Archive for December, 2008

My paper fetish arrives in droves of boxes on my door step…

December 3rd, 2008 by maryjojo | No Comments | Filed in crafts, project, scrapbooking

yes.   I admit it.   I love paper designs.  Almost so that it pains me from cutting any of it as just looking at the patterns themselves making me jump with glee.   So put paper on the list of my things that I adore along with small sized things, boxes, containers, and cute kitties.   I’m sure there’s more on my list, but I’ll save that for another post.

Besides my paper packages I got today, I also got a few other things.   Some brads, stamps, and buttons that go well with the paper designs.  Actually, i don’t remember buying the buttons on ebay but maybe the lady was very happy that I bought so much paper that she threw it in.  Maybe no one else was buying them and decided that my house needed them more than hers. :)   I don’t mind buttons.  i am a button whore as well. ;D

After being overwhelmed by my stack of packages today, I decided to do another layout of my wedding album.  I am almost done actually which freaks me out because I thought I would slaving away and perfecting it.  Maybe it’s because the design is so simple and clean plus that the design is pretty set in how it goes that it does go pretty fast. :D

The layout didn’t go as I thought it would when i ordered the prints, but this seems like a good fit.  I pondered putting the best man and lady’s name on it but thought that maybe I’ll write them in or do some journaling on each page as well to stick into the album.

I also finally took pictures of the bottle cap necklaces i made.   I saw a few bottle cap necklaces on etsy.   Different than how I did it.

With all this jewelry making, I’m thinking of getting a crimper.  Not sure which one to get though.  Anyone in blogland got suggestions?

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Who knew lists could be so fun!

December 15th, 2008 by maryjojo | No Comments | Filed in art journal, crafts, project, scrapbooking, sewing

or at least helpful.  I’ve finally had a weekend where I didn’t just wish I could get myself motivated to do projects.  I created a motivation list and BAM!  I was working to get it the list done.

Over the weekend, the Craft-a-long had it’s debut.  The first ever!  Washington state had it’s first snow fall of the season and a freakin’ cold snap that has been going since then.   That definitely had an effect on who was going to show up for the event.

In the end, it was just mum and I.  We had fun no matter what.   She worked on some cute Halloween pictures of grandchildren into a layout.  I worked on some snowy pictures from Jeff and I going up to Alpental for snowboarding.  The layout took all my time, some veggies, two cups of coffee, and a cookie.   Oh that cookie was good.  It helped create some cute chipboard covered in some embossed white powder.  Turned out really awesome.   I also added some felt and transparency flakes.    This layout also popped the cherry on my new Making Memories Slice machine.   Quite awesome to use on crops.  So small and compact that is was easy to transport around.  I loved the fact that I didn’t have to feed the paper into the machine.  I also realized that I could position the cut where I needed it.  I could fuse the letters together by watching where the blade was placing itself according to the previous cut.

I was working on another layout after this one, but with my sister’s family stopping by, I started to talk more than work. :)

So tonight I finalized the layout and here is the fun layout I got to breathe life into tonight.

She’s so cute!

December 21st, 2008 by maryjojo | 1 Comment | Filed in crafts, project, scrapbooking

Jeff and I have the fantastic little princess named Xena.  We got her from my sis because they had a full house of kitties.

She is…

  • very very affectionate.
  • loves to sit on laps.
  • lets you know when she needs petting.
  • lets ya know when she’s done being petted.
  • very good alarm clock.  Even on weekends! (ugh)
  • BEAUTIFUL!

So for a Hero Arts challenge, I made a fantastic scrapbook page.

This layout used the SIS kit called SongBird.  So much lovely paper and items in this kit.  I only made a dent in the kit.  I might have to make another layout for our other kitty – Mochi.   Stay tuned…

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Mochi… the sequel.

December 31st, 2008 by maryjojo | 1 Comment | Filed in just a post

I got Mochi done a few weeks ago.  It was quite fun to use the same SIS kit as well as the same Hero Arts stamp.   I’m definitely starting to get the hang of some of the tools I’ve had for awhile. :)
Mochi!! Hero Arts Layout
With the same kit, a few more LO came out of the blue. Since it was a kit with music theme items, it was easy to use some of the musical photos I have.
Music Related Scrapbooking
Music Related Scrapbooking
So fun! What a great KIT!