Pyles of Clutter

Tackle It Tuesday: The desk, again

I haven't done Tackle It Tuesday for a month now, since before we went to Chile on our vacation.  And it shows!  Yes, I've done my desk before but it has exploded, again, and I barely have a half inch to do anything on.  So this is my before picture today:

And this was my BEFORE picture in June:

Eerily similiar, aren't they.  Apparently my desk is the go to place for anything that doesn't have a home.  Well, I can only hope that I can clean it as well as I did here.  Then maybe I can find all the stuff that is missing...

Later that day...

Look!  I made it!  I tamed the paper beast that is my desk.  It is funny when I look at those two pictures above, I really cannot see the difference between them.  How do you keep things dejunked?  That is always my problem.  Any suggestions, out there?  Well, along with my desk, I also straightened up our "kids" bookcase, which really only consists of books for Tess and one shelf for the older kids.  Most of the older books are on another bookcase.  Here are the before and after pictures for that:

Thank you for all the encouragement I get for tasks like these.  I really hate them, so when I even get one comment, it just spurs me on because then I know some one is watching!  Thank you, thank you!  You guys are the best!

No, this isn't my closet floor, this is under my desk.  This is what happens when you spend too much time at the computer and not enough time doing your work! 

Tackle It Tuesday: Bathroom Wall

This project is another sit-in-my-house-forever project.  I have had the letters for about two years, but the idea I've had since we moved here eight years ago.  It is a cheap and easy way to brighten up a wall.  Usually, I make a transfer of the saying I want to put up on the wall, the project it up and copy it on.  Unfortunately this time, my bathroom isn't big enough to project anything, so I had to wing it a little.  Please forgive all the imperfections.   Before:  A blank wall above the shower.

After:  A good reminder to look at everday.

Now if you have read any of my posts to date, you will know that I will be going to Chile to pick up our oldest son off his mission.  It still feels to me like the day he left was yesterday.  I have been cleaning and fixing things left and right.  I could have had months worth of Tackle It Tuesdays if only I would have taken pictures!!  Ahhh!  Where was the camera when you needed it?  Well, as it goes, I won't be doing Tackle It Tuesday next week, but I will be blogging every night (hopefully with pictures) about our trip and the things were are seeing and doing.  I hope you'll join me as I leave on Thursday, arrive on Friday, and see the sights of Chile until the following Friday!  Wish me luck!

Tackle It Tuesday: Curtains

So apparently, the amount of time that projects have to sit in my home is four years.  The frame in this post sat against my living room floor for four years, and this fabric has sat in my closet for four years.  When I tackled my "art closet" in this post, I found this fabric.  I was so ecstatic!  I needed this for those sliding glass doors. It just needed something to add a little punch right there.  The good news: it didn't take me all day long!  I'm so glad.  I needed to get something done quickly for once.  So here is the before and the after:

Now, please, I'm begging you, don't look through the window.  Just look at the very cute curtains.  Please.  I'm begging ya. 

Tackle It Tuesday: Quiet Books

So I'm a little embarrassed about this Tackle It Tuesday project today, ( many thanks to Janice at 5 minutes for mom for this great motivator; go check out all the projects!).  I have been working on these things since October.  I'm thoroughly sick of them and the person I'm making them for is sure, by now, that I will not get them done.  (She may be right!)  At any rate, today I'm determined to get them out of my hair ONCE AND FOREVER!  The project: 2 Quiet Books to take to church to keep the little ones entertained.  I had already made my little one a book, and when someone else saw it, they wanted two to give to her grandchildren.  And I, being the way I am, said, "Oh, just let me make those for you.  It'll be no problem."  AHHHH!!  Not good.  So I'm sick of them being on my list of things to do, of avoiding this person like the plague since they are still not done, and of having them clutter up my closet.  Here are a few of the pages that are put together:

I still have three pages a piece in these books to put together, and then sew the pages together, then put the cover on.  It will take me all day, I'm sure.  Please let it get done!!  See you later.....

Look at me!  I'm so great!  I finished it!  Yea!!!

It looks so great and it is good to have it done.  I still have a little finish work to do on it, but the majority of the book is finished.  I'm so glad that I have the pressure put on by Tackle It Tuesday watchers.  I never would have finished without you!!

Tackle It Tuesday: My desk

So the name of my blog did not come about by accident. It is actually a state of being in my house. I am not a thrower. You know, a person who can just throw stuff away without any regrets. I have a Very Good Friend, Lori Baker, who has tried to rehabilitate me but it is of no use. I cannot just throw something away. It must be thought through, and weighed on if I may need that item again, and so on and so on. Consequently, my desk is a pig sty. Yes, it's true. A pig sty. So today is the day! I'm digging in and becoming a thrower today! All of you clutter bugs unite! No longer will those piles of clutter threaten to overtake your house! Throw them out! If we all stick together, we can overcome! So here's the project:

And now the finished project:

Thank you, thank you.  Yes, I actually finished a project on time, with my internet working.  Isn't it awesome.  I'm so excited now to do some scrapbooking and make it a mess all over again!  Yea for me! 

Tackle It Tuesday: The frame, take two

So here we are at Tackle It Tuesday, a great thing that Janice at 5 minutes for mom has started.  Check out her site for more links about projects getting done in our homes. 

"Previously on Pyles of Clutter, Susan was desperately trying to get a frame filled that she has had sitting against her wall in the living room for four years.  But unbeknownst to her (don't you love that word), the quillo needed to be done immediately!!  The frame must wait again (see last week's post of Tackle It Tuesday).  Now for this week's thrilling conclusion." 

So we are trying the frame again.  I really want it up and I'm even excited to see how it all turns out.  So here is the picture of it again, in the before.  I can only hope and pray I have no crisis's (is that right!) and get it done today.  Hmmmm.

As you can read from my post above, my internet has been taken from me this week!  It about killed me, but I survived!  In the meantime, I was able to finish my frame and it looks great!  Here is the finished product:

I'm still am looking for one picture, because I think I need a better picture of AJ.  One that is a little closer up, but I still love it!  Thanks for all your encouragement!  You are the greatest!