This week’s Happy Planner layout is flowery — because, well, people in Manila are currently bringing flowers to the cemetery for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. Haha! Joke lang. What actually happened was: what I wanted for this layout didn’t quite work out, so I ended up adding flowers and leaves instead. Hence, that curved floral thingy smacked right in the middle of the spread. Such an ugh layout, but oh wells. I used the Happy Memory Keeping Floral Memories and The Encourager sticker books for this week’s spread. Sentiment for the week: Girl, you are super amazing. Crafty things I worked on last week I finally turned my Bee Happy Weeklies Aall & Create “paper dolls” into cards ! It was a little #Inktober inspired project I worked on one afternoon just so I could play with my Distress Oxides again. I made a hybrid scrapbook layout for Traci Reed’s Sketchy Sunday — it’s a layout for my...
I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off one of my very first blog posts than with something handmade - not by me, but by my husband! This custom Distress Oxide ink pad organizer was a weekend project he made after noticing how quickly my collection was growing (and how little space I had left!) - nahhh, just kidding! It's after I harassed him about making me one! hehe! Here’s a look at my “before” storage—simple and neat, and it definitely did the job for a while. But after picking up at least a dozen new Distress Oxide colors during our recent trip back home to Manila, it just couldn’t keep up anymore! He took over my craft room to build this from scratch, and I’m honestly so touched by the effort and love he put into it. It’s not only functional, but it fits my space perfectly and brings a sweet, personal touch to my storage setup. A big shoutout to Kuya Noli from Jarir Bookstore here in Al Ahsa , who helped us find the right materials and glue to br...