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Home Project One – Scrapping Space

As we move into our new home, I had some projects I wanted to try out. This is me documenting some of them.

The first one is creating a new scrap space.

When I unpacked all my scrapbooking stuff, here’s how the living room looked:

And then little by little, I put stuff away, so my table ended up like this:

isn’t that much nicer? and here’s everything else:

All those black buckets store a LOT of stuff. And here’s a peek inside the drawers:

Tim Holtz stuff.

More Tim Holtz stuff.

Paint. All of the drawers are organized by categories that make sense to me. I’ve been using them for ten days now and so far the system is working great.

And here is the wall I look at when I work. A wreath from Pottery Barn, a sign I bought from a yard sale, and a beautiful painting by Kelly Rae Roberts. The other wall has a beautiful bird drawing from this etsy shop (which you can see in the “after” photo.)

So far, I’m loving this space to bits. Very functional and very tidy.

Trying

Will this really work?

Daily Photos – July 6 2009

Since yesterday was about Nathaniel’s project, today’s for David’s room. I bought these planets last Christmas and they finally made it to the new house. We plan to hang them this week and that makes us done for everything we’ve alredy done.

We started today on a really bad note since nathaniel really struggled last night and neither of us slept much. David was kind enough to play in his room as I took a nap while Nathaniel slept this morning. But somehow I threw out my back in the process and it’s hurting like crazy. Tomorrow is a really long day for me so I am hoping that it will be better by then (even though it’s likely that it won’t be.)

I also started Nathaniel’s book today finally and I think I really like the system I came up with. Let’s see how it looks when it comes together.

Thank You Card

One of my new neighbors made cookies for us last week which was so nice so I made her this little thank you card.

Blue or Brown

This is with A Million Memories July Kit.

It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 9. Journaling talks about how I am wondering if his eyes will turn brown or stay blue.

So Much Like Me

This is with A Million Memories July Kit.

It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 8. It talks about how I couldn’t believe how much Nathaniel looks like me until I saw this photo.

Family of Four

This is with A Million Memories July Kit.

It’s for Nathaniel’s baby book. Week 4. It says: And finally here we are, a family of four. Thank you for completing us. We love you. Palo Alto, CA. May 25, 2009.

Family Movies

Two movies from the last weeks of our life. First, David jumping in the pool in swim class.

And then Nathaniel and his new-found fist.

Daily Photos – July 5 2009

Here’s a sneak of a project I worked on yesterday, all day. It turned out quite cute, if I say so myself. I didn’t think I could do it, I am not so good at doing home projects but this one was fun to do.

We started the morning quietly. Nathaniel played on his chair.

And David finished the Star Wars movie he’d started yesterday.

And then both boys took naps while I did some art.

Look at that finger…

When he woke up and nursed, he was all smiley and happy.

All in all, a great Sunday here.

52 Questions and Techniques – Tag 23

This question was: “How can i be kinder to myself…?”

I need to love myelf more. Be kinder to myself and allow myself to make mistakes without judging myself so much.

I covered the background in red ink, stamped the little hearts with embossing stamp, embossed with clear powder, stamped the tree, cut it out, tied a small baker’s twine, and a little bling (of course), a few letters and I was done. It’s hard to see the little hearts but in person it looks neat.

I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.

Catalyst 69 – Our Home

Catalyst sixty-nine is: What is your favorite thing about where you live?

My text: We just bought our very first home ever. I have wanted a home of my own for as long as I can remember and I love every corner of this little house. It’s my favorite place because it’s where all the people I love live. It’s ours. It’s going to be filled with our wonderful memories. I can’t ask for anything more.

Daily Photos – July 4 2009

I am the biggest fan of Tour de France. Well, let me rephrase. I am the biggest fan of Tour de France when Lance is in it. When we lived in San Diego, watched every minute of the Tour and loved it. But, somehow, once Lance stopped, I stopped too. It wasn’t interesting to me anymore. So imagine my joy when he decided to come back! I am now back to watching every minute of it. I wonder if I am one of the only people who watches this obsessively, yet, cannot ride a bike.

This is David’s “I’m not friends with you anymore” face. Which he makes whenever he doesn’t get his way. So, quite often.

When Jake and David discovered that Return of the Jedi was on TV, everything else stopped. All three boys were watching TV and hanging out.

Nathaniel spent some quality time with his Daddy today. Sitting by his side.