Stash In The Attic

A layout at last

Being back at work after a week of sick has meant very bad news for my latest online class. I'd been really good and kept as up to date as I could with the classes, but last week I was very very naughty and did nothing. Still we won't dwell on that - here is a page I have completed today about my favourite room in the house - of course it's my scraproom!

I have actually used some of my treasured stash on it - the yummy SEI Allys Wonderland paper and an ENTIRE sheet of the Karen Russell dotty paper. Doodlebug paper frills (of which I have FAR too many that have been sitting in my stash doing nothing so I am so glad that I'm starting to use them up) and lots of random alphabet stickers. I made the little buttons with fimo and burnt the first batch!!!! These ones turned out just fine though.

Finished pages

So just to prove I did cut up that yummy paper, here are a few pages from my minibook. I still have about half of the photos to take - after reading some comments on the forum for this class I am going to resist the urge to totally clean out each room before I photograph it - my house is sometimes a tip and that's ok! I lvoed how quickly this all came together once I started. I am determined that this minibook will be completed, cover decorated and I will display it either in the dining area, lounge or downstairs toilet!

Allisons mini-book

I am so chuffed with this prompt as it inspires me to use yet another one of the minibooks I seem to have been collecting. I am sure they are breeding in those drawers! I bought a Heidi Swapp kit from Costco about 2 years ago and inside was a small chipboard 6x6 album with page protectors. So I can make conventional scrapbook pages but still decorate the front WITHOUT having to buy yet another new album. Here is a photo of all the supplies I've pulled together to use on this project .

I can't believe I am finally cutting into the Heidi Grace cupcake papers......am I crazy!!!!! At least I am usnig them on a project that I will keep and also as we only need a little bit on each page I should have some left over- phew!

I am thrilled at how quickly this little album is coming together. The house is still being added to, an ornament here and a photo there, so it will be nice to look back in years to come and remember how plain it once was. I still need a few more photos for this project but am well on the way to completing it - will post some photos of the finished pages later today.

Finally the motivation I needed

Shimelles new class finally inspired me to finish up a minibook I've been working on for a couple of years. It was started to document the building of our house and all the ups and downs involved. I thought this 7gypsies little house book was just too cute and I had to have it. It has been nice working on something smaller than 12x12 for a change. Used lots of my banana frog stamps, chatterbox and an old provocraft slab. I have SOOO Many unfinished minibooks that it is very satisfying to actually put one up the shelf and proclaim 'this one is finished' instead of 'oh I'll add the journalling in later'.

We got kittens

FINALLY after over 3 years of pestering Martin finally caved in and let me get 2 little cute kittens.  Ok so he said he was going to get me one for xmas anyway but I did a little research and told him that not a lot of kittens are born in the winter.  A friend of mine from work had bought two the week before in a shop -wait for it............... in CHELMSFORD! It must have been fate.  So I went along & had a look & fell in love with two little kitties.  Took Martin back the next day and we left with them :)  I was over the moon.  We called one Bauer (after Jack from 24) and the other Cupcake (obviously my choice)  I love them to bits and even though we have only had them for about 10 days I can't imagine my life without them now.  Here they are, Bauer is a typical boy, into everything and rushes around like mad.  Cupcake is a little less excitable and loves being cuddled.

Off to work

First Aid training yesterday didn't seem like work, so today will be my first day back in the office since my birthday.  I am there till 6ish tonight and I love it when everyone else goes home and I'm left alone.  Thank god for my iPod.  The only bad thing about it is driving home in the rush hour but thanks to audible.com I can have a story read to me.  I must thank Jane and Cherry for recommending this site.  I am currently half way through Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell which I am enjoying.  I have listened to the Hobbit, and Angels and Demons by Dan Brown so far.  Martin brought me a tape thing for my car so my iPod plays through the speakers and I bought myself an in car charger so my battery will never run flat again!!!!!! 

Work on my LO for the magazine is coming along.  After one and a half hours on the phone to Anne lastnight I have lots of ideas to get it finished - thank heavens.

Woke up in the middle of the night dreaming about the house - AGAIN.  I think I am obsessed.  Still, letters off to the solicitors today and hopefully things will move a bit further along. 

Have a good day whatever you're doing!