time for a stocktake...?

generally, the people who have seen my 'stash' of paper would always tell me that i have enough to open my own shop and that i should stop shopping and buying new stuff, so i find it really frustrating that i had to spend 3-4 hours last night trying to find suitable papers to match the photos for 3 other LOs that i plan to do =(

so, after listening to my bf nag at me for months and months and months...ive decided that maybe i can find some stuff which i dont think i would use and try to help them find a better home, a home where someone else would truly appreciate its existance and would use it for some future projects.

that's when i posted some photos, which i took with my sucky mobile phone camera, on facebook. here's the links to some of the items...

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5742723&l=b020c786fa&id=587388471
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5735317&l=824e7a9c78&id=587388471
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5735318&l=4cdbfffdc3&id=587388471

photos and details of more items will be posted once ive found more stuff that im willing to part. do contact me if you're interested in any of these items. =)

anyway, i was a good girl today, while waiting for the darling bf to wake up from his nap, i managed to scrap a little =) i complete one of the 3 layouts that im hoping to do and here's what i came up with...

it's meant to be something simple and fun! i made use some old stash (sassafras, october afternnon patterned papers; american crafts thickers; making memories brads) and some new stuff (tim holtz tag & bookplates L die; EK success edger punch; tattered angels, chalkboard glimmer mist in strawberry shortcake) and a few other supplies for the embossing on the tags as well as the background.

amd though it's not a flattering photo of me but i love how the photo captured how happy zackie and i were just spending some time on a weekday evening to have ice cream. of course i need to thank my photographer who captured that moment - thank you angel!

seems like im off to work again tomorrow and wont be able to scrap until next week, hopefully i'll be able to complete another layout by end of next week...wish me luck!

/hugs, jan

our 'lavender dreams'...

it's been months since i last blogged and it's mostly due to the fact that i've been LAZY...and un-inspired by the huge stack of work-in-progress projects that have been sitting around.

but i'm glad that today, i managed to force myself to complete this WIP because i absolutely love this photo and it just brings a smile to my face as it reminds me of the time francis and i spent at nakafurano, hokkaido.

the journaling is hidden in the little brown envelope which i had embossed with flowers and embellised with flowers that i had cut with my tim holtz 'tattered florals' <---i love this die! and the patterned papers of basic grey's 'kioshi' collection also matches the feel i want for this layout.

btw, i'm sorry if the photo is rather blurry, i've lost my good old friend - lumix. he decided that he had enough of being abused by me (tossed around, dropped onto the floor, scratched its skin off, being brought to places of extreme temperature, etc...), the final straw for him was when i decided to test is he would survive in a pool of water (when he wasnt made to withstand the water...) and he said 'i had enough, jan...goodbye!'

so now im left to rely on my sucky camera on my mobile until i save enough for a new lumix. ooooh well, until the next post, ciao!

/hugs