Pinterest Made Me Do It

[melissarae]

I don't know if you know this about me, but I enjoy the occasional easy craft. I mostly stuck to scrapbooking and stamping in my 20's - I accumulated a mid-size collection of stamps and pretty papers, so much that I needed to buy a new cabinet to keep it all in. And then I convinced myself that I was going to start quilting, so I bought a bunch of

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[crooked_halo]

I want to follow you on pinterest!! I've only just started getting on there, mostly for the recipes. But so far I'm kind of pinterest-challenged.

But I adore adore adore crafts! I don't have as much time and energy to do them what with the two small children now, but I do love them. During the slow season at work, I've been getting scrapbooking done which is awesome.

As far as the extra quilting fabric, etc, I wonder if the women at your church who are into crafting might be interested in some sort of craft supplies exchange? You could all bring supplies that you won't use to the exchange and trade them in for supplies you might use? Unless you've done something similar already.

[melissarae]

I want to follow you, too! Here's me: http://pinterest.com/lissameilinger/

I'm so so so so so SO bad at keeping up on scrapbooking. Also on taking and printing out pictures. I used to do a scrapbooking day once a month with some friends, but that was years ago. Maybe I should start that up again.

I love the idea of a supply exchange! I'll bring it up at our next meeting and see what the ladies think. Thanks!

[crooked_halo]

Yay, I followed you! I'm here: http://pinterest.com/dreamsofnever/

I have an avocado and corn salad pinned that I HIGHLY recommend. Soooo good.

And glad that you like the exchange idea. I wish I had a crafting group to do that with. Though I do have my sister and a few other crafty friends so I may organize something like that when the kids are older.

If you do start doing scrapbooking more regularly, I would recommend that you save cards for special occasions. For our wedding scrapbook, I cut up a lot of the cards we received and those made the most lovely decorations for the book. And for the kids' baby books, I did the same thing with the cards I received for my baby shower.

[melissarae]

I love saving cards. My mom saved all the cards from when I was born and early birthdays, and I loved to go through the box when I was growing up and read them every once in a while.