Valentine's day countdown

More pics of my Valentine tree. Today I am going to start working on Fia's Valentines for her class. We have been making Valentines for her classmates since Kindergarten. This year I saw an adorable card in Scrapbook Trends that I am going to make my own. The girls are coming over today to scrap so I will be able to use one of my scrap buddies carts for my E. Between all of us, I never need to buy another Cartridge again! Yesterday I posted pics from my tree but I didn't mention the supplies. I used patterned paper from My Minds Eye called Home Glitter, the metal tabs are from Making Memories, the rub-ons are from Basic Grey, I inked the edges with red & used the Fiskars punch Threading Water.

I really enjoyed making the tags, such a fun way to add a few Valentine touches to my decor!

As the Blog hop approaches I have been collecting little prizes & goodies to give out. Those Making Memory clips have been around a while but, they were so easy to use and added a nice little touch that I thought that they would make a fun give away. Adding them to my little pile of giveaway goodies.

Valentines day tree

After all of the Christmas decorations were taken down I couldn't bear to take down my little tree so, I decided to make Valentine's decorations for it. Now that it's Feb. I figured I could start posting some of the ornaments that I made. I like the way they turned out. I will be posting more as a countdown to the Valentine's blog hop.....hope to see ya then!

Here's the first of many Disney Los. It documents some down time at Disney. Evan chose his souvenir the first day, he fell in love with this Robot Pluto & just had to have it. He was still talking about it on the third day so he used the Gift Disney certificate that Santa got him to make the purchase. The boys had so much fun taking Pluto for walks!

More vacation LOs

As of yet I am still putting off my patterned paper organization. Instead I thought I would post some LOs from this week. I am still working on our family summer vacation album. The letters on the first LO are from MM & they keep falling off. Ugh! I hate having to add adhesive to things that are supposed to have adhesive. Oh Well! The paper is from Fancy Pants. Found these stamp stickers while I was organizing. That's one of the best things about organizing....you find stuff! It also makes ya realize ya have way to much stuff!

Love these pics of the kid jumping seaweed. The pictures say it all. The kids had so much fun!

On another note, I have been checking out all the goodies from CHA. Love seeing all of the new scrap candy that people are posting on their blogs. I have seen some tempting products can't wait till they start hitting the stores!

plans foiled

Well, not really. I had planned on organizing my paper stash but I made a LO instead. I had fun playing around with textures. I was inspired by the latest CK Tips & Tricks mag. The pp is Fancy Pants, I love this Christmas line "Christmas Magic". I also added stickers from Stampin up & chipboard ornaments from Basic Grey. I made the card on Shutterfly (basically it's our Christmas card) The plan today is to tackle at least some of my patterned paper. I have some attachment issues when it comes to parting with my paper though, so I will have to be strong. I am also gearing up for my Valentines Blog Hop. I have been making little valentines to start rolling out this week & I am trying to figure out a great giveaway for the hop.

almost done

Even though I have a tiny space, it has the feel of a bigger space because it looks out into the family room. I can watch TV & keep an eye on the kids while I am scrapping.

Here's an angle to give you a feel of how narrow it is. Things can get cluttered pretty fast. Yesterday, I went through my drawers. They house embellishments & scraps of paper by theme. I have general themes like: Girl, boy, baby, ocean, Summer, Spring, Fall etc. I have found that that's what works best for me. When I am working on a project I pull out the entire drawer, that way I can go through everything easily.

Today I hope to go through my patterned paper, my least favorite task of all. This project may take all weekend!

more organizing

Here is my inspiration board . Not much on it yet, I just recently put it up. In the basket I have some of my Cuttlebug Dies.

I re purposed this mug rack for my scrappy supplies. It's very handy having stuff right there.

Here's the shelf over my scrap table. I love having everything within reach. From these pics you might be able to get a feel for how small my area is. I have really tried to maximize my little space. I have stuff everywhere! I will try to get more close ups & post them tomorrow. I still have soooo much to go through, it's just plain crazy!

On another note I have also been preparing for a Valentine Blog Hop. I have never done a Blog Hop so I am hoping that I can figure it out!

Let's get organized

I am starting to get things organized. I am going to make an effort to post my progress. I have such a tiny scrap space that it is kind of difficult to get a half way decent photograph. I figured I would post a few photos everyday. My little creative space is a work in progress. I am constantly shifting things around. I have my glitter, stickles & some of my "go to" inks on this shelf. In the metal hanging baskets I have my Page Maps sketches, journaling tags & other misc. items

My Cricut shelf. I had been keeping it on my scrap table but it got to crowded.

My flower shelf. This shelf was an old spice rack that I repurposed. I really do love it. I am a very visual person & it is very helpful to have everything out where I can see it. Since I have such an odd shaped space I have had to store many of my supplies on the wall. I love having it all around me so I can see what I have on hand.