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January 3, 2006
I had no idea!
I must have thousands of pictures in various boxes, baskets and drawers around the house. I have always been a pretty artsy/craftsy person, but my job has made it pretty impossible to do those things I love to do - paint, attempting to throw pots on my wheel, stained glass, etc., because of all the travel.
I tried to bring some copper foil and some cut glass pieces with me on a trip or two, but I found that my suitcase was being inspected on every trip - I guess that roll of copper foil spooked them or something, and then I starting missing things from my suitcase - dumb stuff, like shampoo, deoderant, etc., and I am sure it is because they forgot to put it back in the suitcase after inspecting it.
Believe me, it is very boring to be in a city by oneself in the winter. I go to work, go back to the hotel, if I'm good, I might exercise for 30 to 45 minutes (I am schlepping my yoga mat and dvd with me everywhere), if I'm bad, I sit on the couch and watch TV and get on line and vegetate.
So, I hope that perhaps I can bring some of this scrapbooking stuff with me - how do you do this - one page at a time? And I saw some pretty pricey little storage
And I finally figured out what Pam was talking about when she mentioned cutting system things - holy cow, there is so much! If I choose to try that stuff out, I think I would tend towards the Fiskars stuff
And this all started because I want to preserve my Grandmother's First Holy Communion Cards of 1905. I am going to put some of the prettiest in shadowbox frames and quill around the cards. Many years ago, I used to quill around wedding invitations and frame them for wedding gifts. OF course, that was back in the 70's and this time I want to find more formal patterns - nuns and monks used to use quilling to embellish ecclisiastical works - I think it would be quite appropriate to find a copy of one of those old works and see if I can do something like it around my grandmother's holy cards.
I am off today, but I should at least attempt to get something done around the house - like do the bills. Yechhh. So, I'll check back later.
Posted by Beth at January 3, 2006 8:22 AM
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LOL! The variety is amazing, isn't it? FYI, I use Creative Memories cutting system.
Haven't tried Fiskars.... ;) I almost wrote "yet", because this stuff is so addictive... I just ordered some rub ons and stamps and embossing powder... what I'll do with it I have no idea...! :D
Posted by: pam at January 3, 2006 9:03 AM
I have a pull along suitcase sort of thing that is filled with the scrapbooking things I will need for a particular day of scrapbooking with my friend. This said friend has probably already completed two dozen scrapbooks.
I couldn't tell you the dollar amount of stuff I have, but it's alot. I also have 3 photo storage boxes full of photos that are organized. That's the hard part - organizing the photos - if you didn't do it when you got them back from developing.
Basically I try to scrap just one event at a time.
Posted by: Tina at January 4, 2006 10:55 AM
On the excercise...if you are at a Marriott you can try checking out a BodyRev for a change from the DVD.
www.bodyrev.com/howItWorks.html
Marriott link http://tinyurl.com/bw9ql
Posted by: cin at January 5, 2006 3:04 AM
I am a *huge* scrapbooker, Beth.
Personally, I don't like the Fiskars cutting system you mentioned.
Creative Memories is better, but I use my straight edge cutter more often than anything- and it's by Fiskars.
The Crop-in-style bags are fantastic.
The only problem with scrapping while away from home is that I have so many kewl things at hope to scrap with, I can never decide what to take with me and what I have to leave at home.
Posted by: AFSister at January 5, 2006 11:33 AM