Printable Pantry Labels

Remember the pantry label project I shared a couple of weeks ago?

The ones I made from a vintage pharmacy label from The Graphics Fairy? 

I figured out how to share them.  Click here to download.  And if you use them?  Let me know!

By the way?  Definitely attach them with eyelets and zip-ties rather than hot glue.  Otherwise, you'll wind up with a floor full of lovely upside-down pantry labels.

Don't ask me how I know.

Cliff says I stole this from Buckingham Palace.

When I realized our taps were dripping, I decided I had to do something about it.

And by "something", I mean hastily run to the store to buy a new one and then take it home and rip out the old one with my bare hands and then look at the holes that are left and realize that the new taps won't fit because there are only two holes drilled and Cliff doesn't think drilling into the countertop is such a good idea so I go back to the store and spend two hours picking between the $30 tap that requires holes and the $130 tap that requires two holes because there are only these to choose from.

Ya.  It was pretty much just like that.

Here's those two stupid two-trips-to-Home-Depot-causing holes:

 Yuck.

On the plus side?  After two hours staring at the taps in Home Depot?  A wonderful, friendly salesperson will come over and teach you all about plumber's putty and teflon tape.

So I got out my putty, put on my best "I know exactly what I'm doing" face, and filled in the empty spaces:

And I taped her up:

And now...

Ta-Dahhhhh!

Cliff says either I raided Buckingham Palace's kitchen, or I'm planning to let people bathe in our kitchen sink.

I don't care.  I think it's pretty.  And I did it myself - Cliff only had to loosed one nut for me.  And after two hours in Home Depot?

It's staying whether it matches the rest of the kitchen or not.

Cards. The fun kind.

Here are some cards I made from my counterfeit kit:

A week ago, obviously.  Because today, I'm writing report cards. 

And since it's "cards", it sounds like it's fun, but it's not.

Back to the cards, of the "report" variety.

Pantry labels. It's organized, yo.

So here's the first project I jumped into.

Before.  Blech.

If truth be told, I was thinking, nay, dreaming about this project for weeks before we finally moved in.  I had a plan that this was going to be the cleanest, neatest, most organized home I've ever lived in.

Enter these pantry labels

I started with a vintage label from The Graphics Fairy.

***Editor's note:  If I ever figure out how to attach a PDF to a blog post, I'll surely share.

Then I laminated 'em and hot-glued zip-ties to the back:

 And when I affixed 'em, my pantry looked like so:


And then I found out the hard way that hot-glue does not like laminated plastic.

I see eyelets in my future.

Updated, finally.

Hello, all.  I'm back.  As in, I'm-making-a-comeback back. As in, where-the-hell-was-I-in-the-first-place back.  As in, baby-got-back back.

Let's see.  I tried to avoid The Pile.  I moved The Pile to the new house.  I dismantled The Pile.  Then I tackled the smaller-but-equally-terrifying Pile-O'-Essays that needed to be marked.

This latter pile may or may not be fully dismantled at this time.  I am leaning toward "not".

***Editor's note:  Here's the picture of Molly in the recycling bin high atop The Pile that I promised.  No actual dogs were harmed in the making of this post.

It is for this reason, as well as because I (finally!) found my camera cord (which may or may not have been in the trunk of my car all this time along with all the other odds and ends that we haven't had the energy to unload into the new house...I'm leaning toward "may") that I would like to provide a quick update.

Yes, we are in the new house.  Yes, it is glorious.  And yes, we have been working on all sorts of little bloggy-fodder house projects since we got here. 

But since I need to edit the photos that are newly uploaded to my computer?  Here's a little scrappy-update instead:

I decided to jump on board with Jen from Scrapping Daze for the Counterfeit Kit challenge.  Isn't this an awesome idea?  The Counterfeit girls choose a current kit available online and challenge you to make one from your own stash.

Here's mine:

Seriously?  So much fun. 

On Saturday I made 6 cards and 3 layouts from this kit, and I still have a tonne of supplies left.

Here's one of the cards:

Counterfeiting is quick.  It's fun.  It uses up your stash.  It makes me feel pretty bad-ass, like I'm money laundering or something.

Wanna join in?

(More to come, my friends.  I promise.)

Things to do while avoiding The Pile.

The other day, I showed you The Pile.
Everything fun thing I own is in this pile, people. Scrapbooking stuff. Books. Whoopy cushions. Possibly a pet or two.

***Editor's note: No pets were physically harmed in the making of this blog post. They may, however, have been slightly shamed by their inability to thwart Teri's need for humourous photos.

So, in my attempt to avoid boredom-induced insanity, I have compiled this short list of things to do while avoiding The Pile.

1. Place pets into humourously-compromising positions. Photograph as needed. Then, realize that you must have packed the camera cord and you cannot do anything useful with these photos.

2. Curse your infernal packing.

***Editor's note: Suffice it to say that said photo involved a wiener dog in a recycling bin. Hilarity ensued.

3. Watch your favourite SNL skits on YouTube. Don't even care if they're crappy quality.


4. Rewatch everything you've saved on your PVR.

5. Remind Americans that a DVR is called a PVR in Canada.

6. Clean.

7. Add items to list just for comedic value, such as number 6 above.

8. Teach yourself to crochet flowers using this tutorial:

and butterflies using this tutorial and dishcloths using this pattern.

9. Adjust the patterns a little and plan to blog about them soon.

10. Drool over all of the projects you wish you were doing, like this one guest-posted by Lovey Crafty Home at Tatertots and Jello:

11. Ask blog readers for other suggestions of things to do for the next five days before we officially become homeowners.

And now, my bloggy friends, I am off to do number 6.

Ha! See? It really is funny!

Do you see what I see?

A whole bunch of crappy pictures?

Ok. Just checking.

So we're moving in two weeks, and this is what my living room looks like.

Yes, that is my bed blocking the door. Hello to you, fire hazard.

Here's something that's a little less chaotic looking...
I gave you the "after" picture first. See how I mixed it up a little?

'Cause, yeah. I don't even want to think about the "before".
So I've been decluttering and boxing and taping and scraping and draping. Or at least the first three.

Oh - and dreaming about doing this in my new house. *Swoon*.

So, yeah. Chaos, decluttering, and dreaming.

And taking crummy iPhone pictures. That about sums up my life right now.