DIY projects to help you achieve those new year’s resolutions

January 11th, 2008 | Category: DIY

Filed under: organization and storage, staying green, sewing

Let’s face it, that whole “resolutions” thing is rugged. Remember that instance you resolved to work out every daylight, and all you ended up with was a dusty elliptical trainer? Well, here are a few projects that might help you achieve your resolutions, but even whether they don’t, they’re fun, and don’t leave big dusty relics behind.

Here are a few projects that might help get you started on those resolutions:

Be more organized:
Get your family on the same page by painting that chalkboard wall calendar, designed by the folks by at marthastewart.com. whether you give up on the whole thing, the paint treatment still looks pretty interesting on its own. Or you or your kids/friends/cat-sitters can draw little pictures in the squares, making it a rotating chalkboard art gallery. (via ApartmentTherapy)

Clear out the clutter:
Corral all those toys, takeout menus, magazines and whatever else in that handy dandy hanging organizer from Burdastyle. whether it doesn’t help you get more organized, at least you can use it for shoes. Ditto for that car-seat organizer from MayFly. (via Craft)

Be more environmentally friendly:
Yes, you really want to avoid using plastic bags, but those canvas bags take up precious real estate in your purse, am I right? The solution? The folks by at WhipUp have a great pattern for a fabric tote bag that can be folded down to wallet -size. Now you have no excuse.

Be a better correspondent
If you go through the trouble to compose these pretty little notecards from StillDottie, you’ll just HAVE to

use them to drop a line to your friends and family, right? Yes, that’s what I tell myself too. But at the very least, whether you embellish them with fabric only and use no lettering, they can be backup cards for when you forgot to buy a card for your co-worker’s birthday.

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