Today’s post are a few more pages from the Boston Jingle Ball 2012.
If you’re anything like me – the best things to scrap are your vacations! But through the course of the days you are away you can collect a lot of things – some little, some big that can easily get lost in your luggage. On my recent trip to Vegas I tried to figure out a way that I could keep everything together while on the trip. It wasn’t a perfect method and probably could use some improving upon for my next trip – but here’s what I did.
I decided that a 5×7 envelope should do the trick. The mistake here was I took one that had the opening at the top as opposed to the side. As in, the opening went across the 7 inch part and not the 5 inch part so larger brochures, maps, etc didn’t really fit in it comfortably. Fortunately while there, we obtained a regular mailing envelope and all but one of the brochures we had picked up fit in it. At that point you can decide to fold it or keep it sticking out to not ruin it. Next time, I’ll probably bring an 8×10 envelope that opens on the 8 side, just to be on the safe side.
The envelope was kept on the nightstand and every night I went through my purse and took out anything I had collected throughout the day. Confetti, ticket stubs, brochures, receipts, etc because I never know what I’m going to want to end up using. Sometimes my friend even picked up some things along the way and “donated” them to the envelope as well.
Then when it is time to leave, grab the envelope (or in my case it became 3 envelopes) and keep it in a safe place. If you think you can fit it in your purse without it getting too banged up that’s probably best, but I have a nice flat pocket in my travel backpack that is perfect for this. And I never check my backpack on the airplane so I know that everything will be with me at all times. (I think I’d be more upset losing potential scrapbook items than I would be if some of my clothes went missing, to be honest)
How about you – what do you do to keep track of everything? let me know in the comments!
After being nearly a year behind on scrapbooking – I can finally post some layouts again! I hope to continue Scrapbook Saturday throughout the year – I certainly have my work ahead of me! Our first post for the year is Recycled Percussion from December 2012!
A lot of times I attend shows that don’t have tickets for whatever reason. It’s sometimes hard to remember the dates and usually I will write them in on the scrapbook page, but that gets to be a bit boring after a while. I had some extra tickets left over from a Hanson scrapbook project from last year, so I decided to buy myself a date stamp like they use in the library and went through and stamped out some of the tickets with the dates for shows. I like how they are all imperfect in their own way, but they should be a nice touch to future pages so I can remember what dates the events fell on!
My new favorite website is Blitsy.com (referral link) they have great craft items posted every day at great prices. So far I’ve only made 2 purchases from them but I am sure to check out everything they have posted daily. They are currently having a referral contest. On Christmas morning they will randomly choose and order id from all orders placed between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. The user that placed the order AND the person that referred them will both be awarded a new craft room! The room will include furniture you see in the Blitsy craft room set AND a $500 gift card to Blitsy to fill your room with.
I am looking to add more crafty posts to the site in 2014 – so you’ll be sure to see some of the items I’ve purchased from blitsy at work in the upcoming months! You don’t have to just be a scrapbooker either – they have all sorts of craft supplies. So be sure to sign up, check the site out and maybe buy something if you’re interested!
A while back I bought some library pockets. I wasn’t sure what I’d use them for but figured I’d find a use for them eventually. Then I bought some washi tape and had a bright idea! I covered the pockets with the Washi Tape and I will use them on future scrapbook pages. The one with the playing card suits will be used for an Atlantic City page and the other 3 will be used for holding tickets from my trip to Tulsa in May. I’m still beyond totally behind on scrapbooking but look for them sometime in the future in scrapbook picture posts!
Every now and then I get in to a scrapbook supply obsession. Currently, it is Washi Tape. It has kind of evolved – first it was ribbon, but that can be difficult to stick to pages. (There is a nice product out there that is an adhesive “line” which actually works great for ribbon, but I didn’t have this until more recently) Then in 2009 I was importing decorative tapes on Etsy… and now I’m on a Washi Tape kick.
I keep getting asked – what is washi tape? And my answer is “it’s… tape” It’s kind of like masking tape but it’s got all sorts of fantastic and wonderful designs on it, or it can be a solid color. Just way nicer than masking tape. It is made of paper, but it isn’t delicate. I’ve read that some washi tapes are actually stronger than duct tape! In my research I came across that Washi is Wa – meaning Japanese and Shi – meaning paper. Makes sense.
Recently I dropped about $50 on tape on Etsy… I try to only buy tapes that I know I will get some use out of – so look for it in my Disney scrapbook pages, One Direction pages (Office Depot is actually selling sets of One Direction Washi Tape in the stores!) and Recycled Percussion – just to name a few that I have ideas for in my head with the tapes that I recently bought. It looks like the craft stores are starting to carry more and more washi tape as well, but I have found I can find the best tape for my ideas online (for now. Michael’s was a bust when I went last week.)
Most washi tapes are also acid-free which means they are safe for scrapbooks. I’m really not sure how to know for sure though, so I’ll have to be careful if using any directly on a photo but for borders and stripes, they work great! (Some of my Christmas show scrapbook pages featured some holiday themed washi tape I had gotten a while back.)
I am trying to get back in to scrapbooking as well as blogging a bit more about my crafting… so this was my first attempt at that – hopefully I can come up with more topics and stick with it 🙂
and here’s a sneak peek at a future Washi Tape post – hmm washi tape and library pockets. What will I come up with?
