Faye is still here... :-(

Well, Everyone,

Tropical Storm Faye isn't done with us yet. The Home Owners people finally got someone over to our house to look at the damage from our leaking windows (TS Faye Damage). They're saying there's all kinds of rot and stuff that needs to be replaced. From what they've seen, it's going to cost them about 25k to fix. Thank God for insurance! They're telling us it's going to take approximately two months to get everything back to normal. That puts us in the middle of Christmas with holes in our wall....Fantastic. Not much else to say about that. Here's a couple pics of what the windows look like now.

Sorry if the pictures aren't the best quatlity. my husband took them with his phone.

Christmas Cards

Hi Everyone,

This year will be the first year I send out Christmas cards. I figured, I'm married now, and it's about time I start sending them out. I decided to hand make them, versus the store bought ones. Mostly because I found a really cute stamp online that totally inspired me. It looks very much like the circle in the center, but I changed the words and kept the look of the whole thing. I made the design in Photoshop and made two extra one's for the card front. It was super easy to do and I just printed a bunch on a sheet of white cardstock for each design. Then I cut them out with my Nestabilities and distressed and inked everything.... Take a look!

Nestabilities Storage!!

Hi Everyone!

I promised I'd show you my Nestabilities storage and here it is, at last. I absolutely love the way everything is held in place but pretty at the same time. I made a 6 x 6 inch book using a posterboard (for added sturdiness), some patterned paper that I got from Hobby Lobby at 4/$1, and some Bazzill cardstock.

I cut the posterboard, patterned paper and cardstock into 6 x 6 sheets and glued it all together, alternating the patterned and cardstock papers. I made 11 pages total including the covers.

I then used some Magnetic sheets that I got from Office Depot and cut those into 4 x 4 in squares. The one's I got are adhesive-backed so I didn't have to worry about what type of glue to use to hold them to the paper.

I cut out some 4 x 4 inch sheets from the papers and covered the magnet sheets. They don't need to be covered, I just thought they were prettier this way.

I inked the edges of the sheets and smaller squares to give it a little something extra. I put the small squares on the pages not holding the Nestabilities, just as a buffer for them. They're going to rub up against the facing pages, so I figured I would add something a little more substantial than just the patterned paper. It also gives the book a more unified look because the pattern is repeated from page to page, only alternating the papers.

I used one of the leather strap closures that are made to be used with the Bind it All, and so far I have to say I LOVE IT. For me, it's the perfect closure for the book. It's not flimsy or hard to open and close.

I put the whole book together with my Bind It All...Can I say again how much I LOVE THAT THING!!!

If you're looking into getting yourself one, get the pink one. Not just cause it's pink (which I think is so cute), but because it punches through thicker materials and has extra features.

I have used this think tons since I put it together and it's really holding up very well. I love that I can flip through my book and see what I have.

Well, I hope you all like my storage system for these bad boys. I'd LOVE to see if anyone makes one of these for themselves. It's always really cool to see the different ways people can make the same thing, into something that is totally their own!

Layouts and a Mini Album

Hey Everyone!

I have been sooo bad about posting lately...sorry. i promise I'll try to do better. Below are some pics of stuff I've done. Some old, some new. I haven't taken the pics of my nestabilities storage yet but I will this weekend. PROMISE!!

Here are some pics of a few layouts I've done. Mostly my stuff tends to be on the simpler side. There are two layouts that have a bunch of stuff on them... I don't know what happened there, but I really like them that way. I wish I could do that all of the time, but unfortunately, I'm just not blessed that way. I'll sit for HOURS and end up with a picture a flower and a swirl....woohooo.....how exciting. Oh well, it's my style I guess. A girl can dream though can't she?