The LO mentioned last post is now 99.9% complete. There's a journaling note required completely forgotten about. I think it looks tacky, but may be able to correct it with some glitter in the morning. (This tag will be removed before framing the page.) The only other item left to attend involves good sunlight, camera and tripod. I'll edit this post to include the photo after a satisfactory picture is cropped and sharpened.
This LO has much more white space than I'm accustomed to allowing, but in doing so I've allowed the eye to draw to the ares that were most important, or important as I saw it.
The photo of Martin and I used on the page is one of my all-time favourites!! There's a little bit of silliness, and a whole lot of adoration caught at the most perfect moment. I knew this would be the first photograph of the both of us to scrap when the right combination of time, inspiration and motivation hit. And it did.
It probably gets old, but I'm proud of the display. I take pride in all the LO's done, but some don't have the same ooomph that rare others do. This is one that gets framed and posted in our bedroom, along with the birthday "card" page completed last November. Finally! Some "art" for the room. (Term used loosely.)
Even though decorating the coloured pencil bucket was a little over the top, I am proud of it. Tonight while perusing YouTube, I found several videos featuring decked-out ATG guns. Some looked professional, some looked as if they graduated 1st grade colouring class and never advanced from there. It's theirs, and as long as they take pride in it, that's all that matters. So now I'm thinking... given some down time, it might just be worth the effort to follow suit. No doubt whatever I do will end up looking like the 1st grade child that failed that colouring class. LOL.
Next week I hope to knock out three or four "everyday" scrapbook pages. There's currently two semi-assembled pages featuring Johnna and her quirky ideas of scrap worthy events. One involves all the not-so-major scraps, bruises, and rashes she proudly displayed for the camera, and the other concerns her foot and hand prints at age ten. (Actually I thought of it, and she jumped at the notion.) Also thought upon, but as yet began, are the 2012 snow photos and a few more pages from this past Christmas.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Not Really a Second Post for the Day
This isn't really the second post of the day. In my excitement over the hall yesterday, and not desiring to forget anything, I posted the blog previous to this in my Myspace blog. Today I transferred the post to here; a more appropriate setting.
I've spent nearly twelve hours re-organizing paper and paper scraps. To accommodate for a hefty but handy pre-sized paper cuts, some of the smaller dies had to be consolidated. So too with other tools, but it will be worth the effort in the end. Not administering enough organization torture, I labeled every bin and drawer. Needless to say, after only twelve hours into the project, the room looks as if a paper bomb went off. I really need to track how often I go through these two-to-three day organizational fits; it seems I do this at least every other month. But wait! There's more accomplished today...
For my coloured pencil collection, I saved an old coffee tin. Yes, it's totally filled, but this collection goes back at least twenty years. Back when the boys were kids, and I was a Camp Fire leader, I put all the crayons in a coffee bin and decorated it with a wallpaper scrap and crayon wrappers; the exterior decoration lasted virtually forever. Each "play" coffee can had a unique decoration so they could pull the can and know what was inside at a glance. The coloured pencil can has served well, but it was nothing to brag about. It really bothers me when a container I use is ugly. With some help for my great helper, we decorated the coloured pencil bucket with very pleasing results. I added a pencil sticker on the label after taking the picture, which adds that much more cuteness.
Sometime early last year I found a small plastic accordion folder in Hobby Lobby's clearance section. It originally sold for $10, but because it had a busted carrying strap, I picked it up for $2.00, I think. We buy cat litter in boxes that have sturdy plastic handles.... just about the size needed to repair the accordion folder. A match made in heaven! Better than that, the new handle is of better plastic quality than the original. All due credit goes to Martin that thought to marry the two. He's one smart cookie!
I picked up a black painted wood frame with a mysterious slot in one side for 50 cents while at SSD. Playing around with it, we discovered the slot perfectly accommodates a scrapbook page. Martin wants me to go back and pick up as many as ten, should they still be there. His idea is that we (yes, he likes to help scrap sometimes, too!) design decorative holiday pages to display for the various seasons. He also wants me to display a few scrapbook pages around the house instead of photographing them and throwing into an album. It will take an hour to make the round trip, so I hope it's worthwhile. Maybe call to find out before leaving the house? Nope, there might be new stuff on the floor tomorrow. As much as he thrills over this prospect, he has yet to see what scrapbookers are doing to deep-framed art canvases. I can put together a piece of art to hang on a wall for under $10 for what departments stores sell at $20-30, and can do a better job of it.
Probably not this year, but perhaps next, I take this hobby to the next notch and try to sell cards at the farmer's market. I've gotten very good with cards, but don't feel I'm up to the commercial level yet. I've always been crafty, but never considered ever making a profit from it. Who knows?
I've spent nearly twelve hours re-organizing paper and paper scraps. To accommodate for a hefty but handy pre-sized paper cuts, some of the smaller dies had to be consolidated. So too with other tools, but it will be worth the effort in the end. Not administering enough organization torture, I labeled every bin and drawer. Needless to say, after only twelve hours into the project, the room looks as if a paper bomb went off. I really need to track how often I go through these two-to-three day organizational fits; it seems I do this at least every other month. But wait! There's more accomplished today...
For my coloured pencil collection, I saved an old coffee tin. Yes, it's totally filled, but this collection goes back at least twenty years. Back when the boys were kids, and I was a Camp Fire leader, I put all the crayons in a coffee bin and decorated it with a wallpaper scrap and crayon wrappers; the exterior decoration lasted virtually forever. Each "play" coffee can had a unique decoration so they could pull the can and know what was inside at a glance. The coloured pencil can has served well, but it was nothing to brag about. It really bothers me when a container I use is ugly. With some help for my great helper, we decorated the coloured pencil bucket with very pleasing results. I added a pencil sticker on the label after taking the picture, which adds that much more cuteness.
Sometime early last year I found a small plastic accordion folder in Hobby Lobby's clearance section. It originally sold for $10, but because it had a busted carrying strap, I picked it up for $2.00, I think. We buy cat litter in boxes that have sturdy plastic handles.... just about the size needed to repair the accordion folder. A match made in heaven! Better than that, the new handle is of better plastic quality than the original. All due credit goes to Martin that thought to marry the two. He's one smart cookie!
I picked up a black painted wood frame with a mysterious slot in one side for 50 cents while at SSD. Playing around with it, we discovered the slot perfectly accommodates a scrapbook page. Martin wants me to go back and pick up as many as ten, should they still be there. His idea is that we (yes, he likes to help scrap sometimes, too!) design decorative holiday pages to display for the various seasons. He also wants me to display a few scrapbook pages around the house instead of photographing them and throwing into an album. It will take an hour to make the round trip, so I hope it's worthwhile. Maybe call to find out before leaving the house? Nope, there might be new stuff on the floor tomorrow. As much as he thrills over this prospect, he has yet to see what scrapbookers are doing to deep-framed art canvases. I can put together a piece of art to hang on a wall for under $10 for what departments stores sell at $20-30, and can do a better job of it.
Probably not this year, but perhaps next, I take this hobby to the next notch and try to sell cards at the farmer's market. I've gotten very good with cards, but don't feel I'm up to the commercial level yet. I've always been crafty, but never considered ever making a profit from it. Who knows?
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