Another Week Bites the Dust

Another week over. This week I could certainly see the beginnings of the changes in the seasons. Things were certainly a little cooler, the mornings are taking longer to dawn and the nights are drawing in. There have been several cloudy days in a row. I don't mind the cooler temperatures but I do miss seeing the sun. I think as the days grow duller and cooler I might be spending more time indoors. I walked several mornings, but a couple of days not as far as I usually would.

In the home I am still trying to sort and tidy. I am working a little on my craft room, but with moving everything around it is looking quite a mess! I wanted to give myself time to have a little fun while cleaning too so I took time to make a couple of projects. 

While sorting the craft room I came across lots of paper bits and scraps. I sorted out the biggest of these to use on little mini albums. The first lot I worked with were some dog papers that I'd bought to make an album for daughter. I made and gifted the album a while ago but these were leftover pieces that were too big to throw away. As a side note I think in the future I might make up a large bag and add these to the donation pile if I haven't used them after x amount of time. 

There was more paper than I thought as I was able to make two mini albums with the bits and pieces. I really like how they turned out!

This first little album was made from 6 cards and envelopes. Each one has a pocket and I made a little journaling card from some cut outs that were on one sheet of paper.

This second one is a little waterfall album. I used more journaling cards on the top of the pages and patterned paper on the bottom. I really like both of these styles of albums as they are perfect for using up small pieces. 

I have another pile I am starting on as well as - gasp - thinking about starting Christmas cards. I say this every year but as I am home more this year I am determined to get a start on them so I'm not rushing at the last minute!