Hello Fellow DOODLE DOO'ers!!
I hope this week has treated you well, and I wish you all a WONDERFUL Father's Day weekend!
Sherri Caramico here - and today, I am here to pass along a SCRAPPY TIP to all of you....
Have you ever been in the middle of creating a project, card or layout -then all of a sudden, you reach for your favorite sharp scissors - that you were just using a few minutes ago -and can't find them anywhere on your desk??!!!
Or how about the pencil you just had in your hand - or the bone folder, or the Tim Holtz Mini Fastener, or the Distress Stain???
How on earth do these things that you JUST HAD a few seconds ago just DISAPPEAR???
While I can't explain their "Magical Disappearing Acts," I can give you a tip on what has worked for me to help keep the tools that I am using for the particular project that I am working on - close at hand - and to deter them from loosing their way into scrappy oblivion!
How do I contain their wayward ways you ask??
Well - as my Mother aways said - " A place for everything, and everything in it's place." So, I picked up this cute little bright green basket at my local Dollar Store - and I now place all of the tools that I plan to use on my currtent project into it - and add others as I go along.
OOPS!!! - I've included another "Sneak Peek" of my upcoming SOLD OUT 6/23 Class at THE DOO - but KITS will be available for purchase ON LINE after the class - Call the STORE at 201 818 7060 to reserve yours - or email them at customerservice@scrap-a-doodledoo.com if you want one - COMPLETE instructions and color photos are included.
As soon as I am done using an item from the basket - I do not put it on my desk or work area - back into the basket it goes.
Now I know some of you out there might not like the color green - but my reason for this color is that it stands out among the mess -- umm... I mean creative chaos - that is on my work area -and makes it easy to locate.
You don't have to go out and purchase a basket - you can look around your house, and see if you have something that might work for you - how about in that kitchen cuppord where you keep all those plastic containers, (that tend to fall out like you've pulled the wrong block when playing Jenga -) when you reach in for one. Come on - we all have them .... don't we?? - (If you order Chinese Take Out - I am sure you have a few somewhere!) You can even decorate it with paper or paint if you want to get really crafty to help it to POP and stand out in your mess - oops - I mean on your desk!!
So - I hope this tip will help you to get even craftier - and if you need any tools, inks, or supplies - be sure to continue to support your Local Scrapbook Store - especially my FAVORITE ONE -
SCRAP-A-DOODLE DOO !!
Please feel free to share any of YOUR Scrap Desk Organization Tips in the comments below - or just pop in and say "HI" so we know you were here!
WE LOVE BLOGGY LOVE!!
Now Go Get Crafty!!
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri
Please feel free to share any of YOUR Scrap Desk Organization Tips in the comments below - or just pop in and say "HI" so we know you were here!
WE LOVE BLOGGY LOVE!!
Now Go Get Crafty!!
((HUGS)) ~ Sherri
Friday, June 15, 2012
June 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM
You can also decorate your container using fun patterns and color duct tape!!