In my kitchen

This is a wall in my kitchen. I've had the old Coke bottle wooden thing hung up for awhile filled with my spices. The other day, I thought I'd like to have my vintage aprons out in view. My hubbie screwed some clothespins to the wall and voila-old aprons on display!

Craft show

I spent last Saturday with a booth at a craft show at the local high school. I had a good time and met some nice people. I'm anxious and excited to get new faces in some of my classes!

Countdown to Christmas Album

I am so excited! I have finally finished my December Daily album (based on Ali Edwards' idea). This will be my third year to do this type of album. It is such a fun way to show all the festivities that occur leading up to Christmas.
On another note, I am having a difficult time sitting as I type this. Somehow my little darlings have messed my desk chair in a way where unless I balance just right, I'll either topple over frontwards or nearly flip over backwards. Seriously. Neither boy is claiming responsibility. I wonder why. . .:)

Halloween goodies

Made these little cuties for the boys' teachers. I traced a McDonald's french fry box on Halloween paper. The tags say "Witching you a Happy Halloween!"

Quality time

Three against one- the boys and the dog wrestling with their daddy. Don't know who was having the most fun. Love this photo.

Scrapping on an envelope

Here's another idea for utilizing envelopes in scrapbooking.
I grabbed one of the white 9 x 12 inch envelopes leftover from the last project I discussed. I ran one line of stitching about 3/4 of the way down (second picture) to keep my items from falling too far down in the envelope. After choosing which side I wanted to be on front, I covered it with a piece of ledger paper, a couple pieces of pattern paper, and a few photos. I added a title and hand stamped some journaling. I chose to use this for our Father's Day photos. The cards that the boys made went right in the pocket. This is the first time I've made a layout focusing on Father's Day. My favorite part, other than the few cents that it took to make this, is that the cards fit right in the layout. Maybe I'll start a tradition of envelope layouts for Father's Day- just using a different envelope every year!

Easy scrapbook

(the cover)

I was asked to make a honeymoon scrapbook for a young couple at church. So I went to Big Lots and bought this pack of envelopes and some embellishments, then went to Michaels and got a few pieces of matching pattern paper. I took 2 envelopes, folded them in half, cut 2 pieces of pattern paper to size, folded them in half and placed them in between the envelopes. I punched holes in the binding and bound it all with ribbon. Then I went through with paper scraps and love themed stickers to decorate the pages. Voila! A cute scrapbook ready for photos!

interior pages

pocket page

I placed 2 pieces of chipboard in the first envelope before sealing it, so the cover would be sturdy.
This is a fun scrapbook to make- very easy, and you can use items you already have to create it!