Before we know it...it'll be December...I promised myself that this year, I'd be more prepared...sigh
I've been eyeing my Echo Park Merry Christmas set and knew that I wanted to use it for today's card...
I decided to keep the card fairly clean to really bring out all the musical patterns...it can easily be a feminine or masculine card...patting myself on the back for that since masculine cards are always tough for me...
She is collecting Thanksgiving and Christmas cards to be sent to nursing homes and care centers. Now how fabbie is Vera??!!!!
My Grandma was in a nursing home and I visited her as much as possible...my boy wasn't born at the time, sadly she never got to meet my whipper snapper of a boy but she did love my girl to pieces...she was her first great-grandkid...back in the day I wanted to get into gerontology....but that's a whole 'nother story...Soooooo....come on peeps...join in on Vera's card drive!!!
I'm still working on organizing and purging my crafty area...good grief, it ALWAYS looks worse before it looks better...it is quite a mess right now as I dehoard my closets but here is something that makes me happy...
It is just a smidge of organizing but I love it....I've had my PTI buttons in their original ziplock baggies...I then would pour them onto my worktop to find thee perfect gem for my project and then take forever to get them back into that dreaded ziplock baggie...all the while having buttons ping on the floor and various other places....{The SWEET owlie box is compliments of the fabbie Ivy of ivyPINK! Thanks again girlie!!!!!}
Now I just have to open up the hinged tin and shake it up a bit and woot woot...there you have it!
P.S. My bookcase is another project of mine...I bought it online...free shipping...can't beat that for a girl without a truck:) but I didn't realize how 'distressed' it was...so my plan is to paint the interior a robins egg blue...ooohhhh.....ahhhhhh....it'll match the wall in my crafty nook:)
Just in case you didn't hear the news....Skipping Stones Design was able to exceed their goal for the Susan G Komen Foundation Fundraiser!!!!! A total of $1,108.99 has been generously donated by silent auction proceeds, stamp sales and monetary donations....isn't that thee best news?!!!!! I just wanted to do a shout out for my fabbie bloggie buddy Julie Tucker Wolek who donated via my blog by winning the silent auction of my Blogs 4 Boobies Blog Bounce card AND she also did another monetary donation...woot woot for Julie!!!
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what a great thing vera is doing! i wanted to do something like that locally since i had two dear relatives of mine in nursing homes as well.
love how you organized your buttons! YUMMY!
thanks for sharing and have a great day! *hugs* steph :)
Love your button storage! :)
Those buttons sure are organised!!!!
Enjoy the rest of your week:) x
Look at you huh... getting organize...sweet neat gurlfren....xx
you have got some nice snazzy buttons and wonderful storage ideas!! :)
Great storage idea you have there! Thanks for sharing!!
:)
Then I was gonna tell you that you are tooooooooo organized and you make me sick! LOL!:)
Then I was going skip the you make me sick part and make you come to AZ to help me get that organized!
Then I see that you are more AWESOME than ever...by giving me a shout out! *blush* Sooooooooo happy they exceeded their goal!! That is WOW!! And off to check your friends card drive!! What a GREAT CAUSE! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Great storage ideas too Amy, I can't wait to see your cookcase once you paint the insides!
All the best to the both of us, ya? *winks*! :)
Love you, sista and love the owlie too!!! so cute!!
What a beautiful card!! I used Christmas music paper last year on presents and on gifts and it turned out so magical!!
Yay for new organizational products!!
buttons, music and donations,
xo
Thanks for playing at 2S4Y!
Laura
Ooooh check out your organisational skills too! Those tins look great! I store mine in spice jars but can never see all my pretty buttons at once like this!
Hugs,
Aimes
x
What a great thing Vera is doing. I will definitely join in.
Loving those button tins!!
The tins for the buttons are great :)
I am loving your organising - i want to do that now lol
love tasha xx
And way to go for putting all your buttons is boxes!
Another goodie...I need to get on both of these bandwagons...Christmas cards and organization. I think since I craft late at night by the time I finish I am too tired to put everything away - it just piles up!
will check out the card drive, and look at you with the button tins! way to go girl :) **think you need just a few more buttons in your stash...... ducking for cover now LOL
Neat idea for your button storage~love the "organization" you started. I keep trying to clear my desk after each card making session...but...:o)
nice holiday card with the musical notes!
(i cannot believe i am sooo behind in catching up on your posts!)