Our Craft Room

Trying Something New

2009-11-01T20:41:00.000-08:00

Ever since seeing my friend Katie's bow blog I have been wanting to try this, then my sister Kristin did some bows for her little girl that turned out super cute inspiring me further. So, tonight after Eraleigh went to bed I made Richard try it with me.

The photos turned out awful, messing up the colors but you get the idea.

First attempt.
AWFUL! Too big and not a good ribbon for a beginner...

Second try
Used a different method/set of instructions. I felt much better about this one.
Its actually bright red with white.

Try #3: Mauve

#4: The white one. I just put it on the purple because taking a picture of white on white doesn't work very well

Erin's Turn

2008-12-14T00:22:00.000-08:00

The other night Richard was making some more ID holders and asked me to try one. I was happy with how it turned out. Simple, but I like it. What do you think??

2008-12-14T00:14:00.000-08:00

Eyeglass Chain:

ID Chain:

Something Blue

2008-12-14T00:03:00.000-08:00

Classy

2008-12-13T23:52:00.000-08:00

My Sister In Law Rocks!!!

2008-12-05T23:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks Gwen for sending fun stuff to play with!!!

Kayla don't you want to come visit now??

I Better Explain

2008-11-25T13:26:00.000-08:00

Kristin K asked a question about my word album that helped me realize I had better explain myself....

BoBunny makes the albums in a variety of different words including family, love, baby, grade, etc... you can see them all at the following:

http://www.bobunny.com/topsecret/catalog/22-27wordAlbums.pdf

I am also a little spoiled since the scrapbooking here in town has a company that does other words as requested. Right now we have ALASKA, KODIAK, FISHING, and USCG (Coast Guard)

No matter where they come from though they come as plain chipboard and then you can either paint, or cover them with paper. Depending on the word this can take up to couple hours. I think this one tookk me 2 1/2 - 3 but I am pretty picky and it was a longer word. (I am sure others would be much faster at this). After that you just add the pictures, journaling and embellishments and it comes together pretty nicely.

Really there is no way to go wrong!

Christmas Word-Album

2008-11-24T17:29:00.000-08:00

After finishing up my mom's birthday present I finally sat down and finished my Christmas mini-word album with my photos from last year. Overall I really like how it turned out although I will most likely redo one spread later, but for now it is being showcased at the Craft Garden. :)

Baby Bracelet

2008-10-29T15:42:00.000-07:00

A cute little baby bracelet by Richard

Beautiful Simplicity

2008-10-29T15:26:00.000-07:00

When it comes to Jewelry Richard really enjoys doing complicated and ellaborate designs. Lately we have finally convinced him to simplify his designs and I really like some of the stuff he has come out with. Here are a few...

ID Holders

2008-10-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the hospital staff having to wear around IDs Richard started making ID holders. Here are the first two...

Birthday Party Invitations

2008-10-29T15:10:00.000-07:00

Sure it is simple but I love it and Halie was sooo excited.

Halloween Party Invitations

2008-10-18T01:29:00.000-07:00

For weeks Richard has been saying he wanted to make invitations for a Halloween Party we are holding. Finally tonight we decided we had better get them done and so we came home, pulled out my new Halloween stamps and had a little fun. Here is what we came up with...

I almost forgot

2008-10-13T00:33:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest layout I turned it. Simple, but I like it!

I think my favorite part of this layout was sewing on the pumpkins with the green ribbon and tying it into a bow at top. I also like how Ben's October photo was "hung" with ribbbon like a photo on a wall.

Fruits of my Labor

2008-10-13T00:17:00.000-07:00

I started with a "naked" chipboard album like this....

and did this...

It doesn't look like I did much but covered and cutting out the front and back of all those letter took quite a bit of time. I am anxious now to get it all finished and will be sure to post it once I have. Wish me luck! :)

Crop Night

2008-10-13T00:04:00.000-07:00

Kayla has been trying to get me to sign up for the crop night for a couple weeks now but I really wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to spend 6 hours on a Saturday night scrapbooking. I was especially nervous since I am a "come and go" scrapper and have been known to hang layout on my wall for a couple days before figuring out what was the last element it needed.

Anyways Saturday came and she had her mom call me and convince me to go with her and really I ended up having a good time and getting a lot of work done on a mini album.

Here are the pictures...

Older Work

2008-10-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

For those of you who never got to see these. Here is two layouts I did last year for Ben's book.

My Own Little Corner

2008-10-09T11:58:00.000-07:00

This is the reason why we have two tables in our dining room....

I love being able to put down an idea and edit it for a couple of days trying to make it just right. Its a good thing that I have such an understanding hubby. :)

Unique School Supplies

2008-10-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

Turn this...

Into This...

Christmas Layout

2008-10-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

I love how this Christmas Layout turned out....

I kept it really simple to emphasize the beautiful paper. I did...

Trim the paper in and mount it on Red to make it POP
Glitter on the snow to make it sparkle (sorry it didn't show up in the picture)
Clear stamp for journaling square
Black cardstock and knife to create my own "Santa" title (no Cricut here)

Getting the Gig

2008-10-09T11:32:00.000-07:00

Here is the layout I did to get on the design team for the Craft Garden...