Scrapbooking Organizing Tower - Swivels 360°

Today I wanted to share with you the second cabinet that my Dad built for me.  If you read my blog you know that he scored some "free" lazy susan's from some old eyeglass cabinets being thrown away, and we were able to build not one, but two cabinets.  Here is a link to my previous post, Gaming Tower Swivel Cabinet.  You will find all of the instructions for making these cabinets.  They were inspired from Pottery Barn Teen, but without the high price tag.

Scrapbook Organizing Tower - Swivels 360°

The front of this unit houses my plastic scrapbook organizers.  I organize alot of my scrapbook materials together because they are themed.  For instance, I am doing a "My School Years" scrapbook for my son and all I have to do at the end of the school year is grab the plastic bin that has all of the materials in it.  It's so easy to just grab the container and know that I have everything there I need to finish the pages.

If you don't have a label maker, I urge you to invest in one...I use it all the time in my house!

I re-purposed these Pottery Barn baskets that used to be in my son's nursery.  They were a baby blue color, but I spray painted them white and labeled them with chalkboard labels.

This is one of the sides that has peg board.  I simply just placed alot of my painting supplies on this side along with some decorative tapes.  I am going to eventually do something on the bottom, just not sure yet!

I embellished some plastic jars with washi tape and hot glued a decorative gem to it.  Now my paint brushed are easy to reach and look cute too!

This is the back side of the cabinet.  It has a sheet of cork that I can display a page layout or anything my son has made me.

I took some of the decorative plastic gems and hot glued them to some flat thumbtacks to make them prettier.

The only thing different with this cabinet, is that we added three knobs to the back.  I am currently hanging a scrapbook bag and my apron on them.

The other side also has peg board.  I am using this side to hang my cricut supplies and my big paper cutter.  I love that I can hang my paper cuter because sometimes it just gets in the way on my table or floor and was never in the same place when I needed it.  Now I know exactly where it is at all times.

Here is a collage of all four sides.

Check out the video below....

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Happy Mother's Day

Just wanted to wish all of you out there an amazing Mother's Day and to this little man below, thank you for allowing me to be your Mom!  You are a dream come true!!

I Love You!!!

Mom

Crunchy Seasoned Chicken

Who doesn't love chicken?  It is one of the main things we eat in our house but I always get tired of eating it the same way.  I started craving this chicken my Mom would fix all the time and I had forgotten about it since living here in Dallas, so I decided to get the recipe back out of the old cookbook.  It comes from the 1987 Southern Living Cookbook, Page 217!  This chicken recipe marinates over night, but it is well worth it.  I fixed it all the time for bunko back in Houston and everyone loved it....I hope you will give it a try!

1987 Southern Living Cookbook, Page 217

Crunchy Seasoned Chicken

1/2 Cup Sour Cream

2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

1 1/2 Tablespoons Worchestire Sauce

1 1/2 Teaspoons Celery Salt

1/4 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

1/4 Teaspoon Onion Powder

1/8 Teaspoon Pepper

6 Boneless Chicken Breast or 4 Chicken Breast with Skin

1 3/4 Cup Saltine Crackers Crushed (about 2 sleeves of crackers)

1 1/2 Teaspoons Paprika

2 Tablespoons Melted Butter

Combine sour cream, lemon juice, worchestire sauce, celery salt, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper in small bowl and mix well.  Brush on chicken, coating well.  Place chicken in covered dish and refrigerate overnight.

Combine cracker crumbs and paprika.  Roll chicken in cracker mixture and place in lightly sprayed pyrex dish.  Drizzle with melted butter.  Bake at 350 for 45 minutes for boneless or an hour for chicken breast with skin. 

I'm not a food photographer by any means, this photo was taken with my iPhone.  

Gaming Tower Swivel Organizer.....

I promise I have not abandoned my blog or my creativity....life is super crazy right now and I will share with you soon what my family is up to and where we are headed!  But for now, I am super excited to finally post this project.  Here is what my Dad and I created on their recent trip to see me....now let me share with you the background story of this little unit that swivels and where my inspiration came from....

For years, I have eyed this unit at Pottery Barn Teen....but was not willing to shell out $599.00 for it.  

{source Pottery Barn Teen}

My Dad and I were talking one day and I told him about this unit and how much I loved it and thought it would be a great organizer for my son's games.  He took a look at it and decided that it would be expensive to make because of the lazy susan kit.  The kit is expensive because of the size we would have to purchase to stabilize the piece.

Fast forward 2 months.....My Dad called and told me that I would never believe what he just found...He was at their local Dollar Store in their small town and he saw by the dumpsters that they were throwing away 2 sun glass/eyeglass display cases that they were no longer needing.  He went in and asked the manager if he could have them and the manager said of course, take them.  My Dad went home and disassembled them to find the EXACT size we were going to need to make the unit.  So, not only did we have 1 lazy susan set, we had 2 (yes, he made me 2 units).....and here is where the construction begins.....

Before coming to Dallas, my Dad constructed what he could at his house so all he had to do when he got here was assemble them.  As you can see from the pictures below, he made a base that the lazy susan rests in....(savings of $250.00 a piece for this lazy susan kit)

Here is the construction of the unit....we customized it with peg board (you know how much I love peg board) and cork board.....

I decided to paint this unit black.  We primed it first and then it took 2 coats of black paint.  After the paint dried, it was time to add the cork sheet.  Take a look below at how we did it.....

It was time to bring it inside and place all the goodies in the unit...

Front view

I purchased the wire baskets from The Container Store.  The top basket is actually a waste paper basket, but it was perfect for all of the odds and ends like card games, travel games and hand held games.

The Skylanders and our favorite Wii games are now within reach....

Board games fit perfect.....

Side View

Oh how I love me some peg board...This was the perfect solution for the controllers.  The two baskets are holding the Wii nunchucks and the Game cube controllers.  These are in perfect reach for our son and they are not thrown in baskets.

Our son loves to draw his characters and collect the magazines for the games.  I purchased these two sets of these acrylic holders at The Container Store.  His drawings and magazines can now be displayed and enjoyed.

Back View

Here is the back view with the cork board....This is a great solution for displaying our son's school work!

Side View

We couldn't leave the Wii steering wheels out...they rest comfortably on the opposite side...

Here is a view of all four sides together....

(sorry the picture is small, but it was cutting off when I tried to make it bigger)

I am so thrilled with this unit!  We have had it in our office for a couple of weeks now and it has really helped with the organizing of all of the gaming components.  They now have a permanent home and our son now knows where to find them and where to put them back....

BTW...my Dad made this with all of his spare wood in his shop....so the cost of the project was less than $50.00 (paint, etc.)  Not bad versus the $599 from PB Teen!

Click below for a video to see how it swivels....

Thanks Daddy!!

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Framing a Digital Picture Frame.....

A few years ago my husband gave me a digital picture frame for my birthday and I hate to say it, but I never really used it.  I just didn't like the way it looked.  It was so plain and boring to look at.  So lets fast forward five years and my whole opinion has changed.  Why, because I saw something in a store that struck the creative side of me and completely changed my whole outlook on that digital frame sitting in my closet not being used.   It was a FRAME....a custom made one to fit a digital frame.  I saw it so long ago and I can't even remember where I saw it, but I remember I loved it and I wanted one and the store was asking an outlandish amount of money for it.  When my parents were here this past week, I had my Dad build one for me.....because he can build anything (just wait until I post about an amazing Pottery Barn Teen knockoff he did for me....I'm working on that post)!

Here is my new Frame......

This project was made from one piece of 1" x 6", nails and a router...that's it!!

He started by measuring my digital frame and went from there.  I would give you exact measurements, but all digital frames are different sizes, depths, etc..  Just start by first measuring the frame you have and adjust the 1" x 6" to fit your frame.  My frame is 19 1/4" long and 16 1/2" tall and the width of my digital frame is 9".

He routed the inset of the frame so the digital frame rested inside of it.  Measure the depth of the frame and adjust the router to make it fit your frame....

Made a couple of wooden stands for the frame to stand up.......

and tadaaaa......Lookie how that frame fits in there perfectly....

I primed it a grey color so the black paint would take to it better.....

Purchased an iron piece from Hobby Lobby for $4.99 and spray painted it turquoise....

Here's a hint...if you are going to paint screws, place them in a scrap piece of peg board and paint away.....

After the primer on the frame dried, I painted it black.....

Distressed the heck out of it and put a coat of polyurethane on it....

I also distressed the iron piece....just took my sandpaper block and ran over the top of it....

Measured and screwed in my iron piece and placed my digital frame in it, securing it with screen clips.

Hope you have a great week...Thanks for stopping by!!

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