It's finally Friday, and I am so excited for this weekend! I'll be visiting my parents, and tomorrow Mom and I are going to head out early for a little day trip to IKEA! We had this trip planned long before the news that IKEA is discontinuing the Expedit shelving series broke, but, now that I know that, I'll likely pick up one of those gorgeous high-gloss turquoise ones that I've had my eye on ever since it came out.

I'm taking my camera with me and will be sure to take photos of anything I think would work well in a crafting space (much as I did in this post), especially anything that's part of the new batch of items coming in. It should be a fun trip!

I've also packed up a few scrapbooking goodies to take along with me, thinking I might sneak in some crafting time when we're just hanging around the house. If crafting is also on your own agenda for the weekend, then you might find something in my picks this week to help jump-start your creativity!

From the top left:

• Since metal dies are becoming more common in scrapbooking as well as cardmaking, I thought it would be handy to link up this die cutting sandwich chart from Paper Crafts Connection.
• Check out how these custom embellishment clusters were made at Citrus Twist Kits.
• These little paper stars look like origami, but are actually a much easier cut and fold version. You can download the template to make your own at Minieco.
• I love interactive elements on layouts, especially when they're used to add extra photos or journaling to a page. This particular version from the Pink Paislee blog adds a mini album using an Instagram frame.
• This cool tutorial at Paper Crafts Connection shows how to get a watercolor look using your stamp inks and a stencil. 
• Disguise your somewhat-less-than-fine-literature magazines as classic novels with this tutorial at Photojojo.
• Heidi Swapp shows you how to make this mini album in a video tutorial.
• These photo calendar cards using digital elements from Paislee Press would be a great way to add little personalized calendars to your Project Life album.
• Pink Ronnie shares how she puts together her childrens' Project Life albums in a very detailed and informative post.

TTFN!

Color Me: Hot Pink, Bright Orange, and Turquoise

Image Sources: The Glitter Guide | Simple Lovely | The Art Room Plant | Paper Crave

Workspace Wednesday - Labels and Tags

This Workspace Wednesday is all about labels. And maybe a little about tags. :)

I use labels quite often in my Project Life layouts, and tags make a regular appearance on many of my scrapbook pages. Instead of sorting these items by color, I decided to group them all together in two bins at the very end of Frankentable's shelves...mostly because I really didn't feel like cutting them all apart and sorting them by color, and also because they're one of the few items that I go looking for by function rather than color. Plus, I just think they all look pretty together!



I keep my label stickers grouped together in an ice cube bin that was the perfect size to take up the rest of the space on a shelf after my color drawers were in place. I bought mine for about $4 at Target, and Amazon also carries them. It's super easy to slide it out, flip through to see if anything inside will work with my current project, and- most importantly- it's simple to put it away again!



Inside are label stickers of all kinds, including Martha Stewart labels from Staples...





...and labels from scrapbooking manufacturers like My Mind's Eye and Bella Blvd. I don't keep them sorted in any particular order beyond keeping the printed ones off to one side and the blank ones on the other.



I've also started adding little sticky-tab pads to this box, too, including little Post-It Note type stickers from Basic Grey and Studio Calico. I use them in pretty much the same way I would a label, and, again, I'm just really not in a mood to split these all up by color!



I keep the little sticker sheets that come with Simple Stories Sn@p Sets in here, too, since they often have several labels on them.



I also have another identical bin on Frankentable's lower shelf just for tags. I order my gray and white tags in bulk from the office supply store (I think these came from Staples) and am always reaching for them to use for journaling on a layout or a Project Life page.



If you're confused by the Frankentable reference, you might want to check out this post in which my Dad and Darren built me the best scrapbooking table ever...using two old bookcases and a sheet of MDF!

Workspace Wednesdays are inspired by Marcy Penner's post series, where she shares glimpses into her creative space and invites other crafters to do the same.