Playing With Paper!!

Pinterest inspired!

I love Pinterest - I know I have a small addiction.  Pinterest has become my favorite place to turn for inspiration.  As I have been searching Pinterest for ideas for redecorating my office, I've found several different ways folks have used the word "create" to decorate a craft space.  I couldn't wait to come up with my own "creative" way to decorate my space.  Let me know what you think:

I found the letters at Joann's, covered them with patterned paper or Washi tape & added a bit of embellishment.  The curtain rod I salvaged from out family room make-over.  In order to hang the letters, I used brads and ribbon.  I LOVE how this turned out!  And I think it looks great against my red walls!  What do you think?

Starting to get really excited!!

I haven't gone to a weekend crop in almost a year and I really want to get away.  My sister and I love the crops held by Scrap-a-Doodle Doo but our availability hasn't matched their crop schedule.   A few weeks ago, we were at the Scrap Addicts day crop and the organizer Michelle was talking about "cabin scrapping"???  I was intrigued - the way she and a few other ladies were describing the weekend sounded amazing.  Now - truth be told - I am not a camping person.  I did Girl Scout camping with my daughter twice and it was ok but not really my thing.  But once I checked out the groups Facebook page, I was really excited.  They call it camping because you are at a camp but it looks lovely - clean well taken care of.  

So where am I going with all this??  In 2 days I will be headed to camp for the weekend!!  And I can't wait.  I know some folks don't really enjoy getting away to scrapbook but I love it.  I  love the planning and packing for the weekend, I love getting away from my normal routine and of course I love being able to scrap without interuption!!  

In preparaion for the weekend, I did some shopping on 2 peas.  My order arrived yesterday!  I am so looking forward to playing with my new stuff.  Check it out below:

I ordered tons of patterned, washi tape and embellishments!!  Counting down the minutes...

Thickers!! I can't get enough of them.

Talk about a score!  I was at our local TJ Maxx this afternoon and hit the Thickers jackpot:

I cannot tell you how excited I am about my find.  I often find Thickers at TJ Maxx but I don't think I have ever found 8 different packages!!  What a score!

Now, I decided I needed to up date my Thicker storage.  This is what I use to put my Thickers in:

The manilla folders work ok but they get banged up pretty easily so I wanted something a bit sturdier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 So I found plastic folders at Staples and I think this solution will work a bit better:

They hold quite a few Thicker sets.  And they fit perfectly in my basket:

So, I'll see how well this works but I am always on the search for a great way to store my Thickers.  Any suggestions??

I can't believe this is my desk!

I am a bit of a neat freak.  Now, when I am scrapbooking or making a card-my desk is often a disaster but I clean up when I am finished.  It's just the way I am.  However today my desk is just a mess:

And although this is unusual for me, I don't really mind it.  I am working on thank you cards for a friend.  She has a baking business and wants some cards for her clients.  I am having a blast working on the cards & I have a million card ideas in my head.  I didn't think I could work with so much disorganization but I am feeling very inspired.  Here is one of my cards:

I used sketch number 33 from Fresh Made Sketches as my inspiration.  I really liked how the patterned paper is the star of this card.  So cute don't you think?

Not perfect but it will do for now

Several post back I shared this picture:

These are all my embellshments that my Clip-It-Up use to hold.  I been trying to come up with a new storage solution.  A big problem for me was transporting my Clip-It-Up.  I am want to attend  more crops this year and the idea of lugging my CIP everytime I want to go crop was getting daunting.  So, this is my solution (for now):

I found this "box" at HomeGoods.  I liked it because I knew it could hold 12x12 products.  To keep all my supplies seperate, I used 12x12 plastic pockets - labeling  each in pocket so I can grab it out of the box with no hassle.

I am happy with this so far.  It is really easy to move and carry.  I love to organize and re-organize so this was a fun challenge.  I am hoping to get my new storage rack for my punches soon so I will share that when it arrives.

So, are you re-organizing anything in your scrappy world???

 

 

The week that will never end!

This always happens to me - I had a wonderful, relaxing weekend and then it's back to reality!  This week is dragging - ugh.  I have been busy working on some reorganization projects in my scrap room.  The biggy is reorganizing my embellishments.  For the past several years, I have had all my embellishments organized with my Clip-It-Up.  I have love my Clip-It-Up but mine got broken a while back and I am ready for a change.  This is what my embellishments look like at the moment:

I know it looks like a mess but I am determinted to get it organized.  My first priority was to clean out all my old embellishments.  I gave my girls all the stuff I have had forever so they can use them in their Smash books.  I have also been searching the internet for the past few days looking for an easy way to get all this under control.   I'll let you know if I come up with anything good-keep your fingers crossed for me!!

Would you like to see another layout I created over the weekend?  Well, here you go:

These pictures are of my daughter and her baby cousin (she adores him & can't get enough time with him).  I used patterned paper from October Afternoon as well as embellishments from them as well.  I love the color combination - the yellow & grey - different from my normal color palette but I love it!  I was inspired by a layout I found in PageMaps 2 when I created this layout - I just can't remember the page number (sorry).  Don't you just love a good sketch book?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinda a weird day...

My kids had to go back to school today but my husband & I are both off.  Strange being in the house with just the two of us - but nice.  We finished taking down Christmas, did a huge cleaning in the basement, took a nap and watched some Glee (Season 2).  My husband asked when we could take a day off together again?  This is huge - my husband never takes a day off.  We took a picture of the 2 of us after lunch and I am going to use that for my day 2 picture of Project Life:

Not our greatest picture but it real life so it is going in my album.  Not sure if my husband is completely on board with Project Life but I think when he sees the album coming together, he'll get it.

I was looking back on some of my old post and I don't know if I ever shared my final stamping storage solution.  So here:

All of my acrylic stamps are now in stamping cases I ordered from SU!.  I am very pleased with how my new storage system worked out.  I organized all my sets by following how SU! categorizes stamps in the catalog (Greetings, Growing Up, Etc.).  I also created a binder that list all of my stamps so I can just pull it off of the shelf when I need to find a stamp.

I just listed all my SU! stamps because they all have a title and I pretty much know what each set is by title.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For my acrylic's, I stamped each image on a sheet for the binder and also for the case each set is housed in.

I am finding this system works really well for me.  I can find what I am looking for in no time and I feel like all my stamps are safe.

 

 

 

 

 

It was a big project to re-organize all my stamps but I am so glad I did it!!

 

I'm keeping the cards coming...it's what I have been up to!

When I started working on this card-I had no direction.  I started just playing with my stamps and was waiting to see where the ink would take me. 

 
And I must say I am very pleased with the outcome.  Very simple card but pretty.  All supplies are from SU!.  The stamp set is Pretty Peony - had it buried under a bunch of stamps and since I am in the process of re-organizing all my stamps I found it!  I forgot how much I liked this set and am thrilled I rediscovered it!!

And about re-organizing my stamps - WOW- way bigger project than I could have imagined.  I am making progress but still working on it.  I am hoping by the end of next week to be able to share the finished project.  The time is worth the end effect.  I think I am going to like my new system (and maybe I won't have to re-due it for the hundredth time!).

Wishing you an amazing weekend and thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Labor Day!

Are you doing anything exciting?  We are just hanging out so I am playing a bit.  Still working on my new organization project - I think it is going to take some time but I am ok with that.  I just realized I never posted the pictures from the finished project I made for my sister so here you go:
 
I think it came out pretty cute.  Some of the flowers have batting and some don't.  I used buttons on all of the flowers to hold their shape together.  I adhered them with pins so they can be removed or moved around as desired.  I just ordered 10 new Sizzix dies from www.sizzix.come - they are having a nice clearance sale right now.  I only paid $30.00 with the shipping!!  Can't wait to play with them.

I wan't to make some things for my office using my Big Shot-I just got the fabric I ordered.  Maybe this afternoon...

Don't you love Saturday? I am loving this Saturday!

So far it has been a pretty great day!  I finished the back to school shopping - all the kids got new shoes for under $50.00 bucks!   Coupons, clearance and bogo's are the way to shop!!  I went to Michaels and bought two albums and FINALLY put some layouts in albums.  What a sense of accomplishment!  I still need to put a few layouts away but I need to get some more page protectors.  But I am glad I got some layouts tucked away in there new home.  And now I am working on my new organization binder.  A few weeks back I stumbled onto this post from this blog: www.kathleendriggers.com - she has inventory sheets for scrapbookers that are an organizational scrapper nerds dream.  So that is what I am currently putting together but I do have a layout to share:

 

These pictures are from Easter last year.  The patterned paper and card stock are from SU!.  The flowers are K and Co.  Talk about a simple layout but I really like it.  I think I am so clever (although I have seen it done before) the way I added the flowers to the paper-loving it!  Hope you are enjoying this Saturday as much as me!!