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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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Tag Archives: organize
Polka Dot Clipboard Sign by eighteen25
Hello! It’s Jen, Jamie and Jodie from eighteen25 here today and we are so excited to be included in PROJECT POLKA DOT! We are just in love with this fun series because let’s face it, polka dots just have a way of making you feel happy!
Today we want to share with you how we made our Polka Dot Clipboard Sign.
SUPPLIES:
- piece of wood from the home improvement store (the size of this piece is about 3/4″ x 9″ x 24″)
Posted in crafts, decorating
Tagged decor, easy gift ideas, guest posting, home, organize, project polka dot, tutorial
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Home Office Organized and Simplified
Okay, for those of you who know me … you are allowed to laugh that I’m writing about Home Organization. I’m not a naturally organized person, and most people who know me, know that. Things in my house are generally clean, but a general feeling of clutter seems to abound.
My biggest clutter struggle is PAPER! Oh, my it drives me CRAZY! Magazines, bills, homework, report cards, kids schedules … everything is paper … and it gets everywhere.
Fabric Reorganized.
I have this great IKEA Expedit bookcase in my Craft Room. I’ve been using it to store fabric for a few years, but never really have any rhyme or reason as to how I put fabric on it.
photo from this post about my room
After taking Jeni’s color class at the Sewing Summit in 2011, I was convinced to reorganize it by color.
The home of the Polkadot Chair…. part 1
One of the most frequent questions I get about my blog is: “is there really a Polkadot Chair?” Well the answer is yes, there is a Polkadot Chair…
it’s pink,
and it lives in my craft room.
When I first started my blog I didn’t like the 1st name I had picked for it. After spending an afternoon sitting in my polka dot chair hand sewing, I thought it would be a better name for my blog. So I switched it to “the Polkadot Chair, adventures in my craft room”….
My 2010
When I sat down to do my top 10 post for 2010, I didn’t realize how many things I had to pick from, I got a lot more done last year than I thought I did.
I was going to do my “Top 10″ posts but then realized that they are on my side bar all the time!
So instead here’s a mosaic of my crafty endeavors last year: (links to most of the projects can be found under the Tutorials link)
Like I said, more than I thought!!!
Also thanks to EVERYONE that referrers to this blog, I truly appreciate it!
a very special thanks to my top referrers for 2010:
And, as for 2011, aside from my monthly topic focus, I’ve got a few big projects I want to tackle. I might as well share them here, then I feel like I’m more accountable to get them done!!
GOALS….
Before Spring Break I want to:
-Paint Kitchen Cabinets (Yep, I just gonna do it!! I’ve wanted painted cabinets for 12 years now and I’m not moving anytime soon, so I’m going to paint them)
-PURGE the play room… and I mean PURGE!
-Repaint my Son’s room… gray.. am I crazy to paint a room gray?
-Re-carpet the stairs (okay, I can’t do this one myself but it’s got to be done!!)
-Release 2 new purse and 1 new quilt patterns to the shop!
-Introduce one new product to the shop and more handmade bags in a variety of colors & fabrics!
Spring Break is the first week of April, lets see how much I get done!
