Spice Organization

With all of the new recipes that the Magical Moms have been trying we have been accumulating lots of additional spices.  Tracy decided to hang a closet organizer inside the pantry door.  She still has a cabinet dedicated to the larger spice containers, but this created extra space and allowed for things to look much more organized.  Who knows, maybe she will need to get one for the other door if she keeps cooking this much!

The organizer was purchased from simply stashed.  It is the Accessory Stash in Chocolate Geo.  The organizer is hung with two 3M hooks.  Each hook will hold up to 3 lbs.

I am a PROUD Mommy!

Now that both of my boys are in school, they both bring home lots of projects and assignments that make me SUPER proud. I want them to know how proud of them I am, so I have decided that I am going to create a better way to display their prize pieces. In the past, I have taped them to the kitchen cabinets, hung them on our (teeny tiny) bulletin board, and hung them on a magnet board in the play room. I have seen lots of ideas that involve framing the item, collecting to put in a scrapbook, or taking pictures of the pieces to compile for a photo book. I love the idea of being able to EASILY change out and showcase a new piece. So I decided to to make a couple of cork board frames to hang in the kitchen. Since almost anyone that comes over will see them I wanted them to look tasteful as well. I bought a roll of cork from my local craft store and I used two black 11X14 frames that I already had at the house. I used my cutting mat, a box cutter, and a measuring tape to cut the board to the correct size. Then I simply put the cork pieces in the frame and then hung (ok my husband hung) the frames in the kitchen. The frames can either be hung horizontally or vertically so I can change them to meet the needs of the current masterpiece!