Partnership + Giveaway

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a nice weekend!

I'm so excited I have teamed up with Michaela from Michaela Noelle Designs!  And today I'm sponsoring a giveaway for not one but two lucky winners from my Shaklee business.  

So head over to Michaela's blog and participate, maybe you'll be one of the lucky winners!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to come back to check out the final pictures of my Pantry Makeover!

xo,

Marcela

Pantry Makeover {Part I}

Hello everyone!

As I mentioned before I've been working on my pantry, you can check my previous post here.  So after some inspiration I rolled up my sleeves and got started.  

This is how my pantry looked before.... 

Seriously, how things got that bad, totally out of control!  I'm the kind of person who likes to keep things neat, how this happened!  And then it hit me, this place didn't have a system.  A place where you know where everything has to go, its own home.  We needed to know when we were running low on certain items, too!  Since it was such a mess, we weren't able to see what we really needed and ended up buying more and more snacks and cookies when we actually didn't need any more.

So first things first.  I emptied the whole thing, cleaned up every shelf and gave it a little lift by putting wall paper, which is actually contact paper I got at Home Depot

I also started my search for a home for each item in my pantry and after few tries on what containers I should get, I decided to take Jen's advice and go for the Rectangular Canister from the Container Store.

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And then the fun began!  Getting rid of mid-half boxes and bags with food and placing them on my beautiful containers.

And of course label them!  I wanted to do the chalk labels but the pen I got wasn't good enough and we could barely see the letters, so I went for the printed version...

It's becoming pretty nice so far!  I can't wait to show you the final result, just a little more work and we'll be done.  Make sure you come back to see the final pictures :)

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Liebster Award

Hello everyone!  Hope you are having a nice weekend so far! 

I wanted to share some great news with you...

I was awarded to the Liebster Award!  

Jillian is the voice behind My Boulangerie and she was kind enough to choose me among other new bloggers. Make sure you visit Jillian's blog and check out her yummy recipes!

This Award is meant to recognize new blogger or those with less than 200 followers and now I have the opportunity to award 11 new bloggers.


If your are one of the 11 you will need to do the following:

1. Post 11 random facts about themselves

2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and then create 11 new questions for the bloggers you pass the award to

3. Choose 11 new bloggers with less than 200 followers to pass the award to and link them in your post

4. Go to their blog and let them know!

5. You can't nominate the person who nominated you

This are my 11 random facts!

1.  I prefer tea over coffee

2. I can't swim

3. I can't ski

4. I love Summer!

5. Christmas is my favorite holiday

6. I love ironing
7. I have a very sweet tooth
8. I cry with romantic movies
9. I wish I was few inches taller
10. I'm the oldest of 4 siblings
11.  I love home decor and organizing magazines

 This are the questions that Jillian asked me to answer: 

1. What is one thing you can't go start your day without doing?

Brushing my teeth.  Even if I wake up early and go back to bed I'll go brush my teeth.

2. What is one thing most people don't know about you?

I wanted to become an actor

3. What is a subject you were really good at as a kid in school?

Math... I loved it!

4. What is your favorite book?

Paula by Isabel Allende

5. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A flight attendant 

6. Which do you like better - Cats or Dogs?

Dogs

7. What is one thing that makes you really happy?

Stay in bed on Saturday morning watching a movie with my husband and my daughter

8. What is your favorite blog (one that you read every day)?

Well, there are a few:

Michaela Noelle Designs

I heart organizing

Centsational Girl

And the list would go on and on...

9. Who or what inspires you most?

My daughter

10. If a movie were made out of your life, what actor/actress would you choose to play you?

Julia Roberts.  I love the way she laughs... loud!!

11. What would you call your personal style?

Modern with a touch of traditional



And my 11 nominees are:

Modern Art Design

Sara See Beauty

Hello Monday!

H. Finn Jewelry

Live Simply by Annie

Townhouse Lady

Happy Roost

Cardigans and Chai

The Social Home

Black Tag Diaries

A Simple Pinch of Paisley


And my 11 questions for them are:

1. What motivated you to create your blog?

2. What's your favorite food?

3. If you had to pick a different country to live in, which one would it be?

4. Do you speak a second language?  Which one?

5. How long do you spend on the web looking other blogs?

6. What's the best advice you've got to grow your blog?

7. What's your favorite home decor magazine?

8. If you had a magic wand to change anything, what would it be?

9. What's your least favorite task at home?

10. What's your go-to outfit?

11.  High heels or flats?


Ok ladies (and gents), this are my questions for the 11 lovely bloggers I picked.  This was harder than I thought it would be.  There are many blogs out there and most of them have way more than 200 followers but I'm very happy with the ones I chose.  They all are great blogs and have so much to offer.  I truly love reading their stories and projects.  Make sure you go to their sites and check them out!


Thanks for reading!

xo,
Marcela

Pantry Organization

Hello everyone!  Hope you all had a nice weekend!

I'm in the process of organizing my pantry and let me tell this is a major work.  How can you accumulate so much stuff in the kitchen!  From those big boxes of cereal to big rolls of paper towel. 

I've been looking for inspiration and I'm happy to say that I've found plenty of beautiful and most importantly functional pantry organizing ideas.  Please take a look...

{Black tag diaries}

{Sand and Sissal}

{Shanty 2 chic}

{Pinterest}

{A bowl full of lemons}

{The idea room}

{Be it ever so humble}

{I heart organizing}

{The social home}

For sure I've got some great ideas from all this ladies who put together this amazing pantries.  All I can say is... which me luck with my project!!! lol!

Thanks for reading!


xo,
Marcela

And the winner is...

Hello everyone!  Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Are you into the Oscars mood yet?  I always look forward to it.  The red carpet, the dresses, the parties and of course the winners!

Via Pinterest

have you thrown an Oscars party?  I wanted to bring you some ideas I found on the web, in case you're planning on doing so...

How pretty is this invitation! 

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Oh my... look at this beautiful ideas!  I like the the way bright yellow is incorporated on the theme...

{Hostess with the mostess}

Don't forget the most important snack for the occasion!

{via Pinterest}

How cute are this toppers!

{The party press blog}

Stars can't be out of it...

{Sweet designs}

Love the tags on the flutes!

{Little miss party}

Let's get sweet :)

{Hostess with the mostess}

What's your favorite movie this year?  Unfortunately I haven't seen any of the nominees.  I have a date with my husband tonight and we'll watch Argo.  At home though, we get indoor dates, does that count??

I have special feelings for the movie NO, which is in the foreign language category.  It represents my country, it's part of our history and I think it is beautifully made.  And I also love Gael Garcia-Bernal, who happens to be Mexican but plays a Chilean man who was exiled in Mexico for many years.  Once again he doesn't disappoint.  Oh, is he good!  

If you would like to learn a little more about NO, you can see the trailer here.

GOOD LUCK!

Thanks for reading and have a beautiful weekend!

xo,

Marcela

A little Lift...

Hello everyone!  Hope you all are having a great week so far!

My 10 year-old needed a dresser for her room.  We looked all over (the internet) and found some really nice ones, like this one at Pottery Barn Teen

After a long search we ended up getting this one from Target

We didn't want to spend too much money on it and this one was at a great price.  But the look was very basic.

I thought we could do better, so I got some pulls at the same store.

So, let's do the math...

Basic dresser + crystal pulls =  a very cute big-girl-dresser!!

I labeled the drawers so we all know where clothes go when putting back after laundry

And here, oh much, much better!  Don't you think?

Who would've thought that by doing such a small change would make it look so much prettier!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela