PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK.....

Well I have just been a scrapbooking fool lately....have two more projects almost done!....finishing up the Keys for Art Storage Unit (designed by Kathy from paperphenomenon) - just need to find some door pulls I like and it will be done.....then I have the tea caddy (designed by Kathryn from thescrapbeach) all put together....it still needs to be dressed up a bit with some embellies which I have ordered from scrapadabadoo and the package is on its way!....pix to come.....

BELLOWS!....

OMG....Laura from followingthepapertrail showed us how to make the bellows for her camera kit last night on her ustream channel....now I did purchase this kit, again, not for housing a mini album, but for an interesting show piece and perhaps to prove to myself I could actually make it....however, after watching her put this together so quickly, I am not so sure it will turn out half as nice....she is quick and ingenious I must say!.....never fear however, for I promised my friend Solucky that I would attempt this and in front of her no less!....am I nuts....perhaps....but should be fun....

OLDE CURIOUSITY SHOPPE....

WHEW!.....finally finished my curio cabinet!....YAY!....now I can strike it off my ever growing list of craft projects.....this design was created by Laura from followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com...I altered it slightly to use up some of my own stash of goodies....and originally Laura made a mini album to fit in the bottom drawer of the cabinet, but since I just wanted it as a show piece I changed it up a bit and put in two smaller drawers.....these drawers would be just the thing for me to keep other miniatures or embellies for use on other projects......a couple of weeks ago my mother and I took a little road trip (abt. 2.5 hrs. each way) to seek out a shop that sold miniatures....I also found an online store and my pkg. finally arrived yesterday allowing me to add the finishing touches.....LUV it!.....

UNFINISHED PROJECTS ARE PILING UP!.....

Just started looking at my extremely disorganized craft room (it was all nice and neat a month or so ago) and realized just how many "on-going" projects I have as yet unfinished!....got scared and ran out of the room!.....but seriously, I am sure I would get these completed without any problems if only my crafting mentors (Laura, Kathryn, Kathy, Jim - to name a few) would quit being so creative that everything they design I want to make!.....I get so excited and eager to start their new inspirations, that their previous "new" ones which once had excited me, now get put on the back burner....hmmm....perhaps I should set up another craft room just to house all my "in progress" creations....that would unclutter my original craft room making searching for items (that I am sure I have) easier, as well as keeping it nice and tidy when unexpected visitors drop in....the door to my "in progress" room will remain closed under lock and key for my eyes only!......

FOLLOWERS!....

OMG - my first follower!....YAY....thank you solucky....guess now I am an official "blogger"!....oh no...wait a second....now that means I am going to have to think of some fun and neat stuff to blog....ooops!....

SKYPE....

I have heard of skype before (and even my elderly aunt knows how to use it) but I have never tried it nor attempted to install it.....that is until a couple of days ago.....my cuz in Ontario and I chat or email several times a year, but emailing to me is like leaving a message on the answering machine....just way to impersonal!....so about a week ago my cuz told me she had installed skype and it would be a great way for us to chat.....and it is!....plus it was so simple!......we had our very first "session" a couple of days ago and it was great....so much nicer to see her smiling face and hear her voice.....

FRIDAY THE 13TH - YIKES!

Actually despite the date, today is a glorious one....sun is shining (and is usually up now when I am), birds are chirping, robins have returned (YAY), buds are starting to sprout....how could this possibly be a "bad" day......