Some good news...

Brad got a new job today!!! Yay!!!! He has been laid off since just before Christmas and we were just starting to get a little desperate and then today he got two job offers within 20 minutes of each other. He took the job that has benefits and he will actually be making better money than he was at his last job. He doesn't have to start until Tuesday, so we have a few days to get back into the groove of him not being around to help with the house.

Aside from that I had a pretty good day also. Got some really good deals on some clothes for Mercedes and bought a couple things for gifts also. I've been trying to work on something creative tonight but have so far only made one card although I did make one with Mercedes earlier and she was trying to help with mine so I finally just set it aside until after she was asleep.

Not sure what I'm going to work on next, but I'm wide awake so I'll probably take advantage of the situation, although I think my stunted creativity is due to the fact that I haven't bought any new supplies lately. I'll be so glad when we get Brad's paycheque and I can buy a few new things to rev up the creative juices.

Reorganization is alot of work....

Well after staying up all night on Saturday, I finally managed to completely clean up and reorganize my scrappin area. So I thought it would be fun to show a few of the before and after pics. These first three pictures are obviously the before pics. The top picture is my desk. The tall bookcase is to the right of my desk. And the shorter shelves are to the left of my desk (when sitting at my desk).


Now after spending 12 straight hours re organizing, re labeling and all the other stuff ... I'm very happy with my scrap area. Mercedes has her own little desk on my left and she has a couple of her own shelves, filled with her own supplies.

After Pics....

But when it is finally finished it is just so worth it!!!

The top picture is taken looking straight onto my scrappin area. I have two big picture windows behind my desk, and the white door that you see on the left edge of the photo is our front door.

The second picture is taken from the corner of the room just to give you an idea of where my desk and stuff is in relation to the rest of the room.

The third picture is the shelves that are to the right of my desk. The bottom shelves on the left side have all my mags, idea books and books & images for altered books. The bottom shelves on the right side are Mercedes shelves. On the right side of the shelves there are in/out trays for projects on the go and above that is a little corkboard with pics and whatever may be inspiring to me that week. :)

Fourth pic is the bookcase to the left of my desk. Along with my sterlite container that has my stamps, inks, and paints. Behind that container is another corkboard that has various things on it at different times...I use it especially to keep things in sight that I always seem to forget I have! lol

And the last pic is just a pic of my favorite supply...paint!!