This N That Chatter

Hey girls! aren't ya'll lucky? 3 posts in one day - one of them is BOUND to have pictures! LOL

First and foremost we have lovely "Cakeabella" a card I made for my friend Crystal who has been featured on my blog before (check out Easter pics). Her birthday was Wednesday and this is for her. The Brown/Blue combo matches the wrapping paper/bag I got her - oh and the COOLEST ribbon made ribbon. Does that make sense? Well you know gift bows are usually made out of some sort of plasticy material. I found a great brown one at hallmark that was actually made out of Ribbon, was about 1" thick and had blue stitching thru it! Total CATCH!

Anyway - CakeAbella is on a chocolate card base with a scrap lazy days polka dot paper (CTMH) which I distressed the edges and inked with chocolate ink. The ribbon came from Target $1 spot, and I colored her with CTMH markers. One day I will get COPIC!

Ok - this is my scrapmess. yeah. I know before you even say it. Kisha you should be glad you HAVE a space like that. Yeah. I know. So help me organize it!

The whole room is about 11x21. However, 3 large windows on one wall- and doorway right in the middle of other long wall. Half the room is mine - for scrapbooking. The other half belongs to the family computer, my filing cabinet for bills and family stuff, and the small TV that the boys watch hockey on. Above is my half. 2 tables to make an L Shape. A closet which is so horrible I'm not showing you it's contents, OR the abuse it has seen with stuff being thrown in there. But eventually that will be a project for me too. Can you see that area where my Pink AMM tote is? In the corner? yeah - should I put shelves there? And the shelves I have up already? How can I make them more functional?

This neat little cubby I found for $10 at the Habitat for Humanity RE-store. I'm thinking of painting it white. Until I figure out what the heck color the walls will be, I'm not painting it anything. Yes, that is a Scrapbook bear from Build a Bear. My mom bought me that several years ago. A lot of magazines, albums and scrapbooks are here. Also - my jars of ribbon, because even though I have racks for ribbon on my pegboard, that ribbon never gets used. Only the stuff behind my desk. I don't know why though!

Ah my desk. This is clean. I wasn't taking pics of it before hand. I'm just not that brave... Do you see all the brown boxes underneath the table? My legs rest against those and one I use as a footrest. Why? Because I don't have any place to put the albums/books that are in them! UGH




This is my pegboard wall. I hung it myself - it's even straight and just about level. Aren't you proud of me? Yeap. Only I think I hung it in the wrong place. I don't like it there. I had to find a studd. But the studd wasn't close enough to teh wall and so there is this 12" wall space between where the pegboard starts and the corner of the wall. I feel like it's wasted space. What do I do with it?
Back to my desk area. See where my tote is now? yeah. I should put shelves there to go to the ceiling. I THINK it would maximize the space... but I'm just not sure. Oh help me HGTV! LOL

Sooo if anyone has ideas and wants to help me out - I'm more than ready to hear them. I wish money were no object...but it is! LOL

Oh - instead of shelves where my AMM Tote is - should I put a Making memories Embelly center? Maybe that would be awesome there. Then my inks would be OFF my desk anyway!