Sunday, September 28, 2008

Scrappy Gifts

Last week I started & almost finished three spreads of photos from this snowfall, but they aren't finished yet so I'll post pictures next week after they are - that is speaking in faith that I will finish before next week. ;) My scrappy supplies are so disorganized along with some of my photos. But I'll talk more about that later.

This week I want to share pictures of a Christmas gift my best friend gave me this summer. Yes, this summer. It was made for Christmas but between busy schedules, airline luggage restrictions & more busy schedules I got it about a month ago. It was like Christmas in July, except August! I was so excited to see this after all of the not so subtle hint dropping there was. ;) It's so cute! I have it sitting on my buffet along with some pottery I got a great deal on while in New Mexico & a cute votive candle holder that was on clearance. :D The colors are perfect for my living room - brown & blue. I think I've decided it's purpose will be whatever I need it to be at the moment, currently it's holding entry slips for a Mary Kay drawing I'm doing for all new customers I facial, another day it could be holding scrappy supplies and another day something else. We'll see.

Tada: Isn't it the cutest?


My ToDo: OH boy! Where do I begin? Literally? As I mentioned above my scrappy supplies are in disarray, photos are unorganized in every way they could be (printed, computer - what have I printed??? what needs to be printed? etc.) and I feel so behind that I just want to throw my hands up and walk away. Which is what I do most of the time & would explain why everything is such a mess. So I'm going to start somewhere & that's getting my thoughts/plan organized.
  • Get page protectors for my finished pages & put into albums so I can see what I've already done.
  • Make a list of milestones, favorite pictures, etc that I want to put in Lydia's first year album.
  • Order prints from that list.
  • Get scrappin!
I'll be happy if I get the first two checked off of this list. Who am I kidding, even just getting the first one done will feel like a huge accomplishment.

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9 comments:

ChrissyM said...

Om goodness that altered paint can is awesome love the colors.

Good luck with this weeks goals.

Chrissy

tammi said...

Always great to hear from you, Rebecca!! That paint can is so cute! I've seen that done elsewhere (and I think you've showed a few pictures of ones you've done here, too, right?) and I'm thinking more and more that I might have to do something like that for some Christmas gifts this year.

Christine - Tutorial Addict :) said...

WOW! That paint can is the bees-knees girl! ;-) Thanks for the props :D I loved making it for you but um, yeah if my decor colors were brown and blue you would be seeing it in MY house ;-) lol Glad you love it :D

Christine Duff said...

I love altered items and that paint can is too cute! Good luck on your organizing. It seems I spend a great deal of my crafting time organizing something.

Forgetfulone said...

I love that altered can! I want one! Great job. I hope you meet all of your goals this week.

Melanie H said...

The altered paint tin looks gorgeous, what a wonderful gift.

I hope you get your goals (or some of them anyway) crossed off the list.

I copy my photos to the external hard drive but keep a copy on the computer so as I print I delete them. This has cut down on the confusion of what Ive printed vs what needs printing. lol

Have a good week.

Anonymous said...

Awesome paint can--I LOVE brown and blue too!! Have a fabulous week and good luck with all your LOs.

Kimberly McKay said...

I love that paint can! How creative! I wish I could do something like that.

Wani said...

Love the cute bucket! I have a bucket thats just sitting around collecting dust... I'll have to jazz it up like that and find a use for it! Thanks for sharing!

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