Washi, washi Who's got the washi ;)

Remember the washi tape I bought last weekend.
I thought I would un-package it all and share with you what they all look like, up close and personal.
Plus when they are un-packaged, doesn't look like I didn't buy as much ;)

Day #26
"Pen Case"
I keep my pens in my travel tote.
But I also use my Stampin' Up markers in my planner. They have a fine tip, plus I can use them with my stamps.
The tiny little tags on the left, those all all my marker colours and the names on the backside of the tags.
I really like this case as it has another zipper pouch on the back.

Onto My Day:
A friend came for tea this morning.
Kristy wasn't here to go driving, so Heather had an extra long lesson :)
Ashley came home for lunch...it was like old times :)
Wayne and I went to pick up camp groceries as we are totally closing up camp.
Then stopped off at Ashley's as Wayne wanted to check to see if her fan belt needed re-placing...it does.

I hope you all had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Day #25 Pockets

Day #25 of the Planner Challenge.
"Pockets"
I keep my phone in the left side pocket of my planner. I am always misplacing my phone, as I don't use it that much. But by keeping it in my planner, I know where it is...if I put it back after I use it, lol.
In the business card pockets on the right, I put photos of my beautiful daughters :)


Onto My Day:
I had two of my friends drop by at different times today.
I would like to think that they came to visit me, but I think it may have been to see all my goodies I bought during my trip, lol.

I took both of my girls driving this morning and they are doing really good.
Heather, Kristy and I went to Ashley's for supper as Wayne is working late again.
We also went  to some home improvement stores. We are looking for a way to make Ashley a wall to wall bar, to hang up all of her clothes....we're still working on that though ;)

Hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)

New Washi Tape, Day #24

Day #24
"Brand New"
Nothing is any newer to me then my purchases from last weekend

Here is a peek at my washi tape and flair I picked up during my weekend family vacation ;)
It looks like I went a bit crazy when you put them all together like this.
But it really makes me want to break open some new pages in my planner and start decorating my weeks!!!!!

Onto My Day:
I spent a good potion of my day taking Kristy, then Heather driving.
Kristy has to wait a full year before she can take her second driving licence. But Heather can take it anytime. So I am hoping she will feel confident enough to take it before the snow comes.

Ashley came over for supper.
She ran out with me to the grocery store to pick up a few things.
She really wanted some dessert.
Funny thing is we never have dessert, so we all totally forgot about it.
So she went back to her place without dessert, teehee.

I hope you all had a creative Tuesday :)
I didn't create or tidy up my craft room like I wanted to ....guess there is always tomorrow;)

Tracy :)

Craft Hoarder Quiz and Day #23

Day #23
"ToDo"
Here is my todo list for tomorrow.
I like to block out my days in 15 minute increments. I may not follow them to a "T" but I seem to get more done in my day when I make my lists like this.
Only a few more days left of this challenge that A Bowl Full Of Lemons is putting on :)

I took this fun "The Ultimate Craft Hoarder Quiz"

A friend of mine thought it would be fun if we took it. Funny thing is she scored very close to me, teehee.

I scored a 22. So I am a Creative Mess.

But only because I was willing to give up my loose glitter...but that is because that sh1t is messy, lol.

The Quiz states that "I am a borderline hoarder, but I am are aware of that. I know how to have fun, get messy and still keep a grip on reality (and your glue gun)" 

I like that they said I was only borderline, lol.

I would love to know what you scored on this challenge ;)

Just click on the link I posted and have fun ;)

I hope you all had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Creative Travels Day 3

Today was our last day of our weekend trip.
But I got one last creative stop in before we headed home.

I always enjoy visiting Pine City Scrapbooking.
When I checked their web site it stated that they didn't open until 12:00.
So we waited and had a late leaving the hotel, so we could get to the store as they opened. Only to find out they opened at 10:00am not noon. I think they need to keep their web site updated.

Here are the last of my creative goodies.
I finally found one of the Tim Holtz stencils.

I think they are teasing me as I am haven't had a glass of Coke since last Sunday.  

We stopped at My Sister's Place in Grand Marais.
The food there is so so good.
While we waited to our food I was teasing the girls that I could make a swan out of my paper napkin ring.
LOL, pretty good eh...they weren't impressed, but they did get a good laugh ;)
Just for the record, that is Wayne's diet coke to the left and my glass of water on the right.

Day #22
"Post its and Flags"
I don't use many of these for the purpose that they are intended for. I mostly use them to decorate my planner pages...surprise, surprise, lol.

I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)
I am hoping to do a bit of creating myself tomorrow. If not actually making something, then at least putting my creative goodies away ;)

Tracy :)

Creative travels day 2

I have lots to share with you today.

So let's start from the beginning. 

Heather didn't like her yogurt that her and Kristy picked out for breakfast. So being the caring mom that I am. I sacrificed my healthy muffin to give to her and I had to eat the ice cream bar. You know breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

We were on the road by 7:03 am. 

Yes my friends we were late to Wayne's standards. And to make matters worse I-35 was closed due to roadwork, Lola 2 (our GPS) had to keep recalculating, so we were taken down back roads to get back onto the interstate. 

Oh yeah and there's a bit of a rattle in the back of the jeep, sounds like a Wibur adventure to me.

First stop Cabala's. 

While Wayne shopped the girls played checkers and I wandered.

I did pick up a new duffle bag for me. 

Next stop was Scrapbookers Too 😃

I found a few goodies. 

Pretty good eh? No paper.

But don't get to excited the shopping trip has just begun.

I picked up some prima doll stamps, washi tape and some fun flair 😀

We were all pretty hungry by now, so off to the mall. Mall of America that is.

I can't believe it was Wayne's first time having a crepe from the crepe stand. 

Maybe not the healthiest lunch, but it was delish ;)

Can you believe that Scrapfest was going on and I didn't know about it until the day we left home. Bad scrapbooker aren't I 

I think I was the only person at Archivers that wasn't here for Scrapfest. 

Ohhh, you want to see what I bought at Archivers?

Okay here it is. 

See still no paper...

Tricked ya, lol. 

I was also happy that I got to watch the always creative Tim Holtz do a demo. It is so inspiring to watch him create. 

He also demonstrated his app to me as I had asked about it. 

Funny to watch the women sneaking his finished tags. I have to say I wanted one as well... But he signed one for me last year and I didn't want to be greedy. 

After MOA, which was all day, we went to Perkins for dinner.

I had a small soup and half a sandwich no photos. But honestly it was the most healthy thing I ate all weekend. I again had water.

Then we dropped the girls off at Burnsville mall. Then Wayne took me to Joann's and the other archivers.

I was looking for Tim's stencils, but no one had them. But did get a few things from Joann's. 

That is all from my creative shopping. 

But tomorrow is Pine City Scrapbooking on our way home.

Day #21

"Colour Coded"

I really don't have a colour code system as my girls are all (more or less) adults and take care of their own lives.

So what I did for this challenge was share my month page from July. I try to colour coordinate for that month. For example July 1st is Canada day, so I used our colours red and white for that month. 

I hope you all had a very creative Saturday. I am so looking forward to creating when I get home.

Maybe start on Septembers tag 

Tracy :)

Creative travels

I love a road trip....especially a creative shopping road trip.

But before we get to that, come along with me on our journey.

I picked Heather and Kristy up from Ashley's, as they spent the night at her house last night. Sadly Ashley didn't come with on this trip. 

Wayne took off early from work.

I grabbed my water and we all hit the road a little before 12:30.

On our drive I had a little nap. I usually pick up some Junior Mints but saw these and thought they would do the trick. I like the Junior Mints better. 

When we got into Duluth we decided to go for an early supper.

So off to Red Lobster we went. 

See my healthy supper. 

Psych....I got my shrimp trio;).

But ordered water, not pop :)

I think we had dinner too early as none of us finished ours. 

After dinner we checked into our hotel, then off to Hobby Lobby. 

Even Mother Nature was happy to see me at Hobby Lobby 😃. 

Here are the goodies I picked up at Hobby Lobby with some coupons of course. 

We then went to Micheals and Hancock Fabrics. Again with coupons in hand. 

I know what your thinking. 

"She just got rid of 8" of paper and here is she buying more paper"

Well they just jumped out at me. They practically begged me to take them home. I am such a kind hearted person I couldn't just leave them there abandon on the  shelf. 

I just want to make some cards now. 

Day #20

"Handwriting"  I usually don't write, I rather print. Even when I do write I also print at the same time. Plus my writing is pretty primary.

I thought I would share my travel list. 

I hope you all had a creative Friday.

More creative shopping tomorrow so come back ya hear 😉

Tracy