12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Day 1

Oh. My. Gosh.

It is FINALLY here!!  

Day 1 of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  

Are you as excited as I am?

Just a reminder that each of these giveaways (Days 1-12), there will be one winner.  

So, in total, we will end up with 12 different winners.

Let's get this party started, shall we?

Up first today, we have the shop, Perfectly Organized.  Our lucky winner will win a reading log/journal to help you keep track of all those great books you want to get your hands on.  You can also quickly jot down any great quotes you come across so you can find them easily! Be sure to check out their shop; there are plenty of organizational helps to choose from!  

You can find Perfectly Organized on Facebook and Etsy!

We also have the shop, Celine and Kate.

Today's winner will receive this gorgeous 16x16 metallic leather monogrammed pillow (with the monogram of your choice, of course!).  Seriously drooling over this.

You can find Celine and Kate on Facebook and Etsy!

And last, but not least...today's winner will also receive this darling Christmas hoop from Miss Tweedle Crafts.  I am dying to get my hands on one.

Her hoops are darling and she does quite a few custom hoops to match pretty much anything you want!

You can find Miss Tweedle Crafts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, her Blog and Etsy!

So.  What do you do now?  Follow all the Rafflecopter prompts that you wish!  There are plenty of way to enter available; choose as many or as few as you'd like.  Good luck - and be sure to come back tomorrow for another chance to win a new set of prizes!!

Click HERE for Day 2's giveaways!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Etsy Shop Spotlight: Lisa Marie Accessories

Welcome to another week of our Etsy Shop Spotlights!

This week, we are taking a look at Lisa Marie Designs.

If you're like me, January is all about cleaning and organizing, which is why I am loving Lisa's shop!

She has these adorable wall pockets that would not only look cute in any office area, but would be great for storage or organization!

Chevron Wall Pocket

She has quite a few fabric options to choose from, but if you don't see one that matches your home/office decor, just let Lisa know and she'll be happy to work with you.

Floral Wall Pocket

Not only does Lisa have a variety of wall pockets to choose from, she also does these cute hanging picture frames as well.  You can have all of your little cuties hanging near your computer.

Hanging Picture Frames

If you are in the market for cute office accessories and need a couple of new places to store papers, Lisa is offering a 10% discount for all Kadydid Designs readers!  Just use code Kadydid10 at checkout.

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And congrats to Dana West Young, the winner of our Little Dorn Designs Giveaway!

Car Seat Organizers

We have a last minute, unplanned and unexpected trip to Utah coming up soon.  And because my car has little to no extra storage space when it comes to traveling, I wanted to throw together some car seat organizers for my boys to keep some of their "treasures" in.

So...I perused Pinterest for a few minutes to get a few different ideas, gathered some scrap fabric I had laying around (I happened to use a bunch of Peak Hour fabrics from Riley Blake), took a few measurements and got busy!

These were SO simple that a tutorial really isn't even necessary.  You can totally figure out how to make these just by looking at the photos.  After measuring my car seats, I found that I needed my fabric to be cut 16" x 19" for the main bag.  Basically, you take your 2 pieces of fabric, sew them right sides together and then flip them right side out and add your handles.

I added a pocket on the front of the organizer just because I had plenty of fabric.  The strap was 3" x 18" (I wanted it to be pretty flush with the car seat).

Making both organizers took about an hour.  Super fast.  Super easy.  Super cheap.

And I'm hoping that they are similar enough that there will be no fighting over who gets which one.

I can't wait to stock their little organizers full of their surprises for the trip (I think I'll do another post just with ideas for road trips with littles...), and hopefully these organizers take some of the chaos out of the back seat!!

A Bit of Organization

A few weeks ago, I decided I had had enough of the mess all over my refrigerator. You know how it goes...a random collection of magnets, children's artwork, doctor appointment reminders, random photos...everything gets put on the fridge. So after seeing this idea on Pinterest, I decided to go for it!

All it took was a package of 4 12"x12" cork board squares, extra adhesive, some push pins and the inside of 2 of my kitchen cabinets!

At JoAnns, I had the option of the normal cork board (light brown) or this darker color. The squares measured 12"x12" which were a tad too long to be stacked on top of each other and still fit. A quick measurement and cut with a utility knife, and I had a perfect fit! The package of cork board does come with self adhesive, but it was nowhere near strong enough. I don't know how many times the cork sheets fell off before I got around to getting better adhesive. All I got was a small roll of double sided, wall safe, adhesive from Wal-Mart. It's worked like a charm!

I added some adorable pushpins from Sideproject Designs on Etsy, and started transferring everything from my fridge to the inside of my cupboard.
I love it! And my refrigerator is so much happier! This particular cupboard is right next to the fridge and the phone. So, all of the emergency numbers and information for babysitters (including instructions for child/infant CPR and the Heimlich maneuver) is right there near the phone.
Now to get the rest of the house so organized!