I'm over on the Crate Blog today making some autumn decorations using the Open Book collection.
It's a combination of leaves and tags, some Christmas lights, and a piece of barn wood. I have to keep reminding myself to slow down and enjoy the season and not just jump straight into Christmas. So today I'm sharing a little love for autumn. Have a great day.
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I feel like I'm making less and less scrapbook layouts these days, but making this one makes me want to make more.
I used Crate Paper's Open Book and used lots of pink and gold, something even more unusual for me. I guess it's good to break out of your box every now and then.
I'll be back with more Week in the Life posts tomorrow!
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Here's a simple way to make a party favor for a bridal shower, birthday party, or any celebration. I recently needed a last minute favor idea for a bridal shower and came up with these little candy bags made with Notes and Things.
To make these yourself just fill a small cellophane bag with the candy of your choice. Make a bag topper by folding a piece of patterned paper (cut to size) across the top. I attached the bag toppers with a small stapler, but you could also sew these shut.
And they do double-duty as a place card at the table!
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I'm a huge fan of shipping tags. Today I'm over on the Crate blog talking about three of my favorite ways to use them.
1. Organizing supplies
2. Gift Tags
3. Journal Spots
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We still have a month to go until the start of school, but I couldn't resist starting in on back to school supplies. Here's a custom 3-ring binder I made for my daughter. The full tutorial is on the Crate Blog.
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Crate Paper's new The Open Road colleciton was perfect to make a little kit to carry in the car on road trips.
I started with a tin pencil box which I painted blue and yellow.
Inside I put a scavenger hunt game of different items for my kids to spot along the drive.
I also included a list of all the states in case anyone wanted to play the license plate game.
I put the game, a tiny first aid kit, some small toys and candy in the box and now we are set to hit the road.
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Today I made a layout just for fun. I need to do this more often. I keep going back to the Boys Rule line by Crate Paper. Whether it's cars, video games, or skateboarding it just seems to fit my son to a T.
Now it's back to the grind. I'm off to Target to pick up a few necessities for the week. Have a great day!
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An idea for using extra journaling cards
Mother's Day is coming fast around the corner, and this year I am using Maggie Holmes new Styleboard collection to make mini albums for gifts. You can never go wrong making something homemade for mom, and paired with sweet, feminine papers, these little books are sure to be a hit.
I have two album ideas to share with you, both of them made with journaling cards. A tiny brag book for a grandmother that she can slip right into her purse and pull out to show off her grandkids, and another sweet pink mini album to display the newest member of the family.
I started out by gathering all of my 3x4" cards together for the brag book. The colors and designs blend so well together that half of the work was already done for me.
I joined the cards together acordian style using washi tape on the side of the cards I didn't want to show. Once all of the cards were connected I gathered the ends together to form a little book.
To make the cover I cut a piece of patterned paper down to 4 x 6.25". I scored a .25" section in the center to form a spine for my book so when it was put together it would lay relatively flat.
All that was left to do was to place the inside pages into the jacket, and adhere the end papers to the cover with double stick tape. One of the great things about using journaling cards for this is they are nice and sturdy and hold their shape.
I finished it off by adding in photos of the grandkids and some pictures from around the house. The next best thing other than visiting in person is having some photos to carry with you.
Then I moved on to the baby album. This time I used 4x6" journaling cards and made things even simpler by just using a ring through the upper corner to hold everything together. I added in the 4x6" overlays from the Styleboard collection so once again everything already worked beautifully together.
No mini album would be complete without tags, pockets and pull-outs to add some fun!
And there you have it...two full mini albums made from one set of journaling cards. I hope you are inspired to make a homemade gift for mom this year!
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I'm still loving the Crate Paper Boy's Rule collection. Betweeen skateboards, video games and car embellishments, I feel like it was made for my son. When I saw all of the outer space embellishments it contained, I knew the picture I wanted to use them with.
I bought a super cheap Brother sewing machine and have been sewing on my layouts a lot more lately. I am liking the results. Especially in this layout where I sewed down a lot of little vellum pieces.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I run out of the Boys Rule line. I have too many layouts I want to use it with.
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This year will be the last time my kids have a school party to exchange valentines. I don't know what's happened to their cards and notes in the past, but this year I am determined to save them in a scrapbook.
I cut a piece of vellum heart paper from Crate Paper's Love Notes collection at an angle, and sewed a red ribbon across the top. I then sewed the remaining three sides to a piece of patterned paper to form a pocket.
After embellishing the front of the pocket, I slipped in the class valentines. I like how you can still see the cards through the vellum.
I'm glad I'm saving the cards this year... I wish I had started doing it earlier. I think it will be a lot of fun to go back and look at the valentines from their friends someday.
Now that everything is put together, I can just slip the whole thing in a 12x12 page protector. And there you have it, a super easy and quick Valentines Day project.
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