AMANDA'S BASKETS: Inchie Books and How We're Doing...

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Inchie Books and How We're Doing...

Can you believe that we are at the end of March?   It's been almost two full months since we finished our plans for the year.   Remember, we spent all of January looking at our lives and where we wanted to go with them?

Well, how are things going for you?   Some things are working out for me and others less successful.   Is it time to re-evaluate what we are doing?   I'm going to give it one more month before that.   But at the beginning of April, I'll let you know exactly how I'm doing with my plans.   Be sure to remind me if I forget.

So, just a couple pictures tonight.   First of all, my latest doodle...

I seem to have developed an affinity for dots. What do you think?

I'm also working on a tutorial on making inchie books. I will be posting this after I post it at Roses On My Table on the Inch by Inch Swap page. But here are pictures of the finished book...(That's a penny next to it, by the way.)

Thanks for visiting...

Enjoy yourself...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.