Tin Ceiling Tile Magnetic Board....

I saw an amazing home the other day on the Home Made Lovely series on the Life Made Lovely blog.

I. want. this. woman's. home.

Yup, coveting. 

If you haven't checked out this series, then I suggest you do because the homes that are shown look real, lived in and fabulous! 

Nothing overly magazine-a-fied, just real peoples cute, crafty homes.

Love.

Anyway, back to my project...

I saw that she had a ceiling tin that she used to put pictures up on and suddenly remembered this little diddy I had kicking around and never really knew what to do with.

I just have had it placed in various spots in our last 2 places we've lived and always knew it was good for something (other than just looking fabulous!)...

I didn't ever think about it's magnetic capabilities... until I saw the one in the post.

And I'm so glad I did! I love it, it's simple and I can switch out the pics whenever I want.

Perfect for this fickle woman.

I would love to finish the edges with something (not quite sure what) but for the time being, I kinda like the rough looking edges.

I'm also wanting to make some magnets to match a bit better, I just threw on what I had laying around because I was just excited to try it!

Not bad for a $2 find at a garage sale a few years back :)

And for my next project....

aren't they hideous?!? 

Yet I have a plan for these puppies (that I got for a $1 for the pair) and I just need to wait for the husband to have some time off work so he can help me with the painting part :)

I'm excited to see how/if it'll turn out...

Bargain Shoppin'

Aubrey was begging for these window clings the other night in Target. I'm trying to cut down on buying random things for her because I don't want to spoil her and, lets face it, even the dollar things add up! So I threw them in the cart for the time being and was going to remove them later once she had forgotten about them:)

I noticed they looked Valentine's Day themed so I decided to check the price, in case they were on sale....my Menno radar was on.... and they were! Even I can afford 19cents! I figured that I'd have them on hand and pull them out when I was out of play ideas for her... happens often.

Oh Man were they ever a hit! She played with them for almost an hour solid when I first pulled them out. That same day when she woke up from her nap, walked out of her room, dropped her blankie on the floor and walked straight to play with them again...for another hour!

You'll have to excuse the windows...Aubrey thought that she needed to clean them with her wipes.... don't they look awesome?!? I don't have the heart to tell her to stop because she thinks she's being so helpful by cleaning them. I don't want her to ever lose that enthusiasm! I'm going to need all the cleaning help I can get if I keep up with my psychotic cleaning tendencies!

I guess purple really is her favorite color:) She pulled these out and played with them and left the other colors to "share" with me(you can see it in the picture above this one)! Classic!