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~Kat's Quest For Organization Part 2~

Well today is the BIG day, the grand reveal of what I've been doing for the last week! After several failed recording attempts and youtube not being cooperative I AM FINALLY POSTING THE GRAND REVEAL OF MY SCRAP CRAP STORAGE! It has two parts because during the first take I fell through the sticker storage cube. UUUuuumm yeah don't ask LoL...so I stopped filming to assess my wounds and then I started again. I'm going to let the videos do the talking cause well its easier that way...so as Heidi Klum would say "let's start the show!"

Part One



Part Two






yes I realize that it sounds like Jim instead of Tim...was trying to hold back a sneeze! LoL

~WOOHOO FOR ME~

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!
~so how am I going to celebrate? well I thought about just scrappin' the day away because well I absolutely ♥ scrapping. Plus starting next week I won't have another chance to scrap for 6 weeks!!!! However Mami keeps telling me to go out cause I'm young and that Sal should be taking me out. I know Sal doesn't want to go anywhere for reasons I don't really want to get into in. SSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I've decided to meet everyone half way! I'm going out this morning to spend money on myself! Which also includes buying a couple of scrap crap items that I would normally not buy. Then I'm going to come home and SCRAAAAAPPP my heart out. I'm going to finish Laura's mom's gift and finish the I ♥ kat book. Hopefully Mami gives me the best gift and decides NOT TO COOK! Keep your fingers crossed for me.
~I recently took video of my scrap organization with my iPhone. Which I have to to tell you the iPhone takes great video & sound! However the picture is on its side :-/ so I have to re-shoot.
~I also found something in my junk drawer that was a blast from the past. Which I'm going to post and hopefully someone will be able to give me some advice on how to finish it.
~Laura uploaded her ribbon storage technique up on our facebook but I will be posting here on the blog. I already wrote the entry I just need to add the pics. Which in my frenzy to scrap as much as possible has been put on the back burner!
~Laura & I also switched Mom's for Mother's Day. We'll be posting an entry soon to show off what we did. Like as soon as the paint finally dries on my project!!!
Anyways fellow scrap crappers...time to go get sticker shock from the gas pump and get my day started!!!
~kat

~Ribbon Storage & Organization Laura Style~

Laura has quite possible the biggest collection of ribbon outside of Michaels! She has tried a variety of methods to keep her ribbon organized. Everything from those boxes with the holes along the side to just throwing them into a container. Eventually they would get all tangled, frayed, lost and it was just craziness! Which usually we like craziness bbuuuuuttt in scrap crap organization there is no room for craziness. I started researching how everyone organizes their ribbon and was really coming up empty handed. I mean don't get me wrong the ideas were stellar but just not feasible for Laura. One day around Christmas time last year I was on the Joann's site and the clouds opened up, the angels sang and I saw it! The Ribbon Ladder! I was like OMG where have you been all our lives?!?!?! So I ordered it and my order was processed, reordered, canceled, reprocessed and then canceled again. I was really starting to get frazzled! I then finally found one at the Joann's near my house. RELIEVED I called Laura and teased her about it! She had no idea what I got until she opened it! Even though her collection is much larger than what the ladder accommodates, it's still a great piece. The spools are lined up and easy to reach. She also has a ribbon rack on her scrap hutch that was full within 5 minutes of bringing it home! Then she has a few containers that are full of random ribbon pieces.

We're still on the lookout for one thing that could accommodate her entire ribbon collection. However when we do find it, I doubt that she'll have room for it until she gets that scrap trailer that Travis has been threatening to buy her!

~Ribbon Organization & Storage Kat Style~

As you know I am working on organizing my scrap crap. However I was hit with a bout of food poisoning. Yes I'm fine, kind of getting use to it! (LoL long story...) Anyways, since I was sort of confined to the couch I decided that I work on tiny organization projects that would not require me to move too far from the bathroom. Since my scrap paper file drawer is waiting for missing parts to arrive, I decided to start with my ribbon. I have just recently decided that ribbon and I can get along, esp when it has that sticky stuff on the back! So I've started to amass a small collection of ribbon. Nothing like the size of Laura's ribbon collection have you but definitely big enough to start getting out of hand. Laura inspired me to get this clear paint bucket to hold my ribbon. However it was not big enough. So the paint bucket was stuffed and I had rolls of ribbon here and there. I decided enough was enough and got my organization on! So what I did was to remove my ribbon from the spools. I then rewound them and used a pony tail holder to wrap around it. Sometimes rubber bands catch and causes fraying. I had these colorful pony tail holders that well are just too freaking small for my hair and are considered "no pull". So I thought ribbon & no pull pony tail holders...WINNING! Then for the ribbon that was too small to be bounded by a pony tail holder I used a small binder clip. I was able on the thinner ribbon to put two in each clip. I LOVE IT! I did keep 3 on spools. One being a ribbon with wire in it, one that is more like cording and the other was 10 YARDS!! so yeah they stayed on their spools. Another spool in there is Laura's ribbon and I didn't want to take it off because of how she organizes her ribbon. Then for the pieces of ribbon scrap I just threw in the bucket. I mean what else are ya gonna do?

The bucket as you can see now only looks half full. You know what that means!!! I can get more ribbon!!! **snoopy happy dance** In ♥ with this bucket! I'm so glad Laura talked me into it!

Ready for a cup of Tea!?

Tea Parties are a cute theme for Any party! My friend Nicole is hosting a Party in a few months and sent me on a quest to make cute Tea Party Cookie Trays. Here is a list of Material used:

• Pails - $1.47 Each at Hobby Lobby
• Flower Bundles- .97 Cents each at Walmart
• Silver Charger Plates- $1.99 Each at Hobby Lobby
• Flower Foam- $2 at Walmart
• Silver Ribbon- .97 cents at Walmart
• Hot Glue

These were so simple to make and it was a lot of fun making the flower bouquets. Nicole wanted to use a white table clothes..with silver accents and bright colorful flowers...I think the Silver Chargers and pails have a weathered look to them like they have been out in the sun and the flowers give it a nice pop!

Runnn!!! Monster!!! Part 2!

So the Monster book is all done! Can I explain how great it feels!? Took forever to cut out each page..but here's my secret..I know its going to be a little hard to turn the pages and what not since its literally all enclosed in a book..so I used the cardboard inserts you get from the Kits you buy and used them! I am always on a quest to try something new in scrappin'..with this book, I used stuff from the Jewelry department..a key chain from a new pair of shoes..and good ole' fashion printing on regular paper! For a complete list of what I did on each page and what materials..Please check us out on facebook =o)