HayaTiggs at the AMR message board asked how people store their stickers. Here's how I store mine. I actually have mostly letter stickers, and I keep them in a 3" binder from Staples. (It's the same binder I use for my clear stamps.)

I keep mine by color, but for other stickers, you could sort by theme or manufacturer. Each color gets it's own Poly String Files w/ Side Opening , also from Staples (I love Staples!) I used a sheet protector as a template and punched holes in the files' gussets. I originally used my large crop-a-dile hole punch, but I had to make three holes fro the binder ring to fit, I went back over those holes with the 1/4" Fiskars hole punch I have since acquired. It even makes turning the files easier.

Using a 3" Binder allows the gussets to still expand, so a lot of stickers fit in each file. It's tempting to get one of those GIANT 5 inch-ers, but at 3", it's heavy enough.

Stickers slip in and out without having to engage the binder rings.

And fasten securely. (I've dropped mine more times then I can count.)

Would you like to see more organization on here? Let me know, and I share some of my other storage.

OMGoodness, I was playing with my blog, adding my Wordle below (well maybe above) So anyway, I noticed in add a page elemt, there was a new "Subscribe" feature, so I added it, because I don't mind begging for subscribers! Anyway, when I was testing it, it gave me a choice to subscribe to my blog or to all the comments. ALL THE COMMENTS!! ALL THE COMMENTS!!! I can read my comments in reader now! OMG OMG OMG!!

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Oh my goodness, has it really been two weeks since I posted?
Here are some highlights: I took six kids ranging in age from almost four to seventeen across the state, a lovely 7 1/2 hour drive. Well about half of it was lovely, the rest was mostly desert highlighted by a coyote peeing on the shoulder. And it wasn't a manly, hike your leg like a stud peeing either. That was an oddly cool thing to see at 80 MPH. We were pretty geared up though, we had two Nintendo DS, two DVD players, a couple of cameras and four cell phones to pass the time, yet somehow, there was still time for complaining! That's why I only brought four kids back! lol (I was actually bring two home after a visit w/ grandma and grandpa) As a scrapper, I'd have to say the high light of the trip a a detour to Boise to go to Archivers!


Oh my goodness, it was fantastic; it was amazing, it was worth the extra 100 mile round trip! I really debated going with gas prices but, I was so really close, I mean I had already driven 7 1/2 hours of the 8 hour trip; with six kids in the car, just me and six kids and a van load of electronics, all competing for for three outlet, and the next closes one in in Utah, and I never get out of the Portland metro area, let alone Idaho or Utah, so I went. It was worth it. I could have spent a thousand dollars, I could have spent $200 without trying, but I only spent $27 because I was being good. I got a couple of things I've been looking for locally to no avail, I got a Doodlebug assortment of crushed velvet flocking, a Ranger Archival Ink pad and 7 Gypsies stamps.

And yes, I rationalized that it wasn't really financially responsible to spend only $27 dollars on a hundred mile round trip, that the gas alone made the little I bought cost so much more, and that it would me sounder the distribute the cost of that gas over say $200 of product. As soon as I got back to my brother's house I emailed and demanded they put one in immediately here in the Portland area, preferably by time I got home the next day. I want all of you to email them too ans tell them to come to Portland, preferably on the westside. Here's how you can email them too and ask for an Achiever's near me: http://www.archiversonline.com/email Yes, you read that right, I want you to email them and ask for a store near me. I serious, even if you live in Timbuktu, ask for one in Portland, OR

After the trip I got a very nasty cold that took me out for about a week, then my oldest got it , then the dog got it!

I did get to crop with melonscraps and LB Oregon on Saturday which was great, but I didn't actually finish anything. I did get a good start on some ATC for a swap.

Tonight, by 13 year old son surprised me by saying he's like to scrap. Yes the same one I have to bribe with candy to go to Mike's, Jo's or the LSS. I'm in the middle of switching scrap tables, so I said, there no room. He replied, he could work on the dinning table, and while I was putting around, he made two layouts, completely on own. When I was looking at them he said, "Now, don't put these on your thing" (my thing = my blog) The he said, "Okay, go ahead" So without further ado:

I've always had a dilemma about where to keep the magnets to my Basic Grey magnetic mat. Until today, I found a 4x4 piece of metal (I want to say aluminum, but I don't know if magnets work on aluminum and I don't want to sound stupid)

I covered it with Jenni Bowlin butterfly paper, then stickled and added the black frame.

I actually took photos of the process so I could post a little tutorial, but all the pics are really blurry. (Poor quality control, I'll have to write myself up on my next performance review) When I made the frame, I was actually reminded of when I first started scrapbooking. I was convinced you should frame pictures rather than matting them. And I tried to make these frames on my Fiskars paper trimmer. It was a disaster.

Here it is...I must confess that I did the photos, mats, pp and layout several months ago at a crop. I just couldn't figure out a title treatment. So this is my number 2 DS last year at the beach. The sand on his cheek almost look like a 5 o'clock shadow; is this a preview of years to come?

And would you like to know why I don't produce more? Or why it takes me 6 hours to make a layout? Here's why...

Over here on the right are my shared items from Google Reader. I call them I found these great post. When I come across post I'd like to tell my friends about, I click "share with notes" in GR, and leave a note about what I thought was so awesome. It automatically update this box on my bog, it so cool! I think it shows that last 10 items I shared. There are a couple of ways you can see that I've shared.