Earlier this holiday season I enjoyed reading both Celebrating and Savoring A Simple Christmas by Money Saving Mom’s Crystal Paine and Planning a Stress Free Christmas by Life Your Way’s Mandi Ehman. (Links in this post are affiliate links. I will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking those links. See my disclosure …

I have always loved being organized, but if you walked in my house right now you probably couldn't tell that! So, I'm working on it. In the process of trying to de-clutter I have run across our address lists (yes, lists...not a book). Since Matt and I have been married, I have kept a printed copy of my friends and family addresses from our wedding and a hand written copy of his friends and family addresses. I've decided it's time to compile these into an address book (22 months later)…

Don't write addresses in an address book, create a label template with all the addresses stored readily available for print! The great thing about the...

We had a wonderful card class on Saturday. Every year we pull names from a hat and then make a gift for that person. I pulled Joyce's name. I decided to make her an address book. The paper used was digital scrapbook paper from 2 peas in a pod. I bought a basic card book, but you can easily cut your own. The page tabs are a punch from stampin up. Bound very easily with two rings.The rose is the same as the tutorial - paper roses (earlier post). Ribbon to close and a little bling 'J' for…

One of the things that is most vivid in my mind from childhood is the address book my parents kept in the kitchen drawer. The outside was covered in a patterned green paper, tattered around the edg…

Discover 26 brilliant, creative and thoughtful DIY items to handcraft to donate to your local nursing home.

As part of my assignment last week in my quest to get my crap together, I asked you all for some help with my address book situation. (Go here, if you’re interested.) After reading through yo...

An old adage in military families is to never write addresses down in pen. I've been looking for a nice address book for literally years. The ones I've owned didn't have large enough lines for my

Transform a notebook into an address book with washi tape!

Amanda has a great two-part project for us today. First up, a beautiful Seating Card Rolodex made from the drawers of an Ikea Fira mini chest. What you’ll need for this project (and part 2, coming up later!): – Ikea Fira wooden boxes – spray paint or varnish – color cardstock – alphabet stickers – paper cutter…