Croproom Makeover

Ok, so there's still some things I'd like to do. Hardwood floors would be nice, a real ceiling and some crown molding... maybe a mini fridge under the table... but a fresh coat of light blue paint helps a lot. I have been meaning to paint my croproom from the day we moved our offices to Lindon and I finally got it done!

Some details: These books were made a year ago to feature the new QuicKutz alphabet sets released at CHA Summer 2008 and are also featured on the cover of the QuicKutz School Idea Book. They now look perfect on the book shelf in my croproom.

I LOVE this humming bird shape. I cut it out twice and bent the wings back to give it a 3D effect, then hung them from ribbons in my bird cage. These are my kind of birds, cute, quiet, and clean.

I came across the sentiment "Be courageous and vulnerable" while purusing some of my favorite creative blogs. It was on retro printed poster. It spoke to me and I adopted it as my new mantra. I designed the whole layout on the Silhouette and cut it out in Crate Paper patterned paper. The dots pattern on the candle hurricane was etched using a stencil created with the Silhouette and vinyl and Etchall Glass Etching cream.

This is my newest addition. I LOVE that the Revolution cuts fabric! I used the nesting flower dies and cut out several fabric flowers. Using Strano Design RibbonStiff, I "sculpted" the flowers to give them a little more dimension. Then with a brad in the center of each flower, I hot glued them to my twigs and voila! a hand made flower arrangement.

Ok, so Anthropologie sells these awesome patterned light switch covers, only they are 30 bucks! Thanks to my friend, Nicki's brilliant, creative mind, some old Chatterbox paper, and a bottle of Mod Podge, we made these sweet covers for around $1. Here's to designing on a budget!

QK designer, Leisa Rice rocked this Birthday release last January. I love her bright colors and excellent composition. What a fun frame, I just had to display it.

RIBBONS!

I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a good ribbon storage solution. Come on, ribbon companies, I can't be the only one. I finally found this ribbon rack online. When it arrived, it discovered it was pretty ghetto. I could have (and should have) just made one myself. I had to repaint the wood, replace the bars and flirt with a few Home Depot men to get all the modifications I needed, but in the end, it did what I wanted it to do. So, I guess it was worth the time and money. I LOVE being able to see all my pretty ribbons (courtesy of American Crafts) when I'm making a project. It beats digging through my drawers.