Anniversary Card

Hello crafty friends!  I hope 2020 has been good for you so far.  Although I'm not working full time, I was busy with a lot of RL paperwork.  A good number of goals were achieved last month, and another goal is within reach in a couple of weeks.

One of the things I want to make sure to do this year is to make and send handmade cards to people I care about.  I want to bring back the more personal touch of hand written greetings we get in the mail.  Social networking sites has taken that big time.  Recently, greeting someone on their special day, may it be birthday, anniversary, graduation or retirement, is just so...  to put bluntly, routine.  There seems to be no more effort for an event so special.  And I am guilty of this myself.  It's just so easy to go to Facebook and greet someone on their wall.  But this year, I want to change that.  I have been pretty good actually, considering it's only February.  It hasn't been perfect.  I have had my misses.  But this is still better than before.  

The only thing is that I haven't been taking photos of the cards I have made and sent out.  Maybe because I want to make cards just to make cards.  Not to blog about it.  For now.  

Anyhow, I remembered to take a picture of this anniversary card I made for my DSIL.  

Sentiment:  Stampin' Up

I am crossing my fingers that there will be more handmade cards to blog about.  But really, my number one focus is to finish my craft space.  I hope it will be very soon.

'Til next blog!

Quick Christmas Cards

Now that my craft desk is a lot more functional, I have no excuse to not make Christmas Cards.  But given the time that I have, I can only make quick CAS cards.  And this is when old Christmas leftover stash come in handy.  I have a drawer just for those.  I have to say, I used up a good amount of leftovers from the previous years.  I'm glad.

Since I have Christmas themed legal envelopes in stock, I made 3.75 x 9 cards.  The stamped images in the cards are most likely from image swaps.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Card 6

Card 7

I hope you all have a great Christmas with your loved ones.  2019 was a great year for me.  I hope it was for you too.

Until next year!

New Addition

With the excitement of my new craft space, I have the challenge to spend very wisely.  That is why I try to look around the house for whatever organizer, shelf or whathaveyou that I can use before buying anything.  And when I can't find any, I do my best not to buy brand new.  That's why Facebook Marketplace is my best friend right now.  I can spend a lot of time searching for what I need there.  And almost always, I hit the jackpot.  

I was looking for a CD/DVD shelving unit that would be perfect for the space on my craft desk.  I always find them best for storing a lot of my craft supplies, especially the small ones.  So I found this shelving unit whose width was great, but too tall.  Good thing I have an awesome BIL who cut it to the right height.

This is not the first CD/DVD shelf in my craft room.  The shorter one you see in the pic is just one of two towers I've had for years.  Now, this new shelving unit stores a lot of my embellishments, stamping tools and supplies, markers, and even dies and other tools.  I am very very happy with it!  

One more item check off my list!

Alphas

I had a chance to sneak down to my new craft space last night.  This time, I worked on my small alpha embellishments.  Oh my gosh... why do I have so many?!?!?  From beads to brads.  Just like my flower embellishments, I was storing them by brand, which I think was not really beneficial because I don't ever get to use them when stored that way.  Plus, it was taking a lot more space.  So I decided to just store them alphabetically.  I have a lot of organizers that can accommodate these embellishments.  And there goes my crafty therapy.

I can't wait to share with you the many changes in my new craft space.  Soon.  One day soon.

'Til next blog!

Treat Bag

I have been using pure therapeutic essential oils for almost two years now.  I have no regrets. And I'm not turning back.  Young Living (Member ID:  10811270) is now a part of my lifestyle - one of the ways I'm trying to get rid of harmful chemicals that are out there.  It has made a very big difference to me and my household.

Anyway, I was tasked to make something crafty in one of the essential oil facebook groups I'm in.  So I made this treat bag to put Young Living Ningxia Nitro in.  Ningxia Nitro is like Red Bull without the harmful chemicals.  I always have this with me when I travel or when I have band gigs.  This is most especially helpful to me having an infant who wakes up often in the middle of the night.

For this project, I used the Favorably Simple Gift Box die by Spellbinders.

This treat bag can hold 1 Ningxia Nitro, with fillers.

Or up to 4 Ningxia Nitros without fillers.

This little project was a good chance to use this die.  Can't wait to use it for future holiday projects.

'Til next blog!