Monthly Archives: January 2015

House Tour: Mom’s Craft Room

House Tour: Mom’s Craft Room

My mom has the dream “office” space.

It’s not really her office, maybe more of a studio, but it’s her creative space and it’s a dream.

We call it the craft room.

I’ve been meaning to share this space with you all for awhile. It’s inspiration – which might spur a little bit of jealousy – but remember that my parents have lived in their house for 20+ years. She’s had almost my entire lifetime to work on this space. I can only hope that in 20 years my craft space is half of the dream that hers is.

This room is in my parents basement. It’s essentially a storage room – cement floors, cement walls, and 2x4s lining the ceiling. My mom has turned it into the most perfect little space.

IMG_3980This room has a space for everything creative: 3 counters of workspace and never ending storage.

IMG_3976I should also mention that my mom is very organized. Everything has a home and/or a label.

IMG_3968Fabric paint, acrylic paint, a deep sink for cleaning paintbrushes…

IMG_3951Every color of spray paint you could ever need…
(My mom thinks she’ll get made fun of for this wall of paint. I keep telling her people will love it and dream of being her..)

IMG_3979Finished mosaic crosses, work in progress pieces, and blank canvases…

IMG_3967Here is an example of the beautiful work she creates. Every piece is unique and I bet she remembers every piece she’s ever made.

IMG_3974Full sheets of glass for mosaic, and glass cutting tools…

IMG_3962And the cut glass is stored here – my dad made this tray holder for her.

IMG_3961IMG_3978Every color of pen, all types of glue, push pins, paper clips, grommets, she has it all…

IMG_3958Scrapbooking stations and paper storage and then my favorite…

IMG_3977The wall of everything gift wrap. I’ve used this space every year for birthdays and Christmas’.

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She uses every corner of this space for something creative. Every time I come over to visit she has another project or idea to show me in the craft room.

Rooms like this inspire me to become more organized – the theme of my first two weeks of 2015. I have deep cleaned and organized what feels like my entire house (but unfortunately have a long way to go). I’ve also followed through with some decorating ideas I’ve been sitting on for a year!

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What do you think about this creative space?

Happy Day!

PS: Do you have a creative space and live in the Wichita area? I’d love to feature it on this little blog – Email me: kelsey {at} thejaderstons {dot} com

One Word 2015

One Word 2015

It’s hard to believe that 2015 is already here. I remember when Y2k was approaching and the world was afraid it would cease to exist… SURPRISE! We’re still alive, 15 years later.

Y2k was also the year that my sisters and I (accidentally) attempted to set our macaroni and cheese on fire…

Woops.

Anyways, our one word 2014 was CELEBRATE and I definitely feel like we hit the nail on the head. So many celebrations. We celebrated Mike’s new job over and over and over again. We celebrated our move to Wichita, birthdays, anniversaries, paychecks, friends, church, house updates, and usually any old Thursday. It was a good year. One that will be hard to top.

We closed out our year with a wonderfully relaxed evening at home. We had just flown in from Arizona and we were both just exhausted. We relaxed on the couch toasted to 2015, just the two of us.

I took a photo of this fun moment but then accidentally deleted it. My bad.

2015 is a new year that needs a new word.

We teamed up with our brother and sis in law again this year. Life is a lot more fun with them in it. And our word is…

ADVENTURE

We still aren’t quite sure what this will entail, but I love that this word is broad.

Mike and I are hoping to travel this year. We aren’t sure where we want to go, but he has some vacation days now (YAY!) and we plan to use them on something fun.

We also want to adventure around Wichita. I’ve lived in Wichita almost my whole life and there are parts of town that I still am not sure exist because I’ve never been there – or stayed there long enough to remember them.

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Adventure is all encompassing. I’m excited to try new things and step out of my comfort zone a little bit.

I also started my own little adventure with a new years resolution to read through the bible in 365 days. I am using the She Reads Truth app. They have a reading guide and an interactive checklist so you can keep track of how far you’ve come. Currently: 1% complete! So far, so good.

I’ll keep you updated on our next adventure, but until then.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Zona Christmas

IMG_5795IMG_5806IMG_5813IMG_5811IMG_5814IMG_5816IMG_5820IMG_5818IMG_5825IMG_5828IMG_5830IMG_5831IMG_5832IMG_5836IMG_5837Black MountainIMG_5839IMG_5841IMG_5844IMG_5845IMG_5860This year end in Zona we…
Tickled Frosty on our way out of town
Spent 2+ hours at a minute clinic – Momma Scheer was sick sick sick
Enjoyed family football
Took post-workout selfies to earn an extra slice of pizza
Played speed scrabble and lots of Pandemic
Woke up with bedhead
And stayed in bed well past lunch time
Maddie played with some small children while out shopping
and while Mike golfed I had my own adventure. The views are always amazing.
Finally, we hiked black mountain and all made it to the top (some of us did it twice)
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The best crepes of my life. Nutella Delight is not messing around.
Fried Ice cream at La Haciendas
Creme Brulee at Tantos
Barros Pizza
And Arizona made salsa.

So in other words: food, food, food and food…

Our Zona trips after Christmas have become a tradition in the Scheer family. I love escaping to the warmer weather and leaving behind the hustle and bustle of Christmas. This year was no exception.

We’re home now and feeling good about 2015.

Happy Day!

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