I've gotten a couple questions about my cabinet system. Wasn't ignoring you. Just didn't feel like my room was up to par yet. Truth is, still isn't. But I could wait months for that to happen and probably will. We're just going to do it anyway. Imperfect as it is. What the heck! While we're at it, we'll make this week "Scrapbook Room Week" here on the blog and I'll show you everything. :)
About five or six years ago, Matt and I invested heavily in the Effektiv system at IKEA. Relatively cheap, very versatile, lots of options. Originally got three of stacks of the modular units. You see two together in the photo. The third didn't make it through the move intact. Which really got me hot under the collar there for a couple weeks. They've updated the line since we bought it (they've got these fab daisy print glass doors now...JEALOUS!)and I don't think we can get replacements for the cabinets that we lost.
Ended up working out for the better. The third is across the room and down to two modular units stacked on top of each other. (Hank says hello btw). It's waist height now for me and I moved all my cutting tools over there. It not only serves as storage, but it's my cutting station. Really nice not to have my main work space cluttered up with my rulers/mats/trimmer. Just have to walk a few feet to cut something. That's probably a real good thing too--keeps me moving. Totally worth the sacrifice.
Two paper cubes from Target can fit in each unit with the doors closed. And I've got two of the 3 drawer units. Decided that each one is assigned a specific manufacturer that I have a lot of and it all goes in a drawer. I've got a Basic Grey drawer, KI drawer, American Crafts etc. So far working out well.
Do I like it? Sure. It's really worked out well for us. Looks good and contains a lot of mess when the doors are closed. We've got it now in two other places of the house. Show you where and how they are being used later this week. And if you have any questions, please ask. Promise to answer. No waiting around for that perfect scraproom any more.:)
Handcut paperpiecing raised up with foam dimensionals made me sit up and take notice. Very well done
akbear!
How's this for a great idea? No only is the layout inspiring with the choice of elements (must find some masking tape to recreate this look), but the idea of water painting is one I'm going to have to remember here in a few years! Thanks for a laugh this morning
digigrandma!
Just a day late:).
A funny story. You all know I've been having a lot of fun lately with the stamped cards. Just where my creative joy seems to be at the moment. This morning I created the two blue/red cards on the left. Was so darn pleased with myself, that they came downstairs with me for lunch. I was going to sit at the counter, eat my apple and peanut butter, and enjoy gazing at my handy work. Got peanut butter smudges on both of them! Arrggggh. It's hard enough stamping a card and not get any goofs or ink marks on it to go and ruin something with peanut butter. Sigh. Nothing a little Versamark couldn't fix in the end. Must remember to not mix handmade cards with food, unless I want to redo things.
Supply lists
Card 1: Stamps: Impress Rubber Stamps, Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink; Ink, Ribbon, Cardstock: Perfect Match by Papertrey Ink; Brads: Making Memories
Card 2: Stamps: Savvy Stamps, Papertrey Ink; Flowers: Doodlebug Design; Ink: Papertrey Ink and Stewart Superior
Card 3: Stamps: Hero Arts; Ink: Perfect Match by Papertrey Ink. Masked off the sentiment stamp to block out "friend" (can't see it in the photo) and replaced it with Mom.
Card 4 (also known as "Exercise in Masking"!) Stamps: Hero Arts, Northwoods Rubber Stamps, Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink; Ink: Stewart Superior and Papertrey Ink. You know how you buy stamp sets and there's 3-5 big main stamps and a lot of little ones that you don't usually use that much? Put a bunch of them to use in the stamped grid for a cohesive look.
Finding Women of Life and Women of Life Additions by Papertrey Ink to be very useful sentiment-wise. Fill like I've used them a few dozen times by this point and still loving them. Mark of a good set.
Here's proof positive that sometimes you just need to look at things from a different angle in order to get a better view. That photo is fabulous and matches well with the little girl's quote and the journaling. Well done
avasmama!
May the scrap be with you! I can't think of anything cooler to make a couple little boys than an "A to Z Star Wars" album.
Jennifer L you're one cool mom!
Got a catalog in the mail the other day and thought they had some unique storage items. Wanted to share. I don't need anything (wish I did), but maybe you might. Liking these
map chests and the whole
Stanton line from Home Decorators. Yo, would really pimp out the scraproom.:)
You know, the word bimonthly has two definitions? Merriam-Webster Online really needs to get off the fence and decide which one they like better. Could mean every other month or it could mean twice a month. Either way, it adds up to a whole lot of confusion when discussing how often to do Creative Adventure. Every other month was what I was thinking. Leaning more towards doing it on a quarterly basis. The project would dictate all the other timing issues like shopping and class length. Thanks for all the feedback. Very helpful. Thinking we'll try it lots of different ways to see what works and what doesn't. As long as you all are up for experimenting, then we're good to go.
I have all the video and instructions in one place here. It's going to get organized more, but waiting on info from the Mothership as to the code. Not that good at html:).
Mother's Day cards are on the agenda for the evening. Must get in the mail by tomorrow. Will share in the AM. See you then.
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