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before I blogged

part two

college days:

before I blogged

part one:
in high school, my best friend and I had this journal that we would pass back and forth to work on for fun. our favorite pass time was cutting things out of magazines. we decided that we needed a place for all of the things that we had collected (and continued to collect) so we created this journal.

here are a few of the pages:

we had so much fun working on it together during sleepovers or looking for all of the new fun things that showed up on various pages when the other one of us had it for a few days.

organized: crafting

I've been craving crafting a lot lately (hence etsy shop...) and needed a new space to spread out and be inspired. soo I did a little re-arranging.. It's not quite there yet but I'm working on it.

I felt like I needed to create a new space. Sometimes organizing is about taking what you have and moving it around in the space it's already in, sometimes it's about getting rid of lots of things, and sometimes it's about figuring out a way to better use your space.

We have an office.. and in that office were 2 desks, one for me and one for my husband. Makes sense right?

Well.. the only thing I do at my desk is play on my computer.. which is silly because I have a lap top and end up bringing it into other areas of the house.

I was crafting using every other surface in my home and it just wasn't really working for me.

SO I recreated it all...

BEFORE:

(ugly... tucked away in lots of boxes)

 

new craft space in our guest bedroom:

MUCH better. the space is so inviting for me and I love working there!

in case you missed it...

I opened up a little etsy shop!! It's called "For you"


It's not much right now but I've been having a blast crafting and excited to dream up more to add to it.

Check it out, favorite it if you desire and maybe buy a magnet set!

They're big! The size of a silver dollar or a bit bigger!

Design*Sponge DIY Eggs

Design*Sponge's post about these eggs are incredible. SO adorable. See how HERE.

favorite place

I love Paper Source. There is a location on NW 23rd here in Portland and I could spend hours in there. The colors, pounds of paper, stamps, cut-outs; I love it and want it all. I never know what I will actually do with it all.. I enjoy crafting but I don't have specific projects in mind to work on. Maybe I just need to buy things there which would then force me to actually do something with them.

{via With This Nest}

What I really want is to display everything in a craft room; to have a desk to work off of with everything organized so neat a nice. THIS would for sure make me want to do crafts :)