I'm Still Here

I don't know how I let the time get away from me. I was putting off posting until I got some new projects to share, but I had no time for stamping. Things haven't been going well at work - everybody's pay was cut by 10% so now I'm not sure whether we can proceed with buying our house. I spent a lot of time worrying, recalculating, renegotiating but now I just have to wait and see. In all honestly I don't even know if I still want to move given that all the improvements we were planning on would now have to be put on hold. At this point I just want to know one way or another.

On the bright side, after a few years or contemplation I finally bought a sewing machine. Last time I used one of these to do something other than a basic trim was when I was 9, so you can say I'm a bit rusty. I justified the purchase as an investment for making window treatments in the new house, but I'm also really excited about finally having a sewing machine handy for cards and scrapbooking. I plan on giving it a spin this weekend and posting something next time. Speaking of sewing, anyone have suggestions for good sewing websites and references?

In the mean time, here's a project I made a year ago but that I had a lot of fun doing - a chipbord album for my newphew's Cowboy themed birthday party for his 5th birthday. He just turned 6 this Saturday, so it feels appropriate.
The album is by Basic Grey that I got from my sweet DSS sis last year and the papers are from the Stampin'Up Outlaw collection.








~Olgy


Supplies (All supplies are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise noted) :

• Stamps: Wanted
  
• Paper: Outlaw, creamy caramel, really rust, chocolate chip, sage shadow, close to cocoa
  
• Ink: really rust, basic black, sage shadow, chocolate chip
  
• Accessories: brads, Hodgepodge hardware, twine, alphabet stickers by Basic Grey, jumbo eyelets, chipboard album by Basic Grey, ribbon
  
• Tools: punches, craft knife