De-Stashing and Organizing

Good Morning!

I don't have any pictures today but I have been organizing and de-cluttering my crafty stash.  Wow, I feel like a squirrel that has been stashing away acorns in a tree!  I have to admit I found a bag from Target in my stash that had facial cream, yep, not supposed to be in there!  We are completing our basement so I have all my crafty goodness in a temporary room and it is not working out so great.  I have been crafting at our dining room table and am ready to have my own crafting den!

How do you organize and inventory your items?  I have stamps organized by brand in a big plastic shoe box and then divided with an index card with the title of the subject it falls under.  While I thought this would work just as is, I think I will need to stamp out a key of the stamps and the location of them in a binder so I can see the images. 

I also have some Unity Stamp Company kits that are quite large and they have stamp storage containers that are 8.5 x 11 inches that would work great for these and now I wonder if I should use these for all my stamps and then place them in a nice bin.

I have started to use Evernote to keep track of my stamps.  It's like a word document but online.  I have an account so I can log in at my computer and it's also linked to the app on my phone so if I'm shopping, I can see what stamps or crafting items I already have so no duplicates are purchased.  I do need to complete the process of inventory but thought this would maybe help others.

I am always looking for storage ideas and ways to improve organization so please share below!  I am specifically looking for punch storage and washi tape storage.

Have a great day!

Growing in Unity Blog Hop

Good Morning!  It's a beautiful day for a Blog Hop!!!  Let's Hop right into it!

I made a mixed media page out of an old phone book.  I have to admit this is my first time doing mixed media inside an old book.  A couple months ago I made a mixed media front cover for a different book but this was very similar.  The only difference is that I pasted together 4 pages to add some stability since they are glossy pages and very flimsy.
 

I had this old phone book laying around so I thought I would re-purpose it into my mixed media journal.  There are a lot of pages in this book, a couple hundred, so it should take me a while to fill.

I used Mod Podge to paste together 4 pages to add stability to the page.  The pages are glossy and flimsy so the pages wrinkled but I don't mind the texture that it created.

Here are the 4 pages pasted together.  Once the paper dried, it was much firmer and easier to work with.  You can see the ripples in the paper and it created a cool effect in the end.

I used some acrylic paint to cover the page.  I used the cheaper brand of paint which was a little watery.  I covered it with three coats to where I wanted it to be.  Once the paint was dry, I used all Unity Stamp Company Stamps to cover the page randomly.  All the stamps that I used were from Grab Bags and Freebies from orders.  I stamped the middle sentiment on cream card stock, cut it out, distressed the edges with the ink pad and adhered to the page.  I then put washi tape around the edges and a brown ribbon along the spine.  I added yellow jewels to the center of the flowers.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and don't forget to leave a comment here and move on down to the next blog listed below:

Carly Phillips

Bygodsgracecards.blogspot.com

Have a wonderful Day!
Naomi

Here is the list of blogs below in case you did not go in order!  You can always go back to the Unity Blog and see the full list in case you get lost!

Lisa Bedigian		http://royalpumpkinart.blogspot.com/
Laura Visser Andreson		http://sandytozartdesign.blogspot.com/?m=1
Kathryn Belmonte		Kathrynscards.blogspot.com
Helen Bisesi		www.htbcreations.com
Naomi Hanson		http://woodlandfoxy.blogspot.com
Carly Phillips		Bygodsgracecards.blogspot.com
Judy Markowitz		http://scrappyonmylevel.blogspot.com/
Deirdre Smith		Glitteredroses.blogspot.com
Guadalupe Galvis		http://lupeslovlies.blogspot.com
Laura Mooney		http://happinessequalscreation.blogspot.com/
Karen Nofziger		http://karey2005.blogspot.com
Aimee Phillips		http://aimeesstampingadventures.blogspot.com
Wendy Falk		http://Hi-Regards.blogspot.com