Repurpose your scraps!

Don't throw out your scraps!

There is always another use for your leftover pieces of paper, a.k.a. scraps. As I am finishing this Word Book for my niece, I noticed I had already used my Cricut to cut out some purple flowers for another project - FROM MY SCRAPS! They worked nicely with the letter 'L' I was working with.

All I had to do was outline them in a white pen, add a brad and adhere with a foam dot. One less little piece of paper floating in the landfill........

What have you done with your scraps?

New uses for bottlecaps

New Uses for Bottlecaps!

My husband loves his IBC Root Beer, and I love the bottlecaps! I am designing a Word Book for my niece, Allison, and I had a few bottlecaps lying around, so I decided to incorporate it into her book.

What can you do with a bottlecap? you ask. Turn it into an embellishment! A 1-inch circle punch is the perfect size for a piece of paper to fit inside the bottle cap (oh - wash the cap first as it can be a little sticky!). I also grabbed a rub-on word and stick for rubbing.

I used the word 'courage' because I feel Allison is taking a giant step next year in leaving home for college. I know when I was 18, I was not ready to leave the roost. I admire this quality in her.

After adding the rub-on, I simply adhered the circle punch to the bottle cap. You can use a glue dot or any other strong adhesive.

Finally, I used the remainder of my 3-in-1 adhesive in adhering the bottlecap to the Word Book:

Here's the full Word Book. It's not done yet, and if I find some other goodies to recycle and use on the book, I will post them as well!

And remember, if you are interested in a custom made Word Book, please visit my website at http://www.rwctc.com/! Thanks for stopping by today!

Baby Girl Word Book - buy it before it's gone!

I have a great new product in the store - and you know you want one!!!!!

Let's face it - we all know someone who is pregnant, and statistically, there are more girls than boys born!

I created this unique, one of a kind mini album for that special Mom. This chipboard word book spells Baby & is done up in a traditional feminine style - pinks, purples and frills!

So what do you do with it? Simply add photos and/or journal about those cutsie, fun things that your baby girl is doing - her first smile, a giggle, eating solid food - whatever it is, you will photograph it, and you need to preserve those photos as well.

Each page is handcrafted and designed by me. The great feature of a Word Book is customization. Would you prefer to have her name spelled out? Would you prefer a different word? No problem! I can do that too! Looking for a specific color theme? Do you not like the 'bling' and would prefer pearls and lace? I can do that too! It's your book, your word and your way! Click on to http://www.rwctc.com/ and click on Shop Now to purchase this or a custom book. Satisfaction guaranteed!

I've been bad about putting my daily To Do up here. Let's start fresh again!

1. It's Saturday - I need to help DH decorate the outside with our lights today.

2. Finish 'Baby' word book, take photos & put on Etsy & Ebay

I'm not going to kill myself today with a ton of things to do. I'm happy getting one big thing or a few small things done each day. Finishing this book and getting it out there for the public to see & buy is a big accomplishment on a day when I'm suppose to decorate the house!

Word Books

Have you seen one of the coolest products to hit the market? Word books & everyone is making them!

What's a Word book? Basically, it's a chipboard album made to form a word. For Valentine's Day, I made my husband the 'Love' book. Look!




These are really fun projects to make as they are quick and become very personalized. This book stands 4" high. I added pictures of Tom and I and decorated it with stickers, buttons and ribbons and fibers. Each inside page is decorated as well with other stickers that I had in my stash.





Easter and Mother's Day are right around the corner, so stay tuned for some upcoming examples of these two events. It's never too late to start planning for March & May!

Happy Scrapping!