tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79851649593998700812023-11-16T01:59:03.000-05:00A Page in TimeMy life... a day at a timeSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-7224983430062295082021-01-23T17:50:00.000-05:002021-01-23T17:50:04.057-05:00Its been a long time coming<p> I just looked back at the last post I typed. 2016!!! Where did the time go. I have not been very crafty, well that is not completely true. I did teach myself how to sew and starting making bags. I made my first bag from a pattern and was so proud, then when I started using the bag, I decided I did not like the bag, so used it as the base to design my own bags. I did very well at selling these.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzLY0oHFmZoZKRVfiYZF98dhqj4BhlX60ywAh9edX4v5VLUPb2CKziMGun_Cohg5FqO24KkVhsiJrvPiuLM7rj-38us7lDFNc2XLFwQ9afw-cYC4cF5VxUYpjRPyOGYvv9u8HbUFAJGNN/s2048/0704171035a_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzLY0oHFmZoZKRVfiYZF98dhqj4BhlX60ywAh9edX4v5VLUPb2CKziMGun_Cohg5FqO24KkVhsiJrvPiuLM7rj-38us7lDFNc2XLFwQ9afw-cYC4cF5VxUYpjRPyOGYvv9u8HbUFAJGNN/w122-h137/0704171035a_HDR.jpg" width="122" /></a>This was my first bag. I actually made the insert before the bag. There was also a credit card holder, a cell phone case and two little zippered bags. The handle was flimsy and the bag did not have a very good lining so it did not hold up well. So I gave it a try at designing my own. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEInSoEHJ1176Qur1229QUutr4g_o14Y2lxywguYI-Mqv_4kILn3LWiN54179FMDGWmjhODABK22NkMTWuInDixXEVghx50A22UTfPdXZHWMsf14CXBwzLLy7a7SrKgDBytQg1IVjS0hdU/s2048/0722171002_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEInSoEHJ1176Qur1229QUutr4g_o14Y2lxywguYI-Mqv_4kILn3LWiN54179FMDGWmjhODABK22NkMTWuInDixXEVghx50A22UTfPdXZHWMsf14CXBwzLLy7a7SrKgDBytQg1IVjS0hdU/s320/0722171002_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was my next attempt. Still a little on the flimsy side for handles. I had to come up with a sturdier handle.</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ08i0GWOyq-XcXkxfEGL9-w8iQXPSFmaY7pKmBVmPR6R8StLcKjxJIWbgBQWaD6I6Tj3t7GZD0XNpSh6Y_VCa7bjfvbnc_qwqkFFYReybz4s8noowH8Hp-8uzTqAooVc_LQj_L1lmMXhY/s2048/IMG_20190911_090628.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1972" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ08i0GWOyq-XcXkxfEGL9-w8iQXPSFmaY7pKmBVmPR6R8StLcKjxJIWbgBQWaD6I6Tj3t7GZD0XNpSh6Y_VCa7bjfvbnc_qwqkFFYReybz4s8noowH8Hp-8uzTqAooVc_LQj_L1lmMXhY/w191-h198/IMG_20190911_090628.jpg" width="191" /> </a>This was THE BAG. The handles are much better. I added a tab across the top with a button closure, a zippered pocket inside along with 3 other open pockets inside and a key fab sewn in so I could find my keys quickly. Lots of pockets around the outside and now that I got a design I liked, I could make this bag out of lots of fabrics.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVw0wxyqI1-nGjJjCdD2S514jxqu9YLyuqzuUp0AYV-0x481xK83X-P8ASIRComIu8_nfY0Yz1yMTcyU_s_VFn0x-H3GqEhbHmIlW9aN48W9dEPNbZvLVNVaGxwpPr13qQeHt9cDT0_UG/s2048/IMG_20191109_162037_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVw0wxyqI1-nGjJjCdD2S514jxqu9YLyuqzuUp0AYV-0x481xK83X-P8ASIRComIu8_nfY0Yz1yMTcyU_s_VFn0x-H3GqEhbHmIlW9aN48W9dEPNbZvLVNVaGxwpPr13qQeHt9cDT0_UG/w264-h198/IMG_20191109_162037_1.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGmDvTV7Q3h4vGVcGI8lc5NzRhzDDEY_ovYGFh1187mYZZOCYgHrmW0meLn0Y35_69kdy740zFzYw_RSHrbl0LkAuKgBTruztIPpvPR_bH-6F9feAWgbh4KyRrWEzrwlEU1JtxBn3RCwU/s2048/IMG_20200330_124944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1494" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGmDvTV7Q3h4vGVcGI8lc5NzRhzDDEY_ovYGFh1187mYZZOCYgHrmW0meLn0Y35_69kdy740zFzYw_RSHrbl0LkAuKgBTruztIPpvPR_bH-6F9feAWgbh4KyRrWEzrwlEU1JtxBn3RCwU/w149-h205/IMG_20200330_124944.jpg" width="149" /></a> Then in March the Pandemic hit and we were all told to stay home, and wear masks, So not only did mask making taking over my whole days but I could make complete matching sets of mask, bag, wristlet, journal cover.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now on to new things...</div><p></p><p>I received a Cricut Maker for Christmas. To be honest. I was so excited to begin with, but after opening the box (which comes with practically NO INSTRUCTIONS.) It did not take long to get very frustrated with my new toy. To the point that I was contemplating returning the machine. I have wanted this version of the Cricut for a few years now but I could not justify the cost since I already owned the Cricut Explore Air and the Silhouette. The biggest draw for this machine was the fabric cutting abilities. I should have done a little more research, though. My old pc is a dinosaur and takes forever to boot up. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ1HlI0wYpfQXdJBK7hRmvgNmS-X3uSFHQ5iA4mMNvphGQ_6CKbK-dYospSOH4CDQQ2BYl3H0TZCZzeHjk89TD4AeXRj_lF2kRCglWRoxRCY8SWcBGXaIItsL4zQJAJ3par8ia3HUvn2W/s2048/PXL_20210123_204703396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1564" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ1HlI0wYpfQXdJBK7hRmvgNmS-X3uSFHQ5iA4mMNvphGQ_6CKbK-dYospSOH4CDQQ2BYl3H0TZCZzeHjk89TD4AeXRj_lF2kRCglWRoxRCY8SWcBGXaIItsL4zQJAJ3par8ia3HUvn2W/w57-h75/PXL_20210123_204703396.jpg" width="57" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have a great laptop that I absolutely love but Cricut Design Space does not like it at all. It is a Chromebook and guess what? It is not compatible with Design Space. </p><div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDT_l0uWH5-PyyzBiVI5SVtkMUY9FmZBnLT533BBwliuRqSAkTBWd5ZTKwSznV-y7f0lFFnFq2HKWRek2GwwSRo2cr0YmQb4dCeQugx0z5SJiVzcBKPAr7MoVpYIhyphenhyphenDjXtL4yHrEJG1kmt/s2048/PXL_20210123_204716125.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1627" data-original-width="2048" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDT_l0uWH5-PyyzBiVI5SVtkMUY9FmZBnLT533BBwliuRqSAkTBWd5ZTKwSznV-y7f0lFFnFq2HKWRek2GwwSRo2cr0YmQb4dCeQugx0z5SJiVzcBKPAr7MoVpYIhyphenhyphenDjXtL4yHrEJG1kmt/w75-h60/PXL_20210123_204716125.MP.jpg" width="75" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">So I pulled out my next favorite gadget, my tablet. I am a die-hard Kindle fan. I have owned ever version of Kindle since it first came out, including my new 10 inch HD Fire I just purchased at an awesome price this past Black Friday. But lo and behold Cricut Design Space is not a friend of Kindle, either. This too, is not compatible. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I spent hours the first night with my new machine in total disbelief. How can this machine, that can do so much, not be up to par with the newest technology? I was totally baffled.</span></div><p>So it left me with these options...</p><p>Return the machine and go back to using my Silhouette, which is another awesome die cutting machine (without the extras of thicker material and fabric).</p><p>Buy a new computer, which was not in my budget.</p><p>Move my machine to my office and use the business computer. This option was my least favorite. The computer is top of the line with tons of memory and bells and whistles. But it is for work and it's not set up for Bluetooth. Which is another reason I was excited about getting a Cricut Maker. </p><p>Plus, if you have read any of my past posts, you know I have a whole room dedicated to my crafts and is loaded to the max with supplies. So I would have to move supplies up to my office. Not an ideal situation. Or constantly be going up and down the stairs for supplies.</p><p>My excitement was diminishing very quickly.</p><p>I starting looking up Facebook groups, You Tube videos, any posts I could find for a work-around. And it looked like I was back to returning the machine or buying a new computer. AAAUUUGHH!!</p><p>I did start using it with the office computer. The machine was easy to use, since i was already familiar with die cutting machines. Design Space is another story. Why does it seem so difficult to add my own images? </p><p>At about this same time a good friend asked me if I would teach her how to use Cricut. I was still learning the system myself but we had a little play date and made a few things. It turned out to be a perfect combination. She knows computers way better than I do. And I know die cutting machines so together we figured a lot of things out. To top the day off, we even made a trade. She had an old ipad she was going to recycle and I had my older Cricut machine the Explore Air. I gave her my older Cricut machine and she gave me her i-Pad. I feel like I was making out so I added a bunch of paper, tools, a paper trimmer. I forgot to give her the brayer I told her about. But she will get that they next time we have a crafting day. </p><p>Yah! I still have no idea how to use an i-pad but I am learning. The nice thing is there are tons of videos available using an ipad with Design Space. I just need to take some time to watch some of them. </p><p>So I will be moving my Maker back into my craft room as soon as I feel comfortable with the ipad. </p><p>I will share what I have made so far...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiRN15WeeKmI_N5ZcZqToA9IkPAg6bKR2EoRxsbctOh8BR_G9NkZLF2EPRHy6sTMZKipv9xDdsZ_i_vNiYGZnJ10_j_hd4Z5nDejzUfPCyO9aVNJcszo0UUqDHJd0_hAEUfBmv5qF_QQM/s2633/PXL_20210123_205058922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2633" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiRN15WeeKmI_N5ZcZqToA9IkPAg6bKR2EoRxsbctOh8BR_G9NkZLF2EPRHy6sTMZKipv9xDdsZ_i_vNiYGZnJ10_j_hd4Z5nDejzUfPCyO9aVNJcszo0UUqDHJd0_hAEUfBmv5qF_QQM/w256-h116/PXL_20210123_205058922.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>First I decorated my machine, The colors are very light but I was trying for the pale green of Grogu from the Mandalorian. I download this image, cleaned it up a little and made it a cut file. Afterwards I found out I could have saved time and bought the SVG file but it was a good learning experience.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6hoc8Jm1vx73HtZpJlLz1KzOGvNNq45OFzCe743l2PPQn0AGR-EPJJd2npVf3Q87hnp0JHQvVj2MCsnKDQfGDW1svsmd8HqcYzg0fEroTFaVRYh_h9f_gpkDKub7Yji2HxvRPPI42oMj/s2048/PXL_20210123_205037931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6hoc8Jm1vx73HtZpJlLz1KzOGvNNq45OFzCe743l2PPQn0AGR-EPJJd2npVf3Q87hnp0JHQvVj2MCsnKDQfGDW1svsmd8HqcYzg0fEroTFaVRYh_h9f_gpkDKub7Yji2HxvRPPI42oMj/w350-h263/PXL_20210123_205037931.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI32ovDrKTI6msswncG1of3mlT03syoIjydsjUTZpHzI9s8B2q4fxb3wDJQZcwnx3VMHAOELuPONWSZCIBdzYUETzkQJUuWkHmkH8VlgOUjD8orhf_31DIfMiLcf-imQx9tPZf0ptkDreF/s2872/PXL_20210103_165336947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2872" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI32ovDrKTI6msswncG1of3mlT03syoIjydsjUTZpHzI9s8B2q4fxb3wDJQZcwnx3VMHAOELuPONWSZCIBdzYUETzkQJUuWkHmkH8VlgOUjD8orhf_31DIfMiLcf-imQx9tPZf0ptkDreF/w433-h165/PXL_20210103_165336947.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Then I started looking around my house to see what I can label. These little buckets I found at the Dollar store, perfect for crafting tools. These little white boxes I usually will scatter around on tables when we have company. They have small games in them, Yatzee, Left, Right, Center, playing cards, etc. Now they are labeled so people will know what they are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIi5eBIC1Z-QjXvdtKo-Ps6wSWXxw7upzAbBLXEfosC_i2QVXIEvlgnEWrc-ZFNjZg-AJFaaWCYVkzJi9Vv0rXjNO-KiWC7xem3qafxhrsMsnc861slCLf7KAXWg9I-_xz5GGVavIQNgw/s2048/PXL_20210123_213726289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIi5eBIC1Z-QjXvdtKo-Ps6wSWXxw7upzAbBLXEfosC_i2QVXIEvlgnEWrc-ZFNjZg-AJFaaWCYVkzJi9Vv0rXjNO-KiWC7xem3qafxhrsMsnc861slCLf7KAXWg9I-_xz5GGVavIQNgw/w118-h157/PXL_20210123_213726289.jpg" width="118" /></a> I started a new job this week as a Hostess at a local restaurant and decorate a clipboard and a little bag for items I need while at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32J6NMFwEZSx7NRCEu3dieACW_vOM0BvxU2yRRArbJfrg-AyVZVaKThL1Oy2zmO7PieIf1aunrLCvzJFBU3rNyFixIZ4V39v6gy6b0VjsY89uXxaVhLMsJcwe27qEGYivZiMq3fOFtWz6/s2048/PXL_20210123_223906877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32J6NMFwEZSx7NRCEu3dieACW_vOM0BvxU2yRRArbJfrg-AyVZVaKThL1Oy2zmO7PieIf1aunrLCvzJFBU3rNyFixIZ4V39v6gy6b0VjsY89uXxaVhLMsJcwe27qEGYivZiMq3fOFtWz6/w201-h144/PXL_20210123_223906877.jpg" width="201" /></a> A had a blank canvas on the back so decorated that side too.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6O-xNKCnH6EzLCBC2PMAT6UDigs34frwmI9WMiLVKotgoHLGst1s0-RFd4gcVCxED9zcmlzAbY6xQsScCVhn5aX6IL_rM8x-P17HiA-VytJB8W9KzlC8EadbVlIGs9o5dcgBlhBoyLAM/s2048/PXL_20210123_223951521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2048" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6O-xNKCnH6EzLCBC2PMAT6UDigs34frwmI9WMiLVKotgoHLGst1s0-RFd4gcVCxED9zcmlzAbY6xQsScCVhn5aX6IL_rM8x-P17HiA-VytJB8W9KzlC8EadbVlIGs9o5dcgBlhBoyLAM/w224-h172/PXL_20210123_223951521.jpg" width="224" /></a></div></div>So that is my lastest update. I hope to post what crafty things I come up with using my new Cricut Maker. Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-47054166141515301472016-02-24T12:25:00.001-05:002016-02-29T11:45:58.940-05:00Donations have found a New HomeI am happy to say I did find a place to donate the 2 car loads of paper, punches, die cut equipment, crayons, markers, etc... I was trying to get rid of.<br />
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Eastern Nazarene College is the new proud owner of all this stuff. They have a beautiful library there and I have used it in the past when I needed more room to spread any big projects I had been working on. I do not know why I did not think of them sooner. But they were thrilled with everything. I even gave them a quick lesson on how to use the Cricut and Sizzix die cut machines. <br />
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So I am back to the next session of cleaning. You would think after 2 car loads I would have tons of free space in my room now. No! Not even close. Everything I gave away was tucked away in cabinets and drawers. My counter tops, floors and table tops are still loaded with stuff I have to sort through. The toughest thing to go through will be my homemade scraprack. If you want to go back to my original post of how I made this <a href="http://sharonscraps.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-homemade-scraprack.html" target="_blank">Click Here</a></div>
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I was so proud of this when I first made it. ALL of my scrapbook paper, stickers, die cuts, clear stamps sets, etc...are organized by Theme in this giant book. IF I was working on photos from a Cruise, say, I could pull out the spinder labeled "Cruise" and everything I owned that had to do with cruising was stored in this section. It made scrapping so quick and easy. It did not matter whether I was scrapping at home or away at a crop or even poolside in my back yard. I just needed to pull out the theme I was working on and my tool kit and I was ready to scrap like crazy. </div>
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It has been at least 2 maybe 3 years since I have even had the desire to scrapbook anymore. I am more into card-making now. So I have not opened the pages of this scraprack in years. I would love to get the countertop space back but almost hate to give this up. It really is made incredibly well, even if I do say so myself. It has held up for years. the Velcro is super strong to hold all the weight of these pages. But, I think it is getting close to the point of going through all these pages and pulling out what I want to keep and try to sell the rest. </div>
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This is the disaster of a room I have right now. I hate even posting the photo but this is what makes me want to get rid of everything. It looks like such a dump when I know if can be so beautiful! I need to keep plugging away. The bags and boxes on the floor are my next plan of attack.</div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-35460522202920410812013-08-05T11:02:00.003-04:002016-02-29T11:47:42.541-05:00A day in BostonFor a few weeks now I have wanted to spend some time just walking around Boston. Since getting my new camera, I have wanted to do this even more. I love the history we have so close to home. Boston is only 11 miles away and I can walk about 100 feet from my front door to get a bus to take me to a train station. I can be in downtown Boston in about 20 - 30 minutes.<br />
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So what has been holding me back. Trying to get my daughter to go with me. She loves history as much as I do but she always has other plans on the days I ask her about going in. I gave up this weekend and said I was going in by myself. She finally gave in and went with me.<br />
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This isn't the train we took into town, it is the Acela train. I took a photo because I would love to take this train from Boston to Washington DC for a day. It is listed as being very spacious and fast. Speeds up to 150 miles per hour. There is a schedule that leaves Boston as night and arrived at 7 am. Spend the whole day seeing as many sites as possible then board the train at 10 pm that night and arrive back in Boston as around 7 the next morning. A day of sites without paying for a hotel.<br />
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Anyway, This was our first stop. We got off at South Station.<br />
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From here we started walking toward the Boston Tea Party museum.<br />
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This is a strange photo. As we walked we saw a guy in full Star Wars custom on a bike with a plastic gun attached to the back of his bike. When I tried to get a photo he walked behind these shrubs and column.</div>
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I have never been inside so thought we might do this today. You get a little show of the famous dumping of the Tea event, then you can board a replica ship and throw a box of tea overboard yourself. <br />
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Well, for $25 per person, we decided to just peek at the gift shop and take photos from the street.<br />
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From here we continued walking along the waterfront, past the giant Hood Milk Jug and the Children's Museum with Arthur sitting up on top. <br />
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Just taking photos of the views we saw along the way. It was a beautiful day for sightseeing.<br />
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The Custom House. This has always fascinated me. You may not know, when this was built, it was actually right on the Boston waterfront. The ships could dock right at this building. It was commissioned by President Andrew Jackson in 1835. Construction was completed and the building got dedicated in 1847 while Polk was President. It was built to hold the offices that inspected and registered cargo from the ships entering and leaving Boston harbor. There was a contest held to decide on the design of the building. A winning design was by Ammi Young. He had 36 columms around the building. The columns were all cut from one piece of granite from Quincy, MA. (where I live) </div>
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The tower that we see today was not part of the original design. It was added in 1913 and made the Custom House the tallest building in Boston at the time, standing at 495 feet. Even the Hancock building is not this tall. It is 1 foot shorter. The clock you see did not work for most of the 20th century. The motor installed was too small to handle it. In 1915 the land recovery act in Boston took place extended the land area further out into the harbor. This is why the tower sits further into the city now. They did not move the tower. They added dirt to the ocean pushing back the harbor so more property could be built. Everything was built on pilings to make sure they were secure. In 1986 the maritime offices were moved out of the Custom House and the building remained empty until the Marriott corporation bought the building to convert it into timeshare suites. There was very little usable space inside the building so to make these suites they had to come up with 22 different floor plans. Today there are 87 one bedroom suites that you can stay in if you have time share property. (you can trade your time share for a week here)</div>
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My daughter and I were getting hungry so we headed to Quincy Market for something to hold us over. While there we decided to go into Faneuil Hall. Another old historic spot. </div>
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It was given to the city of Boston as a gift by Peter Faneuil. The purpose was a market and meeting house. It was built in 1742. The first floor was all open for market stalls and the upper floor was used for town meetings. In 1761 a fire destroyed everything except the brick structure itself. The town paid to have the building restored the following year. Many famous meetings were held in the meeting hall.</div>
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As things were heating up between the British and the colonist, the weathervane that sits on the top of this building became a symbol that could affect your life. If you were captured, you were asked what sits atop Faneuil Hall? If you knew it was a grasshopper you were freed, and if you did not know then you were convicted of being a British spy.</div>
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In 1805 Charles Bulfinch, a name you hear quite often in Boston Architecture, greatly expanded Faneuil Hall. He doubled the size and height of the building, added a third floor and closed in the open market area on the first floor. He also had the cupola with the grasshopper weathervane moved from one end of the building to the other. I am not sure of the reason why.</div>
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On to the Northend of Boston. I actually lived here for a very short time of three months. I loved it here. Every evening you could look out your window to see the older neighbors sitting in their aluminum chairs out in front of their stoops talking to each other. I would put my infant son in his stroller and we would walk for at least an hour every night. It was a great place to live, but not easy to drive around or park a car in. I had to pay a monthly fee for a parking spot. If I was not working outside of the city I would not have needed a car. </div>
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Anyway, Mike's Pastry is a famous bakery that for whatever reason I never found the time to go into. So yesterday my daughter and I headed there. The line was going down the street. So, once again I did not get to get anything but I snuck inside just to see what the inside looked like.</div>
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Not much further down and off a side street is Paul Revere's house. Another place I have seen but never been inside. Yesterday we did get to go inside. It was only $4.50 for the two of us. </div>
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Did you know Paul Revere had 16 children? His first wife died shortly after having her 8th child. Paul remarried and had 8 more children with his 2nd wife. Yikes! Paul Revere is famous for warning the colonist "The British were Coming" He was also a goldsmith, silversmith, made fittings for ships and forged bells. He never missed a church service, and was the founder of the first coppermill in the country.</div>
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Old North Church. The famous location of the lanterns being held. One if by Land, Two if by Sea. Paul saw the lantern's glow and took off on horseback to warn as many people as possible. The gentleman to the right was a tour guide. I love that these guides not only dress the part but talk the part as well. He spoke as if today was 1776. We didn't take his tour but I would hear a glimpse of his stories as we passed him.<br />
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I just realized I never took any photos inside the Cobb's Hill burying grounds. We walked around here for quite a while. Most graves were of Sea Captains or their family members. So many woman passed away in their twenties. We did not see any graves with the year of their births. They did list when they died and how old they were, though. My photo was me trying to be artistic and taking a photo of the iron gates around the cemetery.<br />
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And this symbol was in the ground at the entrance. The USS Constitution should have been our next stop but I was getting tired of walking so we turned and headed back into the city.<br />
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Oh, I nearly forget about this printing company. The Printing Office of Edes and Gill. The only colonial era printing experience in Boston. A gentleman by the name of Gary Gregory spent 6 years finding the all the various parts to assemble a wooden printing press, such as was used back during the revolutionary war. Once he gathered everything, then he had to teach himself how to use it. It is truly an old style press. Each letter has to be set into the block by hand. A newspaper size print could take 9 - 12 hours to set. Then the letters get carefully inks so they print evenly. The paper lays on top and a press pushes the paper down onto the letters. It was really interesting to see the effort that goes into each printing. Then to make print after print after print...each print has to be carefully re-inked again, paper laid down, pressed twice in the machine, then lay flat to let the ink dry. </div>
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From here we found an Italian festival. I think there is a Saint's festival each weekend in August. So we got to play a few carnival games and share some fried dough before moving on.</div>
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Next stop was Cheers in Quincy Market. It was more just a break from walking while we decided where to head next. We could here there was a Gospel concert going on at City Hall Plaza, it was a little too crowded for my taste so we kept moving.</div>
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The site of the Boston Massacre. Another bit of history that fascinated me. It was a cold evening in March, 1770 when a British soldier is serving sentry duty. A young boys runs from him bruised and crying. A crowd of civilian address the soldier about it. He calls out for assistance. A Captain and 7 other soldiers joins him. A bell is ringing to warn of a fire. More people show up confused as to what is happening. There is no fire. They start arguing with the troops. Telling them to get off the streets and go home to England. A man by the name of Crispus Attucks was there and he was angry with the soldiers. Snowballs were being thrown at the soldiers then the snowballs changed into pebbles and pebbles turned into rocks, then Crispus bumped into the soldiers and knock one of them down. The shout of "fire" was heard and the soldiers set off a rally of gunfire into the crowd. When the dust cleared there were 3 civilian dead and more wounded. 2 others later die from their wounds. It was found that the civilians were not even armed. The British government wanted the soldiers to be pardons, the Civilians wanted the soldiers to pay with their lives. So a trial was scheduled with John Adams serving as defending attorney for the soldiers. This was not an easy time for John Adams or his family. People gave them a gard time about defending the British. He came back with his duty as a lawyer and these men deserved a fair trial. Which they did get thanks to him. 7 of the soliders were aqquited while 2 were charged with manslaughter.<br />
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The old State House. The Declaration of Independence was read for the first time from this balcony on July 18, 1776 by Colonial Thomas Craft, he was a member of the Sons of Liberty. Abigail Adams was in the crowd listening. She later wrote to her husband, John Adams about the event. She describes it as there being a great hush over the crowd as each line was read, upon completion three cheers arose from the people.</div>
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This was a gathering place for many discussion about how to deal with the British in Boston. One such meeting included the one on December 16, 1773 to discuss what the colonist should do about the whole "tea" issue. The meeting was coming to a stand still when the signal was given and a group of men from the Sons Of Liberty (175 in total, including Col Thomas Craft and Paul Revere) dressed like Indians and dumped 342 cases of tea off the ship in the Griffins harbor. In 1775 the colonists were leaving Boston and the British had taken over the city. While there, they were destroying any sites that they felt were strong supporter of the Son's Of Liberty. The Old South Meeting house was one. The soldiers tore out the pulpit and all the pews and burned them all as fuel. Then they brought in tons of dirt and used the building to train in horse maneuvers. Once the British were kicked out of Boston it took 8 years to raise the funds to restore the meeting house to the way it was.<br />
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As far as my daughter and my walking tour, this was the last place we stopped at. By the time we got to The Old South Meeting House it was closed for the day. So I snapped this photo, them we got back on the train and headed home. We will have to see the rest another day, or I may just go into town all by myself.<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-24657033286439992362013-07-23T23:10:00.003-04:002013-08-03T09:03:51.964-04:00West Virginia Mission TripI have been away for a while. My daughter and I just got back from a church mission trip to West Virginia. Honestly, I was not looking forward to this trip at all. I have medical issues that had my husband very worried about me the whole time I was gone and I was a little concerned myself that I would not be able to handle the heat, the hard work, the long days, the 13 and 1/2 hours of driving to get there and 14 1/2 hours to get back home.<br />
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This was my co-driver. Good thing we had a GPS with us. he he he Only kidding. He only slept when he wasn't driving. <br />
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I have never met anyone that truly lives off the land. The family we were helping this week does just this. They eat what they can hunt whether it be deer, rabbit, or even squirrels. They can and preserve their own vegetables that they have grown in their garden. They raise chickens for the fresh eggs. <br />
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And they appreciate everything they have. Unlike my teens, they do not cast anything to the side. Everything is well taken care of, cared for even, nothing goes to the trash if another use can be found for it.<br />
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What we did for this family seems so small in comparison to some of the other crews that were working for the same organization. On the last day we drove around and saw some of the jobs being done at other locations. The Community Center was being expanded and updated, <br />
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a couple of homes were getting decks built, a new house was being totally built from the ground up. <br />
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What we did was finish an addition that was started 2 years ago until the family ran out of funds to buy anymore stock. We simply went in and finished what they had started to give the parents their own bedroom and their daughter a bedroom, as well. This is the first time the daughter has EVER had her own room. <br />
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When I say we simply finished what they had already started. It was not that simple. There were 3 adult volunteers and 9 students ranging in age from 11 to 17. Out of the 11 of us, my daughter and I probably had the most building experience only because my husband has had his own construction business for the past 25 years. So some of that knowledge wore off on us. They others did not even know how to hammer a nail, let alone installing OSB, insulating or cutting wood. The photo below is where we were working all week.<br />
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We had no one assigned to us to give us guidance because the home owner was expected to be there. He was called to work, so Dani, the coordinator for the program, stayed with us and assigned us all jobs and got us going. She is one tough cookie. Or as my daughter called her, a slave driver. I truly admired her, though. She knew she only had us for 4 days and she wanted to get as much as she could from us while we were there. So she did not take kindly to water breaks or any complaining at all from any of us.<br />
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The first day I was to run the painting crew. Three of us primed all the OSB that was on hand and laid it out everywhere and anywhere we could find space to dry. In the 95 degree weather, that did not take long at all.<br />
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While we were outside, there were two crews working inside. One crew was putting up insulation in the ceiling. The older, fiberglass, ITCHY, kind of insulation. These guys were scratching themselves for the rest of the week. The third crew was cutting OSB board to put on the ceiling and the walls. I do not understand why the home owner wanted to use OSB (partical board) It is very heavy, not water-resistant, has a very textured effect to it because of how it is made. It was also 5/8" thick while the screws we were using looked to be only 11/4 inch so there is not much holding these boards into the ceiling or walls. But this is what the home owner wanted, so this is what we worked with. It is difficult enough putting sheetrock or drywall on ceilings just because it is awkward to try holding these board up over your head while someone screws it in. OSB is even more difficult just because of the weight of it. We had 6 people holding these boards while two people screwed it in place. <br />
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Then there are seams that are left exposed with OSB board that you would not have with drywall. But anyway. We insulated the walls next. This was the newer soft insulation that does not get itchy, so it was much easier to work with. Once this was done we put up the walls and were able to start painting. Kayla's room is painted in two shades of purple. It looked great and she was so happy to see her room all painted in the colors she asked for. Mom and Dad got a soft rose color on their walls with white ceilings in both rooms.</div>
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And this is the crew that did all the work along with Karen and Kayla in the front and center of the photo. I am so thankful for meeting them and helping them with their project. </div>
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It was so hot while we were there. The living conditions for us were not the best. We had a shower trailer with 7 stalls, but only 5 working showers. The students got timed, 7 minutes to enter, get undressed, shower, dry off and dress again.<br />
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Here the boys waiting for their turn in the showers, The next photo is the outside of the shower trailer and then the inside.<br />
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Our meals were provided 45 minutes away from where we were sleeping. And there was no drinking water where we ate so we had to bring coolers full of water from the church we were staying at.<br />
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The girls in our group were all together in a bunk room. 8 girls with all their stuff. The room was so warm when they closed the door. We kept trying to tell them to keep it open to get air but they wanted their privacy. The left is a photo from about the 2nd or 3rd day and the next one is once they packed up to head home.</div>
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We were officially woken up at 6 every morning. Myself and Jennifer shared a room that was the storage room from the overflow of luggage from other groups so I woke every morning starting around 4 am while people came in with flashlights looking for things. We never got a minute of free time. Worship took place every evening from 8:30 until 10:30 then we had our own Church worship time for another half hour and lights out was exactly at 11:00 every night. I was over-tired the whole week, my legs were in pain every night to the point I was in tears by Thursday night.</div>
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We are home now and back into our regular routines. With time to reflect on the whole week. I have no regrets!! We met and became friends with a wonderful woman and her daughter. We learned to appreciate all the little things we take for granted every day after hearing how tough some of these families have it in the area we were in.</div>
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And here are our new friends, Karen and her daughter, Kayla. They are what made this whole trip worth it. They were so welcoming, friendly, giving, caring people that welcomed us into their homes and their hearts right from the first day we met. </div>
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It was exhausting, hot, long hours spent in a van everyday, thirsty all week long, not much sleep each night, but yes I would do it all over again if asked.</div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-71642243439029231932013-07-05T11:51:00.000-04:002013-07-06T10:52:36.380-04:00July 5 Challenge - OrganizationI was very nervous this morning because I had to go to court. I do not handle authority very well. <br />
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The last time I was in a courtroom was about 22 years ago and as soon as the judge called my name I cried. It was a minor thing. I had a speeding ticket because I was driving to see my father who was dying of cancer. He called the priest in, this man who I had never seen in a church so I thought "This was it, I need to get to him before I am too late!" The hospital was about an hour's drive and I was just cruising along with no other thoughts in my head other than getting there to see my dad in time.<br />
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All of a sudden the car in front of me hit his brakes hard and moved over to the right hand lane. I slowed down but before I did I looked at my speedometer. I was cruising along with him at 90 MPH! He ended p being a State trooper and pulled me over. I was too concerned to get to my father to say anything. I just let him write up the ticket and let me go.<br />
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Then I went to court to try to fight the ticket for entrapment. It was the only time in my life I ever got a ticket. The judge threw it out when he heard my story but I was still a wreck. I never speed, steal, do anything bad, just so I never have to go in front of a judge again.<br />
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Then comes today. I have been in a financial bind for the past 4 years. Just seem to be sinking deeper and deeper with no end in sight. So today I had to explain why I defaulted on a credit card. I was nearly in tears just walking into the court room. The judge seemed friendly enough with a few jokes to put everyone at ease. I got called to talk to the attorney, again I feel my eyes watering. He was so nice. I am out of work and have no income. He said we can't get money from someone that doesn't have any. Call us when you are back to work and can get on a payment arrangement.<br />
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45 minutes I was there. So much easier than I expected. But back to that feeling of... I need to do whatever I can to never have to walk into a court room again. I am such a baby when these things happen.<br />
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Anyway, after my long drawn out story that no one really wanted to hear. I am not feeling too creative today so instead of a "Project - Making Challenge"... My challenge today is ORGANIZATION.<br />
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How do you organize your supplies. I have posted some of my homemade systems in the past. You can look up my Scraprack, ink pad storage, or Cricut cartridge storage but I will show you photos here of how I store supplies on my scrap room. I actually need to make a new storage rack for my ink pads and markers. So I will try to work on this today but in the meantime...<br />
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Here are some photos of my storage systems.<br />
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Stampin' Up!, Close To My Heart, and Zig <span style="font-size: x-small;">(these Zig markers are 15 years old and still work as well as I first got them. I have always stored them on their sides to keep the ink even inside the markers.)</span></div>
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Hand made <span style="font-size: large;">Copic Marker Storage</span> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">made from foam board. Copics do not need to be on their side but this is how I store all my markers so why change now.</span></div>
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Handmade<span style="font-size: large;"> Ink pad Storage</span> - made from foam board. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> I did a tutorial on how to make this last year. I want to make a new one to add space for my markers to stay along with the ink pads.</span></div>
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How I keep track of what inks I have when shopping.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> I don't keep the paper with me. I have a photo of it on my phone so it is always with me.</span></div>
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This is just some of my paper. I found these racks at a old run down building that used to be some kind of shop. I also got a lot of pegs and peg board, too.<br />
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This is a little snippet of my new <span style="font-size: large;">handmade Scraprack</span>. It is made out of wood with industrial strength Velcro on it. I love this system to organize my Themes.<br />
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This is part of my color section. I only store a little of whatever I have in the color section just because I have way too much to put it all in here. But if I am away at a day crop I can always find something I can use in this system.<br />
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This is my Summer Section. All my page kits, paper, stickers, embellishments, etc that have to do with summer are all right here on this spinder. I do not have to go looking anywhere else.<br />
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Another photo. This is my Scouting section. Both children were in scouts. I still have not finished all their scouting photos so I can find what I need in this section when I ever get around to doing those pages.<br />
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And here is a photo of the my handmade rack filled. I can not imagine scrapping without this system now that I have it all organized. Mind you, it took about 2 months to get everything sorted into categories, but so worth the time now that it is done.</div>
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These are the drawer units I have in my Jetmax cubes. They are now called Recollection Storage cubes, but same thing. The plastic drawers did not come with them even though they fit perfectly. The drawers are from Target and by Itso. For the photo above I made dividers for my <span style="font-size: large;">Cricut cartridges.</span><br />
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These are just 2 drawers showing how I sort all my embellishments by color. I used to sort all the buttons by colors, all the brads by color, etc. but I was pulling items from all these cute little jars and it took too long to get what I needed. Now I just throw anything I have that is pink into the "pink drawer" anything green in the "Green Drawer" so if I know I want to add something extra to my layout and my main color is purple, I just dig through the purple drawer until I find what works. Easy!! I have a small sampling of colors in my Color Theme of my Scraprack but the majority is in these drawers.<br />
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These plastic shoe boxes have ribbon, fibers, fabrics, etc sorted my color. I don't use these that much on scrapbook pages but I do go through these when making cards or other craft projects.<br />
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This is a close up of my ink storage. They are not perfectly straight but I made them myself and they make it easy to find the ink pads I need. The numbering system is so it is easy putting them back in order by color.</div>
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These drawers store the booklets for the Cricut Cartridges. It is on the floor right next to my Cricut Expression that is on a shoe shelf.<br />
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More drawers, again with handmade dividers. Here I have my stickles and Alcohol inks. I color coded the bottom of the Stickles bottles for 2 reasons, to see the colors and they are upside down so they are ready do use with out any air bubbles in the way.<br />
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This drawer has sentiment stamps is it. Again numbered, like my ink pads, so they are easy to find. I take the sentiments out of their designated stamp sets because I may not always want to use just "Happy Birthday" with that particular stamp set it came with. I have a folder with the sentiments stamped on paper with their # so I can easily find the right sentiment I want to use quickly.<br />
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And this is a photo of one of my storage cubes with the plastic drawers in it. I have these cubes all over my scrap room.</div>
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This is my new way of storing my punches. One of the photos above show them up on my shelves on the wall. Now I have my rolls of ribbon up on the shelves and my punches are in the little cabinet. I bought this from IKEA a few years ago. I loved it for my ribbon storage. But then we got a puppy and his favorite thing to do was grab the end of a ribbon spool and run all over my room until the ribbon stopped spinning, then he would grab another and so on and so on. So time to change things up. This cabinet has storage on all four side. It also has wheels so I can roll it closer to me when I need it. It also fits perfectly under my work desk. This is the from view.<br />
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The left side view. <br />
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And I store my large trimmer on top. When I need to cut things I just roll the cabinet out next to me and have my trimmer right there at a perfect height. I didn't take photos of the other two sides, the back has hangers to hang rulers or Cricut mats or whatever and the other side had three drawers for storage and a shelf where I hide some of my less used idea books.</div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-73397050829890162352013-04-19T20:48:00.000-04:002013-04-19T21:11:05.059-04:00What to do when you get over your mouse problem...We had some extra house guests this winter....<br />
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Field Mice.<br />
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What a nuisance! My first sighting was not to see a mouse but to find mouse dropping in with all my baking dishes and serving bowls. YUCK!!! So I emptied my whole cabinet and everything went through the hottest cycle on my dishwasher. The good thing was I re-organized this cabinet. Boy, there were tons of things in here just taking up space that I have not used in ages. A huge box went to the basement for a later time, and another huge box was donated to the local church for a fundraiser.<br />
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The sad part, I didn't want to return anything to this cabinet until I knew the mouse/or mice would not return to leave anything behind again. So my baking dishes and various other containers sat on my kitchen table for 3 weeks before my husband could figure out how to seal up all the nooks and crannies in the back of this cabinet. <br />
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We dealt with mice all winter. We tried every kind of mouse trap out there. The kind that have the spring action, the sticky traps, the humanitarian kind that safely trap them and let us release them to the great outdoors. We finally tried poison, the very last extreme. This one made me nervous since we have a new puppy.<br />
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Luckily I can say we are finally MOUSE FREE!<br />
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But now that I no longer have a need for these spring action mouse traps what can I do with them. (We never did use them, I hated the idea of finding a cute little tiny mouse's lifeless body on one of these traps)<br />
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So time to renew, reuse, recycle...<br />
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So this is what I did with my leftover mouse traps. To make something that has a somewhat sad purpose and now it is renewed into something useful and pretty.<br />
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It was easy enough to do. Just removed all the metal except for the spring clip device. And glued on some pretty paper, tied some ribbon and added some embellishments. <br />
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Time to start thinking about gardening. Home Depot was having their Spring Fling Sale, actually I think they call it their Spring Black Friday Sale. I picked up some starter plants, normally $3.98 each, but the sale price was 5 for $10.00, I got a few tomato plants, some strawberry plants, and some herbs. <br />
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Then, I never do flowers <strong>but,</strong> there was such a good sale on flowers, too, that I had to pick up some flowers. Pansies were only 88 cents each and the Daffodils and Tulips ended up being even cheaper, they worked out to be about 68 cents for each flower plant.<br />
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So, for now they are sitting on my kitchen table until I get a chance to plant them. The vegetable plants I will keep on my sunny table for a few more weeks until they are safe to plant outdoors, but the flowers I was hoping to get into the ground before they bloomed. As you can see from the photos, my daffodils could not wait, anymore. Hopefully the tulips will hold off until I get them in the ground. Buying plants is my confirmation that winter is REALLY OVER!</div>
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The Junior Prom is next week. So my "non-girlie" daughter is getting her hair frosted. I am so glad she does not want to get her hair done too often. Sticker Shock at how expensive this is. WOW!!!</div>
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But wasn't it worth it? She is gorgeous! Now we need to make appointments for mani/pedi and to get her hair and makeup done up the night of the prom. Keching, Keching! Can't wait to see her all made up, and dress up with her friends though.<br />
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And to end today's post, here is our new puppy. Isn't her adorable?<br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-74176422917759928672013-02-01T06:35:00.002-05:002013-02-01T06:35:39.851-05:00Upcoming Scrapbooking CropHi everyone,<br />
It has been a while. I am working on gettng some classes posted and start teaching in my workshop. I mentioned a while back I am no longer working at Michael's. I just found out the "difficult" Manager has been removed from the Weymouth store. I was asked to return to teaching classes thee, but I think I really want ot give it a try on my own and see how this works out.<br />
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To get things started, I am hosting a Fundraising Scrapbooking Crop in March. The benefits of this event are to help support a Youth Mission trip to West Virginia. There is a group of 16 teens heading there to help with some roofing and construction jobs along with working on building a new Community Center.<br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Date:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Saturday,
March 2, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Time:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>10:00
AM – 9:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Location: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Fort Square Presbyterian Church <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>16
Pleasant Street<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Quincy,
Massachusetts 02169<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Cost: <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>$ 15<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>for a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>full – day (
10:00 AM – 9 PM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>$ 30 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>for a whole table (must be booked in
advance) see below<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Includes:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Plenty of table space per scrapper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Access to die
cutting tools, Big Kick, Cricut, Cuttlebug and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>punches<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>A mini store set up
for your convenience<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Swap Table – (Trade what you don't want for something else)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Potluck Lunch,
snacks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- (Dinner is on your own)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Seating:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Space is limited</b> so seating will be on a first come first serve
basis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Tables are rouind
and will fit 2 – 3 scrappers comfortably<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Advances
reservations will guarantee your spot.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Book a whole table
to yourself to spread out more<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or</b>
to hold a space for you and your friends to scrap together<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">work space</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #00b0f0;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-size: 24pt;">*</span><span style="color: #ffc000;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">games<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">*</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shopping<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #00b050;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #ffc000; font-size: 22pt;">*</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;">food<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To reserve your table space
or for more information:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Contact: Sharon @ </span><a href="mailto:sharonscraps@aol.com"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">sharonscraps@aol.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Accord Light SF","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
or 617 438-8550 (text preferred)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Proceeds to support the Youth
Ministry’s summer mission trip to – Next Steps, Braxton, West Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Crop Sponsors:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unfortunately, reality says I need to have a job that covers health insurance for my family so my dream is not exactly coming true, but I did teach 2 classes last night and I was in my glory. I truly love teaching!<br />
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I had three students in 2 different Martha Stewart classes and I could have stayed there all night working on the projects, sharing tips, and just talking to these wonderful ladies. <br />
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I get so pumped up when I teach that I go home and start thinking of what other classes I can offer.<br />
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So, to my students that were there last night, I thank you. I hope you enjoyed the classes. <br />
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SharonSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-63628624911725985982012-09-06T10:43:00.001-04:002016-02-26T16:06:17.829-05:00My Homemade ScraprackThe saga continues...<br />
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If you are just started here, hold on a moment. This is part two of a long post. Go back and read the earlier post from today then come back here.<br />
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Once I got my own Scraprack system, I started filing all my "like" items together into the system as described on <a href="http://www.thescraprack.com/">www.TheScraprack.com</a> webinars.<br />
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Here is a photo of my scraprack set up and filled with some of my more popular themes.<br />
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Low and behold I am scrapping again!!! <br />
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This system really does work. Not only can I find things, but seeing everything together makes me think of new layouts to put together. I feel like I have a whole scrapping store at my convenience now because I can actually see what I have instead of trying to find things in closed up drawers and boxes.<br />
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I was so excited that this past summer I started a <strong>Summer Scrap your Stash Challenge</strong> on my blog. Everyday I posted a new prompt or idea to scrapbook about. I did not feel a need to go scrap shopping even once this summer because i could find everything I needed now. The best part, I got scrapping again. And not just once in a while but every single day this summer. I could actually find what I needed and got tons of cards and layouts completed. I even got around to finishing up some class projects from years ago that got filed away and forgotten. I even filled up two albums with all the pages I did this summer thanks to this new system of organizing. It really does work.<br />
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<strong>I love my original Scraprack</strong>. It is thin metal and folds up so I can take it with me to classes, or crops. (I teach scrapbooking) So I am absolutely loving the portability of this system. Once you get home you can set this unit back up and scrap again. I was getting tired of breaking it down and setting it back up, though. So back in June I figured I would build a more permanent unit to keep in my scrap room and keep my original for my Crop crate.<br />
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Here is a photo of my original Scrapbrack set up on top of my Crop Crate. I can have this sitting next to me at a class, crop or even out by my pool so I can get a few pages done while enjoying the weather. When it is time to leave or just put things away, everything fits inside the tote. the photos below shows my scraprack and the spinders fitting nicely inside the crate and I close up the cover and roll away with it.<br />
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So now that I decided I wanted to keep this one for my travel bag, the dilemma of how to build a permanent unit came. I knew I wanted it made from nice wood. Something sturdy enough to hold lots of weight. But I am not great at cutting angles from wood, so I asked my hubby if he would cut the wood for me and I could build my own Scraprack. Like I said this was back in June. I would remind him every once in a while.<br />
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Just 2 days ago, he not only cut the wood but assembled this for me. It is 45 inches wide by 14 inches high and sits at a 30 degree angle. <br />
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I filled the nail holes with wood putty. My dog had to inspect it for quality control.<br />
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Here is a photo of the back side of it.<br />
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This is where I planned to put it once it was finished. this counter top had just been waiting for a new Scraprack to be placed on it.<br />
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I added two (2) coats of white paint and strips of industrial strength Velcro. I was concerned the Velcro would not be strong enough but believe me it is! I got a little edge stuck to my counter top and really had to pull and tug to get it off. So now it was ready to get loaded.<br />
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Here is a photo from the side to show the angle is sits at.<br />
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Ta-da! This is all my Themes from "Animals" to "Travel". I didn't realize it would take up almost the whole unit. I still have my Alpha and Calendar sections to go.<br />
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This is all the space left. Maybe enough room for 4 more Spinders. But, I am thrilled with my permanent Scraprack.<br />
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Now to start up the fall session of the Webinars and to keep working on getting organized.<br />
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For those reading this post. I am cleaning up my scrap room and have lots of retired Stampin Up products on sale. If you are looking for some bargains <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SharonsScraps" target="_blank">Click Here for Shopping</a><br />
<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-42675557745142218462012-09-06T10:08:00.000-04:002016-02-29T11:48:11.798-05:00Organization of Scrapping suppliesFor those of you that may not be familiar, there is a company called The Scraprack. Tiffany Spaulding is the owner / inventor / organizer extraordinaire. She came up with an organizational system for your scrapbook supplies that not only stores your items, but her system promises you can find anything you are looking for in less than 5 minutes. Now how cool is that! <br />
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Of course I did not buy into her system for years. I would see her at scrapbook expos and walk on by. I have a great system going. Why would I spend all the money and time to start over!!!<br />
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Boy, was I wrong. Her system really does work. I have seen the light and am now a True Believer!!!<br />
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First let me share how my things <strong>were</strong> organized.<br />
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Mind you these photos are a little old. I think they were taken in 2011. But doesn't this look great? See all those drawers to the left? I have tools, chipboard pieces, alphabets, some card making supplies, different inks and embossing powders, etc... stored in these drawers. Doesn't it look all neat and tidy? Now in the center, below the counter, is paper. The rack on the left is all Close To My Heart and on the right is all Stampin' Up!. I not only have cardstock, but also background paper or DSP as Stampin Up calls it, , page kits, etc... Look up and see the wall to wall cabinets. ALL PAPER! Different Brands, tons of page kits, paper pads, solid cardstock. These cabinets are filled left to right with just paper. <br />
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Then this is the part of the room I spent most of my time, I sit in the corner area and had everything in arm's reach. The photo is a little small but I will try to explain how I stored things. See over the tissue box in the bottom left? I have tons of the Iris clam boxes. I stored page kits, class projects, half finished layouts, seasonal items that only got used once a year, along with just random paper in these. To the right on the floor I had some themed paper in Cropper Hopper Paper holders. I think these had all Disney stuff in them. Next is my box of scrap paper. Keep going toward the right and you see the plastic drawers. These are color coded with all types of embellishments, brads, buttons, fibers, bling, etc... Up on the top shelves are shoe boxes with just ribbon/fabric/fiber scraps. Again stored by color.<br />
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This is just showing one of the corners in my room. The spinner on the floor is by Clip-It-Up. I adjusted it to be able to add three layers and this had tons of stickers and other embellishments. There is another spinner on the counter with Close To My Heart acylic stamp sets. And then the paper racks on the walls were from a store going out of business. These stored the current line of Stampin Up card stock.<br />
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So this was how everything was stored in my scrap room. All was and actually still is neat and tidy and many things tucked away so you didn't have to see them.<br />
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The problem was, if I sat down and wanted to work on some football photos of my son. I would have to go through 15 feet of paper to find football themed paper. Sift through tons of embellishments to find football stuff, open drawer after drawer to find the right brads, fibers, chipboard, etc to put one layout together. It was exhausting just thinking about starting a layout so, instead, I would just sit in my room and soak in how much I loved this room. But did not get any projects done.<br />
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Then, I started subscribing to Tiffany's free organization webinars. These would be weekly and broke down different items to work on for that week. it might be paper one week, next week embellishments, etc... You can learn about these on her website <a href="http://www.thescraprack.com/">www.thescraprack.com</a> this would be a good time bcause I new series of the webinars just started up this week. Anyway, the first time I signed on, I would watch and listen to her weekly webinar show and I just was not "getting it". Why on earth would I want to pull out EVERYTHING and re-organize it. <br />
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I listened to the whole series. But didn't really give it a try. That was last fall's series. Then I signed up again for last Winter's series and it started to make sense to me. So I started with paper. I only did about 5 - 7 inches of paper at a time, but I would pull out paper and look at it. Do I still like it? Will I use it? If not, is it worth trying sell? Donate? or just Toss? I even did this to the pads of paper. There are some papers I LOVE and others I knew I would never use so I started tearing out the paper I knew I would never even think of using. (There was more than I thought)<br />
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By the time the Spring session started I had purged about 32 inches of paper. And I had sorted the paper that I liked into her method of Themes. Now if I wanted to find a piece of football paper it only took me a minute or two, as opposed to hours. Hey, She may have something here!!!<br />
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By the time the Spring Session started I was hooked! And to top it all off, I was one of tghe few chosen to work at The Scraprack Booth at Creating Keepsakes Convention in Manchester. I had the option of working for pay or work for products. Of course I was working towards getting my own Scraprack System that Tiffany designed. Plus I got to meet this amazing woman in person. She is so warm-hearted. Just the nicest person. So, I placed my order and could not wait for my new system to arrive.<br />
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I know this is turning into a novel so I will end it for now... but check out my next post to see how things continued.<br />
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Another gentleman came right over while I was looking at this and asked if I would mind if he looked at it as well. I said yes but I let him know I was strongly considering on getting it. <br />
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Long story short...He was an antique dealer and showed me all the little details that made this a quality piece of furniture. He valued it at $250 - $300. I got it for $11.99.<br />
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I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it but knew my DH would not be happy about me bringing it home so I knew I had to find a pace for it and get it all set up before he got home. I spent the next 4 hours cleaning, purging, running up and down my cellar stairs. I totally revamped my storage area in the hallway just outside my scrap room. In order to get this piece to fit I had to move both bookshelves down about 10 inches. Of course both book shelves were loaded with books, supplies, albums, photos, etc.. Everything had to be taking out because the shelves were just too heavy to move with the supplies on them.<br />
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Time to do a major purge. I cannot believe how many books I still had from 10 years ago that I actually thought I would still use. I filled a trash barrel with them. And made lots of space o my shelves.<br />
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I cleared away enough space to move all the school supplies I had tucked away if different boxes and drawers. They now sit on the shelves to the kids can see what we have and shop from there rather telling me what they want me to go buy for them.<br />
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This was in my post for yesterday. Again I didn't do anything different other than remove school supplies I had stored here. the pile on the top shelf are the magazines I decided to keep. I am going to go through this today.<br />
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This is a front view of my die cut center. Nothing new other than cleaning and polishing<br />
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Here is where the majority of yesterday's work took place. I had to slide the two bookshelves down 10 inches to make room for the set of drawers in the front. So I took everything off and went through it all to decide do I Keep It? Toss It? Donate It? I am thrilled that I actually have some empty shelf space now. It won't take long to fill it up with something, but it is clean for now.<br />
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Here is my new School Supply Storage. There are enough notebooks, filler paper, pens, index cards, erasers, glue sticks, etc.. for a whole classroom of kids.<br />
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And here is the new piece I got yesterday. It is valued at between $250 - $300 and I bought of for $11.99 leaving with $2 for now but I am happy with my new purchase.<br />
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Oh, and I was concerned with what my DH would say. He actually likes the piece, it reminds him of a piece of furniture his mother had in her bedroom so he likes it and says it looks way better than the plastic storage drawers I did have sitting there. And he is thrilled I did NOT pay $300 for it.<br />
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To get everything cleaned up and moved I walked 10,0034 steps, walked up 14 flights of stairs, burned over 3,000 calories. And felt better after having an upsetting Doctor's appointment .<br />
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These two photos are all that is left to organize, This is a pile of 12 x12 paper that was in different kits and boxes, I tossed the boxes and will sort this into my paper supplies.<br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-16655664966632042002012-08-15T07:32:00.000-04:002012-08-15T07:32:06.615-04:00SSS August 15 Story TimeWednesday is time to work on journaling. Time to tell a story. We already did a page on our earliest memories, we did one on school memories, what about a story about one of your parents or grandparents. Think about someone that is no longer with you. And journal a story about them.<br />
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My sample is a funny story involving my mother. She been gone nearly 10 years now but the silly things I remember will stay with me forever!<br />
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The journaling talks about a Road Trip we took with my mother, sister, a friend and myself. We stopped at the little country store for a few minutes and got back in the car to continue on our way. We drove a good distance before anyone noticed the booklets our mom was looking at. My sister asked her where she got all the little books? "Oh, they were sitting on the counter at that shop, aren't they wonderful? You bought those? No, they were out there for people to take. I don't think so" <br />
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Sure enough they all had price tags on the back. My mother so innocently thought they were for free. We were too far out of the way to return now, but we told our Mom her picture was on the wall of that store and she would never be allowed to return. <br />
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SharonSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-83674227102349424092012-08-02T10:18:00.001-04:002012-08-02T10:18:49.846-04:00SSS August 2 Tool TimeI am falling behind. I have all my photos from our little "Girls Night" but I have not printed them, yet.<br />
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Today Is Tool Time. Dust off you Die cutting machine, if you have one. Make a project using your die cutting machine. Any machine will work for today's prompt: Cricut, Wishblade, Sizzix, Vagabond, Silhouette Cameo, whatever you have. <br />
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My sample is of an older layout I made using the Cricut and Superman cartridge. I cut out the title, the superman image with all the layers and the stars, but I think the starts were from a different cartridge.<br />
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See the little circle on the photo to the far right? That was my son and his 1st time on the superman ride at Six Flags.<br />
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Here is a close up of Superman. It was cut out of 5 different colors of cardstock, then layers and the photo doesn't show it but i added some shading and skin tones with Copic markers.</div>
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SharonSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-85463952683851150162012-07-30T11:41:00.001-04:002012-07-30T19:48:39.183-04:00Flower ArrangementsI have never been one to be able to put colors together. At least not without the help of a color wheel so one thing I gave up on a long time ago was trying to put together my own flower arrangements. <br />
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My son has been bringing home these beautiful arrangements lately from weddings he has worked (he works for a catering company) Usually they are the center pieces that have been left behind after the guest all left. So they are the perfect size to put on tables around the house. I have been getting spoiled with having fresh flowers.<br />
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Well, last night he went a little overboard. He brought home the main wedding table arrangement. This thing was Ginormous! I would have loved to have seen my husband's face when he was picking my son up from work last night and saw him coming out carrying this huge bouquet. The nice thing was what he said when he got home. He pulled two flowers out and handed then to me and said he loved me. Then he turned to his sister and said the rest were for her since she was not feeling well. How sweet is that!!! Sweetness between the siblings is a seldom occurrence in this household (they are 17 and 16).<strong> Scrapping moment!</strong><br />
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This photos does not even come close to showing just how beautiful this was. It covered my whole coffee table that is about 3 feet wide and 4 feet long. There must have been around 3 dozen roses and everything was so well done. <br />
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But this is a little too big to sit in my living room so this morning I had another go at Flower Arranging. The hard work was already done since a professional florist already put the colors together. I broke this down to 6 arrangements to put around my house.<br />
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These are 2 vases I have on my coffee table now.</div>
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This is sitting on my kitchen floor in the photo but this went into my daughter's room.</div>
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Some to pretty up the bathroom.</div>
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This is my favorite one.</div>
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And 2 for my scraproom. One by my TV and the other sitting on my desk.</div>
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This photo is blurry but this was another quick one with the leftover roses. There were so many in the huge arrangement.<br />
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And pink is my favorite color so I was thrilled to spread these around the house.<br />
<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-51719463044145261112012-07-26T08:06:00.001-04:002012-07-26T08:06:55.898-04:00A Page in TimeMy heart goes out to all the families that have been touched by the terrible shooting in Colorado. When the news first started reaching us here, I was in such disbelief. Who would think it was dangerous to go to the movies? My first thought, even though we are not in Colorado, was that my son was asking to go to the midnight showing of Batman here in MA and I would not let him. How many other Mom's are right now thinking "why did I let him/her go?" <br />
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Hearing more about the incident, how the shooter had been planning this for months, buying so much ammunition to start a mini war, Why did he bother with the body gear? Did he think he would walk away from this and live a normal life? <br />
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Hearing about the young lives of the victims, the long road of recovery for people in the hospitals, the stories and dreams of lives cut down so short.<br />
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We should not live in fear of going to school or to a movie theater or anywhere for that matter. <br />
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Live every day as it may be your last...<br />
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Do what you want to do every chance you get...<br />
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Dance like no one is watching you...<br />
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Sing out loud if this makes you happy...<br />
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Tell the people you love how special they are every day...<br />
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Do not be afraid to do the things you love.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-52681148693214476462012-07-18T06:56:00.000-04:002012-07-18T06:56:20.104-04:00SSS July 18 Story TimeWednesday means time to get some journaling in your scrapbook. Today's prompt is...<br />
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The person that made the strongest impact on you... This could be for good or in a bad way. Someone that effected you enough that it somehow molded you into the person you are today. <br />
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Maybe it was a sports player that made you follow you own dream of playing college basketball...<br />
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Maybe it was an aunt or uncle that loved to travel and took you on some trips and gave you the love of adventure...<br />
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Maybe it was a boy that loved cars and got you hooked to NASCAR (Joyce, that was for you, ha ha)<br />
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What if it was not a good thing, but something bad in your life that changed the way you feel about yourself?<br />
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My kids know my story. It happened a long time ago, (23 years, 2 month, 0 days ago) typing this my eyes are watering up just thinking about it. It is not a happy story but it definitely changed my whole life, my very personality, and I have scrapped about this several times because I don't want it to happen to anyone else. I recently did a layout about this event and cannot find that page so this is the original story I did. Sometimes it is just as important to scrap the bad as well as the good.<br />
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These are 8 1/2 x 11 pages in my old "Before Marriage" album, As you can see it was an extensive story to tell. Basically the story is about how I met and fell in love with someone, he turned out to be very abusive. I got out, but not before he brutally beat me to a pulp and nearly killed me. I had to go into hiding after that happened. I had to leave my job, my family, my friends because he would not stop trying to find me. <br />
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To this day I still have a fear in me that I cannot get over. I will never drive through the town he lives in if fear I might see him. I can't sleep at night if my husband isn't home because I still hear footsteps when I am alone.<br />
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See, I told you it wasn't a nice story but it definitely molded the person I am to this day.<br />
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One thing is... I will share this story with anyone. and scream from the rooftops, If you are uncomfortable in any situation GET OUT, do not wait to see what is going to happen, do not try to talk yourself out of a bad situation. Just get your self out of there! Any NEVER ever blame yourself. No one deserved to be abused either physically OR emotional.<br />
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Sometimes it can bring back bad memories like just typing up this blog has me crying again, but I know telling this story to me kids, they will have learned my lesson and it will be in their minds before they put themselves into a bad situation.<br />
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Hopefully, your influence was in a good way and that is still worth typing up an getting in your scrapbook.<br />
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Work from your stash.<br />
Happy scrapping<br />
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SharonSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-72900091615970900562012-07-16T07:09:00.000-04:002012-07-16T08:14:39.632-04:00SSS July 16 Moody MondayGood Morning,<br />
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Today is Moody Monday and the prompt is to use something you bought and then later decided you did not like. It can be a tool, a type of embellishment, or even a type of paper that when you saw it at the store you just had to have it. then you got it home and tried using it and it just didn't do what you wanted to, or it didn't give you the look you were expecting.<br />
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Today's challenge is to find that item and try using it in a project or layout today.<br />
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I can give a list of the things I had to have and then got rid of...<br />
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Memory Makers <strong>Tag Maker</strong><br />
De<strong>co Scissors</strong><br />
<strong>Plastic Templates</strong> (the original ones from 14 years ago of paper dolls or shapes that you traced and then cut out with scissors) I love the newer templates out now.<br />
Coluzzle <strong>Alphabet templates</strong> (I love the shape ones but the alphabets always gave me a hard time)<br />
<strong>Eyelets!!!</strong> (Disliked this so much you could tear my scraproom apart today and I doubt you could even find one of these)<br />
Original <strong>eyelets setters</strong>, the metal posts and the little hammers. I don't miss that sound at a crop<br />
<strong>Slide frames</strong>, for some reason I had these in every color made but I do not think I ever used a single one<br />
<strong>Foam Stamps</strong>, too messy<br />
<strong>Metal ringed vellum tags</strong>. Another thing I thought I would love and have lots of but don not remember ever using one on a project<br />
<strong>Fastenator-</strong> this I won as a prize at a crop and never liked<br />
<strong>Alphabet stickers</strong> - Some of you may gasp at this one but for some reason I very seldom use stickers for my titles, I generally print something off my computer or cut something with my electronic diecutters.<br />
<strong>Stazon Ink pads</strong> - The first time I used one I stained my acrylic block so bad I cannot see through it anymore and do not use these ink pads anymore.<br />
<strong>Creatopia:</strong> this was a biggie. I got a great deal on it but it is a still piece of crap, Sorry Xyron, but it is. The only thing that is does do well is add adhesive to things including fabric but I wanted it for all the other things it was hyped up about, cutting embossing, diecutting. Don't waste your money.<br />
<strong>Sizzix Alphabet dies</strong> - The thin sizzlet ones. I still have and still use the thicker original one but I never liked the thin ones but that wasn't until after I bought 15 different sets of them. These were the days before Cricut came out and I didn't like stickers so felt a need to buy every alphabet die I could find then still didn't use them<br />
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If I went digging through my storage drawers I could come up with a longer list, but you get the idea.<br />
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Unfortunately, for today's challenge I do not have any of these things I did not like. When I re-organized my scraproom I had a Major Purge Session going on and sold what I thought I could on E-Bay and what I didn't sell I donated to the local Middle and High Schools for their Arts & Crafts programs. I literally got rid of about 15 large bags of paper, tools, embellishments etc The old adage One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure. My scraproom is still stuffed to the gills so I am sure I can come up with something for today's challenge.<br />
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What can you come up with. I know you have something in you supplies that you just do not like,...<br />
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Oh, as I typed this I just thought of one thing I can use.<br />
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I have a basket full of mini albums that I have made either at Scrapping conventions, classes, workshops, or even some are album kits that i liked at the time and bought. I assembled all these different albums and then when I got them home, I either didn't like the colors, the spaces for photos were too small, didn't have the right theme, etc... Well, these have been sitting all around my scraproom for years looking all pretty but with no photos or journaling in them. <br />
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Back around March or so, my last major cleaning I did in my scraproom, I collected all these unfinished books. I counted them. I have 19 mini albums with nothing in them. Then put them in this very large basket to keep by my feet. My intention was if I looked at these every day, I would start using them. Here it is the middle of July and I have not touched any. <br />
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So this will be my challenge to myself today. Pull out one of these albums and FINISH IT!<br />
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Start digging through your supplies and come up with a project using something you are not particularly fond of. Maybe you will shed new light on something and decide it is worth keeping and using again.<br />
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Happy Scrapping.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-80184503447510667222012-07-15T15:31:00.001-04:002016-02-26T16:15:53.438-05:00How to make your own organizing systemThis is a re-post. I was asked how I make these organizing units.<br />
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I have spent a lot of time re-organizing. If I spent half the time actually scrapping that I do re-organizing my scrap space my albums would be full by now and I would have run out of photos to scrap.<br />
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My latest project was re-organizing my Stickles. I loved the CD case I had for storage. It spun around and stored my bottles upside down so they were always ready to use, but it didn't even store half the amount of bottles I had so, I spent an afternoon making this storage unit using cross stitch mesh I got at Wal-mart and cutting it up to fit into this drawer I got at Target. <br />
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I love how many it holds, even though it still was not big enough for all the bottles I had, it still works better.<br />
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The drawer slides right into one of the shelves on my Jetmax cubes.<br />
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To find the bottles I wanted easier, I added a blob of Stickles on the bottom of each bottle so I know exactly what they will look like on my projects. I can fit 60 bottles in this drawer.<br />
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What was left I put back into the CD storage case I had. This storage container holds 36 bottles. I really did like the idea of the double layers of storage on this unit. The top layer lifts up so you can get access to both layers. Both layers also rotate around so you can see everything. I just needed something larger. This one is now holding my overflow of Stickles that did not fit in the drawer unit I made. I have 22 bottles in it now.<br />
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I started with plastic canvas you can get anywhere, I got this at Wal-Mart for about $0.39 a sheet. It is 10 1/2 inches by 13 1/2 inches. You want to get 7 square, this means there are 7 little squares in the mesh per inch. I tried this with 10 square, it does not work as well.<br />
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Once you have this, decide what you are going to store your items in; a drawer, a iris cart, a photo storage box, etc.. this will decide how many items you can store and what measurements you need to cut your plastic canvas to.<br />
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I wanted to use these plastic drawers I found at Target. They fit perfectly into my Jetmax storage cubes. So once you know what size you have to work with. Measure the inside. My inside measurements were 12 3/4 inches by 6 inches. So I cut my strips of plastic canvas to these measurements Height of my strips is 10 squares high or 1 9/16 of an inch but it is easier just to count 10 squares and cut along the next square so you have 10 full squares showing.<br />
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Now measure what it is you want to store. If are are storing these little bottles: Stickles, Re-Inker bottles, or alcohol Ink bottles that 1 inch squares works out. If this fits perfectly into your storage unit then you can start cutting. If you measurements are a little off, like mine were. I could store 5 bottles one way and 12 bottles the other way but would still have a little extra space so I had to adjust my edges.<br />
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I left one block to start with, then cut every 7th block, ending with 2 squares leftover. This works well for keeping my bottles standing up. If I cut exact measurements to fit my bottles, they would wobble around in the drawer when the unit was put together.<br />
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So count 6 blocks and on the 7th block cut up 5 blocks. These cuts will be your cross sections to assembly the pieces together.<br />
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On the longer strips I started with 7 blocks then cut on the 8 block, (again because my measurements did not match up perfectly so this was the overflow) then for the rest I counted 6 blocks and on the 7th block I cut up 5 blocks.<br />
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Now just keep cutting all your strips until you have enough for your project. To assembly, simply start lining the rows up and add the opposite strip to the top, kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. If you want this to be more supportive, you can add a dab of hot glue to where each piece of mesh meets.<br />
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Here are some photos of the units I have made and how I store them.<br />
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This is a Jetmax cube or Recollections Modular Storage Cube with the drawers from Target.</div>
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This one took a while to make but I love it! It holds ALL my cartridges (about 111) with room for a total of 119 stored 7 rows across by 17 rows back.<br />
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This drawer has my Stickles and Stampin Up! re-inker bottles, 60 bottles in each.<br />
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The bottom drawer has my glue gun, glue sticks and alcohol ink bottles (60 bottles)<br />
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All the drawers slide in and out very easily and if wanted to take an entire collection of something to a crop these drawers will fit inside in Iris clambox case.<br />
Hope this helps you get your supplies organized.<br />
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<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-59752267589689436462012-07-13T20:11:00.000-04:002012-07-13T20:11:12.332-04:00My Outdoor OfficeMy daughter laughed at me today, when she finally woke up at around noon time. She came out to see what I was doing. <br />
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Each day I have been bringing more and more things outside with me so I could enjoy the warm weather. This is what my outdoor office is looking like<br />
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I start at about 7:30 in the morning once my DH goes off to work. I make myself a cup of coffee and bring the laptop out to the gazebo. Today I decided to bring my printer out, as well. That ended up being a waste of time because it was out of ink. But I was able to organize my silhouette shapes and type up my inventory of some markers and ink pads I have.</div>
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Then I have my scraprack out here as well so I can work on my daily scrapping prompts for the Summer Scrap Your Stash Challenge. I stopped bringing this in. Now I store it outside and have it ready to go. I store it inside the big gazebo that zippers up so it is protected over night. Not that I think any squirrels or racoons might be trying to get at my scrapping supplies over night.<br />
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I like my outdoor set up. Once I get too hot I can jump in the pool for a quick swim and go back to what ever project I was working on. The only thing missing is the Cabana boy that can bring me lunch or cold drinks.<br />
<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-77101645923617519412012-07-05T08:33:00.002-04:002012-07-05T09:09:21.395-04:00Ink Storage DirectionsI wish I can remember who first posted this so I can give them credit for the idea. I got the idea from a photo I saw on a Scraprack group I am in.<br />
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I went with the idea and figured out how to to this on my own. She may have come up with an easier idea to assembly hers, but I will share how I did mine.<br />
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I took the larger piece of foam board and simply placed a stamp pad on it
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for Stampin Up ink pads 4 inches worked</div>
for Tim Holtz Distress inks 2 1/2 inches<br />
for Close to my Heart and amuse Studio ink pads I did 3 3/4<br />
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Then using a metal edged ruler and exacto knife I cut the whole sheet in
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Then I took one of the strips I just cut and then cut that strip into 1'
sections, these are the little pieces you see in between each ink pad. This was
very easy for me, I have a big rotary trimmer and the foam board fits in it so I
cut all the little tabs with this trimmer. Otherwise you can use your exacto
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On my long strips I still have. I again placed the ink pad I was
making the storage for, on top of it to judge how wide each section had to be
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Tim Holtz Distress Inks 3 1/8<br />
Close to My Heart and Amuse Studio 3 1/2</div>
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I was planning on making one of these shelves for my CTMH ink pads but I
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This is what my storage unit looks like right now after added the 2 extra rows i just did for this "how to" explanation. The unit sits inside a window I have in my scraproom that use to look into the kids playroom. It was great when the kids were little. Us moms could scrap in my scraproom and keep an eye on the kids playing in the room next to us. Since then my teenage son had converted this to his bedroom and there was no use for awindow anymore. So at least now I can make use of the window space.<br />
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The news reports state that he was not a very good swimmer and that the current must have pulled him under. He was doing chores with his dad and some friends stopped by to ask if he wanted to go for a swim. His Dad said OK, but told him to come back soon so they cold finish their chores. He jumped off the peir and never came back up. A young life gone in an instant.<br />
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My heart breaks to think about it.<br />
<br />Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-1295929096517112362012-06-02T19:50:00.002-04:002012-06-02T19:50:45.669-04:00Improv can be a Good Thing!!I have so much work I should be doing but I just get myself motivated to do it so I have been "playing" instead. <br />
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recently, I posted about how much I am loving my new Scraprack System. For National Scrapbooking Day, the company ran a great promotion of free shipping. Their system is made of metal and shipping can be very high. So I think the whole country ordered supplies from them on that day and since then they have been out of stock of a lot of the page refills and other products I need to keep going with my organization. <br />
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The company promised to have everything re-stocked by Mid June along with some new items that they will be introducing. Well, I just do not have the patience to wait so I have been trying to improvise in the meantime and I have been liking the ideas I have come up with.<br />
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First off - I did not have enough Dividers to sort out my Themes. These are OOS (out of stock), plus they are pricey at $12.00 for 5 dividers. I do think that if they had them I would have just ordered them even at that price just so I keep making progress in my re-organization I've got started here.<br />
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But since they don't, I have been using other things. Crop In Style sold dividers for their Paper Holders. These are very hard to find nowadays, but I had tons of them separating my CTMH and Stampin Up! papers so I have been stealing from there where I could, but I got to the point I could not take anymore from there. Then I heard from Facebook that people were using the roll up vinyl cutting mats from the dollar store. So I ran out and bought 10 for $5 (2 in a pack) these were working but, that was all my Dollar Store had in stock. Today, while I was at Staples getting a new ink cartridge, I noticed they had vinyl file folders on clearance. They were marked down from $10.99 to $2.50 for a box of 15 folders. I bought all 4 boxes they had left. I was iffy if these would work since the boxes were sealed but this is definately a score. The folders have colored tabs (even better for organizing my themes) and I unfolded them, cut them down to 12 1/2 inches and three hole punched them, so the tabs will show at the top of my Scraprack for my sub-catagories. Then I realized I had an extra score with getting these. After cutting them down I was left with enough vinyl on each folder to cut 3 strips at 1 1/2 inch wide each. I can three hole punch these, Presto-Chango, now I have 3 ring binder strips, as well. Just add a strip of scotch tape between these and whatever I want to add to my Scraprack. I can get 45 strips from each box of folders. (these would sell for in packs of 25 for $ 9.00 at Thescraprack.com) From the 4 boxes I will get 180 strips and you could say these were free since they are the leftovers from the dividers I made. (Total Savings from dividers and 3 ring binder strips - $ 197.00 plus shipping costs)<br />
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Next I needed more pages, these are also OOS. I needed singles and I really needed the double XL. These are the pages with two 12 1/2 x 6 inch pockets for the big sticker sheets, paper scraps, titles and borders, etc... Someone on the face book groups gave us a website that was running a $2.00 sale on sticker storage pages. Score again! I got $20 worth (enough for free shipping) and now have 60 more single pages and 8 tri-fold sticker pages. (Savings of $72.00 plus shipping costs)<br />
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Then the other item I really wanted and had all intentions of ordering along with the OOS pages was the Crop Crate (from Office Depot for 23.00 plus 9.95 shipping) and the Crop Crate Arpon ($35.00). this would be perfect for going to crops. My scraprack will fit in it and I can set the rack up on top of it at the crop. Well, AC Moore had a crop crate that included an apron on sale for $29.99. It has a cover but just a fabric cover to keep this dust free, not a hard cover to set things on top of it. So my dilemna, do i get this now and not have to pay shipping and made due with figuring out how to be able to set my scraprack on top? Or do I wait and get the other ones that I know will work. I could not wait. I got the AC Moore one and then went to Michaels where I picked up a thin piece of birch plywood (1/8 inch thick by 12 wide and 24 inches long) I also found some black duct tape in the clearance bin for on 87 cents. I think the only reason it was in there was because someone ripped that plastic wrap on it. Other than that is was fine. So i brought my goodies home, cut the wood done to 12 x 16, sanded it, covered the whole thing with the black duct tape, not only to make it a little stonger but aslo to match the black crop Apron. then I added velcro so it would stay inside the fabric top. Yes, it worked!! <br />
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the I got to thinking....what could i do to make this bag even better? I took the extra duck tape and velco and added a few extra straps to hold my long rulers and my slighter larger paper trimmer to the top of the tote. I figured when I get to a crop these are the first things I pull out anyway so now they just have quick release velcro holding them into the roof of my new bag. <br />
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So now I think my bag is complete. Now it was time to give it the real test...<br />
and YES, my scraprack will sit on top of the bag. So at the next crop I go to, I can pack the pages and rack inside my crop crate and when I get there I can set everything up on top of my crate and have access to all my tools in the pockets around the bag.<br />
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So, if I add everything up that I did spend in the last couple of days , it was about $77 for everything with no shipping costs for anything) <br />
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If I had waited and ordered all this from thescraprack.com and officedepot.com, it would have cost me $295 with extra fees for shipping. Not that I am knocking either company. They both make high quality products and in the long run I may still have to re-order what I bought today, Frankly,because I do not know how long my substitute items will hold up, but, I am happy for today and i learned being impatient and improvising can be a GOOD THING. Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-28162665501217280902012-05-30T16:01:00.001-04:002012-08-14T09:09:34.871-04:00Loving the Scraprack by Tiffany SpauldingAnyone that has looked at my blog, has seen photos of my scraproom. I truly love my scraproom!!! I could live in this room. Especially when it is all clean and shiny, which is not too often, but even a cluttered room still can keep me happy for hours at a time. Everything has its place and is tucked away in drawers, cabinets, folders, etc...
But, and this is a big BUT...
I have not been doing any scrapping lately at all. Life does get in the way, I know, but even if I have a block of time to spare, I tend to just play with some of my gadgets and not do any really scrapbooking. Why is this?<br />
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I have decided because my room was on <b>Organized Overload!</b>
Sounds crazy, right? How could there possibly be an overload of organization. Well, I will tell you.
I want to say about 7 years ago, maybe more, maybe less, a woman by the name of Tiffany Spaulding came up with her own kind of scrapbook organization system. I had seen it several times but would walk right on by her. First the price tag was enough to keep on walking. I never wanted to hear about her "System". i had my own system and I loved it. I was always on my own tune for how my supplies should be stored.
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Well move forward to this past winter. I signed up for Tiffany's Winter Organization Challenge 2011 on Facebook. It was offered free so why not? Every week Tiffany puts out a webinar to the members on how her organizing system works. It is an 8 Week Challenge and there is homework each week. <br />
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Well, I listened faithfully each week to her webinars and did some of the challenges but could not get my brain around the whole concept or the benefits. So when the winter challenge ended I signed up, again, for the Spring Challenge. This one proved even more difficult for me then the winter one. The webinars did not start until 9 PM (EST) on Monday nights and I was too tired to tune in. So I only listened to one this time around but I did read all the tips from the Facebook group and was getting more interested.
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Then about a month ago, I volunteered to help Tiffany at her booth at Creating Keepsakes Convention in Manchester, NH and got to meet her up close and personal. What a warm, inviting person she is, by the way. I ordered my Scraprack System and have been on an organizing frenzy ever since.
Somewhere along the way a light bulb clicked and I realized why I love to sit in my room but do not get any scrapbooking done. Yes, my room is organized. I do know where all my 12x12 paper is. I know where all my buttons, and ribbons are. Yes, I know where I keep stickers and other embellishments.
but this is the problem... If I found some photos of my son playing football, I would have to go to my paper storage and dig through 1,000's of sheets of paper to find where I put the sports paper. I would have to spin around my Clip-It-Up to finds football stickers. I would need to dig through my embellishment drawers to find the right color brads or fibers. Then dig through my photo drawers to find some more photos to go with the ones so I could put a layout together.
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Just the thought of doing all that is exhausting. It was so much easier just to leave everything in its proper place and think about scrapping instead of actually doing it. Duh? How am I enjoying this hobby so much when I can't even get a simple page done without so much work involved.
Lo and Behold...Now I understand the whole concept of the <b>Scraprack</b>.
All "like items" should be stored together. So rather than storing all my paper over here, all my ribbons over there, all my stickers underneath there, etc... the Scraprack concept is to get away from that type of thinking and instead store all my "themed" items together. For example: all my travel items are now stored together, my travel papers, travel brads, travel ribbons, travel rub-ons, travel stickers, everything that has to do with travel is store together instead of all over my room. <br />
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My first thought back in the Winter Challenge was like "Oh NO!!! I can't be pulling everything out of where is belong!" If I am not getting any scrapping done, is it really stored in the right place?
This is a work in progress but this is a photo of my <strong>Scraprack</strong>. I have way too many supplies to ever even conceive of the idea of putting everything into a Scraprack, and I have no intention of ever doing that, but I am putting a sampling of every theme that I scrapbook about into this Scraprack. <br />
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So the next time I want to throw a layout together from some photos I come across of the kids with their friends in the pool. I can now go to the Summer Section and then my Pool Section and I will find paper, stickers, titles, ribbons, brads, a little of everything I have that has to do with swimming pools. So I can actually get something accomplished even if I only have 30 minutes to put a page together.
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Why didn't I get hooked to this system years ago.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-79729465362408165392012-04-07T22:55:00.004-04:002012-04-07T23:05:29.644-04:00E-Bay overloadI have been selling so many things on E-Bay lately my husband has started to notice empty shelves in my scraproom.<br />I think I may have gone a little overboard. I am already missing a few things I sold. BUT... the past few weeks have been rather pricey. <br /><br />My son is playing LaCrosse now. I never realized how expensive a hollow metal stick could cost. We bought him one and cringed at the price only to have it break in his third game so I had to buy another. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIZpDtKvqbK8hMxJKWDI_KikPYWj3Rc2uTnoqb_X2ehc9oLQNY7Btm0aKwVW16RhpjZPnYz4RrHGmB2R-XbrWH8gTXwDo7DBVaqG77FlRWP8AOZjHjA_7TYBGxf2iz8f-v6p2sLnaWoTw/s1600/lacrosse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIZpDtKvqbK8hMxJKWDI_KikPYWj3Rc2uTnoqb_X2ehc9oLQNY7Btm0aKwVW16RhpjZPnYz4RrHGmB2R-XbrWH8gTXwDo7DBVaqG77FlRWP8AOZjHjA_7TYBGxf2iz8f-v6p2sLnaWoTw/s400/lacrosse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728860276328762866" /></a><br /><br />Then he had the Prom this week, then my daughter had her surgery and the co-pay for surgery and doctor appointments have cost just as much as his sports equipment. Yikes!!! I miss having money in my bank account.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp8l64rjuv_B-NECbdlmEKkVGucje_gjptiEFqvUZ7UmCoEi9rk7zXaCXXhVPsFiasZpK40aDIGBRaBe4nKEplQgh1OEHrSOM0GBt-H7HxBwFnwPg4_BOjZS12U8mAQwl7APeDuD_N1G7/s1600/IMG_1140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp8l64rjuv_B-NECbdlmEKkVGucje_gjptiEFqvUZ7UmCoEi9rk7zXaCXXhVPsFiasZpK40aDIGBRaBe4nKEplQgh1OEHrSOM0GBt-H7HxBwFnwPg4_BOjZS12U8mAQwl7APeDuD_N1G7/s400/IMG_1140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728860284198047186" /></a><br />So there may be a few more bare spots on the shelves in my scraproom. Trying to save up for a scrapping weekend now with my sister. I need a weekend of scrapping!!!Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985164959399870081.post-64945666438456319472012-03-19T20:00:00.003-04:002012-03-19T20:25:28.433-04:00I Love ColorIt was a warm sunny beautiful day yesterday and I spent the whole day in my basement re-arranging things, again. I need to clear some room so I can actually sit down and get some projects done. Once I get started on something, forget it. Yesterday it was my ink pads. I took them all out of the Stampin' Up! revolving holder I had in put and put them up on the wall in a cassette holder. I am trying to get as much off of my floors and counters as possible<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1p90WuI3TLS_qHzFUgx4AvsJpZ71rvXiJvo99gDYoQFgRThv0gKLljVhkalG83nvumGNJwlBM_I_UgsXYIf9vlV-xn22gKok8mSes1wyVLgdqsSGrL44Gzojrf14qleH0xVVg9Cnobdf/s1600/IMG_0752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1p90WuI3TLS_qHzFUgx4AvsJpZ71rvXiJvo99gDYoQFgRThv0gKLljVhkalG83nvumGNJwlBM_I_UgsXYIf9vlV-xn22gKok8mSes1wyVLgdqsSGrL44Gzojrf14qleH0xVVg9Cnobdf/s400/IMG_0752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721766049789246978" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQGHdIh5m7-XIV5dvc8Wdp3rVo3Ew1F_2qtE2yZ0sBtbXF4lRgr5K6mL81qX4_xmUWd3f1lgh_YDQXwHLkXMQxJ4zNHMZogMxhOvm4KCSLBSoaaLZYWEHB1QdqpiJpH8tbdGQ-Q2cmIWS/s1600/IMG_0755.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQGHdIh5m7-XIV5dvc8Wdp3rVo3Ew1F_2qtE2yZ0sBtbXF4lRgr5K6mL81qX4_xmUWd3f1lgh_YDQXwHLkXMQxJ4zNHMZogMxhOvm4KCSLBSoaaLZYWEHB1QdqpiJpH8tbdGQ-Q2cmIWS/s400/IMG_0755.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721766053946917330" /></a><br />Now this empty so I am selling it on E-Bay if anyone is interested. My seller name is SharonTup<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAe1aC6MsUCGruVSC9QyKW6SsCmsJnK8Fyb06obfYxT6rOwmNIEs1zMgRkU-CwPwzvosM1dtzQZethPpo1pLn1RWggjN6Yy7_6cfzjONFlvA-T2jQXLIxaczAzTc-IB5l2xYNIoAMv2xk/s1600/IMG_0754.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAe1aC6MsUCGruVSC9QyKW6SsCmsJnK8Fyb06obfYxT6rOwmNIEs1zMgRkU-CwPwzvosM1dtzQZethPpo1pLn1RWggjN6Yy7_6cfzjONFlvA-T2jQXLIxaczAzTc-IB5l2xYNIoAMv2xk/s400/IMG_0754.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721764054813645234" /></a><br />These are my Stampin Up stamps now along with some Amuse Studio Stamps. I like being able to see all the same line together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpjaD5lSjcU9A_yezE81_TAZkwWP2xeHKgjfV2RZtzj-l60ybPxtlG9mnmfccRKiqyPSP_FcaGAC0Ioy9wrZ3XOYfNTGsArBQkJ3BSKfKeOhbVK2Vcdl0IFQB2GY36AXuyeo87U58XhaR/s1600/IMG_0753.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRpjaD5lSjcU9A_yezE81_TAZkwWP2xeHKgjfV2RZtzj-l60ybPxtlG9mnmfccRKiqyPSP_FcaGAC0Ioy9wrZ3XOYfNTGsArBQkJ3BSKfKeOhbVK2Vcdl0IFQB2GY36AXuyeo87U58XhaR/s400/IMG_0753.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721764044299055762" /></a><br /><br />These are Close To My Heart ink pads. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsts2IHbbmWGQtVnY2A3bbwXqCY6ZJWQKPgcrO4drFMq7-bcSpSemWvciezLApR-vlJ2JK1_S-NMjd_PHkziXL3yC9DYP3Q02-ph_4QbZlIswKUq9pDmQIIqxUyPbGIFIZdnIJ8EE6sUIG/s1600/IMG_0335.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsts2IHbbmWGQtVnY2A3bbwXqCY6ZJWQKPgcrO4drFMq7-bcSpSemWvciezLApR-vlJ2JK1_S-NMjd_PHkziXL3yC9DYP3Q02-ph_4QbZlIswKUq9pDmQIIqxUyPbGIFIZdnIJ8EE6sUIG/s400/IMG_0335.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721764066426587842" /></a><br />I have already posted this photo but these are some of my bottles of Stickles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TuDBZBZ9h_j-iyKRYbaARPbJxvcC3kHOyc-wwW9ECnmF9Z6GMpsaPJIZCNDMD_uTISOX7E9I9ea2-RdqG5zjK6Kpwa95dnFu5AnvavEgVgASQinZCG0I5VgsHg1SRDR_OTdknrKb-ve2/s1600/IMG_0328.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TuDBZBZ9h_j-iyKRYbaARPbJxvcC3kHOyc-wwW9ECnmF9Z6GMpsaPJIZCNDMD_uTISOX7E9I9ea2-RdqG5zjK6Kpwa95dnFu5AnvavEgVgASQinZCG0I5VgsHg1SRDR_OTdknrKb-ve2/s400/IMG_0328.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721764059566686210" /></a><br />And these are my collection of copic markers. <br /><br />I just felt like posting some color today.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233609901813437208noreply@blogger.com1