Last week I showed what my craft room look like before I destroyed reorganized it.  It has been a SLOOOOOOw process attempting to clean it back up.  I started this project because I wanted to get rid of the brown desk that was taking up so much space and to actually know where things like googly eyes and eyelets were hiding. 


I can honestly say that I am happy that the desk is gone but I would be lying to you if I said that I knew where the googly eyes are.  I can tell you that I am working on it.




This is my newest addition.  I bought it, along with the drawers, at Target.  I really like that it goes with my current color scheme.  As you can see, I still have stuff on the floor that I need to go through. 




I am working diligently in attempting to organize my paper and have come to the conclusion that I am a paper whore.  I mean I have 15 different shade of red.  What?  Really?  Yep.  It's bad.  So bad that I may need to join a support group and attempt to not buy a single sheet until January 1st.

January 1, 2014.

I am attempting to clean out my craft room. The big brown desk is taking up space that I need so it is getting the boot. I am organizing the paper and getting rid of what I don't use. It is taking FOREVER!

I may have too many cricut cartridges as I am now out of shelf space. Do you think this indicates a problem?

The brown desk was sooooo heavy that even after it was empty I couldnt move it. Hubby had to dismember it and carry it down the steps piece by piece.

I have a new shelving unit up now and I am working on the organizational portion of the project, which is my least favorite part.

You will have to wait until next week to see finshed project.

I was playing around with the Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge and just because this port-a-potty skunk made me chuckle I thought I'd cut it out. In my warped mind it would make a clever invitation. You could put a little "Oh Crap" sign on the potty door and on the back you could write "Summer's almost over. Join us for a picnic on ......". You get the picture.

The only thing I don't like about this cartridge is the eyes. I recommend having some googly eyes lying around because the eye cuts from the cart don't look realistic.

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ON A PERSONAL NOTE: The biopsy I wrote about last week came back absolutely fine. A big thank you to everyone who left me a supportive comment. You are all awesome!

This is the birthday invitation I made for Middle G's 10th birthday party. She wanted to have a tie dye theme. I had a lot of trouble finding tie dye paper, so I made the paper by photocopying one of the birthday napkins. I think it turned out great and would use that method again in the future.

The turtle is from the Best of Pixar cricut cart. For obvious reasons, I am a little partial to Squirt. Middle G loved the saying and told everyone, even random strangers, what her birthday invites said.

Thanks for stopping by. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. If you are posting a craft today, I'd love to come over and see it.

***clears throat and stands***  My name is Kisatrtle and I have never made a scrapbook for a friend before.    Scrapbooking is such a personal hobby.  What you like, I may not like.  What I like, you may totally hate.

And even though I know this, I took a chance and made a scrapbook for a friend.  She didn't know about it--it was a surprise.  In fact, when I asked her for 100 of her favorite Disney photos, she didn't even flinch.  She just said, "Sure."  I thought that was a bit of a red flag.  "Don't you want to know what I need them for?" I asked.  "Nah," she said, "I'm sure whatever you do with them will be fantastic."

No pressure.

I'm happy to say that I had a lot of fun making this book and my friend LOVED it! 

I've uploaded a slide show of the album for you to look at minus the faces of my friend and her family.  I wasn't sure how she would feel about her family vacation photos floating around in cyberland.

The have a pack of Extra gum inside of them.  They are super simple to make.  Just wrap the gum up in card stock, add a belly band and embellish.   On the front I stamped Moo-chas Grass-ias


On the back is a label that says Thank you for all the "extra" things you do that often go unnoticed.


Have you made any creative teacher crafts?  Leave me a comment and/or a link and tell me about them.

I am working on a secret craft project.  I don't want to give too much of it away, but I hope to post pics of it after it is complete.

These paper piecings are part of the project.  I made quite a few different ones, but these ones were, by far, the most complicated.

These are made at 7 inches on the Cricut Expression.  Each individual color is a different cut.  Even at 7 inches those little eyeballs were a pain in the a**.

Do you have a craft you'd like to share?  Leave me a link so I can stop by and see it.