Black Friday

Good Afternoon!

There is a bit of quietness going on here.  It's the day after Thanksgiving and I hope that you all had a wonderful day!  There are some good deals out there on crafting items which I may purchase some tonight at Michaels!  They have a coupon for this afternoon for 40% off all regular priced items.  I did stop by there late last night and picked up a fitness journal and planner for 2017 which are $9.99 and a couple stamps that were half off and to my surprise the extra 30% off counted on the stamps!

On Wednesday evening at JoAnn Fabrics, I picked up some sewing patterns for $1, although they do have this a couple times a year, and I bought some fabric.  I just decided to buy the whole bolt since that was what they had instead of perusing all the options of cut fabric of flannel patterns since they were $2.09/yd at 8 yards, regularly $6.99/yd.  I do plan to make some pillows and stuffed animals.
Have you found any crafty deals?

The art/craft room is a complete disaster right now since we are putting actual shelving in the closet so all my crating items and storage are scattered all over the house!  In the end, it will be nice to have this room as our office and then once the basement is complete, I will have a large room downstairs.

Here is a post of an order from Unity Stamp Company from the beginning of November.  They had a grab bag, the non bagged stamps on the right, Mug of Stamps, and I have never been disappointed with the selection.    My regular order is on the left hand side.  If you want good quality stamps and great customer service, check them out!  They have a sale going on right now 3 itty bitty stamps for $8.99 and 2 kits for $13.99.  I am currently waiting for my last order to arrive and will post that as soon as it is here.

Just to give you another feel for this company, I won a bag of stamps from their Facebook page this summer and as you can see below, there is such a wide variety to please everyone and all tastes.

I am hoping this weekend to get my closet set up in my crafty place and get that organized so I can start making some pretty things!

Have a wonderful rest of your Friday!

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is upon us and it's that time of year when families gather near and far to celebrate Thankfulness.    What are you thankful for?  I'll go first.  I am thankful to have a wonderful family and a warm bed at night. 

What is a tradition that your family holds on Thanksgiving?  We watch the Macy's Day Parade in the morning. To help lighten the load on my mom making the big meal, she would have all the dishes and pots ready to go and she would set out the food unprepared.  We would then draw out of a bowl for a task to complete.  These would include making the gravy, filling the water glasses, making the stuffing, carving the turkey, and etc. There was always trading happening because someone would always be better at a specific job so I think we really ended up doing the same task every year.  We always had fresh lefse and flatbread which is a huge treat!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Crafty Craziness

Good Morning from the Woodland Fox!

Here's to the beginning of a new adventure!  Click here to see my previous posts on my previous blog, http://naomipapercrafts.blogspot.com/.

How are you all today?  The 60% off sale at Unity Stamp Company will be ending tonight so I suggest you go take a look at their awesome stamps and see what you can find!  Their website is https://www.unitystampco.com/.

Here is a card that I made back in October for a card swap for Kit and Clowder.  I use Unity Stamps, glitter washi tape, a gold brad, and some glitter glue.

I am currently in a messy state with my stamps and crafting items since I am trying to organize them the best I can!  I took out all of my stamps from my binders... long story... and place them by brand into some nice big storage containers.  Now I am doing inventory so I don't double up!  I took a notebook and on each new page will be a new manufacturer so that I can expand in the future.  It must get messy before it gets organized!  I currently have them all over the kitchen table and floor.

My next step is organize them by theme and stamp them onto card stock so I can see what they look like.  I am really hung up on the idea of keeping all the brand together but feel that theme would work better so all the same type of stamp are together.  I recently found a post that explained an idea that I think will work.  It's a numbering system so it doesn't matter where the stamp is located.  I will update you on what I decide!

I recently purchased an old cookbook from a second hand store.  Unity gave me this great idea to re-purpose it and make it into a mixed media journal/photo book.  I hope to start on it this weekend and I will keep you updated.

Have you worked on a mixed media journal of some type?  I would love to hear some of your ideas and techniques!

This week is Thanksgiving so let me know what you are Thankful for.  I will go first.  I am Thankful for my family, my friends, and the sunrise each morning.

I hope you have a wonderful day.