As some of you may remember from my post a couple of weeks ago, I'm in the midst of overhauling my scraproom. We've done the painting and I've gone through and reorganized everything. One of the things I've wanted to do it get rid of a lot of the plastic storage I've had and start using pretty dishes and milk glass to hold items. As I started taking apart many of the kits that I've received over the past year, I found that I had a lot of 'pretty little things'. They were actually too pretty to hide away. So, I found homes for them and they are now displayed on my shelves. I love how they look and more importantly, I'm using them!

This candy dish holds my favorite flowers and fabric trinkets.

I decided to use this egg plate to hold brads. I sorted them by color on the outside rim and put multi-colored ones int he middle.

And, finally, this little bowl holds all of those small little things that didn't have anywhere else to go - rhinestone buttons, crystal pins, and other doo dads. 

I'm really enjoying being able to see all of my 'pretty little things'. Thanks for letting me share a peek of my room with you! ~Anabelle

I guess it is unanimous, we all love this book by Claudine! I really think it should be categorized as a tool though, it is so helpful. I am keeping this little kit handy for whenever I need a jump start or am feeling stuck!

These are the cards that I picked, deep orange, chartreuse and smitten/trouble.

My first thought for these colors was fall/pumpkins and of course smitten makes me think of my boys, then I remembered that I had a picture of a pot in my garden with those two colors. I don't think I would have ever thought to use the word smitten with this garden photo without the kits prompts. This is the final result, I have been feeling rather graphic/minimalist lately, probably due to the purging and organizing I have been doing. It's hard to see in the photograph of the layout but I used foam adhesive to raise the photo and give the layout some dimension.

Before I can get to work on my layout inspired by The Scrapbookers Creativity Kit, I really need to clean my scrap room -as you can see by the picture of my messy desk! So I will post my layout next Monday

After a whirlwind month of Holiday preperation and creative projects my scrap room is a complete mess! I need to do some deep cleaning and I want to do a little rearranging as well. I have found one of the best ways to tackle a big job like this is to actually look around my scrap room and closet and make a list of what I want to move or get rid of. This helps me be organized so that when I have a few minutes I can dig in with a plan and not waste time wondering where to start. Here is an example of a few of my notes:

-Move spools of thread to sewing machine in guest room. Put chipboard alphas where spools were.

-Empty file drawer and use it to store found books.

-Move self inking stamps from basket on window sill and put in basket that the found books were in.

-Move glitter to small drawer in desk and put clear stackable trays where glitter was.

So you get the idea and I am happy to report that I got most of it all cleaned up and sorted through today! The list really helped keep me focused and I did a lot less standing around in my room staring at the mess wondering what to do! Next time you are going to do some heavy rearranging or organinzing try making a list of what you want to do first, then dig in when you have a few minutes.

Have a great week! Christine