Time Slip

I can't believe it was August the last time I was here. What? How does life do that - slip by while you are busy fiddling about living it, and disappear forever?

I have some excuses, but not many. I moved house. I started working again. I am naturally idle, my mojo has been a little sluggish ... um... I'm sure there is something else I've forgotten. Oh, that'll do: I'm forgetful :-D

I have a nice new scraproom to play in at the new house, and it's been quite a rearrangement of my craft space with this move. I used to sew, you see. I used to sew and sew and sew. But then I fell into the open doors of my then local scrapbook shop and the thimble had to share with the glue stick. Then I damaged all the ligaments in my wrists and sewing was too painful for ages, even strapped up. So the glue stick, which had been biding it's time quietly, took over.

I've always been a secret stationery lover. That line in You've Got Mail about a bouquet of sharpened pencils, I get that. The idea gives me a little thrill. I love paper, pencils and scissors, and everything to do with them, really. If there was an apocalypse it's paper I'd miss most. Well, that and chocolate... and quite a lot more actually, but you get my point - a world where paper production stopped would be a very strange and somehow lonely place.

So, with this move, there is much more space dedicated to paper pursuits than there is to fabric pursuits. For the first time in my adult life, my space isn't called my Sewing room/area, even in my heart. This room is my Scraproom.

I had to change things a fair bit, because I lost the big bookcase I used to have, and the cupboard in here is only half the size of the last one, which was in turn, half the size of the one in the house before that. Eeek, just as well I'm OK at de-cluttering. Mind you, having just made that bold statement, we won't discuss the boxes still needing attention in the garage, shhh. Back to the Scraproom. I have a one door built in cupboard, behind which I've put a little metal shelf unit from Ikea, $16. Can't argue much about that price... It is the perfect size for my paper and cardstock stash, the folders that hold all my scrap offcuts and the boxes that hold my ribbons. It's good, there is no space for junk so there is none. Love it. When I am scrapping, the door is open, when I'm not, the door is shut and the room looks tidy. Shhh, I know the desk is a mess, but I'm doing something.

The something I am doing is Christmas cards and presents. And a couple of swaps. I fear the desk will be messy for a while. I'll share the cards soon. In the meantime, here are some of the layouts I've done in the few months since August. Sorry for being absent, but I'm back now. :-)

love, Heather "It's about love. You don't have to scrapbook to love but you have to love in order to scrapbook." June