WOYWW#120, WOTT#24 - cards, cards and more cards

Welcome once again to What's on Your Workspace Wednesday hosted by Ms. Julia. Same desk as yesterday's What's on Tap Tuesday where the desk is usually in creative chaos and the calendar blocks aren't always up to date. Lol.

I had to take a break from catching up on my 30 Days Lists in order to get a few cards done. The two that you see on the desk already made are fresh from a Stampin' Up get-together last Friday at my friend Brenda's. I had left them without sentiments so that I could customize them later.

And sure enough, I needed to send a sympathy card today, so that pink card was perfectly appropriate.

Then an uncle is having a birthday next Monday (same day as mine.... sly, aren't I?) and the fall card has a masculine feel to it so I'm going to simply add a cute Lawn Fawn squirrel and a birthday sentiment.

The patterned papers are out on the desk because I also have to make a card for my mom's best friend who is turning 80 on Saturday. By using a current My Favorite Things sketch, I'm able to enter it in their Weds. challenge. I used two MFT stamps sets on the completed easel card card: Time to Celebrate and Who's That Birthday Girl? I love the latter so much because it has number candle stamps that allow me to customize my birthday cards to no end!

In the past, when I've wanted to anchor a sentiment to a bow, I've had a hard time getting my flimsy linen thread to feed through a bow knot. I decided to try using a crochet hook to grab it and pull it through and, voila, it worked. No more cursing at unraveling thread!

One last note. Last week, there were a few comments of concern about what seemed to be a dangerous open can of teal paint on my wobbly, overflowing desk. I've added a photo of that can from a different angle so that you can see it wasn't teal paint at all. Just a teal covered lid to a clear storage can. Besides, have you ever seen me use paint on a project? I'm way too impatient to use something that needs a lot of drying time. Lol.

Thanks for visiting. Back to illustrating lists.... (Come back periodically. I'll eventually have one for every day in September and if they're deemed interesting enough, I'll post them here.)

*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

Days 10 & 11 in 30 Days of Posts

Love, love, love the Emmys! But as a result, I only got 2 pages done. I thought that by sitting in front of the TV while I crafted, I'd get more done but there's just too much you miss when you look down. It was a great debut by Jane Lynch as host.

So Day 10's theme was "At This Moment" and Day 11's was "Favorite Things About This Time of Year." This list making has been a fun exercise because now I don't have to feel guilty about all the stickers I've accumulated over the years! Lol. Hope you enjoy these and maybe even become inspired to make your own lists.

Tomorrow is What's On Tap Tuesday where I ask you to share your work desk, whether it's sparkling clean like Lynn's or chaotic like mine. Either way, consider sharing. *smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)
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Day 9 in 30 Days of Lists....

The extent of the "list" work in front of me is lengthening but I'm not going to let that bother me. These are too much fun to put together. Day 9's list is simply entitled "Weekend Plans" and last weekend was when I was due to document it so, luckily I had saved some memorabilia.

Sorry that I didn't have something fun to contribute to the Unity Friends with Flair but we made an impromptu journey into NYC on Thursday night to celebrate my mother-in-law's 87th birthday. An occasion worthy of the car, train and subway requirements both ways. Tiring, but the newly discovered Beacon restaurant made it really enjoyable. And our Spanish exchange student, Fran, got to experience all those modes of travel into the city. Sadly, he headed back home today. It was a really nice experience having him visit.

Have a nice weekend. I have to make a birthday card to mail on Monday so I should be sharing that soon!

*smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)
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Day 8 in the 30 Days of Lists

Today I accompanied our Spanish exchange student and his group on a field trip to the Grounds for Sculptures in Hamilton, NJ and then went on to moderate their tour of Princeton's campus. (You can take a wonderful virtual tour of Princeton using this LINK. Don't miss all the great trivia at the bottom of each page.) I got treated to a nice lunch with them in town.... I work cheap. Lol. So, this will be short and sweet because I'm a wee bit tired from my 14,000+ steps today (I use a pedometer daily because I'm trying for the recommended 10,000 steps a day toward good health.) I can't wait to go back to see more of the 270+ sculptures and have lunch in their lovely restaurant..... and Princeton.... well, it's my alma mater and I just love any visit I make there. Enough said.

Here is Day 8. I've got major catching up to do. But I'm happy with how the pages are turning out. There's one explanation needed for this page. When I say that "Toasters like Tina's" remind me of my youth, I'm referring to a story I tell my ds that cracks him up to no end. You see, I had a simple childhood. In the summer, I'd head over to my friend's house to play. I remember how immaculate her mother kept the house and the kitchen in particular. When we wanted to have a snack, we'd go into that sparkling kitchen and make toast in her shiny toaster. My family didn't have a toaster so it was a novelty to me. We'd just sit and watch it toast and pop. The sudden pop always made us giggle. The thought of that warm toasted bread with butter still gives me the warm fuzzies. I can't tell you how excited I was when, one day, my mom came home with our very own toaster. It was even more impressive because it had 4 slots! I thought we'd won the lottery... Lol.

So, check it out. The things that remind me of my youth. So fun.

Have a great Thursday. Hopefully, I'll have a Friends with Flair card to post tomorrow. *smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)
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WOYWW#119, WOTTT#23 and Fair Barbie found

Welcome, welcome. Wednesday means sharing the madness that goes on on some people's desks. Mine, for instance. I wish it could be tidy like that of other friends, but that's not how I'm wired. Lol.

Last week, I told you that I found a Barbie shoe, so I didn't have to search long for the owner. I had a feeling of where she was vacationing.

Funny thing is .... when I found her she was shoe-less! So now there's another shoe missing. (Shhh! I just paused to listen to a squirrel scurrying through my walls. Dh is responsible for getting the man that's supposed to close the holes in the dormers where this little stinker is entering, but I just may have to take matters in my own hands. I get no rent from the squirrel, after all.)

Anyway, back to Barbie. I'm using her image in the Day 8 list that I'm working on. (In previous posts, I've shared some of the lists I've illustrated for a 30 Days of Lists class I'm in.) In fact, most of the detritus centered on my desk are objects that I'm inspired to use on the two page spread. If you don't see the finished page down below, I'll add it later today but for now this post will contribute to What's on Your Workspace Wednesday hosted by the lovely Julia.

Have a great day and if you're so inclined, link in a blog post about where your creative madness genius takes place. *smile*

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

30 Days of Lists - Days 4 through 7

I'm going back on my word, aren't I? I said I wasn't going to share them all but I can't help it. I want to share. I didn't realize that.

Day 4:

Day5:

Day 6:

Day 7:

I now have 5 days of lists before I catch up. Let's see if I can close the distance sooner than in the past. Tomorrow is What's on Tap Tuesday. I hope to have something more than a photo of my messy desk to share. You'll just have to come back and find out, won't you? Oh, and since I'm giving you fair notice, why not make your blog post tomorrow about your creative space? There are a few of us that like to link in and go around and visit.

Til then, have a great Monday!

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)

Remembering...

September 11, 2001. It was a breathtakingly beautiful blue sky day. I'm not one to usually take notice but, after dropping my kids off at their elementary school, there was just something about that clear morning that made me stop and take a deep breath of that fresh air. I was a little excited about my day. I had some plans that I was looking forward to so I stopped in at home to gather my things... and then my mom called.

I wasn't a morning TV watcher so she told me in a shaky voice to turn on the TV. I did and she and I experienced the news together. I called my husband. He hadn't heard. His office turned on their TVs. At home, I remember watching the live feed and seeing a sudden explosion in the second tower. The newcasters scrambled to understand it, then they realized that just before, a fleeting shadow behind the building was a second plane. Suddenly, all hopes that the first plane was an explainable freak accident were dashed. I'm sure I was still frozen in place when the towers fell. Horror replaced horror. Suddenly, I thought that I should go for my children. But as I stood in front of the office staff at the school, I had a change of heart. Although other parents were coming in and taking their children out, I realized that it might be better to let them have a normal day before addressing this catastrophe with them. The school was not going to make any announcements. They felt that was every parent's decision on how to go about it. I picked them up at the end of the day and then tried to explain the unexplainable. My 6-year-old, luckily, didn't grasp it enough to be scared. My 10-year-old wanted to sleep closer to us that night. He asked me if the fires in NYC could reach us in western NJ. The next day, we found out that four families in our town lost someone that day. So many towns in NJ suffered losses because we're a commuter state. So much heartache.

Now, it's been 10 years. I'm hoping to visit the new memorial soon. It's seems to have been constructed to be a very soothing, spiritual place. I'd like to say a little prayer for peace. I made the card below awhile back but it's so timely now. If everyone in the world could plant a seed of peace, imagine what would grow.

Tomorrow, I'll share a few more pages from my 30 Days of Lists.

Cindy (aka Scrapcollectr)