Organizing Tips for Your Craft Room!
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We are sharing lots of tips from our followers in this episode. Hear how others organize their craft spaces including their patterned papers and stamp sets. What ideas do you have to share? Join the conversation over in our facebook group - the
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Craft House Tour - Reactions!
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On the last episode we toured our craft house with its many "make-do" items for our cardmaking supplies .... such as a spice rack on the wall for our ink refills and a small shelf laid sideways on the floor to hold our 12 x 12 papers. Today its fun to share many responses we got from our listeners as we continue this conversation about repurposing and using what we have. To see the actual tour visually - go here
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The Craft House Reveal
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We don't have a craft room - we live in a craft house. Today we will share how we have repurposed many items to use for storage for our many craft supplies. If you want to actually see the tour - this is the video tour: https://youtu.be/Dk7nc7_GFBo
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Chaos in the Craft Room - act 2!
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Lots of great comments to share from all of you as we work together to try to take control of our craft room clutter. Join us the ideas and the laughs and then join the conversation over in the Back Porch Stampers group on Facebook. We would love to hear about your ideas for organizing your papers, stamp sets and supplies and how you keep it organized!
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Chaos in the Craft Room?
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Time for spring cleaning your craft space? Join us as we talk decluttering and more! We all need space for all the new stuff! I share ideas on how to declutter your craft space - and a fun idea about what to do with all of that stuff! Then join us in the Back Porch Stampers group on facebook and share your tips and your stories with us. Lets work on this together.
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A-tisket, A-tasket, Let's Make An Easter Basket
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Lets share Easter fun with simple ideas for paper baskets. Did you know you can make paper baskets with no measuring - or with not cutting and gluing? Watch us make these three baskets Come share your baskets with us in the group on Facebook.
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40 Cards for Lent
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Many of us think of giving something up for Lent. How about using Lent also as a time to focus on giving? Lets get creative in who we sent cards to this month. I like the idea of making a list of 40 people during the 40 days of Lent because it will take us beyond the obvious. In this episode we talk about different ideas for making those 40 cards meaningful.
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Project Pocket Quilt Cards!
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On a Facebook live I made eight quick and easy pocket cards and challenged my viewers to make and post one over in my Facebook group - the Back Porch Stampers. Over 200 pocket cards. Have been posted - how amazing is that!!! Then Jjlie Heitz, a team member and friend, called with an idea. "The moment I stamped “sending healing hugs” my heart felt something. A quilt, a hug and I thought “this quilt could be the hug someone needs during these Times”. Then my mind started racing and I had to contact Karen with an idea that was put on my heart. “Would you be interested in...
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Celebrating Galentine's Day!
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We had no idea what Galentine's Day was when we received a Galentine's Day card. I actually thought it was a misspelling - and Tim won this argument. There is a funny story about how this became a holiday - dating back to 2010 and an episode of Parks & Recreation - but what a great reminder to celebrate those platonic friendships! Those friendships we can count on though all of life's ups and downs - we are so grateful to have those. This is a reminder to thank those special people in our lives - and to share a story with them about how they have impacted our lives. We would love to hear...
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Celebrating Galentine's Day!
stampingonthebackporch
We had no idea what Galentine's Day was when we received a Galentine's Day card. I actually thought it was a misspelling - and Tim won this argument. There is a funny story about how this became a holiday - dating back to 2010 and an episode of Parks & Recreation - but what a great reminder to celebrate those platonic friendships! Those friendships we can count on though all of life's ups and downs - we are so grateful to have those. This is a reminder to thank those special people in our lives - and to share a story with them about how they have impacted our lives. We would love to hear...
info_outline2020 will be known as the year we stayed home
This is the time of year where we look back over the past 12 months and ahead to the next 12.
So here goes —- a few lessons we learned from this year!
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
I heard someone say …. Do you think Mick Jagger was singing about toilet paper?
What have we always taken for granted? That there would be food in the stores, restaurants to go to, vacations to plan, schools..
The Flip Side - Appreciate What You Have!
FAMILY MATTERS
We do what we can to provide for older members of our families - both for our mom and our kids for us - bringing meals
More intentional about checking in - using zoom or phone calls
WE NEED OUR FRIENDS
We will never take for granted again being able to share a hug and just to be together over a shred meal, etc.
We need to know we aren’t the only ones dealing with loneliness or fear or whatever - its important to check in on each share how we are really doing.
Calling instead of texting can really help.
Technology has helped! We can connect with family and friends into more ways today.
WE CAN LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING SOBER
AA and the Serenity Prayer - taking it one day at a time and letting go of what we can’t change - Sober people already know this
Everything really can change overnight - people matter, not stuff
APPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS
Slower pace of life for many of us with empty social calendars
Learning to go for walks or exercise at home instead of the gym
Cook more meals at home instead of going out
No more shopping - less eating out - ordering more online.
So what are we doing with that extra time?
Lots of deep cleaning and cleaning out closets and home improvement projects!
****More time for being creative —- hobbies help depress stress levels - crafting
ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE OUR HEROES
From all of those that work in the medical field from the doctors to the housekeepers, the care staff at nursing homes, group homes and everywhere, delivery people, police and fire, grocery store employees —— everyone who has gone to work (all the jobs that couldn’t be done at home) to keep things running
HAVING FUN IS IMPORTANT - find ways to do that - laugh with your friends, watch funny movies —- laughter is good medicine - being playful
*we love to laugh and fun in the classes I teach and in the Back Porch Stampers - we are just enjoying each other and being creative together
Its important to have something to look forward to!
FOR THE NEW YEAR
We gave a 12th night gift to our family when the kids were growing up - it was always something new to learn in the new year. One gift that everyone could participate in - so magic tricks, art supplies, juggling....
Tim and I each will share one new thing we want to learn in 2021...
What new thing will you learn for this year?