January Nesting

So it's January (obviously) and therefore, it's time to organize. This January I feel like I'm nesting. I'm cleaning and cooking and reorganizing all the time. Things are being tossed into bags for donation and garbage on every level of our house, and Mr. T is painting everything white. 

A huge percentage of our shake-it-up and clean-it-out new year mojo has been spent on our daughter's "new" room, and by "new" room I mean her baby brother's room with the largest of our tiny closets which she was clever enough to claim before he's old enough to realize it, poor boy. Mr. T and his paintbrush made so much white everywhere in this "new" room that I couldn't help myself, I had to add a little color in the form of....wait for it...fabric buckets. After reading of Maya Made's nesting buckets on SouleMamma last November, I knew I needed the pattern for someday. Then, this weekend someday turned in to Sunday, and our very own 'nesting' buckets were made.

First, I tried the pattern with some scrap fabric, and my mini sample turned into an instantly adored pencil holder.

Then I changed the dimensions called for and made a jumbo basket for the dolls and other friends that escaped the donate bag. 

Finally, my girl chose some fabric at IKEA (we were there for other "new" room essentials), and while she slept I made her these large baskets. Filling them with socks, tights (a whole buckets worth for my no-pant-no-way girl), and underwear (I didn't give you a close up of that one - that would be creepy), I decided that organizing has never been so fun.