I have a disheveled mail pile… 

My unorganized bedside table…

My messy pile underneath my unorganized bedside table…

Pile of need to iron (and a pile of unused bags in the background)…

And the most embarrassing of all, my horrendously messy closet….

The rest of the house is clean (kinda), not so much my bedroom, most specifically my closet. Mind you, those are all clean clothes that need to be put away and half of them I don’t fit anymore cause they are my pre-kids stuff. (For some reason, unbeknownst to me, all my clothes shrunk after having kids… it’s not me, it’s the clothes.) Also, I have a morning ritual of trying on a million things (and being in a rush), so they all end up that way. So Bad. I know. Trust me. Just imagine my girls’ closets looked similar to this, but I just recently cleaned, purged, and put everything away, so no more mess there. My goal is that by the end of this week, this closet will be clean and emptied of much that I don’t use, which is probably a lot. Wish me luck on that one…

Despite what may be seen on the house tours, my house is very, very messy. Horrendously messy. I am itching to open up shop again, but before I do so, I want my house to be clean and organized. That means no pile of junk just sitting on random corners. Or no “Monica-like” secret closet in my bedroom. You should see my bedroom closet. So. Bad. Really. I almost want to take a picture and show you, but it really is much too embarrassing… seriously.

This is a cute little vintage house, which is a Christmas present bought by grammie and grumpy from etsy. It is clean and has no secret closet. Well if it did, I wouldn’t know, cause it’s secret, right? The house is actually a pretty good size and is made out of tin (I think, something metal-ish). What is even more lovely is that the girls love it and so do I, (after all, I was the one who heart-ed it) and it has become an integral part of our daily play. Remember our kokeshi’s… they live here. Along, with an ornament turned doll from Anthro. So cute to see my little babes play with this!

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I will announce the contest winner on Friday. I can’t wait to see which one I get to create!
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Okay, let’s face it. We are all real and aren’t as neat as our blogs may be, so now is your chance to confess and share your messes!!! I declare this Monday, February 2nd, Messy Monday and if you want to join, just post pictures of your secret messes you keep hidden away on your blog. I will do the same. I am a bit nervous because really my closet is bad! Really bad!!! You will see a whole new side of me. I know my best friend, Lin, is laughing excitedly at this thought because when she comes over she always comments on the side of me people don’t see. She says she knows the real me. Also, in order to share it one another, on my monday post, just leave a comment linking to your mess, so that we can all laugh and be humbled together. I can hardly wait to see our messes! Is anyone else excited about this? If you want to get more people in on it, just chat away about it on your blog too and link to the instructions here! If I knew how to use flickr well, maybe we can get a group together, not sure how to do that though! Okay, well, until monday…
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Rose-ish type flowers using wool felt and some free motion embroidery. I am quite pleased with the result and want to try my hand at a few more for myself and Christmas presents. I always have my hair in a ponytail these days, so maybe I should give it a little pizzazz!
Maybe I could try some teeny ones as well… we’ll see.

Anyways, I had to try them after seeing Jen’s post and luckily today T.J.’s was giving samples of them. I took one bite and fell in love… Jen was so right. I am hooked, you really ought to try them too. Thanks Jen for getting me in trouble!