My Escape Route...

Do you have an escape route? What am i talking about, well when everything in life, work, family or any stress at all starts to get to be to much I go to my escape route...my craft room! I love to just go and sit in there and relax. I warn my husband that I am going to disappear and he asks no questions. He knows I need that time to myself and then I just go and sit in there. I will flip through magazines or fiddle on my computer to become inspired and then I just create. My room has been so loyal to me and mu sanity that I decided to give her a makeover!

So enjoy my pics of my recently redone room....

This first picture is my main "station". My desk, which is supposed to be for a computer and what not, but it has a great amount of surface area to work on and also provided a lot of storage. I have plaster walls throughout my whole upstairs of my house so I can not really put up shelves so the extra storage comes in handy. All my do-dads and embellishments and markers, tools etc are tucked into the corner part of the hutch. All my PTI and other clear company sets are in a CD case that is now to small, but I dont think I will be adding to many more sets like these to my collection. Oh you can also see my ribbon hanger thingy, can you believe I always reach for my rolls of ribbon and 90% of the time I forget I have ribbon on there? It has become a decor item, ha!

This is to the right of my Desk, all my ink storage on top is PTI and bottom is SU. I have since taken all my pti inks and put them in a container like the white ones below and I am getting rid of the top ink thingy so i can hang pictures or stamped art instead. i have adjusted my sahelves to fit all my 12 x 12 paper on the bottom. Well I would be lying if I said this was ALL my 12 x 12 paper, I also have 3 of those paper cases accordian style that you can buy from Michaels or Staples

This is to the left of my desk. More storage!!! The ribbon holder my dad made for me back in 2006...LOVE IT!! and then the shelf is full of all my SU stamps that I would LOVE to unmount but really am not that ambitious....lol

more storage.....you know those Michael's cubes are awesome. I may have to retake this picture though because I rearranged everything on this section :D

Can you believe this whole unit (not really a single unit) I put together for a small $85.00? The drawers at the bottom were on sale for $15 each. The three cube shelf things were $10 each...Giant Tiger, I Love You...lol As you can see though I need more stuff to put in here...SHOPPING! I did pick up some cute baskets to put in there from Jysk but i need to go back and get more.

Last but not least this is my paper storage (PTI & SU) The holders are SU and the shelf is from Michael's

Thanks for having a peek. WHat do you think, do you like the paint color in my room?

Loonie Stampers Challenge #98

Well hello there!
This week was my color choice and I just felt like having
a nice bright springy color palette!

I used my new Stampin Up set called First Day in order to make a few cards for teachers at school. My Daughter has one teacher who I absolutely LOVE! She is very kind, loving to the kids and damn good at what she does.

Here is my finished inside, complete with a little vellum envelope that holds in a pewter pocket token with a verse on the back written for teachers!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
4 more days and I will be heading to Char's house in order to fly out the next day and meet up with all the Loonie Girls for ECLIPSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Visit the girls!
Dee ~ Regan ~ Maria ~ Char ~ Wendy
Don't forget if you play along to link it up in the comments and we will try to pop in and say hello!

Flood Pictures

Here are some pictures from around Medicine Hat, Irvine and other affected areas.....(Char dont look...lol)

This is a section of Highway on the Trans Canada completely washed away near Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

This is a park in town near the South Saskatchewan

This is in Kin Coulee Park where the Canada Day "Zed Fest" is supposed to be?!

Local Businesses under water

This is the bottom of Sholton Hill, A main roadway from one area of town to another

Main intersection in town filling up

Images are mostly from a facebook group and a few news sites.

Maple Creek flood 2010 Trans Canada Highway dissapears

SO....this is whats been going on around Medicine Hat, Irvine, & the video is on the Trans Canada Highway near Maple Creek, SK.......

Loonie Stampers Challenge #97

Well Heeeeeeeellloooooooooooooooooo!
This weeks Challenge was set up by Miss Wendy and I like the colors!

... and yes that is the new wall color in my craft room that you can see behind my card. Don't worry i will share pics of my new room soon...still setting up my things in new places :)

Don't forget to give the ladies some love.....
Dee ~ Regan ~ Maria ~ Char ~ Wendy
Don't forget if you play along to link it up in the comments and we will try to pop in and say hello!