Getting ready

So, we've been trying to get ready for a baby shower I'm throwing for Michelle tomorrow. They'll be having a sweet little boy soon.
I know that "tradition" says you have a shower for only the first baby, but I say why not have a shower for EVERY new baby! It helps the parents get ready for the new arrival and it's a chance to celebrate the new baby.
It's been a joy keeping our house clean. I have discovered something wonderful that I have used on my couches, floor and clothes. It has gotten out EVERY stain I have tried it on (so far) and I am loving it! It's called Zote. I used it to spot clean my carpet before using the carpet cleaner over the whole area. It got up ALL of the stains on my floor. Now it looks nearly flawless. (There's a rip in it near the door...)
I'm a little sad lately though. My digital camera broke. There was a malfunction in the lens and it has completely shut down the camera. :(
I still have my old one, so I'll still try to take some pictures of the shower and I'll try to get the new one fixed soon. (I just need a copy of the receipt from the store.) Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I've been embarking on a lot of craft projects lately. There are a few I'm particularly proud of. I'll show them to you at the end of this post.
I love how it's been transforming our apartment! You should try some of your own. I find them to be great stress relievers.
I'd love to hear about some of the crafts you have done! (pics are great too!)

My latest complaint...

is actually a rather silly one.
I want to be crafty. I want to make things. I want to completely redo our apartment... but I can't. It takes supplies to make stuff and it takes money to get supplies. This is where my complaint comes in... or rather, my dilemma. Where can you get things to make stuff (wood, glues/epoxy, other such supplies that you can use to make craft projects...) besides DI. I need to know places that are cheap (and by cheap, I mean as close to free as you can possibly get).
I have caught a crafting bug. Wanna see some of the blogs I've been looking at and getting ideas from?
http://www.potholesandpantyhose.com/A/Home.html
http://www.misscraftypants.com/
http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/
http://ourhumbleabowed.wordpress.com/
http://houseofsmiths.blogspot.com/

These are just a few of them and I have fallen in love with some of the things I have seen on here!
I used to dislike "crafty" houses. I thought they were all to "kitchy", but since moving into our own place again, I have changed my mind. I LOVE CRAFTS! (to a certain extent... i still don't want my house overrun by nick knacks.)
I am going to try to get all of our stuff organized too. We have a relatively small space, so we can use all the organization we can get!!!
If you have any great ideas, let me know!