Joann's Memorial Day Sale #2

Let me tell you how screwed up I am... I DON'T NEED PATTERNED PAPER! But, I went to Joann's today to check out the box of K&Company patterned paper they have on sale for $19.99 for their Memorial Day sale. Well, guess what? They never got any of that paper. And, you think that's a sign that I definitally don't need it. Yay, I'm off the hook, right? Nooooooo.... not me! I asked if they could special order it for me. No, they can't because they have to have the number (WHICH IS STUPID--THEY SHOULD HAVE THE NUMBER SINCE IT'S IN THEIR SALE FLYER AS BEING ON SALE). So the sales lady very flippantly told me to "just" order it online. I told her the reason I didn't want to "just" order it online is because I didn't want to pay for the shipping. And she said, they have coupons for free shipping. And I said yeah, for $50 or more. Absolutely NO help at all (what's new???--their customer service is ALMOST as bad as Michael's, but not quite).

So... you may ask yourself: WHY does she continually shop at Joann's if they suck so much? Well... I ask myself that, too, and the answer is because I LOVE A GOOD SALE, and as long as I don't have to ask for help, I'm fine shopping there.

But... it gets worse; guess what I did when I got home? I fired up the computer and ordered a not one but TWO boxes of that paper plus two 8x8 pet-related paper packs to make it to $50 so I could get free shipping.

I am REALLY nutty in the head (but, I LOVE getting packages so this will be fun to get!).

Joann's Memorial Day Sale

Guess what? I totally DON'T NEED IT (!!!), but Joann's has a box of K&Company patterned papers (300 sheets) on sale for $19.99 for their Memorial Day sale (regularly $39.99). Tomorrow, bright and early, I'll be snatching up at least one box of it, and maybe two if they have different designs.

I've been meaning to go to Joann's all week, but held off because I have a 10%-off-my-total-purchase coupon, and I wanted to see what this box of paper looks like.

I'm drowning in paper!

I'm sick in the head. I bought more paper yesterday at Michael's. I couldn't resist because #1. it's so pretty and #2. it was on sale. I bought two sets. One is French country-looking and the other is Modern/Contemporary.

First De-stashing project: mini cards

Yesterday, I worked some on de-stashing my scrap paper. This is what I came up with:



I made mini cards! Very, very cute. My goal was to use as little new cardstock as possible and not create any more scraps. The "many thanks" cards above are different sizes because I used up an entire 12x12 sheet of cardstock to make all 5 cards. If I'd been smart, I would have measured better so they were a consistent size! The good part is, though, that I had no waste at all! I need these cards for all the beautiful gifts we've received from our friends.

The mini cards below are just random scraps I had. Again, I didn't make any new scraps when I made those cards! Good for me!

Okay... okay...

Well... I posted the photo of the garage, but I also have a photo of my stack of scrap cardstock. I'm embarassed to post it, but here it is (again, I hope that in sharing I'll prompt myself to DO something with all of this):

I keep it all stored in the cardboard trays that cases of canned dog and cat food come in. Shown above are two dog food trays and one cat food tray (the big pieces of cardstock that are definitely worth saving are in the dog food ones and the little scraps I should probably throw away are in the cat food tray). I use those trays for everything (as shown in the upper right of the photo!); they're VERY handy!

Garage Shop

I've joined a "De-stash-a-long 2009" craft-a-long on Craftster! I hope that sharing my paper crafting addiction will prompt me to use up more of my stash of cardstock, patterned paper, vellum, transparency film, handmade paper, rhinestones, ribbon, eyelets, brads, beads, rubber stamps, glitter, buttons, punches, stickers, wire, flowers, embellishments, paint, etc., etc!

My first goal is to make a huge dent in the amount of scrap cardstock that I keep accumulating. I just can't throw away any scrap cardstock, no matter how small a piece it is. I keep telling myself: "I might be able to use that on someting else" and so I save every little scrap! Not good!

Second goal is to figure out how to use up all that patterened paper I have. I'm just not good at using that, but I keep buying and hoardng it (along with all the other supplies I have). The good news about hoarding is that I don't buy ANYTHING unless it's on sale, and then I buy it even if I don't need it (thus the addiction!).

Anyway, here's a photo of my garage shop that's LOADED with paper crafting stuff. I'm totally cringing as I post this!