Q-4 Team Member CHAT!

I always forget about that! Thanks for staying on top of all the things for us.

I earned another hour of crafting together time at the library today, got my mending done as well as a bit of crochet practice. Yesterday I got started with some extra cute kitty cards so hopefully that will jumpstart my afternoon crafting. I'm a bit late sitting down at my desk so it helps to have something that I can continue.

Hope all is well with you all.

Hi everyone! Just checking in and getting myself started this quarter. I'm hoping being on a team will motivate me to scrap more and take time for myself.

I have a couple of big changes happening this month. My baby turns one next week, she starts daycare the week after (previously, my mom had been caring for her while I work). Lastly, I need to move her into her own room (has been sharing our master bedroom this past year). This is relevant because I probably will move my scrappy stuff to my bedroom, since currently it's all in the spare bedroom/office that will soon become her room. I don't know how that will go if now I will be confined to scrap in my bedroom as well as work from home in my bedroom. I am worried it will feel like a dungeon. I am definitely nervous about the daycare transition, too. It will be the most I have ever been away from her, since I work from home, I've been able to be with her during the day while my mom cares for her. Ugh. I am dreading it.

Anyway, scrapwise, I am working on lots of her baby pictures. I have lots of photos printed, so I have plenty to play with for Sketchtember. I love Sketchtember, it is exciting for me to check the new sketches every day.

Just catching up here...

grammadee - yay for signing up for the fall crop with justjac and double yay for being Queen of the Crop with waived fees.  I'll try to think of some challenges...thank you for the reminder.


Linda - I hope you get to fit in some scrappy time this month but so fun to have a big trip to look forward to.  Nice going getting your 2012 pictures in order and ordered!  Your upcoming trip sounds wonderful.  

Welcome gingerjenny and medennis4 - I hope you have fun with all the challenges and look forward to chatting during the quarter!  It's all for fun.

Shakti - So many times, I wonder "what was I thinking" when I come across some rando item in my stash. Which technique or product are you questioning?  

katiekaty - I am glad Maddy is doing well and can return to school. It's going to be nice spending the holidays together <3  You're ahead of the game planning for your upcoming crops.  

angel97701 - I can not imagine a week long crop.  It sounds equally amazing and overwhelming to plan for so much scrappy time. Again with a leak...I am glad this one isn't as bad.

kitbop - It's so fun to have a big project like your Florida trip.  I can't wait to see your pages! 


medennis4 - it will be so nice for you to go the stamping/cardmaking event.  Did you catch the photo printing sales?

beachy - that was nice of your SIL to give you her supplies.  I like jumping around between older pictures and current pictures also.

joblackford - good for you working out the listings in advance and re-learning the granny square technique.  How is that online class going?

breetheflea - yay for uninterrupted scrappy time! 

justjac - I hope everything went smoothly today.


This covers page 1 but I gotta get to bed!  More tomorrow. 

These are my favorite staycations! Staying home to scrap, but somehow I never scrap as much as I tell myself I will lol.  Have fun setting up your new furniture! 


Wow scrappyrabbit it's hard to believe she's a year old already! My craft space and WFH office are in the same room, and I sometimes it does feel like I live in that room lol. I will take things to the dining room if I need a break from that space. Glad to see you making time to play!

I'm still putzing with 2 of my samples for the month and I still have 2 more to start. But I'm really really wanting to play with the sketches that have been posted already.

christinec68 “ How is that online class going? “
Good! Thanks for asking!
The One Big Win class is mostly self-propelled, which is good. At the beginning of each fortnight you’re supposed to read the next stage of guidance but that’s really only a 25 min task. There’s a forum for discussion, just people updating their own progress, which I’ve been doing in my journal. But the rest is actually DOING the task, which for me is writing those Hummel listings.

I’m doing pretty well. I’m getting pretty good at fitting in a block or two of work at times when I’d usually think it wasn’t worth it, and looking for opportunities to move the overall project ahead even if I feel like there’s a roadblock. My roadblocks right now are 1. The Hummels I just listed got no views, maybe because of the holiday weekend and 2. I don’t have any more figurines at home and need to wait until I can coordinate with the fam to get more.

But I’m still moving forward! Doing things that I would have to do at some stage anyway.

As for the idea that I would work on the watercolor class as a side project - zip, zilch, nada, nope. (So far).
I did work on some cute kitty cards though.

Sorry for the drive by - it was a longish day.  I only lasted about an hour into the prep class before wrapping it up for the night.

I hope you all had a nice day!

I've fallen way behind on this thread, too. :0

Yikes, I got lost for a day and am so far behind in the thread!

scrappyrabbit - I cannot believe she is 1! We struggled to get our oldest to transition to a room of his own - but he and I were chuckling about that when we went out for a walk together yesterday - there comes a day, all too soon, when they want NOTHING to do with your room. Don't worry if she needs you close now - you won't spoil her, she'll still turn out normal, and you might just all sleep better But I can understand how work, play and sleep in 1 room might feel like you are "trapped" when you are trying to "play"!

beachy - I too wish I had a small group locally. I'm participating in a 4 day card event (comes with a box Shakti - I'm with you on the box/no-box motivation. If I have to dig thru my own stash it feels like so much more work!) in 3 weeks and I know lots of crafters get together to do it, but I don't know anyone locally.

Thanks for the reminder for challenges grammadee - after work, promise!

I'm just feeling rather overwhelmed and tired and stressed. Started a new student at work, and he's really nice and polite but I'm having to spoon feed him a bit to get him up and running and I just don't have time for that! He reminds me of my own boys - smart, lovely, wants to help, but doesn't observe terribly well and see what he should be doing, waits for specific instructions. So when I get home, my brain wants to turn off instead of craft.

I might actually get something done if I stopped cruising the internet!! But there are such good ideas there!

I started working the the quarter 4 spreadsheet, I was up to the most current list of challenges. Then I lost the whole %^ thing

I'm keeping an eye on the sketches and I have every intention of doing them all - but you know what they say about good intentions.

I need to get my first Cardtober sample done. I leave for a Hawaii cruise on the 27th of this month and won't be back until the 5th of October. Hey, maybe I should add a challenge for "Scrap you trip to Hawaii"

gramma, you could be a little less specific -- scrap beach-themed or tropical-themed pages or scrap a vacation trip. Works for your goal, but more likely to apply to other Peas.

I love the little glimpses into everyone's lives. I like the scrappy questions, too, but like the idea QotW much better than QotD!

I access the site on two different devices and sometimes that scrambles the "new" link -- I end up backtracked to posts I've already read or skipped ahead, I think. Depending on whether that happens and how long it's been since I've caught up, I might try to respond to everyone or not. If I arrive and someone has posted recently and no one's responded, I definitely make an effort to respond to that.

Also, one of those devices is an iPad. That's why some of my posts seem barely literate. I am appalled to come back on the computer sometimes and see exactly how scrambled things end up when I try to type on the Pad "keyboard". Sorry about that....