Mother’s Day Giveaway

Looking for a great Mother’s Day gift? Or maybe a special treat for yourself? How about something useful too? Something that will help keep your time organized, something especially designed for your schedule?

personalized planner

If I don’t write it down, there’s a big possibility I’ll forget. Appointments, blog post ideas, DIY projects, deadlines, meetings, birthdays, get togethers, passwords and lists. And I like to have something physical that I can carry in my purse and refer to offline.

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Personal Planner, a company that specializes in custom planners that YOU design gave me the opportunity to create a personalized planner that fits my needs in order for me to stay organized. It’s created online, using the layout, design, patterns, photos and colors that I chose.

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in a format that works best for me…

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I chose to fill the back with graph paper and notebook paper for my DIY designs, plans and ideas. I love moveable little ruler too. 

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Uploading pictures for a personalized front and back cover (with a transparent plastic protective outer cover) means it’s truly mine…

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along with a custom front page…Personal Planner giveaway at diyshowoff.comPersonalized Planner Giveaway at diyshowoff.com

a transparent pocket for holding important items or receipts…

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Those are just a few of the available features. It’s easy to do and there are so many fun options to choose from! 

The planner is unique, adorable, affordable, but most importantly: it will help you maintain an organized life!

The planners are personalized so it fits YOUR life and that includes:
 
Outside
– Upload personal pictures for front and back cover from desktop and Instagram
– Change background, size, font, lining, images
 
Inside
– Pick what month you want your planner to start
– Design writing space details; “work”, “workout schedule”, “exam schedules”, “to-do lists”, “goals” etc
– Include personal calendar dates as birthdays and holidays
– Add extra pages in the back for addresses, lined pages, coloring pages, suduko, maps
 
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Check it out: Personal Planner – Pop over and play around!
 
 
Win it: Personal Planner is offering two lucky DIYShowOff readers a chance to win!  This giveaway is sponsored by Personal Planner. Giveaway dates start today, April 26, 2014 and ends Friday, May 2, 2014 at midnight EST. Two winners will be chosen randomly and announced shortly after. Giveaway is open to US residents only. Enter to win using the Rafflecopter widget below. 

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Happy Easter!

Whether you celebrate or not, I wish you a happy day filled with family, friends and lots of love! Happy Easter! xo

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*Looking for That DIY Party? It started a little early this week. You can link up, share your DIY and browse the links for inspiration here

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DIY Window Shelves for Plants

I recently shared my craft room tour. And as a little reward for cleaning up that chaos and getting organized, I treated myself to a little DIY project. I love one of the windows in this room. Here’s how it looked in the past:

vintage craft room

The window shown above nearly reaches from floor to ceiling and with the two different sized windows in the room (one tall window with trim original to the house/one high small window with no trim), window treatments always felt tricky or lopsided. 

So why cover that beautiful trimmed tall window at all? It faces the back of the house, it’s a second story window and it’s not a room for dressing or a need for privacy. I’ve always wanted to put shelves on a window for plants. Plenty of sunshine should assist in changing my luck with plants, right? 

Here’s what I did…

Materials:

  • (3) 1 x 4″ pine boards for shelves
  • (6) shelf brackets
  • Minwax Polyshades (Ebony)

I decided where I would attach the brackets to the window trim to calculate the measurement of my shelves.

measure

Then cut my shelves. 

window shelving tutorial

Sanded the rough edges and wiped them clean. 

window shelving tutorial

Then brushed on the Polyshades using a foam brush. I let it sit for a few minutes then wiped the stain away and let dry. I did all sides. (I may apply a wax finish to the wood shelves for further water-proofing but I was on a bit of a deadline.)

window shelving tutorial

Next I marked the holes for the brackets and drilled a pilot hole.

window shelving tutorial

Then I just screwed the brackets into the window trim/pilot hole (can always be patched with wood filler in the future). *Use a level to be sure they’re ‘level’. 

window shelving tutorial

Attach the wood shelves to the brackets with screws (be sure these screws are smaller than the shelf thickness so the screw doesn’t poke up from the bottom).  

It adds a bit of privacy without a long drapy curtain panel but still lets natural light into the room.  

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It’ll take some maneuvering/removing plants to open the window but the shelves don’t interfere with the function. 

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before

vintage craft room

after

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