making work fun

This morning's post from Stephanie Nielson was about "Job Balls" for her children. Pure genius!! I'm stashing it here for future use.. : ) 


Here is a copy/paste of her post:

Job balls.

Asking my little children nicely to do things around the house wasn't cutting it anymore.
I needed something genius. Something that would work. Something down right fun.
So I came up with a plan.
It had to do with colorful balls.
And it had to work.

I wrote jobs down on the 50 soft golf ball sized balls. I have to admit coming up with 50 jobs became hard...after about the 25th one I was writing jobs such as:
"hug sister" or "pick up 10 strands of Jimmy hair on the couch.

I am making a tally of all the jobs done, and whoever has the most tallies, gets to pick out a treat.
Works for them, works for me. Hopefully this will last longer than a few weeks.

stenciled clipboards

I was blog browsing last night (since I haven't done this for so, so long, I have been able to find a whole lot of new ones and links to new ones, etc. - in other words: all consuming), and I came across this freshly organized and decorated craft/sewing room for a handmade businesswoman who sews out of her home. 


Just like me, she has her sewing desk set up in a closet in a bedroom to make extra space. Above her desk, on the closet wall, she has these stenciled, numbered clipboards! I love them! I want to order some... but am trying to decide if I would use them now, or if I should wait until I have my ideal office all to myself... decisions, decisions. 


They are from the LetterboxCo. for $7.50 ea.

dry erase board: to make

It seems that we, as home makers, are always searching for things both pretty and functional. Here is something of that sort! 


This dry erase board is made from a pretty picture frame, and the cardboard/hardboard backing is just wrapped in elegant fabric! GENIUS. and SIMPLE.


The blog I found this on is papernstitch - I'm sure there's loads of fun stuff on there.