Just like other amazing crafters, we are a bit addicted to Pinterest. There are so many great ideas out there that we would never know about without this wonderful site! Christine and I got to talking one day and decided that we spend so much time pinning we never actually DO the projects we pin! So we have decided to start a new series called "Pinned It! Did It!".
A couple of rules for our Pinned It! Did It! series...
1) We will always link back to the original blog post and/or inspiration. As creative as we like to think we are... we want to give credit where credit is due!
2) Our hope is to show you amazing, successful projects... but sometimes projects go bad. We vow to show you the outcome, good or bad, and we will try to figure out where we went wrong!
We are really excited to show you what projects we have chosen to try! In the meantime, you can follow us both on Pinterest to see what some of our inspiration is!
Follow Tara here.
Follow Christine here.
Do you have a Pinned It! Did It! project that you tried? Leave a link to your project in the comments section - We'd love to see it!
xoxo,
Tara
Everyone has a different story as to how they started crafting ... whatever your craft is. Well, ladies and gentlemen I remember being in grade school and spending a lot of my parents money on school supplies. I had to have the best of the best. I had SO much stuff that my younger brother didn't have to buy any school supplies all through school... including college! I had a love of paper, pens, pencils, folders, organization for as long as I can remember.
When Mr. K and I started dating seriously and I met his family I was introduced to the coolest thing I had ever seen... SCRAPBOOKING! It was actually a hobby that I could get away with buying lots of papers, stickers, markers, organizing things! I was hooked! The Queen of Scrapbook? Mr. K's cousin Aja.
Well, needless to say she's super talented. I love checking out her blog for her cute ideas... check out her elf, Benson here. Too. Cute.
On top of it all she is also an amazing photographer! She did our engagement photos that I showed in a previous post. (And yes... she's available for hire!)
But all that aside... *sorry got a little sidetracked* She makes the most amazing labels that are perfect for scrapbooking/cardmaking/journaling. She recently just reopened her store after closing it down last year so that she could spend more time with her family... Did I mention her kids are A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E? Anyway - she had lots and lots of requests to reopen. Her labels are practically famous!!!!
I bought some from her before her shop closed down and fell in love with them. They are amazing quality and she cuts them by hand! I swear I thought she had some amazing-super-crazy-mass cutter! *Sigh* Just when I think I'm getting good... she goes and impresses the crap out of me!
If you are dying to try these labels... and you know you are... check out her Etsy store.
So cheers to you my-super-crazy-creative-cousin-in-law! You have amazed me once again!
FIND AJA:
Blog: www.twogirlzstuff.blogspot.com
Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/twogirlzstuff
xoxo,
Tara
There are only so many days I have available to work on new designs and when I do I feel such a thrill of accomplishment! Today, I was able to get quite a few things finished a few more that are works in progress. I can't wait to show you all of the new exciting things that will be coming into my store within the next month or so! For now, here are a couple of my newest designs!
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| Romantic Bridal Suite Sign |
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| Art Deco Blush Pink Door Hanger for Wedding Guests |
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| Digital Calligraphy Service |
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| Black and Silver Table Numbers |
xoxo,
Tara
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| Ribbon Fragments are stored in magnetic spice containers. |
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| All of my brads, buttons and other little tidbits are color coated for easy accessability. |
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| SHHH... My Super Secret Chocolate Drawer! |
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| I know I've said this before but I LOVE stickles! |
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| Part of my Perfect Pearls, H2O Paints and Flocking are all stored in this drawer. |
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| My favorite inks are the Tim Holtz Distressed Inks. I have them all labeled and together for easy access. |
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| Scissors on my pegboard. |
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| What my embellishment boxes look like on the inside. I need to use this stuff up! |
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| I love these embellishment boxes. They have a magnetic closure. |
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| Printers, fax and copiers. |
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| Fun little tools for various things. |
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| A small collection of my crystals and rhinestones. |
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| Add caption |
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| This is a space where I can use my binding machine, big shot, etc. |
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| Rubber stamp collection. |
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| Rubber stamp collection. |
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| All of my rubber stamps, acrylic stamps and inks are stored in this large 3 tier container. |
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| All of my inks are in the top drawer in no particular order. I generally just dig in and look for what I need. I usually just use my Tim Holtz though which is in a different area. |
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| Some of my mini albums. |
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| I don't have a large collection of punches but the ones I do have are in a basket. I only buy punches I absolutely need like circles and corner cutters. |
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| Acrylic paints. |
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| Adhesive box. I have every time of glue or tape you can think of. These are some of my most used. |
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| I got this in the clearance section of Michael's and I couldn't resist the deal. So for right now, I just have some of my favorite decorative post it packs and some really pretty ribbon on it. The silver box with the pink bow in the middle is packed with photo paper. |
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| ATC Drawer. This is where I keep completed Artist Trading Cards and covers. I haven't been working on any ATC's lately but I LOVE them... and think I will have to do a post about them soon. |
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| Buttons, sequins and rhinestones, clear marbles, magnets, pins, etc. |
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| I labeled each my drawers using chalkboard paper. Yes. I said Chalkboard. Paper. It is awesome! |
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| Part of my Artist Trading Card Collection. |
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| I LOVE Pin Up Girl and Retro Ads for my ATC's. |
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| I put all of my ATC's in a binder that is for Baseball Cards. I love it so much. It is so cool to open up the binder and see all of these pieces of art from around the world. |
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| I also have a large binder that I put some of my most used acrylic stamps in. |
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| Glitters |
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| Markers. My collection of Copics is in another binder made for markers. |
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| Paper racks are organized by color, pattern and collections. |
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| Porthos needed a place to sit while I worked so I made him his very own doggy bed fit for a King. |
I hope you enjoyed an "insiders" look to all of my crafty heaven! I love my room and spend as much time as I can in it. I am so very lucky to have a space where I can create whatever, however and whenever I want!
XOXO,
Tara
A lot of you have seen my original post "The Grand Reveal". After going back, I couldn't help but notice how dark the photos were and that since I had such a great camera now - I thought I should "re-do" this post. I am also going to have a follow up post(s) that shows more a more detailed view of some of my studio. (I just think studio sounds so much more professional, don't you?" So enjoy!
If you missed the original before and after photos, you can view it here.
Details of my room: Click Here!
Today I met a new friend. Not just any friend, but a super-talented friend! Vera at Bella Card Creations is SO nice and her handmade cards make me drool! Here are just a few of her lovely creations:
It's no surprise to most of you that I am an avid crafter and I do love making handmade cards but for some reason I can NEVER get my cards to look like hers - no matter how many tools, embellishments or tricks I learn. Her shop is filled with so many cute cards I couldn't decide which ones I wanted to post on my blog! The best part? She also can custom create cards for you!
So Vera at Bella Card Creations - Cheers to you for being so talented and making the rest of us envy all of your creations!
XOXO,
Tara
