I have a towering stack of magazines that I cannot ever seem to widdle down. Whole volumes of Somerset, Cloth Scissors Paper, Artful Blogger...not to mention all the House Beautifuls, Real Simples, & other assorted mags. So in the spirit of organization, I'm making myself recycle! (But not before pawing once more through each one & pulling out those gems of inspiration!) Here's the cover of the scrapbook inspiration. This slim volume holds my favorite pages from 25+ magaines! Yay!!

thankful grateful blessed joyful glad

I had a tin of old plain milk caps that my mother-in-law gave me a while back, and thought I'd challenge myself to use up as many of them as I could...Thanksgiving garland! I covered the caps with 5 different patterned papers, punched them, and joined them with jump rings. Then added thankful grateful blessed joyful glad along the length of it, accompanied by some gems and butterflies. I think this is going to become a holiday-by-holiday project! I've already started the Christmas and New Years garlands...

supplies: cardstock> Neenah. patterned paper> Cosmo Cricket, BasicGrey, My Mind's Eye, DCWV, Scarlet Lime. punches> Marvy. font> Typerwriter Serial Xlight. adhesive>Xyron. other stuff> ~65 vintage milk bottle caps. jump rings>Making Memories, Blue Moon. gems> My Mind's Eye. butterflies> Jenni Bowlin.

Paper beads

Here is my take on the fabulous bead cuff from Copy + Paste. Mine has some quirks: the bicones might be slightly too small for the ends of each bead. My wirework is something to be desired on the straight end. However, I loved making this project. The vintage book pages have a magical lustre when glazed, and it's a very cool-looking accessory. Thanks Kirsty & Julie!

so many possibilities!

From the class series over at Copy + Paste, my first of *many* covered journals. I had a little stockpile of blank journals, but not for long. They are getting dressed up & customized for some friends. Easy, and very charming. I'm off to make the project that appeared in this morning's classroom; so inspired!