SCRAPBOOK ROOM RE-DO

 

 

I can not even begin to tell you how excited I am that I do not have a crafty post to share with you all today.  No crafty post because my scrapbook room has been emptied and torn apart for two whole weeks.  I should be upset but I'm not because look at what my sweet hubby has done for me!!!!  New flooring!  Bye bye yucky carpet, hello gorgeous!!  LOL 

 

The new flooring is done and I am slowly moving things back into the room.  I say slowly because I am taking my time going through every little thing before putting it away, dusting and reorganizing. 

 

I am loving my room re-do and can not wait to share some pictures when I get it put back together this weekend.

 

DIY LIGHT TENT

I am not sure if anyone else out there in blogland has this same problem (I really don't think so as so many of the blogs I stalk have awesome pics on their posts) but I REALLY struggle to get good quality photos of my projects once they are completed. I have tried all sorts of light, different spots, and different settings on my camera, but it never fails to disappoint. I always have a glare, or a shadow, or the color is off.

Until now that is......look what hubby made for me....a light tent!! I am so excited. He found this tutorial on how to make an inexpensive light tent and whipped it right up for me. The total cost of the materials was right around $20. Cheap compared to what the light tents tend to go for...but better yet...it really does make a difference.

Here is the front view of my light tent.

The top and sides are covered with fabric.

This is a before pic of one of my cards prior to having the light tent. Lately I have been trying to take photos outside for better light.
Here is a photo of that same card taken using my light tent. A big difference...right? Yep hubby did good. :)

SPOILED ROTTEN!!

Here is my new stamp shelf that Scott and my FIL built for me this week. I admit I am totally spoiled rotten. My hubby never ceases to amaze me. The shelf fits perfectly behind the bedroom door. When the door is opened you don't even realize the shelf is there. As you can see I have already filled it up and am trying to figure out where to put another one.

MY FIND

Isn't this just the cutest? I found this little goodie at Marshall's today. I think it is a bill/letter organizer but it is now the new home for my stamp supplies and Copic markers. The added bonus besides new storage is that it holds pics of my cutie patooties. Can't go wrong with that!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!! I hope all you mommies out there had a wonderful and relaxing day. I know that there is only 45 minutes left of the day and I am a little late in posting this...but I have a very good reason. I have been playing with my new Mother's Day gift. Yes yes yes...I got the Expression!!! I was SO shocked!! It is the best present ever! So the story starts like this: I was at a friend's house a few weekends ago and had sent DH a text message with a pic of my friend's expression with a text stating that "I so want one." I was joking...well half joking...okay a little bit joking. He never responded to my text that night. The next day I asked him if he got my text, and he answered yes. That's it...just yes. So I figured I was so reaching and sooo out of luck. Well today I open my gift bag from DH and the girls, inside is a cart box (mind you a cart that I already own...so I was a little confused), inside the cart box is my cell phone (okay now I am REALLY confused) open my phone and a text message comes through simply saying "OK" and a pic of my new expression in the box in my scrapbook room!!! It's all a blur now, but I believe there was running from the bedroom and screaming involved. LOL Here is a pic of my new addition. Gosh I LOVE that man of mine.

CLUTTER & CHAOS

I warned you in my previous posting that my scrap room did not always look all neat and tidy. Here is the start of total clutter and chaos. This mess is a result of a few cards. Piles of ribbon everywhere, mounds of primas, rogue skittles here and there, and lets not forget those pesky glue dots that have somehow managed to glue items down onto my table that weren't meant to be glued down. Keep in mind I stated this was just a start of the chaos....the floor is still clean. ;)

WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS

This is it, my little slice of heaven, my thinking spot, my tinkering place.....this is where all the magic happens. Scott and I decided to turn our one and only guest room into my scrapbook room. So now we are without a guest room (who needs guests anyways?) but I have a lovely place to scrap in. Scott did most of the work painting, adding the moulding, and assembling the furniture. He even picked out the material that the color scheme centers around. We even added a second work table in the room for Caitlin's sewing machine. I absolutely LOVE my room. Now keep in mind that it DOES NOT always look like this. Most of the time it is a disaster!! Scraps everywhere, embellishments on the floor, adhesive gumming up my table, and not one spot of clean table space....but that is part of the magic.