A little scrapbooking

This last weekend was an extra long one for us. The kids school had parent teacher conferences last week so they basically had Thurs.- Mon. off. It was so nice! We hung out with family, kids played with their cousins, we spent lazy days reading and playing playmobil, we picked stuff out for the new house and spent an afternoon there, we built snow forts, tunnels, had a snowball fight,made ski jumps in the back yard, and I even got some scrapbooking in. So I thought I'd share some of the layouts I did.






I'm done with 2008 and halfway done with 2009... and boy oh boy it's feeling soooo good to get caught up! I'm always so worried I'm going to forget the stories behind the pictures (the stories are sooo important to me) so it is such a relief to be getting these older ones done before the memories become to faded. Good thing I often make little notes about events ect as they happen.

So I'd love to know... you scrapbookers out there, are you like me? Are you years behind with mountains of photos on your computer that you haven't even gone through? Or are you on top of things with only a few months worth of photos to print and scrap? If you are the latter, please let me know your secret! I just hope it's not "take fewer photos," because I'm pretty sure I'm beyond help on that front! ;) Have a wonderful Wednesday!!

Fun Craft Storage Ideas... and Giveaway!

Happy Saturday! I just love Saturday mornings, don't you? Especially when the sun is shining so beautifully like it is today. Crazy spring like weather here in Montana right now- I'm lovin it! I'm trying to get my craft room in order, and let me tell you it's really bad right now. I must confess I am an extremely messy crafter, and this place needs some major organization and purging. So I thought I'd share a few of my new organization goodies I'm working on using.

I got two drawers like this at an antique mall for super cheap. I'm so excited cause they are going to make the cutest embellishment storage, and just look at those cute old knobs. I don't know about you, but I need my "stuff" out in the open where I can see it or I tend not to use it. I also need my space to be inspiring to look at too. I'm trying to decide whether to paint these a pale aqua or cream. Maybe I'll do one of each!

I also bought these inexpensive canister jars at Walmart (around $6) to store my flowers in. I used to have them sorted by color into smaller jars, but the little jars were starting to take up too much room that way. So now they all fit together and take up less space. Besides I think the big clear jars are so cute and could be decorated so sweetly with rub-ons!

DON'T FORGET... I'm having a sale in my etsy shop through tomorrow along with a giveaway! All you have to do is leave a comment here to be entered. Remember you can come back daily to enter. I'm giving away a set of my new Mini Journaling Cards and Swanky Chipboard Blossoms. (see previous post for more detailed pictures)