food that people should make me

hi. i'm lazy, but i love food. so if someone could make me all these things, i'd really appreciate it.

cinnamon scones

no bake energy bars

real fruit rollups

cheesy sweet potato crisps

sincerely, jess the hungry monster

DIY: confetti nails

as you may know, i love doing my nails. i always say if you didn't have to deal with feet, i would be a nail technician. i have an entire pinterest board called nail polish love. which is where i saw the below picture which inspired my current manicure:

the goal: confetti nails!

first paint your nails white (or whatever base color you'd like)

to do the dots, i used this method to create a "dotting tool" (take a flat pin and stick it into the eraser of a pencil). then i took a piece of wax paper and dropped the colors i wanted onto it as i went along. i dipped the "dotting tool" in the drop of nail polish and made the little dots on my nails. i kept it simple with three colors, but you can do however many you want.

like so

i chose pink dots. i just placed them randomly in the general area i wanted my confetti for each nail

then i added blue, randomly placing the dots intermixed with the pink

and finally i rounded it all out by adding green dots

and voila! confetti nails! remember to top it all off with top coat so it lasts longer :)

diy: filing cabinet makeover

i have been wanting a filing cabinet since forever. well, since i started filing things.... so for the past 2 or 3 years. the problem is that filing cabinets are freakishly expensive. who knows why, but they are. everytime i go to ikea i get tempted to buy one from there, but their smallest and simplest one is like $70. tragic, right?

which is why i was so stoked to find this filing cabinet on this facebook group thats like a yardsale for our city. and best of all? it was FOR FREE! whaaaa?! yes, i was excited. i haven't done any big projects in a while, and i thought it seemed simple enough. i perused the beloved pinterest for some tips on spray painting metal, and went to work. here's the project in pictures:

the before

the supplies: 

-rustoleum primer

-krylon in blue ocean breeze and in black

-all purpose sanding sponge

-plastic drop cloth
-[not shown] surgical mask that probably didn't do anything, but made me feel better

i sanded the drawers and the main frame. there was some rust, and old crappy (probably lead-based!) paint

primed the main frame

primed the drawers

voila! ocean breeze....so dreamy

the finished product! all at home in my office space :)

i am so happy that i now have my very own filing cabinet, and that it's personalized. it also cost me less than 20 bucks total. i couldn't be more pleased :) have you guys done any fun spray-painting projects lately?

putting pinterest to work

i remembered this pin i posted to my organization board on pinterest, which comes from this site. i've been thinking about organizing our medicine cabinet for a while, and i've been in a project-y mood lately, so i made a pass in the storage bin aisle at walmart today. i wish i had taken a before picture of our medicine cabinet, because it was a hot mess. i know this isn't an extremely riveting blog post, but i love organization ideas, so i thought this might give other organization-nerds an idea or two. also, i got to whip out my label maker :)

stomach stuff in a box, pain/first aid stuff in a box, our daily meds out (vitamins, etc), and cold/flu/allergy stuff in a box

voila!

happy organizing! also, i have a [potentially] awesome project in the works, so i will post about that soon. to see my pinterest organization board, click here. if you have an organization board, leave the link so i can check it out!! :)