Step one was to clean up the space and make it workable for the weekend. I am lucky enough to have an office/craft space, but it was a mess. I don’t know about you, but I have several landing spots for memorabilia and things that need to be filed or kept so I decided to start there. I sorted out things that could easily get tossed, filed or categorized. Then I put up two large folding tables that I purchased at Sam’s - lifetime brand 6ft tables that fold in half for storage and also have three height adjustments (I like the standing height). And then I starting pulling things out - all of the unused kits I had piled up, half finished layouts from when I had to quickly store the contents of this room before having the floor replaced last December (yes it’s been 10 months since I touched a layout!) and anything else I found. I then sorted supplies, utilizing the dining room table and was ready to scrap.
I was lucky enough to have some partially completed layouts as a jumping off point, which means I had very few decisions to make and could get back to adhering paper to paper and adding embellishments - which is my favorite part. After a few of these got done I was already feeling like I was back to my crafty self so I started making new layout selections. Personally, I don’t mind having several layouts going at the same time at different stages so I can pay attention to my energy levels and do what works for my current state.
So there you have it. That’s how I got back at this craft that I’ve loved for nearly 30 years. Here are the partially completed layouts that were the first to get completed. I will be back with more layouts that just needed to be photographed and then the newest ones after that.
Happy crafting!
Choose Happy - this was a selfie from an event that I went to where a mentor of mine was being honored. I decided to take advantage of a fairly good photo to keep my positive self talk going.
I will admit that my daughter is currently in 7th grade, but this layout was too cute not to finish. The teapot is a mother's day card from her to me. Yes, I saved the place cards and no, I am not ashamed.
Dress up holiday parties make for the best pages! Three generations captured here. I had already fussy cut these flowers but found an entire package of daises that went perfectly - yes, I used all of them - cause why not?
Concert time! I took a ton of photos at this concert and I am so glad I did. The layout was a little boring when I started, but a package of stars, some words and way to many clear accent stickers later, it was feeling a lot more festive.
Here's a close up of the word and sticker fun. I tucked those paint mark stickers all over the place and I love them - I had no idea how I was going to use them before this layout got restarted.
Another confession, I stuffed some confetti from the show in my pocket and yes, it is on the layout, again, don't care.
This layout was complete - only needed to be adhered and journaled. And then I found butterflies and all was right with the world.
I struggled with this layout some - but once I just gave up and started sticking things down it worked. Funny how when you make a commitment and then start working around whatever you committed to things seem to just work,
So there you have it. Hope you enjoyed. Feel free to share what you are working on or a layout that has you stuck.
