WOW! Two posts in one day - I'm sure this rain will turn into snow now! Today, I just took some scrapping items out to gayle's shop to be with him and decided to make a card for a challenge posted at Joani's Blog---she's offering Blog Candy - go check it out! Anyway, here is my take:

"Sweet Spring"

Yummy Ribbon!

TEASER: Before you can see my ribbon holder - you have to look at my grandchildren!!

These are formatted using a template from Picture It! The template just suited the idea I wanted to get across (innocence and awe of youth) with these photos'. When Hunter and Chloe's mom was working, she let us babysit - what memories those days bring back. Love it! They grow up quicker than I can scrap - these were taken almost a year ago! Traci is a great daughter-in-law and she doesn't mind us having them at least once a week. My neighbor had given Gayle this light which has fish in it which move as the light warms up. Chloe and Hunter spent about half an hour just watching.

Oh - Oh - I am doing the Happy Dance! I am a hoarder of ribbon and designer paper - all I want to do is look at them, they are so delightful and they comfort me. Previously, I have tried several storage systems and never was satisfied with where the systems had to be stored, like on my desk, in a bin or whatever. A friend, Joani in Georgetown, commented that she had seen on SCS gallery for room makeovers, a ribbon holder made out of a 4" PVC pipe that had been cut in half and mounted. Click! a lightbulb went off! My hubby could do that! Here is his creation!

We decided to mount in behind the entry door to the room which is dead space anyway. I chose also to have my ribbon tails hanging down, I love the way the colors blend together and it makes it easier to decide which ribbons to use on projects. Sometime I will pick the ribbon to use first, find paper, then sort thru my photos to see which one to use. I have to keep it simple or else my mind wanders to housework and other things. Ugh! This holder allows me to give up the "Dig n Search" method!

Quote of the day:

"Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live."

Havoc in my Scrap Room!

Just how many times can you redo a scrap room without totally loosing everything you own? These grand ideas of a neat, organized, non-cluttered room that you can conveniently work in -

A Myth! Maybe if I label everything I have a better chance of locating items

There is no way for me to unclutter this room - just see for yourself.

I have two of these terrific shelve units which will hold up to nine of the totes or baskets, of which I love - thank you Lowes! Remember, this side of my room is not the side that got a makeover this weekend. Just what to do with all the delightful craft magazines, the tons of info for techniques that I have printed from SCS, and not to mention all my stamps?

Ok, I really did make some progress because I filled a trash bag full of stuff which I hadn't used in years.

My hubby says a messed up room looks creative and makes me look as if I'm busy. (perhaps he is right this one time only?)

I am really blessed to have a hubby that is creative -- he made me this shelf thingy to hold my punches (he didn't go with the idea of using curtain rods-so he adapted the ideas with dowel rods and misc. wood pieces from his shop) and I really think it looks great. My son had made me the ink/ribbon holder when I first started in crafts - now I will use it for my odd inks since I use SU's color caddy . He is working on making me a holder for my spools of ribbon, so I can get them off my desk area. I'm waiting patiently. This is the second of those shelve units I had mentioned previously. It has adjustable shelves, so now I can display my finished scrapbooks that were hidden in a drawer. The hanging paper holder is loaded with Bazzill and My Mind's Eye paper which I hoard.

OK - Confession time--

While I was putting the scrapbooks on the shelves, I took time (most of my Saturday!) to look at them again. My addiction for my family photo's is something I plan not to be cured of!