Loooooving My Nook

I'm really enjoying my nook. Whenever I'm reading, Blair looks over and sarcastically apologizes for getting me such a sucky present. It's actually in his top 3 or 4 - with the Star Trek lunch box and the BE-MEUP license plate. I get pleasure out of it every day.

One of my favorite authors came out with a new book and I >had< to read it in paper form (it's a keeper) - that was weird!

I just found out that Analog and Asimov's magazines are offered by subscription to the nook (and the kindle). I let my subscriptions lapse several years ago - but I'm thinking about them again; so many of the award winning short SF stories get published in those 2 magazines.

Little Red Riding Hood

My brother gave me this tea set when we were kids. He got it at a church rummage sale and spent more than he'd intended to rather than not get the whole set. I was thrilled with it then, and now it is one of my most precious treasures.

I looove my 7 Gypsies stamps, so I knew I needed something special to keep them handy in. A search of eBay turned up this antique rotating stamp holder. It's jus tthe thing!

Handmade Oak Shelf

My sweetie built this shelf for me. He took into account the size of my desk at the time, the fact that I needed to fit a computer monitor next to it, and the size of the bins I wanted to keep beneath it, and constructed the shelf using a piece of solid oak and brass screws. He countersunk the screws, carefully sanded the shelf and coated wit with several coats of polyurethane. The finishing touch was felt pads so it wouldn't scratch my desk. He's a very thorough guy, my sweetie.

My Pcoket PC

After I found myself triple booked one day, I knew I had to find a better way to keep track of things, so I bought a Pocket PC from Dell. This is actually my second device. It syncs with my desktop calendar and contacts, plays fun games and even has a reader for ebooks.

Organization

I love my Making Memories lazy susan organizer. It keeps my favorite tools close at hand: Crop-o-dile, Krylon leafing pens, craft mat, red eye pen, photo markign pencils, corner rounders, stapler, scissors, t-square, french curves, and my crafters workshop templates.

The Tivo Guy

I love having little tschotckis on my desk. Daniel gave me the glass elephant. The Tivo guy is actually an antenna topper, so I made him a little stand out of a large paper clip. I adore my Tivo ( we have 2!)

Meet Molly

One of my favorite things, Molly is a Build A Bear. She's all set for a croppping getaway, with tools, a scrapbook, a camera - and of course, her purse!

New Phones

All we wanted to do was find out how much it would cost to get a new battery for Blair's cell phone, because it wouldn't hold a charge any more. But it turned out we were both entitled to an upgrade! So we walked out of the store with two brand new phones for nothing. Of course we had to spring for the bluetooth headsets, but they were a steal at 20 bucks apiece. Ooooh - new technology!

My Purse

I went to a friend's house for a crop a few weeks ago, and rather than try to organize enough to pack a crop bag, I decided to bring my laptop, photo printer and a couple of tutorial books (Digi Scrappin 101 and 102 from Design Originals). I played with the lessons in the books and I made these 4 digital mini-layouts for my Braggables purse and wallet (actually a small purse).



I made each photo black and white and then turned it sepia and upped the contrast a little. The flower is from ScrapGirls and was a freebie that coordinates with this (http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/11353/) collection. The frame is also a freebie from Scrap Girls that coordinates with this (http://store.scrapgirls.com/product/10061/ScrapSimple-Paper-Templates:-Typo) collection. Finally, I used the Bleeding Cowboys font and picked up a green from the frame with the eyedropper to coordinate the color. These were real simple to do. I printed them on 4x6 paper and trimmed them to fit the windows.