sure it would easily be covered with their standard putty grey.  But now I want a new color.  And new paint in the rest of the place.

 I also need to make myself a usable crafting spot. Right now, I have an old table, some really ugly plastic "dressers" and a couple of cardboard boxes.  As you can see, it's not that cute to inspire good crafting.  There's not much room.  This doesnt even include my stained glass (which is outside the window in the same ugly plastic "dressers"), or my stitching, which is stuff in my bedroom closet.  So, the dumpster desk is going to replace the table.  The table will go outside with the glass.  And I am thinking of taking my grandma's old china cabinet, painting it something cute and adding some cubbies, etc.  The problem is my mom.  "The china cabinet is part of the set with the table and the chairs.  They are real (insert whatever wood they are here) and are worth a lot of money of we refinish them and get rid of the nicks, etc."  Really?  Who's gonna do all that work?   I'd rather slap some cute paint on it and actually use it. It's not really going to be worth that much.  If it was a million or something, I'd get it all fixed up and sell it.  It's probably worth a couple of thousand tops...if it was pristine...which it isnt.  I know my initials are in it. :P  But do I want to incur the wrath of my mother??  Or I could do it and just keep her out of my house for the rest of her life?