back in love again

In December as part of my annual JUG ("Just Us Girls") event, we made "junk journals" (aka DIY "smash" books). It was one of the funnest projects I've worked on for awhile and one of the things that I loved about it was that I used so many of my stamps. In fact, it made me fall back in love with stamping.

So much so that even though we haven't yet gotten to the organize-your-stamps section of the "Resolve to Get Organized" seminar, I had to do a little something to make my most useful stamps easier to get to. In one of the previous "Get Organized" sessions someone suggested using acrylic shadow box frames as stacking trays for stamps. Genius!

I had been haunting the organization aisles of Target, Walmart and Bed, Bath & Beyond looking for some sort of stacking tray that was just the right dimensions to fit in my IKEA Expedit drawers. Everything I found measured wrong in some direction or another. But the acrylic frames are PERFECT! Plus I can layer them three deep, so that lots and lots of stamps fit yet are easy to go through quickly. So happy with these!

happy mail

This week I had not one, but two very happy packages hit my doorstep. One was some washi tape I ordered from Etsy store "Chickydoddle". It was SOoooooo hard to choose tapes to buy because they have lots and lots to choose from. Last month, during my annual "JUG" event ("Just Us Girls") we made junk journals (aka DIY "smash" books) and the washi tape will be the perfect thing to use in my new journal.

I also finally picked up a Serious supply of baker's twine from The Twinery. They have so many yummy colors that it is great to be able to try out several in the variety mix.

Now all that's left is finding the time to play...

Twine and tape - can you see the possibilities?