It’s getting there!

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on relocating my craft room to the newly (re)finished basement. The furniture is moved, and I also bought and assembled a few new IKEA shelves, too. Most of my craft supplies are downstairs, although I’ve been sort of throwing things on shelves to just get it put away. I do still have a few boxes and bags of stuff sitting on the basement floor, as well as some supplies upstairs that need to be brought down. I’m planning todo some better organizing after Christmas.

Here’s where the room is right now:

It looks a lot more organized than it is. I keep having trouble finding things that I know are there somewhere.

Yesterday I had my first chance to craft in the new space. Here is my view:

We still have a lot to set up in the other side of the room. We’re planning to use that space for games/puzzles and sewing. My sister and I don’t sew much, but our mom loved to sew, and we have a lot of her old sewing supplies. I think we’re hoping that if we have a space to set things up, then we’ll be more likely to do it. We’ll have to wait and see if that happens.

At any rate, my first priority is to get desk calendars made for Christmas gifts. (How is it December tomorrow?!) I won’t share those until after the new year, so hopefully I’ll be able to make some other cards or projects to post, too.

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Winter cards for seniors

I’ve been sloooowly making progress on my craft room. Today we moved the furniture downstairs. I need to get a few more shelves for storage, and then I’ll be able to start reorganizing everything. I’m hoping to have it set up by Thanksgiving; I have so much Christmas stuff to work on!

For now I have some winter cards to share. Most of these are the cards I created during my craft weekend a few weeks ago. I posted group photos at the time, but I also wanted to share pictures where you can see the individual cards. These cards, which are for the Cards Connect program at the Friends and Co. organization, will be sent to senior citizens around the state. (See my Sept. 20, 2025, post for fall cards I made for this same cause.) I was able to create 71 cards this time.

I have quite a few pictures, so I won’t share individual details of cards. My main supplies were the Simple Vintage Flannel Season paper pad and ephemera (Simple Stories) and the Chilling with My Snowmies paper pad and coordinating dies (Echo Park). Embellishments are minimal, as the organization requests that cards be fairly flat for mailing. If you have a question about a specific card, leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer it.

Whew! I still need to write a message in each card, and then I have to drop them off by Dec. 5. How are we halfway through November already?!

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