conquest of cute, part 4

Cute Storage: Ceramics Edition!  Here are a couple of Christmas gifts, plus a couple of cheap scores!

Maybe you've been a long-time reader and you know I have a thing for teeth! If not, well. I like cute teeth. I don't want real teeth; it's more of an artistic representation of teeth that I like. Maybe I'll post more about that sometime. I have some collections that are nearly too small to be considered collections, so it feels silly to post about them, but this is a real thing I like, haha.

But for now, I got these two little ceramic teeth planters from my mom for Christmas!! (They're the only thing I asked for.) Right now one's holding nail tools, and the other is acting as a pencil cup. I love these so much. They're just so "me" and make my space feel good.

Here's a little candy dish I got in 2011 at Target when it was Easter. For a long time it was where I would put skeins of embroidery floss and my pincushion and he'd get shuffled around with my craft stuff, but now he's a little station on my desk where I can put my necklaces.

(The glittery fox necklace was another Christmas gift! My mom is awesome.)

This little dish is an "appetizer plate" from Target. It was from a clearance shelf and was $2. I am just really attracted to mustard, so I snagged just one to use as a catch-all for smaller items on my desk. Sometimes it's a coaster... right now it has a thumb drive, a spare button, lip balms, barettes, and bobby pins.

Two other jewelry/hair stuff catch-alls I use are these little pink ramekins from the dollar section at Michael's. Yes! Dollar storage? I am there! I need to see if I can get a few more of these.

One holds barettes of various types and Goody spin pins; the other holds earrings. I'd like to get another just for bobby pins. I have so many, but I go through them so fast!

Read More

conquest of cute, part 3

I found these at Target at the beginning of the year! They're all the same size (8.5 inches x 6.5 inches, 4 deep), and I find the size ideal for some of the stuff that won't fit in smaller boxes.

The translucent pink chevron ones were with the kids' stuff, meant for little girls' rooms, and the floral with the "RE-style" stuff that I assume is meant for teens and/or dorm rooms. They had a whole mess of stuff with that same floral pattern and teal-ish color scheme. The lids are a pretty blue-green, only a bit bluer than the shade of my bedroom walls, so they go in my space very well. I love florals, so I actually got three of those! They were the last ones on the shelf, too.

Something I like about the floral boxes is that the print on them makes them opaque, so you can hide your gold doubloons (or whatever!) in them. I'm currently keeping various guitar accoutrements (my tuner, some picks, a wire cutter, boxes of strings, my ukulele pitch pipe, that kind of thing) in one of the chevron boxes, and you can definitely see what's inside it, so it does detract from the cute a little bit. Seeing through the boxes can be good or bad, depending on your storage needs!

They were $4 each, so in all, I got five of these beauts for $20. I'm really happy with them.

In all, my collection of plastic storage is growing ever-cuter. How satisfying!

There will be, yes, one more Cute Storage Post!

Read More

conquest of cute, part 2

What is with all the cute plastic storage bins lately?? I was looking all over for an acceptable small (but not too small) plastic storage bin last summer while Target and JoAnn's had their dorm-ready storage options out. It took me forever to find just one. But this winter, I've found all kinds of cute boxes.

While yarn shopping at Michael's the other day, I cut purely coincidentally through a row with baskets and boxes because a lady with a big shopping cart was blocking my path. Thank goodness I did, because, SCORE! All the storage stuff was 40% off.

These giganto floral boxes (16.7 inches x 11 inches, and 6.6 deep) were $8 each, so I assume they had to be about $15 each originally. Yipes. They're so pretty!! I'm glad I scooped 'em! One of them is holding all my future ripple yarn, as pictured in this post.

These two cute little boxes on the bottom (7.1 inches x 6.3 inches, 4.1 deep) were about $2.50 each, rounding up. Polka dots and rainbow stripes? Thank you, whatever perfect trend is occurring right now. (The flowery one on top is from JoAnn's aduring the fall, and is one I settled on after lots of looking around; it's almost the exact same size. They almost look like a set, though!)

Another Cute Storage Post coming up.

Read More