Had to get the juices flowing somehow, so I grabbed my Simple Stories Vintage Winter Woods paper pad and ephemera pieces and whipped out my Christmas cards. Sometimes you need a deadline to get your engine started, you know? LOL Here are a few of my favorites.
We made it. If you have followed me on the blog or other socials, you know that we became Snowbirds a couple of years before Covid hit. Then, with Randy's surgery, we missed another couple of years wintering in the warmer weather. Well, we are here again, and so happy to be where the sun shines every day! It has been tough finding suitable places to stay within our time frame, but I have been lucky so far and this year's accommodations have turned out to be perfect. Airbnb has been so good for us, and we've had good luck with everyone we have dealt with.
That said, my crafty juices are stalled. I don't know where to begin; it has been so long since I really delved into the supply stash and it's making me crazy. I have a space here for crafting, which is always a must when doing our winter Airbnb search, so that's not an issue. One month ago today my sister and I were on our way to Paris, Germany and Switzerland -- FAB TRIP!!! -- and when I got home, I barely had time to breathe before packing up again and hitting the road. But here we are and I need to get the creativity flowing again.
While I ponder, here is a favorite photo I took while on vacay. This was from our table at the Sky Bar in the Hilton Hyatt Regency Hotel in Paris on the 34th floor. I'll never forget this breathtaking view.
It's Turkey Day once again and we are so very thankful for everything we are blessed with! I hope you are having a wonderful day with friends, family, pets or whomever and however you celebrate your thankfulness. We ALL have so much to be thankful for.
....but not for long! Just returned from vacation in Europe and have such a short time to get repacked and ready for our winter trek south. (More on vacation later - with pics of course! )We are sooooo hoping we make it out of town before the snow comes - please cross your fingers for us. We're heading out this weekend and I haven't even started packing, though I did get all the laundry done so that's a good start.
I'm having such a hard time not delving into the craft stash, you have no idea! The studio is basically shut down for winter, but that doesn't keep me from wanting to make it a huge mess in here again. Hahaha! My fingers are so itchy to get crafting again.
Before I left, I was able to get started on the cover for the Halloween Every Day Journal and I can't wait to finish it. So far I'm loving it! What do you think???
Card Wallet -Wow. I loooove this project. (But I've loved every project so far! haha) This is another brain child of Crafty by Toni. Started as file folder. I love crafting with file folders. Finished book measures 6x6, including tab.
Pocket card thingy. Fairly simple and quick make.
Front cover:
This one is from Day 17. I forgot to even get pictures of this one much less post. Oh well, better late than never. I've already placed this one in the journal even. Love how it turned out though!
Fun acetate photo waterfall pages. These were super simple to make; I actually made three of them because the first one I did was in the wrong orientation for how I want to use it. (I'll add tabs to that one later and maybe use it somewhere else.) This project is actually for two days as we made the cluster tabs one day, then the acetate pages yesterday. My Halloween junk journal is coming along so very very cool! It's nice and fat and chunky and I love it!!
I actually finished today's project TODAY! Go me. LOL Toni used a super cute large tag-shaped gift bag for her page, and after attempting to recreate one, I abandoned the idea and just used a lunch bag. Duh! I was worried it might be too thin, but once it was covered and glued into the journal, I think it will be fine. We have a jumbo pocket (the bag, of course), and a small pocket on the front as well (just fold up the bottom of the bag). Pretty cute, yes?!
Today's project is a matchbook photo album. This is so cool. We used acetate for the cover and vellum for the inside pages, and added frames to each of them. I love how it turned out, as you can see the staggered frames behind each other with the book closed.
