Pick yourself up off the floor .... I'm writing on my blog! I have not made a card in about a month!! Instead I have been trying to get my craft room organized! I have made pretty good progress. I took all my stamp sets out of the plastic boxes and put them in Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage Pockets. So far, I have emptied out close to 200 boxes! I am not sure what I am going to do with all those boxes though! I know some of them will be useful to put sequins, pearls, etc in. I made dividers to categorize the stamps & used my Brothers P Label maker to label all the stamps, dies and dividers. For storing my stamps, I bought an InterDesign Fridge Split Binz from Amazon. It holds almost 150 stamps without the dies but I put the dies and the stamp set together inside the Avery pockets to make them easier to find. I already had most of the stamp sets listed in Evernote (a free organizer app) so it was just a matter of putting each stamp set into one of the categories. My next thing is to label and organize my Paper Pumpkin stamps so I will use them more. I haven't tackled my wood stamps yet. I am going to take a good look at them and see if I really need them. They have been sitting in my attic room for a few years so I'm guessing I really won't miss most of them! But it is not hard to take them off the wood blocks - if they don't peel off easily, stick them in the microwave for about 20 seconds and they should come off.
Friday, January 22, 2021
Organization is the Bomb!!
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Sale-A-Bration & New Mini Catalog!
I know you have been hearing about Sale-A-Bration. However, if you are new to Stampin' Up! or have been around awhile, there are changes. Sale-A-Bration is January and February with another one with different product in July and August. So the rewards are changing.
Sale-A-Bration kicks off today through February 28! Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product with every $50 or $100 you spend (before tax and shipping)!
CREATE YOUR STARTER KIT
Stampin’ Up!’s Starter Kit is completely customizable. Build it your way! For just $99, you get:
* Your choice of up to $125 worth of any current Stampin’ Up! products.
* A business supply pack valued at $50
That's a total value of $175—for only $99!
If you purchase your Starter Kit now—during our Sale-A-Bration event— you'll also receive an assortment of five 6″ x 6″ stacks of our newest Designer Series Paper – a total of 200 sheets for an added value of $57.50!
Monday, January 4, 2021
Christmas Cards
Here are some great hand-made Christmas cards that I received! Love the creativity of everyone.
Friday, January 1, 2021
HAPPY 2021
Happy New Year 2021!!
With the turning of the calendar page, some things change and some things stay the same. Of course, that's really true every time the calendar shifts. One simple truth that I have been reminded of again and again in the past 10 months is that we always have a choice. We can choose to focus on what we don't have OR on what we do have. We can choose to focus on the positive things that are happening around us or on the negative things. We can choose to contribute or choose to take. We can choose to encourage and build up OR we can choose to tear down. 2020 was not the year any of us wanted. And on January, 2021, not much has changed yet in terms of our circumstances. But we still have a choice. Hopefully you will choose to be a positive, kind, encouraging, compassionate, hopeful, helpful force in our neighborhood, in our community and throughout our nation and world.
I had a very nice (and quiet) Christmas this year. We drove to Silver Spring (MD) on December 20 in time to wish Ashley a happy birthday (Dec 22). Shortly after getting there, their governor shut down all in-door dining at restaurants so most of our meals were had at home. In order to see the football game that wasn't broadcast locally, we had to go to Arlington, VA to a really nice Irish bar who advertised that they were a Steeler bar. It was fun - especially when we won! It was not looking so good during the first half but they bounced back second half. We drove through the Morman Church
We drove back home Dec. 29 and I have been working on taking down my Christmas decorations - such a chore every year! I think this year though I am going to put a bag on the tree - ornaments and all - and store it in the garage! Our tree is a pencil slim one so it shouldn't be a problem! I'll let you know how it goes!
Here are a few photos from our trip.