Multi-tasking... with the new one....

I have been in a scrapbooking mood for several weeks. My friend Meredith came over on New Years day & we scrapped all afternoon & late into the night. Since i decided to rearrange my office to make room for both her scrap table & mine, i decided that all that work was worth just leaving my stuff out & set up for awhile. I usually keep my table and all my scrap supplies set up in the walk in closet in that room, but that wouldn't have been conducive to conversation if she was out in the room & i was in the closet. So i moved it out & had to rearrange all the furniture in there to make it all work. Long story short... since i was still in my mode, the stuff was staying out for awhile, & I really wanted to finish my Disney album, i thought i would test a theory over the next few weeks..... multitasking with the office. It was scary but had the potential to be worth trying it out...

Here's what my test run looked like... Jackson on his little table in there with me, working on his lego's, and Zack on his "bed" napping. Can you believe it?? I can hardly believe it myself. The key is to get the dog worn out first. Then let him get sleepy & sack out. If you skip this step then when one of the kids walks in to play Lego's, all he wants to do is play with them or eat the fallen Lego's!
And of course, once he wakes back up... scrappin' time is over! But i have to tell you, the boys have enjoyed being allowed in the office to "work" with me! It's been fun!

So fun!

What do you get when to cut out all the 187 index prints that came along with your photo print purchase.... and glue them into a fun collage? Add some ribbon, glitter, & words.... and viola! You get this.....I wish that the camera could get a better shot of this because it turned out soooooo cute (if i do say so!). I tried several times to get a good shot, but they just weren't turning out. This was one of those pages that took a long time, but i felt giddy when i finished it because i liked it so much!! Yay! I now have two whole pages done in my Disney album.... only like 50 more!! Gotta start somewhere!!

More crafty goodness...

So, the crafty bug hasn't left me just yet..... I have made a few more fun projects.....

I made some coasters (& i think i will make some more for teacher presents and/or Christmas gifts)..... They are made out of tiles using a permanent ink pad for non-porous surfaces. Then i heat set the ink so they wouldn't run when a glass is placed on the coaster.

I added felt tabs to the backside corners so that they won't scratch each other or the tables.
I also tried out a new product that i had been eyeing for awhile. I made magnets out of 2 inch tiles. I used alcohol inks & a blending solution to make the background color. Then stamped the image with the same non-porous ink pad. Heat set these also, but i am not sure it was necessary...Then i had the idea to try a coat of diamond glaze to the top for a shine & it turned out pretty well...
It dried so shiny & I love the glass look it gave them. The possibilities for this project are endless!! I am pretty excited, can you tell?

We also had a birthday party to go to for a 5 year old boy in the Jackson & Eli's bible class.... so i decided to decorate another paint can & fill it with goodies. I put smarties, some push up pencils, little notepad, & a nerf ball inside.
I couldn't help myself... i HAD to use stickles.... on the cupcake liner & the "flame"...
And i added his name to the top (put stickles dots on the letters too) & then added a little ribbon love to the handle.
After that project, i did this little project... I made little goodie bags that i am going to hand out to the little kids in the bible class i am teaching this quarter. Next Sunday is the last Sunday of the quarter so this gave me an excuse to make something!! So i made another project with the labels that i have been stamping.... homemade goodie bags with covered Hershey's nuggets!

FUN TIMES!!

Gettin' Crafty!

I have been in such a crafty mood in the last week. I just can't help myself! And i have made some cute things too.....

My favorite is this "paint can." It is so adorable, that i think i will make some for Christmas presents too!

I started with a basic clear/metal can that i got at Archiver's for $3.99. Then i added some paper around it, scalloping the edges first. Then i stamped a cute little image that reads, "The road to a friend's house is never long." Then i matted it to an orange piece that i embossed with my Cuttlebug beforehand. Then i added an eyelet to each end to attach the green ribbon to. And lastly, i added the really cute double flower to the side of the image with a yellow brad.

For the top, i used my Cricut to cut the circle to the correct dimensions, adhered it to the top, then added another cute coordinating flower with a polkadot brad in the middle. Then for the finishing touch, i added some coordinating ribbon to the handle.

THEN.... i went to the office supply store, got some labels, and stamped them. And then added them to the Hershey's Nuggets i bought.....

Then i filled the container with them. Isn't this sooooo cute??? I love it! Oh, and i added a Target giftcard in the midst of the chocolate for an added surprise for the recipient of this beauty.

Did i mention that i made a coordinating card to go with it?

This started a cardmaking frenzy that kept me up until 2am one night. But i needed to make some cards for upcoming occasions in the next 2 weeks, so it was fitting!

I have 4 baby gifts to get together as well as one little boy's birthday.... so... i made all these!
That little bird is saying, "Tweet Baby" & the other card here is just a basic monogram card with tractors for the birthday boy (who loves anything transportation!)And these two are for two other girls i know, both having baby girls! One i work with, & the other i used to work with but am still close with!The last one was my favorite- it reads :"Everything's better with two." And it is for Randy's cousin's wife who is having TWINS! Yikes! So Aunt Debbie, don't spoil the surprise if you read this post before the shower...... That card is hitting the mail this week with her gift.....
I went to the office supply store today to buy envelopes to get a head start on Christmas cards, but decided to hold out for a sale. I hope this card making bug sticks around!

I love my cricut!

Have i mentioned lately how much i love my cricut? This is what Randy got me for Christmas & while it was a pretty expensive gift, i feel certain we have probably already gotten close to our money's worth out of it! It is great for scrapping, but i have also been cutting out vinyl with it! I love to do this! I gave a red platter (from a yard sale) a cute little monogram love for my "plate wall" in the dining room.....
For the record, Randy totally doesn't get the whole "M" thing. He thinks this is ridiculous & doesn't understand while we have plates on the wall for one, and two, why we have to put an M or "moss" on everything! Men, they just haven't any style sometimes!

Any who, i also couldn't figure out what to do to make this plain green speckled plate look better to put on my kitchen wall. So.... i took it upstairs, & gave it some cute vinyl pizzazz too by putting a cute little bird in the middle. Isn't is adorable?!

And while i am giving you a sneak peak of the house here, i will go ahead & post this picture. Randy hung my curtain rods in the living room tonight finally & it looks "homier" already! (Once we moved all the junk around the windows it did anyway!)... Even he said it looked much better!
This is not a good picture, but the cute little green wreath hanging between the windows was also a bargain. I just love it & i only paid $3.99 for it!

For All My Scrapbooking Girls...

Okay, so to those of you who love to scrapbook like me, i am sure your ribbon/fiber "box" or whatever is a total modge-podge of mixed up, unorganized, tattered ribbon spools, etc, right?? Well, last night when i was at Archivers for a scrapMANIA (i am a total scrapMANIAC, no comment, Daniel!) i picked up these nifty little things, thinking it can't hurt for .99c to try them. Well, after sitting down this morning and transforming my cluttered box into a much smaller neat box, i am hooked! This is how it went:

My box was filled with these before:

I got one pkg of 10 ribbon cards (for .99c) & 1 pkg of 25 ribbon holders (for another .99c).

And now my ribbons look like this:

My clear shoe box looks like this (for now) until i can go get about 20 more to complete the job:

But, then i can downsize my box into a much smaller box & feel much more organized( & to those of you who really know me, this is a weight lifted off my shoulders because i HATE the feeling of disorganization & clutter- i just can't work like that!) So for $1.98 total- this was one steal of a deal & a great overhaul of my ribbon box! And the best part is that i did it all in under 30 minutes (including taking the pictures, blogging it, & cleaning it up!) Go get 'em, girls!