Wall Words

I have been wanting to decorate the party room a little more to add some life to the room. In trying to decide what to do I came up with the following quote to put above my clock. (I thought of this saying on my own so is it really a quote?) Doing the vinyl on the wall was challenging at first but then I figured out what worked. For me, having each word on separate transfer papers worked best. This is partly because I wasn't sure where I wanted the words on the wall. It was also easier to adjust and get the words straight when I could adjust each word separately.

Halloween card for Mrs. Walker

Taylor wanted me to make a Halloween card for his 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Walker. So, I did, and here is how it turned out. Nothing to fancy, only took about 10 minutes to whip up.

Just thought I would share. My girlfriend and I also made name embellished spooky bookmarks for all the kids in the class. Those are already bagged up and ready to go for the party on Friday, or I would share those too.


Happy Halloween crafting to everyone!

Links to Cool Vinyl Ideas

10 Little Monkeys:
http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=3083787

Overlaying two different fonts:
http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2934825

Organizing those stickers

I think I have finally found a great way to organize my sticker collection. It all came about when I was trying to figure out where to put all the wonderful Disney stickers we have been given since our trip. Before I had all my stickers in binders with sheet protectors. The problem with this was that I had two overflowing binders and then I had to look through each binder every time I wanted to work on a scrapbooking page. One of the problems I had was that the stickers weren't put together by subject but rather by where they fit best in the sheet protectors. So, I decided to try a new system. I used 1-2 sheet protectors for each subject and just put all the stickers in the sheet protectors with out worrying about whether you could see them all or not. I found that didn't matter anyway because I usually wanted several to choose from and always pulled out more than I really needed every time. If I used more than one sheet protector I stapled them together so that I would be able to pull them out at the same time. This new system allowed me to just get rid of the binders because now I can just go through the bin and pull out the sheet protectors containing the stickers that go along with the pictures I am currently scrapbooking and I don't have to haul out two binders for just a couple pages.