What is in my Desktop Carousel.

Do you remember my post about how I altered my Desktop Carousel?
Well you can check out the post HERE.
But I didn't share with you what I keep in here and how it helps me keep a bit more organized when I craft.

Here is a quick video I did on what I keep in here, and my inspiration piece ;)

I hope you all are having a creative Saturday :)

Tracy

I think I'm missing something

How much is to much when packing for a long weekend of scrapping?
We are leaving at about noon today (Friday) and coming home sometime Monday afternoon.
Even though I am the worlds slowest scrapper, I always think I am going to run out of things to do.
I guess its the optimist in me, teehee.
This isn't even my clothes or food.
Mind you all I really need to wear is my jammy pants and a t shirt all weekend, much to my daughters dislike, lol

I have a couple posts scheduled but have no internet this weekend to come and visit you all.
So I hope you all have a great weekend and I will visit you all when I get back :)

Hope you had a creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

Sticker Storage

Since I have been slowly organizing my supplies, I thought I would share with you how I store my stickers.
I put my sticker binder together many years ago....like 10 yrs ago ;)
Just so you know I label everything ;)

I store my stickers in a large binder.
I adhere the back of the sticker packaging on cheap copy paper.
Then just slide it in a page protector in my binder.

Here is the binder opened up.
When I want to use them I just pull them out of the page protector.
I like the idea of the page protectors so if a sticker falls off the sheet, it will hopefully stay in the protector.

Honestly I don't really use my stickers.
I think one of the reasons is because this binder is so flippin heavy and another reason is because I store it in one of my higher cupboards.
I am only 4' 10" tall and am a weakling, so this isn't working for me ;)
So I am going to leave it out for easy access and hopefully will use them more.
Plus I think I will use them more now that I am using my day planner and Smash book now :)
Here are some of the stickers that never made it into the binder.
I actually think I would use them more if they were in a basket and I could flip through them more easily...but I went through all this work on the binder so many years ago, that I will try to give this another chance :)

Onto My Day:
I had to do a lot of running around today.
I was also packing up for my weekend of major scrappin' :)

Oops almost forgot..I made a video of my sticker binder  :)


I hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Craftin' with my Girls..6x6 mini album

If your wondering....yes I do scrapbook ;)
Scrapbooking was my first love, and was my first step to paper crafts.

I thought I would share with you my 6x6 scrapbook.
This album is dedicated to all my friends who scrapbook with me.
The album is almost full, but my plan is make another one.
I am really enjoying working in these smaller pages, it is so fun :)

Here is a video on my special album and how I made it even easier to work in.
I hope you enjoy my video, because as short as it is, it sure took me a long time to tape it.
Wayne came home ringing the doorbell (50 times at least), my SIL phoned me, the dryer buzzer went off and then Kristy came barging in my room signing. LOL. 
Onto My Day:
Today I went to pick up my photos for this weekend.
But some of them were pixelated. So I brought them back.
They are going to fix them, no charge of course. But I still have to go back and pick them up tomorrow.
I also went and picked up a few groceries for this weekend...simple groceries. As we don't really cook on this girls weekend ;)

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy

Tips for you Desktop Carousel

Do you have one of these Desktop Carousels?
Or one like it?
Do you love it?
I love mine, it can hold so much stuff :)

 But what I don't like is when my tools fall over, end up at the bottom of that section and I have to take everything out to retrieve it.
Now isn't that a pain?!
















So I devised a way for this NOT to happen again.
See that little white divider in there?
I took a piece of white foam core board cut it to size and made my compartment have another section :)

But I wanted another section, so I added 2 pieces of foam core board to make 3 sections.
Tip: When you are cutting your foam core, make sure you make it fit tight. You could add some hot glue, or sticky dots (snot dots) but I don't think I need it.

Now isn't that a lot nicer ?
It works so much better as well. I don't have to dig around to get to the bottom to retrieve my tools.
I also add tags to my smaller tools to help me retrieve them easier :)

I also did this for my pens section.
The pens are long enough that they don't fall to the bottom, but I wanted them separated for easier access. Pencils, pens and markers all in their own section :)

I also made a very short video (3:45 mins) with more detail on how I did this.
Plus there are a few more tips in the video :)

Onto My Day:
I spent most of the day picking out photos to get developed for my long weekend of scrappin'.
I am so excited :)

I hope you all have had a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

My Decorated planner pages for this week :)

Thought I would share with you my decorated week in my day planner/organizer.
I am having so much fun decorating it every Sunday in anticipation of a new week :)

I used pink and grey washi tape to pretty it up.
It is my week to drive the youngin's to school so that is what that  teardrop sticky note is for.
My Monday routines are on the pull out tab in the center....which I hadn't done today by the way ;)
This upcoming weekend is a long weekend here in Canada. Every May long my daughter's and I go to my SIL Sharon's camp and scrapbook allllll weekend long.
I can't wait. I just have to print up photos and figure out what supplies I need.

The papers in these day planners are not the thickest, and you can sometimes see the ink, breaks on  through to the other side. (do you got that song in your head now ;)
So I came up with a way to prevent that.
I thought I should have done a video....but thought about it to late, story of my life, lol.
 












So lets get on to the tutorial:
I use these Avery computer labels for so many things.
The first thing I did was stamp little flowers on the labels I want to use. Look closely, it is very light and I used my cell phone for the photos.
Next thing I did was stamp the letters on the labels.


















I kept on stamping until all the words were on the labels.

Then I adhered them to the days that I wanted them to go on :)

The holiday day is on the Monday, so I carried it over to next week.
The letter stamps were to long to fit on not only the label, but also the Monday space.
So I improvised and hand wrote the rest of the word.
The only thing is, I used pink, and for next week I wanted to use different colours..I'll figure this out next week ;)

So there you have it, my pages for this week in my planner :)

Hope you had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

My 3 Treasure, why I get to Celebrate Mother's Day.

 These wonderful girls are the reason I get to celebrate Mother's Day today.
I have no idea how my husband Wayne and I have lucked out in having these girls in our life.
They are kind, funny, caring and don't hesitate to give their opinions when you ask for it.
I love these girls with all my heart.
I enjoy spending time with them and miss them when they aren't around.

So I want to thank my beautiful daughters for making my job as their mother, the best experience of my life.
I love you Heather, Ashley and Kristy 

How well do my girls know me?
Well by looking at the gift they bought me, I'd say pretty darn close.
Chocolate, nail polish and pretty smelling hand cream :)
Mind you I don't see any crafts in there...guess I can use the tissue paper in a craft ;)
Heather even made me one of my favourite desserts, Blueberry Cheesecake :)
As you can see my girls call me Mamma Bear ;)

I thought I would share my finished pages from last week.
I was chatting with a friend and we were discussing how much we like the pages when they are all filled up.
I like them because I looks like I actually have a life, teehee.
Funny but true ;)
Even though I didn't think I did that much this month, by looking at my check marks I feel a bit better.

I enjoyed the last episode of Survivor tonight.
We have been watching it as a family and have never missed a show since the first day it aired.
It is only Heather, Wayne and I watching it now. Kristy and Ashley have dropped out....or got voted off, teehee. 

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there.Whether you have children of your own, or had a part in raising a child. I hope you all had a great day today.
 
Tracy :)