Git R Done: Week 1

I have been waiting to write this post aaaallll week. I know, I know. I left you guys high and dry last week. Sorry. This whole spring-coming-early thing has left my allergies very confused. I woke up last Friday with a migraine so I decided to put off last weeks post and just do two this week. One today and one tomorrow. SO, lucky you! You get a Saturday post!!! 

Have you forgiven me? Yay! Thanks! :)

I have to say, the first two weeks of this 'git r done' challenge have been really great. I have been super productive and I have the blog (and you guys) to thank for that. Every time I feel like putting something off, I remind myself that you are all watching--er reading? --and waiting for me to show you the progress I have made. So, instead of putting stuff off, I have been tackling things with a vengeance! Let's dig in. 

Last week I decided that I wanted to accomplish three things. I was going to make this project I found on Pinterest, clean/organize our front porch in preparation for moving, and I was going to finish sanding our kitchen cabinets. 

 {coffee filter wreath picture and tutorial via lovely crafty home}

Well it happened! The kitchen is completely sanded and then some (did you see my post yesterday?) , the porch has been spruced up and packed away, and the coffee filter wreath is pretty much done. I will get to the coffee filter wreath in a minute. But up first, the porch. 

Here is a before of the porch: 

There were so many things that were just sitting on the porch that needed to be taken care of. The stack of tan chairs needed to be returned to my grandparent's house (left over from Christmas!). There were also a bunch of things that needed to be taken to Sal Val and then there were a few things that just needed to be thrown away. I stacked, sorted, and took care of things that had been sitting on the porch for months. Now, here is our clean porch! 

The black chair is patiently waiting to be sold (update: the chair is going to its new owners today!) and the whole area to the left has been completely cleared out.

Now, we can begin to move things to the house. For the past year and a half this porch has acted as our garage. We have all of Jonathan's car things, our outdoor furniture, and our camping equipment on the porch. So, once I can hijack Jonathan's truck, I will move everything from here to the garden shed that is off the side of our garage. Maybe on the list for next week? Who knows...

Now, onto the coffee filter wreath. I picked this project because I had all of the supplies on hand. I must say, I was a bit disappointed by how it turned out. It was a lot of work, for a very small project. 

I started in the morning and spent the whole day steadily working on it. I would dye the filters and hang them up to dry while I did other things around the house. Around 4:00 I decided that it was time to clean up before Jonathan got home from work, so I quickly dyed what I thought was enough coffee filters to finish the job and let them dry while I cleaned up my mess. Well, long story short, it wasn't enough. Here is my finished product. 

It looks nice from that angle. But just take a look from the other side. Can you see where the green is exposed in the picture below? Well I need to make some more flowers to fill in that spot. 

I'm not so sure I will end up finishing it though. I like the idea of having a fun, summery wreath but I'm not crazy about this one. I may have to try another one...

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Which one do you like best?!