Soap Dish Project

A State park in Oregon

Happy November Lovely's

Today I am very proud of myself, Why? you ask, well let me tell you. I finally have the pictures for the Soap dish project. I am by no means a professional so please forgive any eyesores or classic amateur mistakes I made =) I'm just proud I got it done and I can move on to the next project now.


 I went to a few stores Ikea, Ross, and some thrift stores in search of a soap dish that would compliment my style and be what I wanted. I also looked on line at Jcpenny, Anthropologie and Kohls. I did buy the one from Ikea and its cute I'll use it some day in the future. Here he is

Then on a weekend my mother, my sister and I went to another Thrift store and I was in the clothing section when sitting on the basket in between wallets and Sombreros was this perfect Soap dish. I was so excited I grabbed it and went searching for my mom. I told her the only worry I had was it didn't drain and she said oh you know how to fix that? I responded that NO in fact I did not know. and She told me. Put a ring from an old shower curtain in the dish. Then the dish doesn't touch the soap creating a drain of sorts and the soap bar won't get soggy =)

Isn't he gorgeous?

There's the shower ring 

Place it in the dish

Then place your soap on top and Wala

Well That was fun. I am sure I'll pull it out when I have company. I'm nervous on of the Monkeys that climb in my bed at night might give it the tiniest push  and for it to fall off that iity bitty counter space. Oh and I paid 99 Cents for the glass soap dish

 My next project is going to be painting a big shelve my Brother in-law gave me. I will share a few pinspirations next post. I hope where ever you are you are enjoying the weather. Staying Happy and almost ready for Family, Food and Making memories. Thank you for reading.

God Bless

Mela

Someday's you just need the warmth of the sun.  

I hope everyone is having a nice time while the weather transitions to Fall. Both my nieces and my eldest Sister have full blown allergies and we are trying to keep them under control. Today is Dress up day. Aka some other name. Everyone at the office is dressed up cept me lol. One side of the office did the whole Alice and wonder land theme. Someone dressed up as a giants fan lol. There was a Caterpillar (he used a sleeping bag) a flamingo as well as Chaquita Banana and a escaped convict. Whatever  you do today be safe and dry. Tonight is a storm for us here.

Should be a fun night to cuddle up with the girls and watch a show.

maybe light the fireplace...

Fall is here, and I am very excited.Time for Reading &  Hot Cinnamon Tea time. I love crunching the leaves while on the phone on my breaks out side of the office. Its been cool in the mornings and warm in the afternoons. Time to bring out the Sweaters and boots. I am trying to hold off to be honest. The other night I stayed up way past my bed time to clean and reorganize my room. Since then  I have a couple of projects that I have move'd to the top of my forever growing to do lists. Nothing to over whelming just some things I need to get at some point and there's no time like the present right?

First : Over the past year or so I have collected about 5+ bars of soap. They all smell so wonderful. Some, actually they all were gifts so I have the need of a Soap dish. I am very particular I need it to be dainty and feminine yet also capable of draining the excess water as I can not stand mushy bars of soup. So I took to Pinterest and a few of my trusty spots on the Web and here are few I found. They might be worth the trip.

This is Ikea's $3.99

Found on Remodelista for $14.99

lady-gray-dreams This one would be a find indeed

I will probably go with the first one. I'll try and post some before and after pictures. 

Love checking things off the list. Maybe you know where to find A Non-Soggy-Soap-Dish

let me know. 

Oh and Just in case you don't have any soaps on hand here is a Favorite blog of mine that put up a DIY brit.co

Brit.co DYI Soaps

I'll be posting some more of my to do lists and the finished projects in the next few. Lovely chatting. 

Talk to you soon XOXO

Not lost

Have you ever had that moment where you have to stop and look around wide eyed and realize you don't recognize anything about yourself? How your thinking? how your talking? how your reacting? Such a moment happened to me yesterday. I am not in a bad place I'm in a great place however there are things that can be better, way better. So I had like 10 minutes to ask myself  "How can I fix this"? I didn't have to ask, what I want? Or where do I see myself in 5 years? All that is clear in my head. I just needed to re-calibrate and it was a HUGE shock to me. So here's to getting back to me =) I hope where ever you are in life you can stay yourself. No easy task as I know that first hand. However Its very important very. You must know who you are first and that's something that comes early in life for most of us. I don't know that it's the same process for every one. The only advice I can give would be to follow your instincts and trust yourself to know the way and breathe just Breathe. Life is happening and we need to be in top form. A lot comes at us and sometimes we let it beat us down. That is what got me. I forgot that when stuff happens I need to sharpen my amazing-ness lol and not give up or in. To realize  

that this is a moment where I can SHINE and be the inspiration to others that I had. 

Lets go Cee

Time for Vacation!

Hello lovelys,
       How are you today? Its fall!! Windy outside and so many burning red colors. I am having a mad love affair with boots =) and I already started listening to my Christmas station (Since the end of September to be precise) I told someone and they said that's gross. Haha I was mildly offended,
      So here's the deal. In a few days I'm headed out of the country. Not to far but far enough for there to be a climate change. Lots of sun and heat. So I have been on this hunt to find what I can wear out there besides the bathing suit while laying out. I'm pretty modest dresser. (Is that a word? Dresser?) and I need to find a way to stay me but not be burning up or get horrible tan lines. I have been to many stores looking and trying to get my head wrap around what I want to do and what I can find in time for the trip.
So here's some things I found out.

1. Covering up is an option
2.Colors are a must for during the day, the brighter the better
3. Light fabrics only

That should be common sense right, However I have not really done the south America vacation. New York yup, Denver sure, Oregon Loved it! but not the place where you can amp up your tan and relax all day. I can't wait!! So I had to think about it and that's what I came up with. I may be wrong so there will be a follow up post along with some pics. Hopefully.

Now I have to get my head back to work. I can't believe 30 is right around the corner for me and my Prima. We don't even look it nor do we feel it. I mean there are times when Im around a 20 something year old and there going on and on about this guy and then that guy. "Do you like my hair? Cee you look so nice, Oh My GAWD did you go to the Ellie Golding Concert? (Yes I did), I love her I want her hair, What do you think?" Haha I always feel my age at those times. Its not like I don't think stuff like that Its just not that important to actually say it out loud. I'm to busy making sure no more grays show up =(  I have 3!!

The nieces are growing so fast. I can't keep up. The 4 year old, Yes 4 years old is a walking little boss. "Tia wake up its time". I'm looking at the clock and its reading 6:45am. How does she do it? "Can I wear your shoes today, They will go great with my dress". I say Baby your wearing your pjs. "I know, but it's a dress too!" She has this thing that she has to where a dress to bed over her pj's. So we have these tops that connect to a too-too material and she wears those over her pj's every night. It's a nightmare if there's no clean ones. Then there's the 2 year old one she just discovered that your supposed to pose when taking a picture not just say cheeeeese burger. Of course most of her pictures are taken as she says burgeeeer.

She is always sleeping!!

Getting ready for fall

Hello there,
Wherever you are. This is my post with another of me and my sisters DIY for Fall 2013 she and I make a great team. I get Ideas and she is the artist =) I'll say yea that's cute, can we make it gold somehow? She will say "we do have spray paint left over from the shelves in you room". and wallaa its done.

So here's something we did together for the front of the casa.

                                                                                                         

Enjoy! any questions let me know.

All Done. Happy Fall Everyone!!
Ps My Grams gave me the plant =)

Eleventh

So today is a great day to write... The sprinkler is on in the front, my sister is giving the girls her undivided attention. Every now and then the littlest one comes to me to hit me and then run away.  I think she just shows her love in different forms then the norm ha. I am so excited its summer. We have a heat wave warning here in northern California. So that means lots of water and no hot tea at work. Parking in the shade only. Light Colors and Smiles Lots of Smiles

First off we had our, hold on my niece #2 has come to tell me she got pow pow from momma, Hhm. I will have to think about that. Anyways back to getting you up to date.  We had our first annual picnic the other Saturday and it was a total success, many people showed up and we had a great volleyball game, there was plenty of food Whew  drinks and laughter. This was a fiesta put on by Amiga's. My moms my big & lil sis even showed up. We had a great time. I hope that this will become a tradition and that we will bring our future husbands and families in the years to come. That makes me sad for some reason. I'll need to think about that as well
Secondly I have NOT been to the gym for ... let me think. Well I'll just say a long while. (No need to embarrass myself more then necessary). I just asked my mom today if she will go with mua in the AM to the local park to jog/walk and she said yes. So I am starting tomorrow and I will be on from now on. That makes me happy. (Sheesh I'm a rollercoster of emotions today lol) The other day I was up early and I smelt the smell that I so love. It was the smell of crisp cool air along with a hint of fire smoke. That made me just want to go out and buy new boots or maybe these beauties you can find them here http://www.zara.com

My boots lol

So know that I am all side tracked.

Thirdly I have a thought about how important role models are in our lives, no matter your age. I think that this could be a good topic and I would love to just type away. However I'll just tell you that my practical niece LOVES her Mommy and she wants to be just like her someday. This picture should explain. My moms and my sisters where at www.pfchangs.com having some amazing Chinese food. While we were talking the girls colored and then we looked over at Niece #1 and she was humming to herself folding up the coler sheet. I think our first reaction was to immediately fix the situation but we took a second to long and She looked at us and smiled and asked, "Do you like them"? Our eyes where large and someone asked "what do mean?" to which she replied "my earrings silly, they are like mommy's" the LOVE

 Have a Wonderful weekend, God Bless and I hope you stay cool wherever you are.
Mela