I have a thing for magazines.. All magazines.. The best ones are the old person ones.. hahahahaa!! Martha Stewart, Real Simple, Sunset, This old house, Cooking Light, just to name a few.. On rare occasion, I'll even steal a magazine from a Doctors office or random waiting area, if there's stuff in there that I just cant walk away from.. My huge purse/bag of course, allows me to do this..
Since keeping every single magazine would equal a huge heap of magazines, I usually just rip out the pages that I like the most, and you cant just rip out a page in front of a bunch of random people without being stared at like you just killed a kitten.. The stuff I tend to rip out could be anything! Recipes, do-it-yourself home projects, ideas and uses for crap, or even just pictures of homes that I like.. Weird I know.. I guess its kinda like cutting out little dreams.. Kitchens with awesome sinks, cabinets that are old as hell and refurbished, stone ovens, before and after remodels (favorite), uses for old tools, decoration strategies for holidays, differences between types of glass, I'm not kidding when I say anything.. I don't discriminate hahahahaa!
When I was young, my poor mom would always try to get me in the kitchen to learn how to cook.. And being the angry teen that I tended to be, I would totally refuse, and not do it.. Of course, now that I'm older, I wish I would've just listened to mom (dammit, she really did know best) and learned, but I didn't. So I even cut out explanations of things.. Like differences between spices, differences between cuts of beef, how to prepare and or cut veggies (the right way), how to fold sheets the CORRECT way, things that show you what in the hell a Gourd is, and how to grow/make bird hangers out of them.. Anyway, you get the idea...
So I was at work, and it just came to me, SOMETHING NEW! I decided that I needed to start getting these cut-outs situated and in order.. And that I would go to the craft store. Oh craft essentials how I love you
and actually by supplies that I would need. The new thing is, buy the supplies for myself for an actual specific project that I was determined to get under control. Usually my budget doesn't allow me to buy stuff. So I wait for holidays and birthdays to ask for random, yet specific things because I'm too darn cheap to buy them for myself..
So, I went in, (didn't look at all the crap I don't need-new!) and bought one book of paper, glue, and some specific stickers that were on clearance ( yay!) and was on my way..
I got home, pulled out my enormous stack of cut outs (shameful, I know..)
and got right to work.. (normally I'd get home and waste time) I sat down, and crafted my stuff like you wouldn't believe! I figured I'd start small and sort out all my "Christmas Holiday stuff" Ahhh.. relaxation at its finest.. And of course, wine was my co-pilot. hahahahaha!!
Anyhow, I'll post pics of a couple of pages that are done, and hopefully in a few days I'll be writing about how I started a craft project, and actually finished it. (new!) In the mean time, here's my cover of the book:
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