We Will Always Have Paris

Finish It Friday: Disney 2007 Album - Day Two

We are taking the kids to Disney World next month and I thought it was high time I started working on the scrapbook from our last trip to WDW.  Scrapping our last vacation is just adding to our excitement about this year's vacation.

 
One more Disney layout done... now I only have about 40 more to do!

Supplies used:  Basic Grey "Pyrus" (patterned paper), Making Memories "Acorn" & "Monarch" (paint), EK Success "Mickey" (punch), Stampin' Up! "Linen" (stamp on #2), Palette ink (on #2), unknown chipboard & brads

Stash Sale: Ancient Page Archival Ink Pads

As I'm spring cleaning my studio, I'm realizing that I need to make room for all of my stuff.  Thus, I need to take a good, long, hard look at all the stuff I really have.  With that in mind, I've decided to sell off my beloved Ancient Page archival ink pads & re-inkers.   For only $50, you can buy up all of my 33 full sized Ancient Page ink pads, 8 mini ink pads and 18 re-inkers.  Everything will be already housed in one of my Tim Holtz ink pad carrying cases (there's even room for some of your own ink pads!).  If you were to buy all of this new, it would cost you $279.50.  I'm selling it off on Etsy for $50.  Grab it quick!

Click here to head over to my Etsy store.

Two For Tuesday: DIY Chandeliers & Card Table Playhouses

With the heat & humidity out here on the East Coast, it is that time of the year where I just want to hide in my studio (down in the deep, dark, cold basement of my house).  Here are two projects that have inspired me this week:

 (photo from www.babydogstyle.com)

1.  Do-It-Yourself Cardboard Chandeliers.  I'm thinking I may have hubby make me a handful of these (of course, I want them in wood).  I'd love to paint them pink, embellish them with glitter and decorate our room during "Summer in Paris".  Want the full "how to"?  I found a fantastic website with great photos & directions!  Let me know if you decide to make one!

2.  Card Table Playhouses.  I've had this as a Do-It/Did-It card in my rolodex for forever (I think I got the idea from Amy Powers).  This handmade felt playhouse fits perfectly over a card table.  I thought it was a genius idea.  My girls do have a couple of pop-up playhouses, but this one is so incredibly cute I want it desperately.  I wish they made it in my size!  How ideal is this for those with limited space in their house??   However, the finished product is $200 on Etsy.  WOW!  If you're not a cupcake person, she also makes train station, pizza party, pet shop and beauty salon playhouses (she actually has a ton of different styles, click here to check them out!).

I thought it would be a great craft project, but I had no idea where to start.  I'm not really a seamstress.  I tend to sew paper much more than fabric.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered that you can now buy the pattern for this adorable playhouse.  You can also buy the pattern for all of the fun stuff that comes with the playhouse.  Oh boy!  I'm thinking that this will be the perfect project for the Fall, when Baby G. is in school and it is just Baby A. & I at home.  I can't wait!

Hope you found something to inspire you!

Finish It Friday: 25 Days of December 2008 - Days 22 & 23

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel....

 
I chose to work on my 2008 "25 Days of December" album for this week's "Finish It Friday".  I'm so close to being finished with this project that I may just push on through the weekend and finish it by Sunday!  Today I was able to finish up Days 22 & 23:

I've been fortunate that I took a ton of pictures during the holiday season of 2008.  It has made it incredibly easy to document our annual traditions and show exactly what we did during those 25 days.  I tried to take a photo of our Christmas card tree every evening before we went to bed.  I certainly don't need to scrap all 25 days, but it sure made it easy when I went looking for photos to show different stages of fullness.

Now, two more days left to do & they are big ones --  Christmas Eve (which is huge in our house) and Christmas Day.  These will probably both have multiple pages.  And now that I'm so close to completion, I'm once again excited to work on it!
 
 
 

Finish It Friday: Jenny's Seasons Book

Waaaaaay back in 2008, one of my best friends, Jenny, hit a milestone birthday.  I started working on one of my "Seasons" books to give her as a birthday gift.  Time got away from me & the gift wound up further & further down on the big pile of uncompleted projects that takes up half of my workspace.  And then I got distracted....

Last year, I pulled the book out when I was working on other "Seasons" books for my Etsy shop.  That's when I discovered that the book I had started for Jenny was the wrong size & the rings/pages I normally use wouldn't work.  Rather than dumping the book I had started, I created new pages & went on the hunt for rings.  Then I got distracted.....

Last week I ordered the rings for Jenny's book.  They arrived this week, just in time for this week's "Finish It Friday". 

Jenny...... it's done!!!  IT'S DONE!!!  HAPPY BELATED FRICKIN' BIRTHDAY!

Finish It Friday: 25 Days of December 2008 (Day 21)

It's been a busy week around here, so I haven't done much in the way of catching up in old projects.  However, I have one more page to add to my 25 Days of December book from 2008.  Local gals will get a kick out of my whining about no snow.  Fortunately, I had done the journaling before we got hit with so much snow this year.  I would have had a completely different perspective if I had to write about it now!

 
I didn't have any photos to go with the theme of "no snow", so I did a little research using Google & came up with the weather report for that day.  Thank you Google Images!!

I love that Martha Stewart icicles punch.  I finally had a reason to use it!!  Hopefully I'll have some spare time this weekend to wrap up this book.  Only 4 days left to document!  Woo hoo!  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!
 

Finish It Friday: 25 Days of December 2008 (Days 16 - 20)

This book is going to be the death of me.  However, I am feeling compelled to finish it so that I can cross JUST ONE THING off of my "Unfinished Projects" list.  I'm almost done!

 

Day 16:  I used jump rings to attach a swing out page.  The photos are of our old Christmas LPs (inherited from hubby's grandmother) and our record player.

Day 17:  I'm at the point now where some of these pages need to be plain & simple.  Otherwise they'll never get done.  One photo and some journaling.  Done.

 
Day 18:  It is easy to find DVD and music CD images on the internet.  Here I used the DVD front for the movie "Elf".  I trimmed it to fit on a clear CD (it came on top of a pile of blank DVD-Rs I had purchased).  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes in the disc & placed it as a page in my book.

 
Day 19:  I used an old Jolee's Boutique wreath on the back of the CD.  I added a handmade tag. Done!

 

Day 20:  No Christmas would be complete without a picture of my Baby G. screaming hysterically at the sight of Santa.  Good times. 

So, I only need to complete 5 more days & I can check this one off the list!!  It feels good.  I'm thinking of making this a weekly challenge to my readers.  Who's in?? 
 
 
 
 

Finish It Friday: Do It/Did It Rolodex Cards

(This should have posted on Friday, but I've been struggling with my Typepad account)

I've been woefully behind in my Do It/Did It Rolodex, so I've started pumping out the cards this Friday.  I'm just trying to get these done, so right now I'm following the same template:  circle punch, some ribbon & a photo rolodex card.

Stacy Julian really pushed this book during this year's appearance at Get Croppin's ScrapBowl.  I'm dying to read it, so I made myself a little card.  It will also trigger a reminder to add it to this year's Christmas list!

Everyone raves about the Genesis paper trimmer.  They are hard to find and almost always out of stock.  Of course, that just makes me want it more!!

 

My sweet Millie really needs a tutu of her own.  I keep promising her that I'll make it. 

 Aaaah....  My favorite TV show.  I think I need it on DVD!

I received an amazing puzzle (gotta love that Bas Bleu) for Christmas a few years ago.  I've yet to assemble it.  It just seems to hard to pull out all of those pieces with a little one running around. 

Pretty soon I'll have a new baby to shove into flower pots and silly hats for pictures.  Momma needs herself some better lighting!! 

 

Most of these fall under my "To Buy" divider tab.  It makes for easy Christmas Wish List making!! 

Finish It Friday #3 - "Take Delight" Layout

I've been so busy trying to get ready for my crop this weekend, that I haven't had time to post pics of last Friday's "Finish It Friday" project:

  

I originally worked with these photos back in March and proudly posted my layout on this very same blog.  I was then flooded with e-mails letting me know that I had a major typo.   I had journaled that the photos were taken in August 2008, when we were still 5 months out from that date.  So...  I quickly tore my layout apart, vowing to clean it up & re-post it that very same weekend. 

The layout was pushed around my project desk for a month or so, before I stuffed it into the "Projects" cabinet where unloved works in progress go to die.  I was thrilled to fish it out last week & fix it up.  It's now safely protected in my daughter's album & I have one less thing on my "To Do" list.

Finish It Friday #2.1 - Wine Tags For Mom

I did actually finish the wine tags for my mom this week.  I added a bunch of Christmas-themed tags (since we're quickly coming up on the holidays):

 

And then I boxed the whole bunch up (with the stamp) in the Maya Road case I made a while back:

 

I added a tag (Happy Mother's Day 2007) to the outside and it is ready to ship!! 

So there!  Two projects completed and out the door.  Damn, this feels good!

This week's "Finish It Friday" is going to have to be a smaller project, as I have a field trip with my daughter's pre-school on Friday.  I have a number of layouts that need to be finished/fixed.  I'll probably choose one of those.  So....  what are you planning to finish this Friday??  Diane?  Karen?  Amy S.?  Cupcake? Jeanette? Chrys?