My entry!

A neat sketch site I visit weekly is 52 Sketches...52 weeks and this week I actually have time to sit down and make a layout the week its posted! So here it is, little Makayla, our "snow angel":


I used MME Be Merry, Bazzill cardstock, Heidi Swap ghost snowflake, handmade snowflake from CraftydsCreations.etsy.com, Making Memories tiny alphas, American Craft felt thickers, and buttons from my stash. TFL!

Money saving idea

With my trips to the LSS not as frequent, and having to cut back on my kit club buying, I've decided to become more and more frugal with my supplies. Sure, I would use up smaller papers to make cards, or alter an item in the past, but just recently I've become SERIOUS about stretching my scrapbooking dollars!

A few months ago, I would have thrown out these small strips of paper, but since I'm such a user of scallops, I put my trusty Fiskars Threading Water Punch to work! You may think some of these pieces are just too small, but once you find yourself grabbing for them time and time again, you'll look at them in a whole new light.



I keep them in Ziploc storage bags by size, i.e., 1" to 6" in one bag and everything above in another. Hope this little tidbit can help you make your scrapping dollars go farther!

Has it REALLY been a month?!?

I can't believe the Holidays came and went and I didn't post here! I promise to catch up before heading back to work on thursday, after my vacation. First, I want to show off my newest reorganizing I've done in my scrap area! I will say, I'm pretty fond of it and, although its not quite complete, its so much nicer than what I was using for the past two years!
The before:

And now with my new desk:

......storage cubes:

......and my drawers that pretty much house my embellies, stamps, and finished cards. Oh, and the bottom one, that's for Makayla's treasures!

Thank you IKEA for the wonderful products to make this space possible!! So what do ya think? =)