Another One of My Brains
or my morning sanity keeper...
I ran across this picture of a picket fence basket organizer I made 10 years ago. I bought the 'basket' and then glued on fabric flowers with Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue® tied a raffia bow and I was ready to keep everything that I needed together.

Today, I have this 'bucket' set-up on a ledge as I walk in the door and I automatically put the necessary things I need right there. In the cute little bucket I put my keys, my glasses find their home in one of the loops of the bucket (usually sunglasses) and I have my cell phone charger cord through the other loop, so not only is it charging, I know where it is. It helps my sanity in the mornings. Grab and go! Oh, I received this giant paperclip as a gift - it keeps my bills right there ready for me to pay.

Make it a creative day!
Joan

Did you see it?????

Aleene's Original Tacky Glue was featured last night on the TV show Beauty and the Geek!!!

The "beauties" were challenged to assemble a dog house using hammers and nails and then decorate them with carpet, trim, boas, etc. A shot of the tell-tale gold bottles, with the "5oz bonus size" was visible.

Gotta love Aleene's Original Tacky Glue!!!

Not Your Ordinary Party...

Doug's holiday party was phenomenal!!! (see next post for more details about Doug and the party)

Not only did Doug go all out with decorations and food, he provided us with entertainment - and it wasn't your usual entertainment.

Find the Pickles and Find the Fairies - Doug had hidden 3 fairies who "needed to find their way home" and two Christmas Pickles - we scurried around inside and out and had great fun finding the unusual items.

Make a Christmas Tree - This idea is wonderful for any age - Doug had green and beige paper, a whole lot of embellishments and of course, Aleene's Original Tacky Glue set out on a table. Notice I didn't mention scissors - nope, we couldn't use scissors. We folded, we creased, we tore, we calculated - we had fun! Check out our creativity. It was also great fun to just sit, chat and dance around to Christmas music as we made our trees. (It's Monday morning and I'm hearing from lots of people that their tree isn't shown here, so you'll be seeing more soon! Doug tells me he's bringing them all in so we can vote.)

Smores - We huddled around Doug's backyard firepit and made smores! See, Matt, I did put up your photos!!! (Matt's been not so secretly wanting to be on my blog and see what I'd write!)

Matt, Megan and Josh making the perfect smores!

Video Taping and a Photoshoot!

It's been an exciting week! I was photographed with my decoupage projects for an ad that will be featured in a craft trade magazine in January. I love decoupage - it's so easy and the results are fantastic! Here's how I created these floral projects:

• I photocopied the picture of a flower I took on my vacation last month.
• Cut it out.
• I applied Aleene's Instant Decoupage on my base piece and on the back of the photocopy. I placed the photocopy on the base piece and brushed Instant Decoupage it.
• I wanted some dimension, so I attached silk leaves to the pieces by dipping the end of the leaf in the Instant Decoupage and placed it along the stems.
• I wanted to add a touch of sparkle, so I attached Tulip Glam-It-Up! Iron-On Crystals in the flower centers and along the stems.

I love being able to show off the photos from my vacation instead of sticking them in a photo album!

Video Taping

I had so much fun this afternoon taping a Bread Dough How-To Video featuring Aleene's Original Tacky Glue with Alexis, a designer I work with. We laughed so hard watching our play back. It needs to be edited (just a little) and will be at http://www.duncancrafts.com/ under the Education section. I'll let you know when it's available.

If you haven't tried bread dough in a while, Alexis shows some new ways to mix the dough and also includes how to make a dough with cornstarch.

Upward and onward...

Joan