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My blogiversary week!: Top 5 posts

April 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Guess what? This week is my official one-year blogiversary week! This Wednesday the 11th is exactly one year from my first post here on The Mombot, and I can hardly believe it!

I’ve had the privilege of gaining tons of new readers and followers, both here on the the blog and over on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. I am honored that people tune in to see what I have to say and share (especially since I happen to find myself to be rather boring). I get so much joy out of writing and sharing tips, tutorials, and fashion advice; thank you for being a part of my first year!

I have lots of fun posts and perhaps even a giveaway (*wink*) coming this week, so please join me all week for a celebration.

Today, I thought I would share with you what the most popular 5 posts from this past year have been. These posts have been shared on Stumbleupon, Pinterest, and other blogs and gotten lots of visits. Have you checked them out yet?

#1 Gender Reveal Craft

gender reveal ideas, baby gender reveal ideas, finding out gender

My girlfriend Michelle from Just Watching My Garden Grow stopped by to share her gender reveal craft, and people went crazy for her creative idea! See Post

#2 Hanging Pictures Without Frames

hanging photos without frames, ways to hang art, embroidery hoop art

In this post, I drew attention to the fact that frames are expensive and don’t always fit into my budget when I want to create a huge gallery wall. So, I gathered some ideas from around the web on how you can hang pictures and photos without having to purchase frames. See Post

#3 DIY Gifts for Mom

diy gifts for mom, diy gifts, diy gift ideas, mother's day gift ideas

Originally done during Christmas 2011, this post has been popular once again with Mother’s Day on the way. If you’re out of ideas and need something frugal to make for mom, try these ideas! See Post (P.S. I did a follow-up post to this recently with more DIY Gifts for Mom ideas)

#4 Free Printable Father’s Day Cards

free printable father's day cards, printable father's day, father's day cards

With Father’s Day coming in a couple of months, I guess it’s appropriate that I highlight this post again anyway! Last year, I came up with 2 free printable Father’s Day cards and tons of people downloaded them for their dads/hubbies. See Post

 

#5 Felt Food Patterns

felt food patterns, felt food tutorials, felt food free tutorials

If you’ve got a little girl, you know how much they love to “cook” and play in the kitchen. My daughter has a little kitchen of her own, and I gathered some tutorial and pattern ideas for felt food in this post. See Post

 

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I get it. It's a little weird. But the girls I've I get it. It's a little weird.
But the girls I've seen do it best, look adorable.

I think it looks best with an oversized tee or sweatshirt, tennies or slides, and a small crossbody bag.

You can't argue with comfort.

For the record, these are women's sleep shorts that I've had a couple of years from Old Navy. If you buy actual men's boxers, you might consider sewing up the pee pocket 😜

Don't spend a lot on this trend; these shorts are made from the thinnest of fabric and shouldn't cost much. Don't be fooled by a retailer that wants you to spend just because it's trendy.

But if you see some cute boxers and want to give it a go - then do! Bonus - if/when the trend ends, you'll have pajamas on the ready 👏

It's solid weekend wear, but I'm not going out to dinner in it...

#boxershortsforgirls #boxershort #ootd #womensfashion #styleinspiration
Another project down in my son's room! I knew I w Another project down in my son's room!

I knew I wanted some sort of built-in feature in this bedroom, but it was hard to figure out what, because we turned it into an active space where he could run and play and needed a lot of room.

So I settled on a built-in bookcase with the slatted design feature, which I'm in love with!

The best part about it is that if he ever decides to upgrade his bed, the space will also accommodate a full or queen size bed going in the opposite direction. It adds so much interest to this room and hopefully will be here for a long time!

One of the things I love most about DIY projects is figuring out how to make something - it's like a giant puzzle. I saw photos of these slotted wall room dividers on Pinterest and just figured it out as I went. All in all, I had very few hiccups and it only took me a few hours to put together. I think I only cursed once?!? And so I call that an extreme DIY win...

Now that the sports wall, the climbing wall, and the built-in feature are complete, the last thing to do in here is some additional painting. I'm thinking of using a contrasting blue color for the closet doors and back side of the built-in, and perhaps trimming out the window with it as well. Then I need to switch out the light for a fan and this.room.is done 🙌

Details: I used two IKEA billy bookshelves, screwed together and secured to the wall. Then wrapped them in white oak plywood. I ripped down 2x4s into 1.5x1.5" square dowels (heavily sanded!) and used pocket holes on the back side of each to secure to the bookshelf and the 1x4 in the ceiling. It's very sturdy!

Go back in my reels to see the other projects from this room! 

#diy #boysroom #roomrenovation #roomrefresh #kidsrooms #climbingwall #soccerbedroom #builtins #bedroomredo #girlswhobuild
This climbing wall took half a day and cost under This climbing wall took half a day and cost under $100!

We are lucky enough to have 13' ceilings in our bedrooms, so a climbing wall seemed to make sense in my son's room as we worked on the remodel.

He is a super active kid with #ADHD, so his room redo has involved lots of activity spaces! Go back in my reels to see past projects and follow to see me finish this up!

#diy #roomrenovation #roomrefresh #kidsrooms #climbingwall #soccerbedroom
Another to-do checked off my list for spring break Another to-do checked off my list for spring break room makeover!

I added very subtle striping to the wall to mimic a soccer field and keep things classy. ⚽

Stick around to see the next project - a climbing wall!

(And go back in my reels to see the sports wall)

#roommakeover #soccer #kidsroom

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