Happy New Year!

Well it has been a long time since I have posted....

There has been a lot going on!

I have been scrapbooking and making cards still, just not as often as I would like!

I just came across a blog entry that made me think about my goals for the coming year as far as my crafting ventures go! Here is the link: what-are-your-2016-scrapbooking-goals  I like the goals she listed.

One of my basic and biggest problems is my space has been in transition for the past year. I have only been scrapbooking really at retreats and/or crops. Cards I can get to easier and quicker. So, my 1st goal this year is to get all my supplies organized into my scraproom. Since this is a big task in itself...I am going to start with this one goal and hopefully get to those goals listed in the post above either along the way or as soon as goal #1 is achieved!

So, do you have any goals you have set?
I am always surprised and excited to hear goals and achievements...It pushes me to step it up or get moving!  

My Scrap Space in the works!

I am not sure if I had mentioned this before or not. I have had an ever-changing space. The room I use holds many functions: office, guest room, scrap area & catch all. Our home computer is in the room and the bill paying/filing happens there too! Since it is the only room on our living area that we can move and stash projects, laundry, piles of mail, etc. and shut the door; at a moments notice when guest stop by. The catch all part has been the biggest challenge!
So, the last time we had guests stay over was two years ago. The 1st year of no guest brought up the question of removing the futon from the room. I was pregnant and my husband was contemplating putting our expected son in the room. I really didn't want to have him downstairs and the rest of us upstairs. So, the futon stayed where it was as the catch all spot. So, today I had enough and the catch all got cleared for the third time in 3 months! But this time it was getting moved! I still have more work to do, but I am happy to have the space. It is still an office/scrap space. Here is the progress so far:

This shelf has always housed my albums and various scrapping supplies. I did do a little reorganizing since I added a few more albums to the collection.

This lower shelf is right next to the above photo. I have all my inks, some stamps, seasonally sorted papers, punches, tools, glitter and embossing powders here. 

The next two sections are getting worked on yet!

Finally here is the space that the futon occupied! It is a work in progress but I am happy with the start! At least now if the dogs come in and lay down behind me. I won't trip on them anymore!

Day 2 - Blog

Ok, so I started organizing my scrap stuff and it is so hard for me to walk into the office and just get to work. My "Office" is really a scrap room with a guest bed and computer. It is also a drop all room when we clean up for company not needing to us the guest bed. So, the bed, really a futon has now been cleaned off since our last guests to use the futon were here, last January. And the futon has been set back into couch position. I am hoping that the futon will be removed from the room in the coming weekend. So, I can replace that space with a smaller craft table I have. I do have a small semi-circle desk with shelving for all my supplies. But we scrappers like to have space to spread out. Oh, I added a desk to the room for daughter who is always right next to me whenever the supplies come out.