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Inspiration for scrapbook pages is everywhere - how best to organize it so that it's actually USEFUL? First consider cutting up your magazines and idea books, and only saving the ideas that you really plan to use. Magazines and idea books only sit on you shelves, they aren't really useful. It can take hours to go through your books to find the one layout you remember. Having your ideas in a condensed form, arranged in a way that makes sense to you is much more effective.  If you are able to cut up your magazines, here are some ideas for arranging them: theme (holidays, birthday, babies, pets, travel etc) number of photos used in the layout journaling ideas colours quotes techniques Now that you've decided how to arrange them, where to store them?  A few ideas: a composition book or some other kind of sketchbook: you can sketch in here and adhere page ideas into it It's also portable, so you can take it with you to crops!   an index card box: adhere your ideas to...

Inspiration for scrapbook pages is everywhere - how best to organize it so that it's actually USEFUL? First consider cutting up your magazines and idea books, and only saving the ideas that you really plan to use. Magazines and idea books only sit on you shelves, they aren't really useful. It can take hours to go through your books to find the one layout you remember. Having your ideas in a condensed form, arranged in a way that makes sense to you is much more effective.  If you are able to cut up your magazines, here are some ideas for arranging them: theme (holidays, birthday, babies, pets, travel etc) number of photos used in the layout journaling ideas colours quotes techniques Now that you've decided how to arrange them, where to store them?  A few ideas: a composition book or some other kind of sketchbook: you can sketch in here and adhere page ideas into it It's also portable, so you can take it with you to crops!   an index card box:...

You'll be rolling with laughter during Caught in the Net! Directed by Mary Anne Ciuciura The Play Caught in the Net is written by Ray Cooney, considered by many in the theatre world as The Master of Farce. In Caught in the Net, John Smith has been happily married to two wives for 18 years. Of course, the two women don’t know about each other. Barbara and her 16-year-old son, Gavin, live in Streatham and Mary and her 15-year-old daughter, Vicki, live in Wimbledon. One day Gavin and Vicki meet while surfing online and they are amazed by all the coincidences between their fathers.  Both are named John, aged 43, and are taxi drivers. What are the chances of all those similarities in two different fathers? Right? Of course, Vicki invites Gavin for tea. When John finds out that Gavin is coming to tea he spends the next two hours attempting to stop the inevitable meeting. His friend and lodger, Stanley, who is not really the brightest, could be John’s saviou...

      Organizing our "paper cosmetics": paint, inks, embossing powders and other products that add a little something special to our pages. SORT:  first go through each of these items and make sure your colours haven't expired.  Are ink pads still juicy?  Are lids still intact? Do paints still mix together when shaken? Are your chalks still intact enough to use?  Sort all of your paper cosmetics into TOSS, KEEP, SELL, DONATE PURGE:  Throw out the toss items.  Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and put them immediately in your garage sale box.  Arrange for pick-up or drop-off of the DONATE pile. ASSIGN:  Sort your KEEP pile into categories that make sense to you. CONTAINERIZE : Inks last longest when stored horizontally, upside down (that's why Stampin' Up ink pads flip that way!) on a shelf, in a drawer, or maybe a cassette tape holder?  Paints could be stacked on a narrow shelf, on a tiered rack, in ...

      Organizing our "paper cosmetics": paint, inks, embossing powders and other products that add a little something special to our pages. SORT:  first go through each of these items and make sure your colours haven't expired.  Are ink pads still juicy?  Are lids still intact? Do paints still mix together when shaken? Are your chalks still intact enough to use?  Sort all of your paper cosmetics into TOSS, KEEP, SELL, DONATE PURGE:  Throw out the toss items.  Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and put them immediately in your garage sale box.  Arrange for pick-up or drop-off of the DONATE pile. ASSIGN:  Sort your KEEP pile into categories that make sense to you. CONTAINERIZE : Inks last longest when stored horizontally, upside down (that's why Stampin' Up ink pads flip that way!) on a shelf, in a drawer, or maybe a cassette tape holder?  Paints could be stacked on a narrow shelf, on a tiered rac...

Bird 2" x 3" $1.00 BUY Piecings may not be exactly as shown because each is individually handmade.

Bee #4 3" x 4" $2.00 BUY May not be exactly as shown because each piecing is individually made.

Bee #3 1.5" x 2" $1.00 BUY May not be exactly as shown because each piecing is individually made.

Bee #2 1.5" x 1.5" $1.00 BUY May not be exactly as shown because each piecing is individually made.

Embellishments are some of the easiest things to buy.   Everything looks so good, and you really believe you NEED everything!   Embellishments are also one of the supplies most affected by trends.   Careful consideration is really needed here. It's also important to find a system that will help you store all of your embellishments in a way that won't overwhelm you, yet also is visible enough that you don't forget to USE them.   Let's  S.P.A.C.E.  them. SORT:  As always, bring all of your embellishments together.  Touch every piece that you have and ruthlessly sort through them, deciding what to KEEP, TOSS, SELL, DONATE PURGE:  Immediately throw out the TOSS pile. Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and put them in the garage sale box. Set up a drop-off or pick-up of the DONATE pile. ASSIGN:  Sort through the KEEP pile in a way that makes sense to you.  Some ideas for sorting your embellishments 1) by c...

Embellishments are some of the easiest things to buy.   Everything looks so good, and you really believe you NEED everything!   Embellishments are also one of the supplies most affected by trends.   Careful consideration is really needed here. It's also important to find a system that will help you store all of your embellishments in a way that won't overwhelm you, yet also is visible enough that you don't forget to USE them.   Let's  S.P.A.C.E.  them. SORT:  As always, bring all of your embellishments together.  Touch every piece that you have and ruthlessly sort through them, deciding what to KEEP, TOSS, SELL, DONATE PURGE:  Immediately throw out the TOSS pile. Bag up and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and put them in the garage sale box. Set up a drop-off or pick-up of the DONATE pile. ASSIGN:  Sort through the KEEP pile in a way that makes sense to you.  Some ideas for sort...

This week's challenge is to organize all those ribbons and fibres.  There is no "right" way to store your ribbons and fibre.  The most important factor is that the system works for YOU.  First, let's make some  S.P.A.C.E. SORT:  Gather together all of your ribbons and fiber, and sort them into piles: KEEP, TOSS, SELL, DONATE PURGE : Throw out the TOSS pile.  Immediately make arrangements for pick-up or drop-off of the DONATE pile.  Bag up, and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and immediately put these in your garage sale box. Assign:  Sort your KEEP pile into types/colours of fibre and ribbon.  If your ribbons are in a big wrinkled mess, take time now to give everything a pressing (careful with the heat, some synthetics may melt!) Containerize:  Consider the space that you have, and the way that you work Here are some ideas that work for both ribbons and fibres: 1) on those little cardboard bobbins meant for embroidery ...

This week's challenge is to organize all those ribbons and fibres.  There is no "right" way to store your ribbons and fibre.  The most important factor is that the system works for YOU.  First, let's make some  S.P.A.C.E. SORT:  Gather together all of your ribbons and fiber, and sort them into piles: KEEP, TOSS, SELL, DONATE PURGE : Throw out the TOSS pile.  Immediately make arrangements for pick-up or drop-off of the DONATE pile.  Bag up, and assign a price and your initials to the SELL pile, and immediately put these in your garage sale box. Assign:  Sort your KEEP pile into types/colours of fibre and ribbon.  If your ribbons are in a big wrinkled mess, take time now to give everything a pressing (careful with the heat, some synthetics may melt!) Containerize:  Consider the space that you have, and the way that you work Here are some ideas that work for both ribbons and fibres: 1) on those little cardboard bobbins meant for embroid...

A few years ago I was challenged to scrap a layout a day for the year.  I love a good challenge . . . even if it is only 5 days each week (weekends off).  I think this is going to be a breeze. January 2 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 & 13 January 16 & 17 January 18 January 19 & 20 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 26 January 27 & 30 January 31 February 1 & 2 February 3 February 6 February 7 February 8 & 9 February 10 February 13 & 14 February 15 February 16 & 17 February 20 February 21 & 22 February 23 & 24 February 27-28