More fabric flowers

This is the first time I had really made these flowers, even though we used them for hair clips when we did the Christmas Council thing.  I was busy making other things, and never did get to do these.  I thought they were way cute though.  I think I should have found out how to do them for sure though, because I didn't think mine turned out as well as they should have.  Maybe next time.

Fabric flowers #2

These were sort of fun.  You cut circles of satin and lace, and then fold them in half a couple of times.  Glue them to a base, and then I sewed around a circle and drew it up to make the center.  Add some "bling" and it's finished.  I thought it would be really pretty on a headband for a little girl or something.

Flowers, flowers, flowers

I made these flowers out of canvas.  I die cut them with the Tim Holtz tattered flower form, then stacked some netting and burlap between to give them depth.  I also used a stamp on the canvas.  They were okay...not terrific, but not totally gross either.

Paper flowers

This was the first paper flower I made.  I stamped it and then used my stylus on a foam pad to shape it.  Then stacked up a couple with a center and then a button.  I didn't think it turned out too bad actually.  And it was a size you could use on a card on scrapbooking.

Flower exchange

Robin asked me if I would be part of a flower exchange...of course, I was excited about doing it.  She said there would only be four of us, so it wouldn't take a ton of time.  We were to make paper flowers, ribbon flowers, and fabric flowers.  Four different ones, of each texture.  I was so excited that I think  may have gotten a "little" carried away.

This was one set of my paper flowers.  They are all made from Cupcake liners.  I loved how they turned out, and I was even able to color co-ordinate them.  Hope the ladies liked them.  I'll be sharing more of them over the next few days.

Organizing

Most of you who have been to my "scrapbook room", know that it was a little messy.  It always seemed like there were stacks of things everywhere.  Recently, Katie closed the Scrapbook Cottage in Burley, and said she was getting rid of some racks.  I bought five and decided to take down my cubes, reorganize the room, and make it more presentable.  Little did I know just what a huge job that was going to be. 
After taking everything out of the cubes, I couldn't even find a place to put my feet to walk through.  It was a maze.  Jeff came in and told me he was going to order one of those "bags" that they have for people that remodel.  Holds 3300# and they come and pick it up for you.  He said the room looked like a bomb had gone off....I told him it wasn't funny, BUT I was laughing because it really did.

 Three of the racks I purchased were black, and I was able to stack them up.  It goes nearly to my ceiling.  I started with cardstock, and tried to sort by shade, and then dark to light.  Of course, that took forever.  And the mess just kept growing as I spread everything out. 

Yes...I think I might have a wee bit too much paper.  Ya think?  No....you can never have to much paper.

To spare time and space, we're jumping to the finished thing.  I actually got so tired of sorting that I sort of wimped out and just started putting patterned paper in the rack.  But, it does look nice.  Then, I ended up putting up a cube rack to hold cards, flowers, etc.  I really need another one, but then I didn't really accomplish much.  So I've gone through magazines and books and sent a big box off to a niece.  I'm going through more and purging.  I want to start using up more things instead of hording them...thinking I just can't part of it.  So, I have made a start at least.
Now you know why I haven't been posting for awhile...I couldn't find the computer!

May exchange card #4

I know it's been quite awhile since I posted, but I finally found time to sit down and upload some photos.  This was the last exchange card I made for May...you might remember the theme was beautiful backgrounds.  I had gotten an exchange card a year or so ago that used this stamp and I really liked it, so decided I would try my hand at using it.  I quite liked how it turned out.
I'll try to share some photos of why I've been preoccupied and didn't have time to post lately.  Hint...re-organizing, sorting, purging, cleaning, moving,etc.etc.etc.  You'll be amazed.