My First SMASH Is Here!!!

Yay!  Oh the excitement!!  I got my very first Smash order from OhMyCrafts.com (fabulous service).  I'm absolutely thrilled with it.  It goes far and beyond my expectations and I can not wait to get started with it.  If you're on the fence about getting a EK Success - K & Company Smash Book... don't be.  The paper quality is lovely and sturdy and the book is just the right size for keeping all those little bits and pieces that we accumulate and then don't know what on earth to do with.

So here is my little haul that arrived today.  The Pink "Pretty" Smash Folio, Black Smash Tape and the Travel Smash Pad.

This is with a regular BIC Ballpoint Pen to give you and indication of the Books size.

Inside My Midori Travelers Notebook

As I just could not wait for my Midori to arrive, I got busy and made my own insert for it out of regular old A4 and a Manilla Folder and then stitched it all together.  I covered the folder in scrapbook paper and then got to work on being arty on the inside.

The cover of my self-made insert.  The deck shown in the background is The Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set.

Working on the inside page.  Stamps are by Hero Arts and the Tarot Deck is the Tarot of Prague by Baba Studio.

This is a fold out I made from Basic Grey paper to hold photos I want hidden.  Stamps shown are by Hero Arts.

My Midori Travelers Notebook

I love this thing.  It's just so Indiana Jones and cool to carry around.  I like how the diary and notebook on the inside are individual too, so there is no loose pages.  This makes the refills so much easier to store when it's full.  Here is mine on it's first holiday in the Bay of Plenty.

City side of Lake Rotorua.

Lake Rotorua from Marama Resort.

Mt Maunganui with way out at sea, the Rena shipwrecked on the reef.

Coffee at Bayfair Mt Maunganui.

Me With a Blog???

I would never have thought in a million years that I would ever start a blog.  But here I am with one.  I decided to set one up due to my lack of being able to find anything of interest to me on my two obsessions - The Midori Travelers Notebook and Kay & Company Smash Books.  So I've decided to post my own stuff on these and whatever else I should come up with.  So here we go.....