5 on 5 June

1. The current state of my workspace... I've got planner accessories, a specialty album, PL embellishments, make n takes (for crop day), and items for design team cards... Getting a bit cluttered.

2. Finally ready to start working on putting together my Week in the Life album. I've started sorting the pieces from the kit. I've ordered my pictures (need to pick up tomorrow). All set to go!

3. Pulling retired and random items for sale at the crop day. I've gotten multiple bins tagged and ready to go.

4. Playing around with stepping up a card. Look for the finished product on June 15th.

5. My color palette for an upcoming Inspiration card. Bright and summery!

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Not a lot of crafting done this week. You'll see why with the pictures...

1. Check out that look Arthur is giving Nick! He didn't quite know what to think of the big boys in his house.

2. My Thirty-One box was delivered this week. I took advantage of the 12 weeks of summer hostess specials and scored a Canvas Crew Tote (in back), rope strap for Canvas Crew Tote, Zipper Pouch, Double Duty Caddy, Fresh Market Thermal (so big!), a Wristlet strap for my All About the Benjamins wallet, and a couple of key fobs. I've already been using the key fobs and zipper pouch. Looking forward to using my new Fresh Market Thermal for picnics. Check out the site for great products and make sure to use me as your consultant.

3. I started my summer capsule wardrobe this week. So far, so good. The above picture is a preview of my outfits. I'm taking daily pictures to compare when I do my first update. 

4. For some reason, Arthur thought laying on the kitchen floor was a very comfortable place. Silly little boy!

5. This morning's adventures included mini golf. Fun times fun times.

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1. Sorting through all my SU DSP that's retiring come June. I've still got a fair amount of paper leftover. Need to do something with this.

2. Getting our craft supplies around for preschool on Thursday. We're painting tea towels for Mother's Day.

3. Choosing my color palette for May's Project Life pages. I'm thinking yellow, pink, and purple with lots of florals thrown in.

4. Pulling out my newly printed pictures to finish April's Project Life pages. Only two more pages to go!

5. Admiring my pretty new bags from Thirty-One Gifts. I just joined as a consultant a few days ago and am so excited to get started selling!  If you want your own pretties, please follow the link to my first party. While there, check out the great sales going on in May.  https://www.mythirtyone.com/1680775/shop/Party/EventDetail/8186877

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Different 5 on 5 for this week. It's my birthday this week, so here's round up of pictures of my presents...

1. My bridesmaid shoes for a friend's wedding April came this week. Cute, comfortable, and not too tall.

2. The mom who went on the retreat got me this great gift basket for organizing everything.

3. Presents from the in-laws. I always love what they get me. Amazon wish lists are amazing. I'm already using the backpack as our current diaper bag.

4. Pretty pretty flowers from my mom.

5. And the best present of all... a non-napping child. Okay not really a great present, but he didn't suffer much from not napping, so

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A look at some of the things I'm working on this month...

1. This was my setup for Sunday's Modified Notebooks class. I'm loving that our new dining room has enough space to actually hold classes. I even have room to add our big folding table if I need to.

2. I started my 2015 PL pages. This is the partial title page. I still want to add a nice family picture and some journaling about our upcoming year. I'll post the complete title page and half of the January pages tomorrow.

3. I bought these great Scrabble tiles this week. I've got a few projects ideas floating around on Pinterest. Hopefully you'll see the finished project soon.

4. After initial hesitation, I've decided to complete the OLW February prompt and create a vision board. I had these 8x10 canvases left over from preschool; perfect size for me. While at Target, I grabbed these three magazines to use for the board. 

5. Lastly, I'm finishing up the 10 retreat notebooks for later this month. I just need to add the washi tape and starbursts. Complete projects will be featured later this week.

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On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. I have my bases for homemade calendars. Not sure when I'm going to finish these (may be traveling with me to Indiana), but I'm excited to get to them.

2. Over 200 pictures printed for my big Project Life catch up. Determined to get these 5 weeks done before leaving on the 23rd.

3. I've been hoarding these two scrapbook albums for at least a year. I'm thinking of making mini December Daily albums for grandma and MIL. 

4. I couldn't resist these pretty glittered snowflakes at Michael's the other day. I don't need them per say, but I had to have them. They will be making an appearance in my DD album.

5. All these boxes (plus two others on the desk) are hopefully going to be sold at a craft fair on the 15th. I spent a few days going through my big inventory of completed cards and pulled a ton to sell. We'll see how it goes.

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On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. These two giant piles are for our October events.  We have Arthur's first birthday party, a preschool playdate that I'm running, and the fall social.  I've been buying supplies here and there.  Subsequently, they've all ended up in a couple of big boxes on the floor of the office.  I need to take a final inventory this weekend and figure out if I'm missing anything.  (probably am...)

2. Not a craft project, but definitely the reason why I'm not crafting that much this week.  Arthur is in destruction mode all the time!

3. Can't wait to use these pretty November/Thanksgiving themed project life cards.  Such prettiness.

4. Birthday party prep.  I've got the base of the display board completed; just need the photos. And I've labeled all the goody bags with the first letter of each baby's name.  I plan on adding a cute space themed tag to the bags.  

5. I grabbed this cute Thanksgiving craft kit at Michael's for 50% off.  I can't wait to use that same display board recovered with fun Thanksgiving decorations.

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On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. State of my desk a few days ago.  Trying to get my holiday blog hop and holiday swap cards finished.

2. Unite and Excite event swaps and Holiday swaps done and ready to be distributed.  And I even finished them early!

3. Itching to use this pretty Halloween paper (even if it's retired, I still love it).

4. Cleaning out my craft stash.  This is the trash bag, but I also made another bag for Goodwill and a small bag for door prizes and giveaways.

5.  Added embellishments to my PL supply stash.  Now I really should try and catch up on our weeks...

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On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. The state of my craft half-room... Yeah. I have some major cleaning to do.

2. Prepping the birthday presents for next weekend. All set!

3. Finally figured out where to put my SU markers.  I removed some PL card sets and placed the current colors in the first drawer and the retired colors in the second drawer. Now I can easily grab them and they are being stored horizontally as they should be.

4. Still trying to figure out what to do with my destash pile.  I need to try and sell some of this on my FB group and possibly a fall garage sale.  Other stuff I'm thinking of sending off as RAKs.  Need to sort and decide.

5. Put the finishing touches on my first Project Life album (Oct. 2013 - July 2014).  Excited to start on the second volume of 2014.

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I'm starting a new series today: 5 on 5.  On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. I really need to update my current DSP, inks, and inks wanted lists.  Yeah, I love my lists...

2. Trying to pull some ink color combos for this week's card challenges.

3. Finishing up my new catalog swaps.  That notepad is a leftover from my teaching days.  That's four years ago.  I really need to clean that box out (use it or lose it).

4. Dying to try out my new decorative masks.  Maybe with this week's card challenges...

5. Another pack of retired DSP to use this week.  I loved these patterns but I need to just stop hoarding and actually use it.