Vegmom Crafts

Some Thank You Cards

I did batches of Thank You cards because I had many to send.  Hopefully each person won't show the other person that they got the same card.   And if more then one person sees this blog post... SORRY, Your all getting almost the same card... With some variations.

So doing  a Batch System, I realized was great for my Thoughts of 2010.. More Simplifying! 

And using much of the same colors solved the following problems:

• Save Time
• Less Scraps
• Less digging through scraps for pieces
• Less Mess
• Less Planning
• Less Mess
• Save Time...

You get the idea... And did I mention less Mess... OH YES!  My First Craft day of 2010, I got my Mom's Scrapbook Calendar totally done and all my thank you cards made.... All, with not a single mess to show for it! 

I developed a system that goes much like Veg's Book shelf... ONE OUT - ONE IN.... Before I take out an item, I put the other one away...

The end of night clean up took TWO Seconds!  It was Soooo Cool... And a new trend that I think will follow me for a long time... Where possible... Some days this won't be, but while doing cards in batches it was TOTALLY Possible...

With out further gabbing...

I made two of these:

And three of these:  (those are little plastic windows, much cuter in person)

Outside:

Inside:

 

And the Clean Craft Area:

It was a Good Craft Day!

I'M SO ORGANIZED

All my Scrapbook and Card making stuff in ONE spot!  I didn't think it was possible and yet, here you can see with your own eyes....

My Mom and her Hubby bought me this for an overly generous Christmas gift and while she was visiting we put it together.  Every 14x14 cube has to be built along with each drawer, shelf, etc.  I finally got everything Organized tonight and am pretty happy with the results.  Now if I can only remember where I put everything  *smile*

Also, the top cube on the right has 24 small plastic jars to hold all those little things, and that square in the middle spins to house a magnet board and 2 more drawers.  It also fits all my pens and scissors in the top.

We got these from Target and I was very impressed how easy each was to put together.  The holes all lined up and all the correct supplies were in each box.  Don't get me wrong, it took a LONG time to complete.  But my Mom and I did it with no help from Hubby and very few screw ups.  So that says a lot about the product!

There were THREE hard parts of this project:

1. Deciding which pieces to buy
2. Putting everything together
3. Figuring out what to put where

But by tonight it was all complete.  I will probably switch everything around 10 more times before I'm done, but at least for now everything has a home!  *SMILE*