Delicious!

My friend Virginia, is a wealth of information, and so, lots of time, when I need some crafty info, I give her a yell!!!

Well, one particular day, I was at her house....and we were swapping a few ideas, and here's something that she showed me, and if you are like me, well, this might just change your life!!!

Delicious.com

You see, it's a bookmark site!!! You can save all of your bookmarked items there, then tag them, then have them at your fingertips whenever you need them!

No more google searching, no more going back through TONS of items on your google reader!!!

Ahhhh, life is good!!!

You might want to wait to do this....

but how cute? I saw this here. Which directed me here. This looks like a fun blog to hang out in! I would love to make one of these lampshades. I think I will wait until we are cleared of this nasty, cold weather! I would hate to cut up and hot glue one of my warm sweaters! I'm pretty sure I would love to sit at this little table and be creative, too. I mean, look at those cabinets and notice the vase that is covered in a sweater!! Who needs to learn to knit? Wait until February and buy up some sweaters marked down to nothing! Yes, this looks fun.....

Christmas Layouts, part 3

Our family Christmas! Since we were out of town for Christmas, we celebrated early as a family. I used Lucy's idea of the Christmas tree, but I used small pictures instead of paper.I added ornaments and decorations. The only thing not from the kit is the bling and that came from my stash. I also used a label maker. The picture is not that great, but it is too cold to go outside and take a picture! :)

December 2009 Memories

I did not attempt a December Daily album this year (like Britney & Katie did!) , but I did want to create some sort of mini album recording some of my favorite Christmas pictures.

I used a card from the November Scripts kit to create the cover for the album, then I folded and cut several interior pages (folded just like a card and nestled with each other) from kraft colored cardstock. I punched two holes with my Crop a Dile and threaded some hemp through them and tied them to hold them all together.
I covered the inside page with some of that lovely glittery polka-dot paper! Super cute!

My Silhouette machine came in handy to add a few fun die cut touches.
I alternated punching & tearing the edges of the 'pages' of the album. I like the touch it adds!
I think backing the hole in the gift tag with the red text paper added a cool look.
I used a bit of masking tape, here and there, to the album to add to the "handmade/haphazard" feel of the album. ;)
Thanks for looking!

Christmas Layouts, part 2

The pictures from this layout are from our trip to Florida. It makes me happy-- all my family together- sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and my Mom and Dad.

I love Christmas Cards!!!

Before:

I love them so much! I love checking the mail everyday! I love watching my friends kids grow up each year! I love the creativity of the photos and the cards!!!

So, I started in 2000, keeping the photocards.

That was "back in the day" when they weren't too trendy. I think that year I got 5 or 6 photo cards. I put them in one large frame...collage style. I did the same thing in 2001 and 2002, but then, I was getting more photocards than I could fit in the frame.

So, then I started scrapbooking them (sort of).

So, here's what I did with this years!


I used my December Scripts Kit, and I made a "cover page"....then I used the Bind-it-All, and bound it on the side! Now, I have a little flip album from 2009! I love it!!!



I will put it away, and bring it out next Christmas, with all of the cards from Christmas' past....and go through it all over again!!!!

Ahhh, I love my photocards!!!!

Christmas layouts, part 1

I did 90% of this layout in the car during the trip back home from Florida! Next time, I will bring a lap desk or something!