Q & A : Around the Room
ALBUMS From Sharon: What albums are you using? I use American Crafts 12×12 3-ring cloth binder albums in Chestnut. I mix in 8.5×11 layouts with my 12×12 layouts within these albums. You can see inside...
View ArticleAround The Room: Baby A
I am so excited to have this room all set up and ready to go for Baby A's arrival in the next two weeks. As you will see and read below it is pretty much a mixture of Ikea, etsy, and a bunch of second...
View ArticleThose Things On The Wall
I received a few questions in the comments yesterday about what was hanging on the wall in our dining room. They are old, vintage, junk, antique (whatever you want to call them) matchbook holders. I...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning Your Craft Space : Guest Post by Wendy Smedley
While I am getting some Week In The Life content ready for later this week, next week, and the week after, I invited two of my favorite craft-organizing people to put together guest-posts on the topic...
View ArticleStories Of Summer : Story Arcs For Vacation Albums by Debbie Hodge
STORY ARCS FOR VACATION ALBUMSWORDS BY DEBBIE HODGE When you get ready to scrapbook an album of your vacation memories, there are multiple ways to tell your story. Consciously choosing an approach...
View ArticleHoliday Storage
Q FROM FRANZISKA : You often write about storing your holiday-stuff all together. That means not only decoration but also albums, books and much more. I’m a little curious how your store all these...
View ArticleAround The Room | The Office In Progress
This is one of those posts where I grabbed my camera and took some shots of life “as it is.” As it is around here right now means lots of projects in progress, piles on the floor, and me still simply...
View ArticleI Had To Do It
A couple weeks back I saw a white version of this Lego storage idea via Pinterest and knew it was only a matter of time before I did the same thing for Simon. I loved how the other one was painted...
View ArticleOrganizing Studio AE/Technique Tuesday Stamps
As I worked on cleaning up my office last week I finally had a chance to get my newer Technique Tuesday stamps organized. Currently I’m storing all my Studio AE (monthly stamp club) and other stamps...
View ArticleOffice Painting Underway
My Mom and I are hard at work making a major change to my office here at home. After soliciting suggestions on Facebook and checking out all the different whites I’m using Benjamin Moore’s Decorator...
View ArticleAE Behind The Brand | Aby Garvey of Simplify 101
Today I want to introduce you to a new series of posts that introduces you to the people behind the brands that generously sponsor this site. I’m super thankful for their support and I hope you enjoy...
View ArticleAE Projects In Progress | The Office
Big things are happening here in the office this week. Katie and I are moving everything out in anticipation of new laminate wood floors being put in early next week. August marks three years of...
View ArticleAE Projects In Progress | The Office, Part II
Big week around here last week as the new floors were installed in my office and we set up the new workspace. You can check out the first part of this series here. I have to tell you that’s it’s been...
View ArticleAE Projects In Progress | The Office, Part III
The office is coming along and we are loving the updated space. Right now I’ve got some projects I have to focus on that are keeping me from getting it all put together – most specifically about 36...
View ArticleClear Stamp Storage Ideas from Jennifer McGuire
Today I invited the amazing Jennifer McGuire to share a bit about her stamp organization. She created an awesome video sharing the system that’s been working for her recently. Crafty storage can be...
View ArticleAE Projects In Progress | The Office, Part IV + A $150 Minted Giveaway
Things are coming along here in the office. And as you can probably tell we are definitely taking our time putting things together. This was my intent all along – to take it slow and not bring...
View ArticleTackling Those Unfinished Projects
Over the last couple of months I’ve been thinking a lot about unfinished projects. Specifically unfinished memory keeping projects. This year I’m going to make it a priority tackle them and I’m going...
View ArticleAround The Office | Spring 2014 Update
Ah, the office. Some of you have been wondering silently and some have been asking in the comments here or on Facebook “what about the office update?” Maybe I was waiting for it all to be perfect,...
View ArticleThoughts On Block Scheduling
Months ago, on one of our planning days, Katie and I started talking about the ways we could be more organized and productive with our time and energy during the working hours. We keep fairly regular...
View ArticleOrganizing Studio AE/Technique Tuesday Stamps
As I worked on cleaning up my office last week I finally had a chance to get my newer Technique Tuesday stamps organized. Currently I’m storing all my Studio AE (monthly stamp club) and other stamps...
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