Creative Upcycling

Starting to get those creative juices flowing once again. Emptying boxes has rekindled my creativeness as I run into goodies I haven't seen in awhile. I'm trying my best to organize things so I can put them away as soon as I'm done with a project. When you only have a corner you have to do the best you can. I also have windows right above my table that will allow natural light in. They face east so it can get pretty bright. One nice thing is there is this closet that is perfect for stowing scrap stuff. I'll have to take a picture to show you sometime. The shelves are deep and tall enough to fit my paper holders on and a little space to store more if I wish.

I've been waiting for the perfect time to create this item. My mom worked for Jockey International for 20 years. I worked there a summer or two. Then my mom was able to get a job there after my first summer there. As a retired employee she is still allowed discounts, so when went to Kenosha for my nephew's wedding I asked her to pick me up some underwear. I was surprised to get them packaged as I remember them being single at the outlet store. My creative brain went into overdrive. I remembered a notebook I saw in I think a Papercrafts magazine. I hadn't found the magazine yet in the boxes, but I still went ahead and created this notebook. Well enough chit chat here is the box and then the notebook.

I used my Bind it All to bind it and a piece of leftover BG Periphery.

Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!

Really

I have been creating! Well it only started a few days ago. I was in sort of a funk - loss of mojo or whatever you may call it. There is a lot going on in our life and sometimes it just catches up with you. So now I'm back to creating and I did a card organizer and an altered comp book. Tim collects genealogy information for his family and my mom does for ours. So I thought I'd create an altered comp book that is for family tree notes. I am going to be doing a craft show at a school and it's for kids to buy for their family, so prices have to be $10 or under. So I am trying to come up with ideas and also not duplicate others who are also selling their crafts. I found Christmas Planners over on Joani's blog. I did mine a little different I trimmed off the tabs on both sides and scored my manila folder at 4" from the center of the folder. They look pretty easy and then there is a site called Organized Christmas to print out lists to put in the organizer. Who doesn't need a list to keep themselves organized? So I am working on one now and will post as soon as I have it all together.

Here are pix of the comp book: and card organizer: I found instructions and inspiration for the card organizer here.




Well that's pretty much it for now. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'm sure I'll be back to post more goodies tomorrow.