Blog Makeover

Today I finally sat down to do something I have been wanting to do for about a year now . . . give my blog a makeover!  While I love the black and pink pattern that I had, I have had it for YEARS and it was starting to feel dated.  It just feels like it is time for something new.

So I sat down with my digital scrapbooking software from MyMemories Suite and started to play around with some ideas.  I figured that a new header really would not be that different from doing a digital scrapbook layout.

I started by pulling papers and embellishments from all of the different collections I have and put them on to pages of a album I called "Blog Header Ideas".  Pulling all of these items into one album was kind of like digging through my scrapbook papers to pull out colors I like . . . they might get used in the layout, and they might not, but with the way I work I have to pull them all out to see what I have and what works together.

Then the problem was that I could not decide which header I liked the most.  My daughter, who has her own blog at The Creative Ninjas, suggested that I have my blog followers vote for the header they like the best.  Here are the three finalists.

Pink Roses

Charmed Life

Perfectly Trimmed

And now YOU CAN VOTE and tell me which one you like the BEST.

Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7WBYV2L and vote now!

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Fabric Strip Case by ArtBin

If you are a quilter, there is a new storage solution you are going to want to check out.  It is a Fabric Strip Storage Case from ArtBin.

If you are like me, once you have all of your fabric for a project all ironed and cut, you HATE to fold it up to store it, since that means you will have to iron it again.  What if you could store everything in nice stacks?  {I know, you are saying "but Shawn, all of that fabric NEVER stays in a nice little stack like I want it to}

Well if that stack of fabric is nicely placed inside of the Fabric Strip Case by ArtBin, then it will!

Here is the thing I really like about this bin . . . this little clips that help to hold everything in place, so if the bin falls off of a shelf or table, the stack is still held in place.  

The clips just slide into the slots on the inside of the bin, and there are 3 different locations for them so you can decide if you want the clips to be in the middle of the fabric or way out at the edges.

This would be a great way to prep and organize a project, then snap the lid shut to store and protect the fabric . . . you could even take the project to go since you would know that all of the fabric you need is neatly tucked inside!

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