I've Given Myself A P.H.D.

I now have a P.H.D.

Yup, I've given myself a P.H.D.

One day during the last week of December, I ventured into my sewing room after a 3 week holiday sabbatical. I CLIMBED over boxes and left over craft fair goodies from the Fall/Winter 2010 craft shows...(goodies that should have been put away as soon as the LAST one was over).

I told myself now was a good time to get (re)organized, clean things out, and put things BACK where they belong. In other words.....take a good look around, and decide what I should do with the beginning of a

NEW YEAR.

As I climbed, dug and tossed, I found things I'd forgotten I had.

Do YOU ever do that?

Do YOU ever find things you've forgotten you had?

Or projects you've STARTED, and then forgotten?

Well, if you have, then do what I've done!

Give yourself a P.H.D.

I now sign my name:

Marilyn Rank, P.H.D.

Projects Half Done

Here's a few of the P.H.D.s I found.......

Hummm, this one was just being made with no plan......just cool fabric! Would love to finish and see what it becomes!

Gosh, I'd forgotten all about this new large style clutch! I was going to add straps.

This little baby was going to be made into a Maggie Bag. Great fabric!

Here are a few of my new FINISHED projects!

If you'd like to see more of my new bags, just check out my Little Etsy Store
http://www.bymarilyn.etsy.com/

Weekend List Of Projects

Rain, rain go away.....

It's now Monday morning, and I'm having my 2nd latte' wondering how many items I can check off on my list of weekend projects.

Let's see:

Clean out the dead leaves from last fall that are still surrounding my roses...nope. It's raining.

Clean up Frosty's doggie doo in back yard.....nope. It's still raining.

OK, no outside work got done this weekend. None. However I did finally clean out my scrap booking closet(s). There were scrap booking supplies tucked in closets, cupboards, and every cubbyhole in the house. Too much of it had crept into my sewing room, taking over precious space. If you know me well, you know I'm a fabric addict. I need all the space I can get to house my fabric stash. So I've come to the decision that my sewing room is going to be just that....a sewing room.

Nothing allowed but sewing supplies. No boxes with old photos. No boxes with scrap booking paper/supplies. No office supply boxes. Only my sewing paraphernalia is allowed. Gosh, it feels soooo good to be able to even come to that decision.

Well, here's a picture of my scrap booking supplies new home. It's housed in half of the guest room's closet.

So now that I have my scrapbooking stash under control, I get to start revamping my sewing room; & this is what I'm thinking: new color on the walls, new drapes on the window. Maybe even re-cover my sewing room chair with a fun, bright fabric.

Hummmmm, if it wasn't still January, you'd think I have a huge case of spring fever....