Need a reason? How about the fact that I haven't sent out the gift tags for the Spring into Action Giveaway..... I sent the earrings last week. I just got an email from Natalie at Kandeland telling me that I won a giveaway over there. She was right on top of everything......gift was wrapped and ready to go.....postage was paid.....she was practically at my door handing it to me personally.....this was all within minutes of my saying "WOW! I won!" All the while, I have gift tags under various piles of papers just begging me to just send them out the door to their intended owners..... I'm so lame..... I made all the tags....... And, then, they promptly got lost under a pile of stuff during the past month of my crazy crafting days. Don't believe me? Well, I present to you, Exhibit A: 
Have you ever run into a situation where you accumulated so much crafting materials around you that you effectively cut yourself off from your craft table? Need a ribbon hanging on the wall in the back? Tough luck.... it's in exile. Need a paint brush? Too bad....no way to get there. AND, even if I could get to the table, it's not like I can work on it. Do you see more than 2 inches of space? No. So, guess who's going to be spending the next 2 days cleaning......then I get to do the fun "Look at my cool craft space" post. But, it's not all just for looks. I have four crowns to do for Teacher Appreciation Week, a Lego Crown to do for Carlo's "real" Birthday Day, a bunch of jewelry and art piece for our school's Silent Auction, and I would really love to get some items in my Etsy shop. So it's mandatory cleaning time.
On to bigger and and much tidier things.........
As much as I would love tell you that this is my "after" shot of my nice new clean studio.....I can't. But, it is the next best thing.....It's A NEW Scrapbook Boutique in my neck of the woods. For the love of paper and glitter, someone pinch me and tell me this isn't just a dream. I was in complete heaven today wandering the aisles of this fabulous new store that is run by Michelle White and Helle Greer called PaperTales. I heard about it while blog hopping (it's kind of like bar hopping but with out the hang-over and regrets) Anyway, I went from Joy's blog to Michelle's blog and almost had a heart attack when I saw that they were opening the new store on May 1st. I thought maybe I could camp out in front of the store the week before they opened.....you know, just to stare at all the new merchandise coming in and to guarantee the first spot on opening day. But, then I thought....maybe I might scare them a bit and get arrested for loitering.... so I decided to just hang back and play it cool. Although, I'm not sure if Michelle was put off by my screams of excitement when I walked through the door, she didn't show it as she walked me around the store while pointing out all the amazing lines they carried. She is so sweet and so nice.......and we had so much fun talking about blogs and craft and how this crazy crafty world of ours is brought closer by cyberspace.
I managed to remember my camera so I have a bunch of great pics....Take a look for yourself.....
Now, of course, you have to understand that I HAD to bring the "CEO of Tomfoolery" of Chaos Industries with me to this event. As you can see, he immediately made himself at home.........
Whereby, making the immediate decision (based on a Hot Wheels coloring book, crayons, a kalidescope and child-size table and chairs) that we were moving the Chaos Headquarters to PaperTales.
I told him it wasn't practical and I hardly thought that they would allow Thomas the Train decor alongside the Glittered Chipboard. But, he insisted, and told me to draft the contract........And then, of course, just as I had Michelle convinced that Bob the Builder is the next new thing to hit the Scrap Industry, I turn around, and what do I find......him lounging on the couch with grandma.....
That's it.......
I'm asking for a raise! And trust me........ I'm going to need it for all my trips to my newfound Scrap Boutique. This is what I ended up getting.......
So, if you are in the San Diego area, this is going to be the place to be! Now as much as I want to dig into my new paper, I have a Lego Crown that is awaiting my attention......Talk to you soon!! Karin
