Tommy Workshop

Where did the weekend go?  Wasn't yesterday Friday?

It seems that I get out of school on Friday afternoon and I wake up the next morning and it is Monday already!  Too much to do!  However, in-between ballet and shopping for the week, Mother's day workshop with some wonderful ladies and cleaning the house, I did get the layouts for Friday's Tommy Scrapping Workshop done.  I decided to change things up and went for a boyish feel instead of the nautical theme that the papers are geared for.  And while these pages are missing pics and titles, I think that I have been successful in my endeavor.  Now for the reveal:

Layout 1 (the Alternative Page from the WOTG)

 

Layout 2 ( Tommy Studio J layout from the Spring 2013 Idea Book)

 

Layout 3 (Tommy paper pack Layout from the Spring 2013 Idea Book)

 

I hope that your weekend seemed longer than mine and that you were as productive as you wanted or needed to be!

 

On a side note, I am working on Mother's day layout pages for the Grandmas.  I will post pictures after the grandmas have opened their presents!

 

Emily

New CTMH Video

Hi All,

The ladies over at CTMH have another movie for you to enjoy!  This one talks about gift ideas.  I can show you how.........

 

Also check out the Out and About page for the layouts that I completed during the LVCC Cropical Paradise!

 

Emily

Back In Time!

Today was a good day! 

I was off from school today because my Daughter had a field trip today.  It was a nice little trip and even though she was standoffish and non committal when we were there, when we got home she was gushing to her brother about how much fun it was. :)  4.5 year olds... Go figure!

Anyway, since Whitney, the most awesome-est Nanny ever, was here and I didn't have to go in to work, I got some scrapping done.

I have all the WOTG kits for the last book and I have made maybe 1.  In fact, I believe that I have more WOTG layouts done for the Spring/Summer book, than the Fall/Winter book.  :(

Well today I worked on changing that!  Last week I started working on the Belle Vie WOTG but I do not have the additional layout done yet.  Here is the first layout.

 

The additional layout will be posted when I finish.  So today I decided to do the Moonlight WOTG, with great success!  Here is the first layout, all I need to add are the pictures and finishing touches.

 

And the Additional Layout, again missing photos and finishing touches.

 

 

 

I hope that your Wednesday was as productive as mine, because I also got some papers graded and registered Daughter for Kindergarten (I will post about my feelings about this once I come to terms with them)!

 

Emily



Cricut Tips and Stamps

Oh Monday, how I love to hate thee!

New video from the awesome ladies at CTMH!  Some favorite stamp sets and tips and tricks for the Cricut.  Of course if you use the Expression 2 or the Craft room there are other work arounds, but some really good tips on fitting the stamps to Cricut shapes.

Let me know if you would like to make any of the projects shown!  I would be happy to show you how!

Happy viewing!

Emily

For Always

Oh how I love the end of the week!  A break from worrying about what I am going to teach tomorrow.  Time for myself and the Family.  Time for Scrapping!

Tomorrow the girls are coming over to complete the For Always Workshop on the Go.  If you like what you see and would like to complete your own, order the WOTG For Always kit here, then email me and I will send you the directions for the extra layouts.

Now for pictures:

 

 

 

No pictures yet but working with the For Always B&T's and the ruby cardstock brought back memories of my wedding so I am thinking that since I still have to finish that book maybe I will use these pages for that.

 

Have a nice Spring-y Saturday tomorrow!

 

Emily

Family Comand Center

Wow!  Where did spring go?

I hope that your weekend was nice.  I got some stuff done but not all, and I will have to go and finish it as soon as I finish this post.  So this is the last piece of my kitchen organization project for now.  We have a home for the schoolwork and art (at least a display solution) and for the gear.  Now I just need a way to organize all the other stuff... paperwork and coupons and daily stuff.

Before:  We have a mail basket that collects all the mail for the week that Husband goes through once a week to pay the bills.  We had the payroll paperwork for our nanny. And then there is all the misc. stuff that collects on the counters.

After:  I needed a place to put papers with a quick turn around and other things that if I put them "away", away is where they will stay.  I also needed a solution for the employer paperwork and for my mounds of coupons.  This is what I came up with:

So there is a large corkboard made out of.... corks by Husband, a basket for keys and such, a tin bucket for pens, the mail basket, and my NEW family file!

We already had the key and mail basket system down.  The corkboard holds the items that need my immediate attention.  Then there is the family file.

I took a vertical file that I found cheap at Target and covered it with two strips of cardstock, I used liquid glass to attach the paper so that I would be sure that it stayed.  Then I cut letters and a decorative file label from the Cricut.  Then I salvaged a cute binder clip and hanging file folders from my classroom stash.  Each member got their own tab, a tab for coupons, and a tab for our Nanny's paperwork.  So far it has looked great and is working!

I also cut out a label for the pen bucket out of the same vinyl as the gallery wall for added cuteness.

 

I hope that this inspires you to get organized!  Hopefully soon I will have some layouts to share.  :)

 

 

Emily

Coat and Shoe Organization

Happy Friday!

I am so glad that the week is over.  It is so hard getting back in the groove after a week off.  The end of last week was horrid because our house was overrun with the stomach flu and general cold bugs!  Both, BOTH, of the little ones got the stomach flu ON THE SAME DAY!  and then Daughter couldn't seem to get better and then I got a bad head cold that, even though I feel better today, it is still making me want to just go to bed.

I just had a lovely evening with all my gal pals.  And since I picked up the house in preparation for their arrival and with the start of warm weather, I thought that I would share the boot/coat solution I was telling you about.

Before:  We use the garage to enter and exit the house.  That is where the cars are and the most convenient door.  The coat closet is by the half bath - the whole length of the house away.  So, when we enter the house all the shoes and coats and hats and gloves and .... all go near the garage door.  OK, only one problem, this is in my kitchen!  No mudroom!  No small hallway! Just the kitchen. 

We had a temporary solution with a small set of hooks for the kids coats and a basket for their shoes.  There was a desk also in the kitchen that we do not really use as a desk so big shoes went under there.  This arrangement was fine for a while.  Then we added the backpacks!  And a second set of little shoes and boots and then come the hats and mittens and snowsuits.  So.............

The solution: 

My wonder of a husband built me the bench and it was painted a nice semi-gloss white.  I covered a piece of foam with some nice durable fabric and attached it to the bench.  Add corner round for a built-in look and TA DA.  Mud room in 2 feet of space.

The Art wall is to the right in the picture!  Little shoes go in one of the baskets and hats and stuff go in the other.  My work and running shoes go in the bottom sections.  And Husband's shoes are too big for anything so they are still under the desk, but one pair is better than six.



Here is a close up of the bench.  It is sturdy and give the kids a place to sit, instead of the dirty rug that keeps the dirt down in the rest of the house.

There is more to the kitchen organizational project coming!  Next up:  Command center!

Emily