I also finally got to my scrapping group last Saturday for the first time since July. I took 2 projects - one, the books & pictures from our 2013 Ireland Trip and the other was just some general pictures to put into some pocket pages and do a little journaling. I knew I should work on Ireland first and just get 'er done - and that is what I did. It felt so good. I had printed out the pictures, organized them, ordered the books and put it all in my Tom Bihn box - and there it sat, since Summer 2013. I could give all kinds of excuses on why I hadn't done it yet, but that would be silly. I just hadn't gotten to it yet - period.
A new cutter, the right environment, and 5 hours later, I had 3 books almost finished. Like magic, they ended on the last page with only a few holes to fill in along the way. I have decided not to journal in these - I think that the people who they are for can do that themselves if they wish, they are just lovely picture books from our trip. My plan is to figure out what the last pictures are that I need to choose to fill in the holes and have them finished before the weekend is over.
The next day I did some serious organizing with my empty, ready to use photo pocket pages, they were a mess - all disorganized and in a bunch of places - I didn't know what I had. They are now in one 12x12 binder, with little stickies denoting which design they are. Ah, that feels so much better!
Saturday morning I'm heading over to Parisi's Sewing Machine Repair in Danvers to pick up my new-to-me 1970s Necchi 575FA that I purchased from my friend Pam in 2014. It was her grandmother's and I'm so happy to give it a home, however, she has sat still for too long. I just dropped it off on Tuesday and he called on Thursday to say it was ready and a really good machine. Off to check out http://www.gatherhereonline.com/ after work today - I definitely need to take some sewing lessons. After all, I need to make a few things for Maine.
