Sunday 31 May 2015

Smashing and Stashing



Occasionally I come across a bargain that is too good to resist, but I have to take the not so good with the great. The wonderful thing about smash booking is that it's a fun place to use up the less than fabulous - the stuff that's too good to throw away but isn't something I'd use elsewhere:


As it happened it sat well with another page that doesn't exactly shout out but that I wanted to include anyway:


It nicely filled a space before a couple of pages I'd already done - a 30 day photo challenge which I chose to do entirely round home as a sort of memorial to the house that I'll soon be leaving.





and suddenly it's the end of May....      

Saturday 23 May 2015

Clipboard Tags

I saw this picture of decorated clipboards on Pinterest and my immediate thought was, what great tags they would make! This is the picture:


and here is the first set of tags I made as a result of seeing them. They were quick and easy, but the possibilities are endless. I can see them becoming a "go to" when I need a card/tag in a hurry, as they would also make great card fronts....


The Italian Job

Finally filling the beautiful journal my daughter purchased for me in Venice many moons ago. I have been using it as a travel journal but it's never going to fill that way as I'm a natural born stay at home, so time to stop saving it "for best..."