The Scrappy Jedi: friday favorites

Friday, March 2, 2012

Oh, my!! I feel like I'm crawling to the keyboard to type these up tonight! I spent most of the week in Ohio for work, and we drove back in last night and I think I've been going nonstop ever since! There was more work (of course!), a week's worth of laundry, and loads of unpacking that had to be done. It wasn't a bad trip, though. I was about 45 minutes from an Ikea, so you know I had to go while I was in the area. The hotel was in a great location, too. It practically shared a parking lot with the office I was working at, and as an added bonus it was across the street from both Chipotle and Panera and around the corner from a fantastic sushi place. If they want to send me back there, I won't complain, but they'll have to wait until cherry blossom season is over- it's so close now!!

Now, let's get on with this week's picks! You can find them all on a Pinterest pinboard here, and there are links to the originating web sites right under each image. :)

Craftberry Bush is fast becoming one of my favorite places for non-scrapping inspiration. This week I've picked one of her tutorials that shows how to make these beautiful pencil baskets.

Source: craftberrybush.blogspot.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Sunbursts are all the rage in scrapbooking right now, and you can find a tutorial on making your own at Blue Moon Scrapbooking. I also want to add that May Flaum posted her own sunburst tutorial today- I found the Blue Moon link last week, but I couldn't let this go out without giving a shout out to May, as well!

Source: bluemoonscrapbooking.blogspot.com via Melissa on Pinterest

Suzy Plantamura shows how to make cupcake wrappers using border punches at the American Crafts blog.

Source: americancrafts.typepad.com via Melissa on Pinterest

I've had this paper bead tutorial on the "must share" list for a couple of weeks now- such a great way to use your Hambly papers, or any paper for that matter!