Archive for the ‘Crafty News’ Category
Welcome to my Party!
May
I’m so glad you are here, checking out my blog!
Here’s a little bit about me:
I have a few other blogs already, but I decided to start another so that I would have a place to keep track of of the fun and crafty things I do with Hailey, my 19 month old daughter. In addition to that I blog about the crafty things that I do. Although that doesn’t happen very often. But, I do love to scrapbook and cross stitch and when I do occasionally have time to work on those things I am going to blog about them. I also use this blog to keep track of my recipes. Cooking is not exactly my strong point but I am working on that.
I’ve been blogging here at Our Crafts ~N~ Things for a couple of months but I haven’t told very many people about this blog yet. So, I hope you’ll look around for a few minutes while you’re here. Maybe you’ll like what you see and want to come back from time to time!
You can check out the other moms who are partying with me right here. Happy blog party!
There's Gonna Be A Party
May
I haven’t really told very many people about this blog yet and I’ve decided it’s time to get it out there. I have been getting a few hits from some search engines but it feels a bit lonely over here without any regular visitors or comments. So, I’m going to join the MommyFest Blog party and try to meet some new moms! WooHoo! It’s going to be from May 12-16 and you can get all of the details right here.
Tags: MommyFest Blog Party
Scrapbooking Organizing
Apr
It’s been a really long time since I have done any scrapbooking. I really miss doing it, but it seems like it takes so much time 
to get everything out and set it all up, work on a page and then put everything away. Part of the problem is that my scrapbooking stuff is very unorganized. The picture on the top left shows where I was storing my scrapbooking supplies- on a shelf in my storage room. I took all of the stuff out and put it on our foosball table in order to get a better look at what I had to get organized.
This year for Christmas I got this great scrapbook storage organizer from Matt and Ellie (my brother and my sister-in-law). I haven’t had a chance to get all of my stuff organized into the organizer yet. So, I decided to do it was time to get it done.
So, I went through all of my stuff and got it all organized and into my nifty scrapbooking organizer. While I was doing my organizing I was getting excited thinking of all sorts of pages I can start working on.
These last pictures are my end result with my stuff all organized.
Tags: Scrapbooking, scrapbooking organizer, scrapper organizer
What's This? Another Blog?
Mar
Yup! I’m starting another blog. Yes, I already have several blogs, but it’s so much fun that I just have to start another one.
Now that Hailey is old enough to really enjoy crafts and art activities I want to start keeping track of all of the fun and crafty things we do together. That will be the main focus of this blog. I am certainly not claiming to be an expert on toddler crafts or activities~ but I did work with toddlers for several years in day care and I have taught pre-kindergarten as well. I have tons of books with lots of fabulous ideas. And of course, the Internet is a great resource of information. So, while some of the ideas will be my own creations, for the most part I will probably use things I find in my books, magazines and on the Internet.
In addition to that I am going to blog about the crafty things that I do. Although there won’t be much of that. I do love to scrapbook and cross stitch but I don’t have a lot of time for it. When I do occasionally have time to work on those things I am going to blog about them.
The third thing I plan to use this blog for is a place to keep track of my recipes. Cooking is not exactly my strong point but I am working on that. It’s not so much that I don’t like to cook as it is that I don’t like to clean up the mess. I need to be more organized with my meal planning to make sure I am creating healthy meals for my family and not just something that is thrown together at the last minute.
So, there ya have it. My plan for my newest blog.
