Sunday, January 9, 2011

Organize your Stuff: Week 18 (round 3): Tools & Adhesives Part 2

Here is my layout for the Week:

Used my favorite tool from Tuesday for this one! The Tim Holtz tonic piercer put the glue dots on my Thickers…Creative Me knows that supposedly they have changed, but too many Thickers have fallen off my pages, so now they all get double duty adhesive! Also, I used the piercer to pierce holes for the brads in the middle of the flowers. Page 2 in this 2 page layout was inspired by the Challenge Sketch for January from the 2 Peas Calendar Girls.

Now, drum roll please! Adhesives are finally corralled! It was the wild, wild west here for a while (and not the weird Will Smith movie version with all the strange mechanical inventions). We admit to putting off the inevitable, but PA Me kept saying… I know the perfect solution, so when things calm down, it will only take a minute… so let’s do it later!

The POW is pretty sure that PA Me could have been a Jedi (this is not the droid you are looking for…) except that it take work, dedication, and actually showing up for Jedi class. So, last night, after working at my local scrap book store, OCD Me was all jazzed with organized scrapbook energy and was ready to tackle the probably five minute task of organizing adhesive. (OCD Me gets terribly frustrated by PA Me, because most of the time these tasks are rather simple and not terribly time consuming.)
Step 1: Get hanging basket from old scrap room desk and bring down stairs.

Step 2: Hang basket in Expidit bookcase so that there are 2 levels for adhesives… then realize that the basket is too wide for the space provided.

The POW then spent the better part of an hour moderating between OCD Me who wanted to find a new solution, and PA Me who had thrown in the towel and wanted to get some quality DVR time in with the TV since Fabulous Spouse was out of town. The POW finally put her foot down and reminded PA Me that yes Fabulous Spouse was out of town. That means that the Laundry Fairy was out of town too. So PA Me had a choice. Play with OCD Me and a little glue or do laundry for five. Amazingly, with negotiation skills like that, PA Me had linked arms with OCD Me and the two of them set off to create adhesive order (maybe I am wrong, and it is the POW who is the real Jedi Master).
SO, now adhesives are done, my layout is done, and we are ready for next week-Chipboard on Tuesday! …off to tackle that laundry. Darned missing laundry fairy!

16 comments:

Lisa said...

Check another week off the list!

Mary Pat Siehl said...

what a great layout!

Jennifer said...

Great looking layout and good for you for getting your organizing done.

hilde janbroers said...

I should do some organizing as well..lol.
Love your layout!!

Deborah said...

I need to do some organizing too!

Deborah said...

By the way, I am doing "One Little Word" and like the button on your blog...where did you find the button...I'd like to add one on my blog too :)

ScrappnBee said...

Deborah-log into the OLW message board, then go to messages from Ali, and the top thread is Class Banner with the code to add OLW to your sidebar! Thanks for visiting!

Becky said...

Love the layout and I never would have thought to use the piercer for glue dots, great tip! For all the inner turmoil that was caused, your adhesive's look amazing!

Monica Loewen said...

AHHHH - I'm so jealous!!!! I saw TSO a couple of years ago when they came to Calgary, and now they don't seem to be coming back. :( Great LO - love the pics!

Anonymous said...

Cute pages! They were just here in KC.

Jan (jangram on 2 Peas)

Sharla said...

Great organizing job....I totally need an overhaul of my stuff...love your layout too, looks like you had a great night!

Deborah said...

THANK YOU :) It's up on my blog!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for all the great advice. I'm going to reorganize my stash soon so I'll need all the help I can get. :)

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Looking good!

Love the double pager!

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