I Need A Shotgun...

if I am ever going to finish the Naughty Princess cards!! Nooooo, I am not gonna shoot my paper but instead all the damn "SQUIRREL"s  that keep popping up to distract me! I think I have a more difficult time staying focused when I have a large project to finish because I want to move on to something else but still have so much left to do on the project and I keep finding even the smallest of "SQUIRREL" distracting!

Right now this is the state of the cards. I have stuff all over my table, and most of you know I can't stand a dirty table but since I have more work space I am able to leave things out and not have it bother me so much. I still need to pick papers for 2 of the cards, and all the colors for the card base and then I can start assembly. I have all the sentiments printed and cut for both the inside and outside of the cards which was quite a job within itself! All I can say about these is that I certainly hope that the people that requested I remake this series so they could buy them come through, otherwise I have wasted a lot of time! LOL

One "SQUIRREL" that hit me was that my order from Happy N Scrappin came in and of course I had to put that stuff away but ran into a wall when I had to think of a way to store the brads and buttons! Shari had a great clearance sale on Basic Grey and I was able to pick up a bunch of stuff for 75% off. Here are some of the items in my Plaid Essentials Spinner for now until I get some more small containers to put them in.




Here is a picture of how I like to store my Basic Grey collections of brads. These are the containers that I get the small brads from Hobby Lobby in and I always save them as they are emptied. I printed labels so I know which collection the brads go to and I find them more easily. As you see in the previous picture, I don't have enough containers and that presents a problem for me! Me and my damned organizational issues!!

I spent time online yesterday looking for some similiar containers and wasn't having much luck and then I went to Joann.com and found something for a great price. Only problem is that I don't have a Joann's locally and I don't want to drive an hour to get them. One benefit of Facebook is that I have over 1,500 friends on there and I get a lot of response to many of my posts. A friend of mine, who is a really good friend to my boss/friend Khrystal said she had to meet Khrystal today and would be glad to pick up some of the containers for me! WOOT WOOT!

I measured my boxes compared to these and they are a little larger which is perfect actually. I hope they have enough as I told her to pick me up 10 of them. That should hold me for a little while. Oh, who am I kiddin? Everyone knows if I like them I will want another 10 immediately! *okie cracks up laughin*

Since I am talking about brads I thought I would show you another way I store brads. My friend Naomi has to have Tic Tacs at night because her mouth gets dry from being on oxygen and they help keep her mouth from drying out so much and started giving me the empty boxes a few years ago. Oh and BTW, Naomi is doing rather well and has completely adjusted to her living situation at the assisted living center. She is actually rather spoiled by the staff there but if ya'll remember anything about me and Naomi you know that is exactly how I think it should be! *okie smiles thinking of how she always had Naomi spoiled*.

Here is a side view of the boxes. It makes it nice being able to see the brads easily but I do often put a little label on the top so I can find them more easily. I have a lot of shaped brads I use mostly for layouts and I got those at Eyelet Outlet. They often have some great clearance sales and their shipping prices are awesome, they never trump up the shipping and handling.

Okay guess I better get back to work on either the cards or my progress notes from last week. But first I must finish my coffee!!