Nope, not Friday yet...

Seriously, this week is taking way to long to get through.  Contractors, babies, school reports oh my!  Let's just say this week needs to end soon.  This week has been one of those weeks where I have to decide if I am going to keep up the Facebook page, Pinterest and this blog or if I give up due to lack of interest.  Maybe I need to market more?  I need to focus more on my own craft projects as well.  Yep, I hit a wall, a slump, a rut in the road.  So I jumped!  I am still hanging in the air over that wall or rut and waiting to see if I make the leap (or slam into the wall) or if I fall and hit hard.  So hang on for the ride and if you are out there give me a shout, you might be my safety net if I fall or the breeze that pushes me just that much further!

Enough with the heavy!  It is Paper Thursday!  I am here to help you find your next project or spark ideas of your own.  Today's idea came from this morning's school rush.  My kids have matching backpacks.  They are constantly getting them mixed up and in the morning rush have had to switch bags on the bus last minute.  So I was trying to think of ways to help them identify which bag belongs to which kid.  No they wont give them up and get different bags!  They are very proud to be military brats and one of the few Army kids in an Air Force majority school and carry Army National Guard backpacks!  They have gotten a great welcome from the other Air Force kids, even with my oldest having long hair and he is definitely in the minority there!  The girls are crushing and his girlfriend wont let him cut it (he's going to be 13 in a week) *sigh*...

So what better way to identify a military back pack than with dog tags!  Infarrantly Creative has a great project for just that! Click on the picture for a link to their website!  They own the picture and the project ideas!



HERE is the link to punchplaceplus.com where she found the dog tags! They also have color ones that are like tags you get for your bag when traveling (another great place to use these dog tags;).  All you have to do is print your dog tag and slip it in. Another great place to find them is Amazon!

One of the pins that is most often pinned from my personal Pinterest page is bottle cap projects.  I use the metal ones a lot in my miniatures to make pies and I use pop bottle caps (plastic ones) to make cakes!  So I wondered if they could be used for this too!  So why not use those bottle caps I have saved for this?   This Workman Life did just that!  See their picture below to see these great projects!


Go HERE to find your badge clips!

Let me know if you think of anything else.  We are hoping to tackle this project this weekend!

Quote of the Day

Thursday?

Well after the kiddos and myself were home sick most of the week and Internet is finally back (for now) I figured I better come see ya!  Since I may not have Internet long I am going to get straight to it!  It is -16 degrees out with a windchill of -20 so I hope you are all staying warm!

Paper Thursday!!

I am going to share all of my own projects that I have made today!  So please no copying or saving of the pictures! 


I bought these House Mouse stickers years ago!  By years I mean at least 12 years ago!  I found them when we packed up to move to the new house!  I have so many more gift tags made with them that I am working on finishing touches!  They will be up on Facebook as soon as it warms up enough for me to get out to my studio!  Here are two of my favorite sets!  I have several of their papers, stamps, boxes, calenders; all collected through out the years!  You can also purchase the stamps over at Amazon where I am an affiliate (disclosure made;)

 

 

I did A LOT of Christmas tags this year.  I sold some, gave some and used some!  I will make more through out the year as the mood strikes.  I tend to go through my papers and when I see one and that light bulb goes on over my head, that is when I pull the paper out!  I found a lot of great holiday paper in the clearance section of Hobby Lobby!  I got a package of 100 papers for $2.99!!!  

 

 



You can find similar papers and some of the same ones I use in this KIT over at Amazon.

 

 

I found this frog paper in a set of papers for little boys!  When we moved and I was setting up the studio I sorted all my stickers and ephemera 

by categories and found these cute puffy frog stickers.  They also have a velvety feel to them!  I tied them all together with a green ribbon!

 Here are a few of the miniatures I have made!  There are all sorts of places on the web to find printables.  Just print.  When I first started I used tape (you can probably see in the pictures) when I got better at it I used Paper Mod Podge.

Okay so it has taken me all day to get this blog up!  So before I loose internet again I am going to skip the Quote of the Day!