Christmas Cards Book Stage 3

Stage 3: Decorate

**Please bare in mind that I do not have access to any of my scrapbooking supplies since they are sadly all in storage.

I took some left over sheets of scrapbooking paper I had that look a little Christmasy (from a present I had made for the holidays) and cut them down to the size of the clear sleeves. After that I centered the cards onto the paper and stuck them in. I decided I didn't want to add any embellishments due to the fact that many of the cards already have enough, and I wanted the cards to be the main focus.

(Please excuse the poor lighting in the photo. I don't know why I always decide to work on this in the evenings when there is no natural light shining through and the lights on my fan give everything a yellow glow. )
You can see one of my dogs Sammy in the corner!


If you read my earlier post about the binder clips... I used one of them here! They are the best things ever. I used it to label the side of my binder. I also took some scrap pieces of paper and slid them down the spine. It was NOT the easiest thing to do let me tell you. The big piece was very difficult to get in.



Now by this time I had hardly any paper left so, not wanting to leave the front cover blank, I threw together a little something to temporarily put in the front pocket. I'm going to HUNT for a small piece of cream paper to stick in the center to give the cover a title. Until then it remains blank.



At this point I'd say Christmas Card Book complete, except for the fact that I need to redo the front cover.
Went I can get into storage, I will take the rest of the Christmas Photo Cards I have from years past (that are in order from 2007-2010) and do the same thing with them as I did to these. When that happens I will also use the sticky divider tabs (that I talked about in an earlier post today) to divide the cards up by years.

Hope you enjoyed taking this little crafty adventure with me.

Keeping Things Organized

Ok, so there is this GREAT website seejanework.com and they have all kinds of great stuff to help you get organized. I wanted to share with you two products that I just received today (yes I ordered them).

The first one is called Clip-on Label Holders.

These little clips come in packages of 4 (black or white) for $10. I LOVE these. They work great on scrapbooking albums and binders that you may have stacked on a shelf. All you do is use the little white labels (or create a colored one of your own-which is what I'm going to do) and slide it on the spin of your binder. I created a label from a piece of paper I cut just to give you an example of what it might look like.

Don't mind the photo quality. I should have taken these photos with better lighting.
These photos show you what it looks like on the spine, from the side and how it clips into your binder.







Next:
I bought these SUPER CUTE and SUPER HANDY Sticky Tab Dividers.

They are so cute an colorful. These little guys come in handy for organizing binders for school, recipes, bills, a presentation... you name it. They just peel off and stick on. I'm in the midst to test them out to see how long they'll stay on without coming off. So far so good. They've been on a little notebook of mine that has been jumbled in my purse, sat on by one of my dogs, shoved in a drawer... don't you worry I'm not going easy on those little tabs.

Here's a photo of how they come when you order them.

Closed:


Open:

Organize your cleaning schedule.

Ok so, for the new year how many of your goals was to get organized when it comes to cleaning?


Groopdealz has a $6 Clean Mama Printable Cleaning Kit. You print it up and use it. I think I might laminate it after printing so if things need to change it will be a lot easier to make adjustments.

Click Below to check it out!
GROOPDEALZ

Christmas Cards Book Stage 2

Stage 2: Put the sleeves in the binder.

I ordered this cute little binder to put the sleeves in.



Now I need to go find some cute, and on sale Christmasy paper/stickers for Stage 3...

Christmas Cards Book Stage 1

So this Craft project is going to come to you in stages. You'll see it just as I am creating it.

I usually toss the regular cards but I always save (at least since I've been married) the photo cards. The bummer about saving them is they just sit in a pile and they never get looked at. So this year I've decided to do something about it. I am going to make a Christmas Card book and have divided sections for each year. I think it will be fun to look back over the years and see how our are friends and family have grown and changed over the years.

Stage 1:

Just get the photo cards in the sleeves so they don't get lost or dusty.


So what do you do with your Christmas Cards after the Holidays?

GroopDealz

Hey friends,

Ok I'm sure a lot of you know about this site already, but I want to mention it just incase you don't. It's GroopDealz.

This is an AWESOME site where vendors can display their goods at a discounted price for you to pick up! I've gotten so many lovely things from this site, hair bows for some sweet little girls I know, jewelry for myself and for gifts. They have great home decor vendors too!

The vendors can only list their items for a certain number of days, so if you see something you like you need to jump on it and buy one. They are adding new vendors all the time, so check back and buy often!

Here's the link one more time for GroopDealz!

2012 New Years Sale Haul

First off I'd like to say, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe it's 2012 already? WOW, time sure does fly when you are an adult. As a kid I remember it always being so slow...

Ok so for the past two days I've been hitting all of the the after Christmas/New Years sales and let me tell you my friends, the pickings are good. Here are a few things I picked up today!

BEST DEAL OF THE DAY:


Online at JC Pennys - if you have little ones, you NEED to buy this outdoor table/chair/umbrella set. My cousin shared this on her FB. It's on MAD sale for $15. After shipping it's only $22.some odd cents. However if you use the 15% off code listed, Y11NOVAP it will be cheaper. I didn't notice the code before I bought, LAME!

Forever 21:

Now, I'm going to be honest and say that I think a lot of the clothing at this store is really cheap and not worth buying. However, if you look you can find some nice items and the prices are right.

Sheer Yellow Sweater $13


These two tops, one is blue, and one is a whitish color were $13


I am a teacher so for $6.00 this cute little apple necklace was a must!


Disney Store:

So I miss the days at the Disney Store when they carried adult clothes (I don't miss the clothes then, but the a lot of what they put out now is CUTE). I walked in there on a whim, before I left the mall. I found this CUTE sweatshirt and it was only $20.... SCORE! I'm thinking it will be SO CUTE on Valentines day!



Victoria's Secret:

There Semi Annual Sale started today. So I walked in there and bought 5 pairs of undies (you don't need to see those right?) and this CUTE pair of Pink sweat pants. They are red though the camera doesn't really show it. I got these bad boys for $10.




I also got this Shimmer Body Powder in Amber Romance. (They had other scents too, I just happen to LOVE this one).


Bath and Body Works:

Ok so I went here a few days ago, but thought I'd save it for my haul post. I really didn't need anything from here, since I'm pretty stocked up on hand soap, but I did find a few goodies. I got a body wash for my hubbie that smells really good (75% off). I got some refills for our car air freshener (50% off) one more foaming hand soap and this hand lotion that smells really good and leaves your hands feeling silky smooth. I couldn't stop touching my hands after I put it on. It has the scent of vanilla bean noel but not super vanilla-y smelling.




Alright my friends, there are some amazing deals out there.... GO GET EM!