Paper Bead Bracelets

Michele over at the Scrap Shoppe is holding a monthly “Craft Your Stash” challenge. The challenge for March was to craft something from your most abundant stash. I wanted to challenge myself to make something I have not made before so I selected paper and beads from my stash to make two bracelets from paper beads. They are not perfect but they will be added to my jewelry collection and I had fun trying something new! Hop over to the Scrap Shoppe to check the challenge for this month.

Click here for my paper bead tutorial.  

 

Tracey

Monogram Wreath & Notebook

Hello everyone I hope you are having a good week. I cannot wait to share with you what I am currently working on so I will have it posted to the blog this weekend but I thought for now I would share with you a couple of projects I completed prior to starting my blog. The first is the wreath I currently have on my door (I need to find time to make one for Spring/Summer) that was inspired by the wreath Michele made over at the Scrap Shoppe.

The second thing I wanted to share with you is the notebook I decorated for Jessicia when she started college. I just took a regular spiral notebook, scrapbook paper, and embellishments. I did use a lot more adhesive than normal as I knew she would put it to the test.

Tracey

Do You SMASH?

After organizing my closet last weekend I decided it was time to organize all the craft ideas I have gathered from magazines (not my CK magazines), project sheets from craft stores, idea books, etc. I had purchased a SMASH book by K & Company so I thought it would be a great place to store all the project ideas and the book has pages where I can create my project to-do list. By using the SMASH book I was able to go from this:

 to this…

It was a lot of fun using the SMASH book and the accessories you can purchase like the cute pockets, tabs, and stamp – with the combined pen and glue you have everything you need. I did add a few of my own embellishments but with the pages ready to go you do not have to do a lot of work and still have a finished project that is cute, easy, and fun. Here are a few pages in my book.

Do you SMASH or is it on your project to-do list? The SMASH blog has some really cute ideas and I am now thinking of doing a SMASH “Year in Review” so I have a record of all the events that took place this year.

Happy SMASHing! :)

Tracey