last weekend our 4H group met to assemble jar mixes. the members had taken orders for 5 kinds of cookies and 3 soups. 511 orders. it took lots of organizing, shopping, and cooperation. then came the setting up and assembling. it was pretty cool to watch. the jars started out like this:
then with lots of this:
and plenty of this:
and this:
they came up with these:
and here is what about half of them looked like:
pretty awesome.
i have tried several ways of storing my acrylic stamps. i've tried leaving them in their original packages, but different manufacturers have different packaging, so that was a bit messy. then i tried taking them out of the original packages and putting them all together in a tupperware container, but i kept forgetting to look through them. then i tried them in notebooks on transparencies, but that was cumbersome.
i should tell you that i love to treasure hunt for cool old stuff. one of my favorite places to go is the Habitat ReStore. the last time i was there i found this amazing old 8-pane window. the paint was chipping off which made it even more awesome. so i brought it home, not sure what i was going to do with it.
i had an aha! moment last week and i decided to use it to store my acrylic stamps! it is so perfect! i love being able to see what i have at a glance, and they stay stuck perfectly.
(sorry about the glare of the flash, but it gets dark so early and i had to take the photo inside.)
how do you store your acrylic stamps?
after i saw Brandy's atc holder that she made herself, i wanted to try it too. i really liked how she attached the cards because it didn't detract from them at all. my other system, the 7Gypsies holder required punching two spots out and i hate to mess up any of the artists' work. with Brandy's system, you just punch a small hole and then snip with your scissors.
so i got a lamp at the thrift store, a threaded rod and some washers at the hardware store, and came up with this:
and i have room for lots more swaps, which is a good thing because i'm in two more right now!
i recently made a mini album using the front and back covers of an old hard back book, and was left with the inside pages. i remember seeing a cool project that gigi made. (she always inspires me!) so i lifted her idea and came up with this:
it was supposed to be a lil hostess gift for Linda, but since we postponed the dinner, i'll probably just give it to her the next time i see her. the names are of everybody in her family.
what have you been up to lately?
how's that for an alliterative title?! The NY Times has a cool project on their web site. their goal is to have a photo of every polling place in the US. i uploaded some photos i took this morning, and i feel like my voice was heard twice!
although i have to tell you, bringing your camera into a polling place causes a bit of panic. the lady in charge at the town hall asked me to step aside and we went over the instructions regarding the media. i told her that i wouldn't take pictures of any people, that i just wanted to document my experience and was inspired by the photo project. so it was all good.
here's what it looked like for me:
and i proudly wore my sticker all day!
did you take any photos?
saturday i went to des moines to meet up with some awesome scrappers. it was great to see Brandy and Jen again, and i got to meet Tonya, Jen Renee, and Erin. we put our tables together and even though we didn't win a table prize, we had a great time scrapping the day (and night) away.
i also got to see Becca for a visit to Archiver's and the Cheesecake Factory. i had a little slice of heaven called pumpkin pecan and Becca had the 30th anniversary special. delicious, although i'm surprised i didn't lapse into a sugar coma. must have been the pecans that saved me:)
here's one of the pages i made. it's about my dd, who recently learned about panty hose.
this page doesn't have a title. Jen and Erin assured me it didn't have to have one. thanks, ladies! it's always nice to have another opinion or two.
the edge distresser from CTMH was the best find of the day. i highly recommend it.
you might think that after 15 hours of scrapping i wouldn't scrap for awhile. well, you would be wrong! last night i had fun making some cards.
a fun one with stickles and watercolors:
a stitched one for a challenge at scrap your crap:
with a bit on the inside:
and a simple one using a Jenni Bowlin stamp:
what have you been up to?
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