out of necessity

Yeah, I love being crafty. I have to admit it usually comes out of necessity. Three kids, three cats (one with diabetes), a toad, a house, two cars, and husband and me on one income? It means I have to figure out a solution on the cheap!

So here was the scenario- where is the stinking remote control??? I often wonder if it grew legs. It has no dedicated home, just somewhere high enough so the one-year-old "pretty girl" can't reach it but low enough that six-year-old "big guy" and three-year-old "tiny skinny man" can reach it.

Enter my Mommy brain. What do I have? This-

Sweet, I can turn it into this-

Here is how I did it. I started with a long skinny box and cut it to the desired height. I ripped (yes, literally) a page from an old atlas and mod podged it to the box. Then I hand stamped "CLICK" onto a washer and tied it to the box with cotton twine. I attached it to the wall next to the recliner (at perfect height) using two nails. Easy peasy.



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let's save some money or something

I'm always looking for ways to save money. I'll try most anything once. I found a great tutorial for making your own baby wipes here. I couldn't figure out what to put them in since I hate to buy new things when I know darn good and well I can repurpose something else. I'm looking all around my house when, duh, it dawns on me. I have tons of these hanging around:

I break out the Modge Podge, some leftover fabric and ribbon from the nursery makeover and tada!