My lazy susan!

A little bit of pvc pipe, a hacksaw,round boards,a lazy susan,and a lot of black spray paint! I wanted to get some pink flourish type rub ons for this baby, but just haven't got around to it yet. It's not perfect but it does the job. No more searching in the toolbox for markers and paintbrushes!

Happy trails to you,
Sonya

Calendar of events

You gotta start somewhere!! I am putting together 5 of these 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 folders to document important events. I found this wonderful online calendar that was very useful for me. here.

For the calendars to put in my binders I went here. It's nice because you can add your own events to this. Kind of a pain in the butt to add the holidays, but well worth the time. When I clicked the print button it came off the printer for a perfect fit in these binders...after cutting them down from an 8 1/2 X11 sheet of paper that is.

There will be 5 years in each binder (with the exception of the last one) starting with 1988 the year my first son was born.

The next step I am taking is to go through the plastic drawers shown here, and in a previous post. I need to weed out the wedding invitations, birth announcements, ect. etc. and enter the dates in my brand spankin new calendar of events binders! If by chance I don't have the dates written on my photos I may be able to match them up with the event.....but that's a another story:)

Thank you for stopping by.
Sonya

Glimpses of my artsy craftsy place

Here are a glimpses of my arty craftsy room. I went to the salvation Army and picked up this little beauty! (Okay so it has to be cleaned up a bit.) There were games inside the drawers...I remember Chinese checkers in one drawer, but I can't remember what was in the others.

I took the games out and started to design it for my embossing powders, Perfect pearls, and other small stuff. Not a bad find for $3.50! And it's all wood!!

The stamp storage I was talking about in a previous post. I started this a few months ago. No more wood stamps for this girl! I love this system. Inspired by Patter's blog Triple the Scraps.

A few of my drawers. (Dresser drawers that is) The dividers in the ribbon storage drawers are only temporary, (card board) but it works for now.

This is a biggie! My storage unit that sits to the left of my computer. As you can see I have a lot to go through....not to mention my hutch. In the plastic drawers are some photos, kids school papers, receipts, report cards, academic awards, funeral notices, baptismal certificates,...just about everything but the kitchen sink. A big undertaking.....

but if I do a little bit each day I just may get r' done!

Have a wonderful Sunday, and thanks for stopping by!

Happy trails,

Sonya

Stamp Storage SU

Okay I really have to work on my photography skills! Underexposed, and out of focus! Sorry about that!

Little did I know that SU stamps had the name of the set on the sticker sheet. Eeeee gad I threw them away after mounting the stamp and putting the sticker on...... Oh well such is life. So here is my idea on storing mounted SU stamps.

I wanted to stack them up in my square cubes but how would I know the set just by the name? I wouldn't! So I set the stamps wood side down on my scanner, scanned them, and printed them out at about 3/4 inch X 5 to 7 inches on a full sheet label. (needed the width) If there were only a few stamps in the set I started to fill in the blank space with tan paint in PSE. I wasn't striving for perfection in this, I just wanted to get an idea of what stamps were in the containers:)

Peace out!

Storage idea!

Organization has been a constant battle for me, and the need for a clutter free home has taken priority.

I have things that have been sitting around the house that I can't quite part with, but I would rather not have the "stuff" cluttering up my home. So I had an epiphany! I'll take pictures of every single item and place them in boxes for the storage shed, then print out thumbnails on a full sheet label.

It worked out well. When I go out to the shed, rather than guessing what's in the box or having to read and wonder what the item looks like, I have photos that show me what the contents are:)