Making Memories

Organizing Your Ribbon

I made this very easy ribbon box to organize my beautiful Making Memories Noteworthy trim in. It came together so quickly that if you will be surprised once you start! First I covered a pizza box with Making Memories Noteworthy paper. Then using the grommet tool, I made 12 holes and inserted 12 grommets. I added some text and threaded the trim through.  Now look at my pretty box that fits neatly in my chest on drawers and is not only beautiful, but functional too.

Happy organizing!
Wilna

5th Avenue Layouts

MM's new 5th Avenue collection ships out at the end of this month. We wanted to give you a heads up so you can start thinking of all the great things you can create with this new collection.

Today, Julia was kind enough to show us two of her layouts using 5th Avenue. Take a look at her blog for some additional samples using the 5th Avenue collection.

Here are some instructions on creating these pages.

Through Those Eyes

1. Cut a 7 by 12 inch piece from black floral paper. Adhere onto aqua cardstock 2 inch from top edge.
2. Paint onto the black paper using MM Meadow paint.
3. Cut a 2 1/2 by 12 inch piece from blue polka dot paper. Cut bottom edge with large wave decorative scissors.(Save the negative from the strip you cut off) Ink the edges and adhere to page.
4. Cut a 2 by 12 inch piece from the blue squared flower paper. Following the pattern trim along creating a zigzag look. Ink the edges and adhere.
5. Cut a 1 by 12 inch strip from the striped paper. Ink the edges and adhere. Add black ribbon.
6. Use notebook paper from journaling book. Print our type in word processing program. Use chalk to highlight words. Add embellishments and add to page.
7. Use leftover piece from blue polka dot paper. Ink edges and adhere to top of page.

You Make Me Smile

1. Cut out flower design from side piece of flower cutout paper.
2. Stitch a wavy design using sewing machine around green cardstock. If you don’t have a machine, a black detail pen will work perfectly! Ink the edges of the paper.
3. Mat the photo with blue cardstock. Use corner punch to round the edges of the photo and mat. Ink edges.
4. Cut an 11 by 7 inch piece from the blue polka dot paper. Ink edges and adhere to background paper.
5. Using the packaging insert from the chipboard alphabets, trim the black polka dot print to an 8 by 5 inch size. Adhere over polka dot paper.
6. Adhere photo. Cut a 1 1/4 by 8 1/4 inch strip from striped paper. Ink edges and add to layout under photo.
7. Use small die-cut tag, ink edges and add letters and ribbon.  Use die-cut frame for “me”. Ink edges and add blue cardstock square behind frame.
8. Use scalloped paper from journaling book. Tuck under striped paper. Add “smile” and die-cuts.
9. Use die-cut quote circle and brad on side flower paper.
10. Hand cut leaves and additional flowers to layer onto side flower paper. Add brads to flowers and adhere with foam adhesive square.

Spiral Journal Album

Trish Turay emailed me this great idea. This used MM's Noteworthy Spiral Journaling book as her scrapbook album. Take a look.

Pick up a Spiral Journaling book and give it a try.

Candice Stringham's Giveaway

Today Candice Stringham is doing a giveaway.

Take a look at her blog. You will love the prize. I'm sure you will want to participate.

Thanks and the Winner Announced

Thank you to everyone who posted their organizational tips. It was great to hear how everyone organizes.

Congratulations to Suzie. She will be receiving an MM Embellishment Center to add to her scrapbook room.

Suzie (jweston@makingmemories.com), please email me so I can send your prize.

Come back and visit on Monday, we have another giveaway coming soon.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Organizing Your Embellishments

We all have a ton of embellishments and we all know that they can be really hard to organize! I am always looking for great ways to organize things and I found these plastic boxes at Ikea a while back. I just knew that they would be great for something (and they are really inexpensive) so I threw some in my cart! Now they are all filled up and I really love the functionality of them!

I hope this gives you some ideas that you can incorporate into your space! I am always looking for great new ways to organize so feel free to share yours too!!

Maggie

For larger embellishments I have been using these wire metal baskets from Target for years now and they work great. (I believe they still carry them!) There are two sizes - a larger one and a smaller one and I have tons of each! Many of the MM products fit perfectly in these baskets - like the mini rub-ons, brads, sheer frames, and lots more!! Then, it is really easy to flip through them to find just the right thing! 

I can sort like things together but still have them separated by type, color, or manufacturer. I will also sort some things into small baggies and then put the baggies in one of the sections. That helps me to keep things separated if needed and it is also nice to be able to grab the baggie that I need and keep everything else put away.

Layout from Keisha

Check out this great layout from Keisha using MM's Fresh Anthology line. She used the instant setter and slot punching tool. She used those tools to apply her brads and create notches to slip a tag and journaling strip under.

If you want to make it for yourself, here's a quick how-to:

1. Cut ledger paper to 10" x 9" and attach to background paper.
2. Add ribbon cut to the width of ledger paper. Use instant setter to apply brads. Then use stapler to staple ribbon project.
3. Cut a 3" and 2" circle to add to project.
4. Use instant setter to apply snowflakes and brads.
5. Add 4" x 6" photos.
6. Add notches with using slot punch (with the crescent punch) and slide journal strips and tag under.

How Do You Stay Organized?

We want to know how you keep yourself organized and we are giving a great prize away as an incentive.

What is your number one tip for getting and staying organized?

To participate in this contest, you need to post a comment on our blog to answer that question. On Friday, January 11th we will award one lucky winner with a new MM Embellishment Center. We will post the name of the winner on Friday, so make sure you check back to see if it's you.

It's our way to help you stay organized in 2008.

We Need a Name

We need a name for our blog and want to hear your suggestions. What do you think we should call our blog besides the "MM blog." Let us know your thoughts and suggestions by posting a comment. We are going to pick our favorites and then have you vote on them to chose the final name.

We can't wait to hear from you.

Meet Julia

 

We love meeting new people that love to scrapbook. We hope you enjoy it also. Today we are spotlighting Julia who is from Oakville, Missouri.

Julia has been scrapbooking for over 12 years. She started by way of magnetic albums and stickers. In 1999 she saw a scarpbooking kit on QVC, and the rest of the story is history. If you take a look at her stuff, you will see that's she's awesome.

Currently her favorite product to use it the MM's Noteworthy Collection. This program works great for Julia's style. She's also a big fan of brads, ribbon, albums, and glitter.

Julia does have some must-haves when she is scrapbooking. She loves Ju Ju Bees candy along with either a lemonade, Arizona Tea, or a Sonic Fruit Slush. Lately she has been listening to Nickelback, Madonna, OK Go, Top Pop music, 80's hits with Duran Duran, and Depeche Mode. If she's watching TV while scrapbooking, she is most likely watching Grey's Anatomy, The Amazing Race, Survivor, House, Private Practice, or CSI.

Julia loves to learn new things about scarpbooking. Currently she loves the flower and felt craze. She loves to combine the two by layering for a perfect accent. Now that Julia has a sewing machine, she is getting excited about getting crazy with it on her projects.

Julia is always on the look out for inspiration. She finds it on the Internet because there are so many fantastic places to visit. Just seeing how someone places a photos is enough of a jump start for her. She loves to look at Pottery Barn catalogs, Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion, and Martha Stewart.

Thanks for letting us know you a little better Julia!

Check back on January 16th to see a layout made by Julia featuring our new 5th Ave collection.