What's Monie doing with that Chalkboard Paint?

So, a good friend of mine took a giant Dry-Erase board and wrote out 4 (Her 5th is 5 months old) of her kids Chores/Responsibilities for themselves that they can check off, and then they earn stuff according to what they've accomplished. I don't have all the details, but it's a neat little system.

Of course, I wanted to do this for Kady, and later Kellen. I have a Dry Erase board that I could use for Kady, cause I wanted individual ones, since we don't quite have a place to hang up a large one. Then today I was looking at Kady's door and thinking it would be fun to put chalkboard paint on it. She loves drawing with chalk!

THEN! BRAINBLAST! I though, hey? Why does she need both sides of the door? I can use one side for her schedule! Whoo-hoo! I'm so smart, right? So, I had just enough Krylon Spray Paint in Chalkboard to do one coat on one side of the door. I'm going to have to get some more, but I'm excited about this project! I'll put up pics when I'm finished!

Crochet Spot Holder/Reminders

I can be a bit absentminded sometimes. You want an example? I've been meaning to put up at least 1 post a week for the past year, and my last update was 5 months ago. Anyway, because of this, sometimes my crafting can stuffer. Currently my favorite crafting is of a yarn and hook variety. Yep, I love crochet! But there are times when I put aside a project I'm just messing around with to work on something that is a little more time sensitive. And then I forget about the first project. Then when I find it again, I don't know what hook I was using, and also whether or not stitches have come out, so even if I knew where in the pattern I was, I can't always guarantee that's where I am now. So, I have to get to froggin'! RIP IT! Which can be obnoxious, even if I don't have to take it all out.

Then I saw something on pinterest! WHOA! I (for some reason) didn't pin it, but I somehow remembered to keep an eye out for the supplies.

So, a few weeks ago I was at Hobby Lobby, and I thought to look for these. They did not have them. Sad was I until I walked down the jewelry aisle and found:



Tada! Yay! AAAAND they were half off that week! So, only a dollar a piece. Little obnoxious, but they're gonna get some use! So, I picked the letters I use the most (I love me a G-hook! It's my go-to hook when I'm making up a pattern!) and some of these:










Combined them using a small split ring
















And check out their niftyness:





























But of course they don't get used all the time, so I found a medium sized split ring (FINE, I stole it off my Swiss Army Knife) put that on my Hook Holder, and now I can keep track of them when not in use.