A little Sneak Peek at a project made with the December Kit!

I read about this little Holiday Planner from Eddie-N-Harley on the message board. She linked us up to Michelle Wooderson's blog, which had the directions for creating this cute little handy holiday treat for yourself or a friend. You might want to whip some of these up this weekend with some of your stash from Christmases past and give them to all of your friends and family members that you'll be seeing over the Thanksgiving holiday next week. What a great gift to help someone jump-start her Christmas shopping season on Black Friday. :)

Yes, I know that Michelle's planner is way cuter than my planner pictured here - but she did have the adorable house stamp (and she knows how to use it). And, perhaps even cooler is that Spellbinders die that she used to create those scalloped mats for the front of her planner and for her individual list-pages. Alas, I don't have that Spellbinder die - or a Spellbinder machine even. And, while this project did motivate me to install my Silhouette craft cutter to see if it might have one of these cute scalloped shapes installed, I was unable to locate a scalloped shape in the software. Now, that doesn't mean that the scalloped shape doesn't exist in the software; it just means that I wasn't techno-savvy enough to find it...div>

So, here is my version of the Holiday Planner, created with the KI Memories Festive layout kit in the December Flavors of the Month kit. The inside of the Planner features a pocket that holds the "wish lists" that my boys are filling out, along with two additional cards, labeled "Family" and "Friends" to keep track of presents for grandparents, neighbors, teachers, friends, etc. After Thanksgiving, my Planner will be OFF-LIMITS to everyone but me. I'll use it for shopping, carrying coupons, and making notes about all-things holiday related. There is a small pad of paper in the Planner, which I'll use to make list after list in an effort to stay organized - and best of all, everything will be all in one place. Thanks for the great idea, Michelle!

Enjoy!
Tammy

Teacher Gift

I have made these PENCIL BOUQUETS for my kids teachers the past two years. They are very easy to make. You can use any container. This year I used some of the little tin buckets from Target's Dollar Spot. Just fill your container with floral foam add pencils and leaves and a little moss if you choose. I also made a coordinating card with Craft paper remnants and pieces from a left over TSR kit.

WAAAHHHLAAA

a gift that is decorative and practical -- the teachers can actually let the kids use the pencils.

For hints on December's Kit just go to www.scrap-room.com click on Message Board - scroll down and click on "Flavors of the Month Kits". I will be listing hints to all four upcoming kits on the message board. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!
Shawnna Samples
Mod Squad

Hi everyone :)

I was looking through my scrapbook albums earlier this month and noticed something was missing. I have been scrapbooking for almost 10 years now and I can count on one hand how many pages I have done about just me. I knew I was underrepresented but I never realized just how much. I think most of us started this hobby to record our history and day-to-day life for our children and their children to reflect back on in days to come. I have to remind myself that I am a part of that history not just my kids. So I have a challenge for you all. I want you to create a layout about just you. Anything goes really as long as you are the star of it. You have until my turn to host the blog next month to do your layouts (December 14th) I will post mine then and those who have done one can post a link on that thread. I can't wait to see what you come up with. I think mine will probably be a page about all my current favorite things.

Have a great one
Shannon

Ruffled Ribbon

If there is one thing you can be certain to find on my layouts, it is ribbon! I just love the stuff! I never get sick of using it and I can assure you that I can never have enough of it! ;) To me, it is the perfect touch to any project, adding texture, dimension and color.
I am always trying to come up with different ways of using it. On one of my latest pages, I hand-sewed the ribbon to give it added dimension, with a bit of a romantic edge. Here is how I did it...

First, I weaved thread through the center of the ribbon using large, spaced stitches. Make sure to knot the end of the thread.




When I reached the end, I pulled the ribbon towards the knotted end of the thread to give it the gathered, ruffeled look.
Next, I knotted the other end of the thread to finish it off.



Voila! It is complete!



This technique is so simple and so easy to do! Be sure to give it a try! :)

Gina :)