Canned idea

For this Monday Morsel, I am sharing my completed altered can . I am running out of space inside my tote so I decided to add another storage option to my craft cart. The idea of altering a can is not my idea. I've seen altered cans on  a ning.com site and other blogs. I decided to up-cycle this can and add my own "flava" to it. What do you think...hot or not...or should I "can" it? LOL!

Craft Cart

Hello, fellow scrapbookers and crafters. I'm dishing up a Monday Morsel of organization. This time, it is a re-purposed microwave cart. Remember when microwaves were as big as a television console? LOL!

Since I cannot afford The Original Scrapbox and my husband is taking his time to make me one, I decided to try to find a cheaper alternative. My mom and I visited our local Goodwill store and I found a microwave cart for $7. I painted it black and added a touch light underneath so I can see the titles of my Cricut cartridges. I store my baby Cricuit (hopefully, I will get a Cricut Expression), mini sewing machine, Sizzix Texture Boutique with embossing folders, Creative Memories 12" trimmers, cardstock and paper. I added peg board inside the doors so that I can hang my decorative scissors, 6" Cricut mat, handheld hole punch and wire cutters. Enjoy!

Microwave cart = craft cart

Pegboard inside the cart door hold decorative scissors

Catch-all area for Cricut cartridges, hot glue gun, paper trimmers, embossing folders, and Cinch binding machine

Other side of door holds Cricut mat and wire cutter

On top: Cricut machine, mini sewing machine, Sizzix Texture Boutique and my panic button

Let Them Hang Out

Hello, fellow scrappers and crafters! Today, I'm serving a Monday Morsel containing an organizational tip. For those who know me, I like to "reduce, reuse and recycle" a lot of things.

While doing laundry yesterday, it dawned on me that I have too many skirt/pants hangers. I was about to toss them when I got an idea to reuse them for SCRAPBOOKING!! I remember I bought wooden ones at Target a year ago in the $1 Spot section. I knew they wouldn't last at that price so when I thought about purchasing them at either Target or Walmart at regular price, I thought they were a little too expensive for crafting purposes.

Clear skirt/pants hanger

 I used my wooden hangers to organize my two-page layouts from a scrapbooking swap that I had previously participated in, in addition to my layouts that are ready to be placed into a scrapbook albums. Yesterday, I decided to take a different approach with the clear plastic ones. I decided to use them to hold felt and I used a Sharpie to label the hanger. I found the hangers to be useful for organizing photos to use in upcoming projects.

Wooden hangers purchased last year for 2-page layouts

Tip: Label hanger with a marker

Great for organizing for upcoming projects

Hope this little morsel helped today. If you have suggestions how other things can be re-purposed, let me know.

Smash Book

I hope you all are having a wonderful Friday! It is almost time for my kids to go to back to school and I am elated! I am trying to get back in my scrappin' groove and I am starting to work on more projects. I have been inspired by fellow bloggers and You Tubers.

I have been hearing a lot of things about Smash Books in newsletters and online. A Smash scrapbook is a way to keep photos, memorabilia and notes in a way that has not been planned or designed. The Smash books that I've seen have an attached glue pen and coordinating stickers, pens, etc.


I decided that I didn't want to spend the money on one those books because I have too many scrapbooking supplies and materials laying around, I am being cheap and I still have a little creative juices left to make my own. I'm not saying it is not worth buying but I know if I did purchase one, it would probably be near the scrapbook planner I have now.

Blank Journal

 
After rummaging through my closet, I found a couple of journals that had I purchased from Michaels. I distressed the edges and embellished the cover with ribbons, stickers, images from the Songbird Cricuit cartridge and a charm. I added tabs to divide the pages inside. I still need to add paper clips, pens and other accessories so this is what I have so far.

Cover

Inside with tabs

Supplies used:

• Colorbok journal
• Offray green ribbon
• Offray Old Gold ribbon
• K & Company Floral stickers
• Frame 2 and Bird from Songbird Cricut cartridge
•  3" File Tab punch by McGill
• Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• cross charm