Month: January 2009

Still a long way to go before things get purdy. I’m in the toss/donate/keep stage (sorting) so I can figure out what, if any new storage is needed. For now here are some pretty glimpses of the work table…

my mom gave me the singer tin for Christmas. I’ve got all the thread and stuff in there. LOVE IT.

that alba pineapple quench lip gloss is BEST EVAH! I’m a lip gloss fiend… but that’s my favorite and I have plenty thanks to my darling friend (who is able to get it for me!) Also- you’ll see I’m keeping a few colors of glitter in dishes. I’ll explain that another day.

Back to the blah part of sorting, hope to be making pretty with my space soon!

I’ve forever been a mix-match, whatever I’ve got I’ll make work kind of girl for my craft space. That said, over the years it’s gotten more and more difficult to function efficiently and have good flow to my work station.

The other day in costco we noticed the 8″ long work bench (meant for a garage, no doubt) was back… and I took the plunge. Here’s what we’ve got going so far:

my trusty ikea desk will stay where it is (you can see a corner of it all cluttered up) but now this table will act as sewing, crafting, computer, and all around awesomeness station. Since it’s only 24″ deep this is a MUCH better fit for my narrow room. Since I’ve got a break in crafty-deadlines I figured there won’t be a better time for this project.

It goes without saying- I had to make an insane mess elsewhere to make this fit… and now I’m going to work on cleaning that mess and getting back in order!

I’ll be back to post more photos and choose the (punch) winner soon…

I was asked to do a hybrid layout (do-able in under 1hr) for the jan/feb Memory Makers issue. I was surprised and thrilled that two of my favorites- Heidi Grace and Basic Grey- blended so well together.

and the digital element from Katie Pertiet? Ahhhh I do love her stuff (www.designerdigitals.com)

not to mention the scallop heart punch from Fiskars that I lurve…

In fact, I have an XL scallop heart squeeze punch (as shown above!) that I’d like to give away. Just leave a comment here to be entered!

I have to say- I’m so CRAZY EXCITED for my new class to start at BPS. (you can check it out here) It starts in about 3 weeks… and I just finished the final layouts for it! There are a lot of layouts in this class- somewhere around 55+ I think! Wanna see some peeks of layouts just finished for it?

 

Have a great weekend- I’ll be back with a prize Monday!!

I’m a big fan of experimenting and playing with my crafting. It’s how I find new ideas and work out kinks and problems. This page didn’t turn out quite like I imagined (and so it didn’t make class ‘cut’) but that’s ok. I got some ideas and worked out some things with this- and I am happy for this to show off our Christmas card photo this year in my scrapbook.

I’ve been a sew-on-trim freak lately. In addition to my brocade/damask fixation which is still in full swing.

and if you’re wondering why you can’t see the edges of this page… well… I used a punch that’s still (shhh! secret!) under wraps so I can’t show  you! But I will soon as it gets peeked.

I know, I’m full of secret projects these days… but much to be shared coming soon!!!