Fun in the Sun Mini book

This summer has been flying by so fast!  We have the perfect way for you to preserve all of your favorite summer memories with our Fun in the Sun mini book kit! 

Now go check out our store and get your own Fun in the Sun mini book kit!

Enjoy these last few days of summer!

Happy Scrappin!

Crystal and Kelli

Fun in the Sun

With the temperature reaching over 90 degrees in our neighborhood, it's no wonder we were drawn to this Sun Splashed patterned paper by We R Memory Keepers.  Here is a sneak peak of the summer project we have been working on. We will be back soon to show you the rest of this minibook and details on how you could get the supplies to make your very own!

We hope you are enjoying your summer and are finding plenty of fun in the sun!

-Crystal & Kelli

Check out our SALE!

Kelli's baby girl has arrived! 

We are taking a little break as Kelli gets through the transition of becoming a new mom.  We hope to be back soon with more ideas, kits, and inspiration. 

Until then...all of our kits will be ON SALE!

Check out our store and we will be back soon - we promise!

Happy Scrappin!

-Crystal & Kelli

Spring Fling - Paperbag 6x6 Minibook Kit!

Paperbags aren't just for carrying your lunch anymore!

You can make a fun & unique 6x6 paperbag mini album with our new Spring Fling Project Kit!

At the last retreat we attended our paperbag mini albums were quite a hit. We completely sold out of them over the course of a weekend! We can take a hint -- so we designed an all new paperbag minibook kit!

This album is great for displaying all your favorite Spring memories or it could be the perfect gift for the soon-to-be graduate in your life! The Spring Fling Project Kit has everything you need to complete the project - a paperbag mini album, coordinating papers, sticker letters, ribbon, and embellies. (even an exclusive T & D zipper flower!)

Crystal used her kit to show off all of her favorite Spring pics from 2009!

Happy Scrapbooking Day!

Since it is National Scrapbooking Day, we had the perfect excuse to set aside some time this weekend to do what we love - SCRAPBOOK!  We just got back from a very fun event at our local craft store.  Are you a scrapper?  If so, then you probably understand why scrapbooking is more than just a hobby to us. There is something about getting together with a group of friends and reminiscing about all of the cherished memories you are trying to preserve. Now before we start sounding all serious - let it be known that one of our favorite things about scrapbooking is letting go, being silly, and laughing until our sides ache!  So to all our fellow scrappers - we hope you can make a little time for scrapbooking (and laughing) this weekend too!

Here's what we were working on...

Crystal's grandpa is turning 90 at the end of the month. After lots of organizing and SHOPPING - she finally got started. It's quite a task to scrapbook 90 years of life!  We will be sure to post some pictures of the end result.  What fun old pictures!

And here's a little sneak peak of something else we have been working on...

May's kit will be released very soon! Be sure to check back later this weekend as you wont

 want to miss out on this fun little project!

Oh and as promised we have a special giveaway just for National Scrapbooking Day!

You could win our Coaster Mini-album kit!

Just post a comment to be entered in the drawing. Tell us why you like scrapbooking, what you are working on, or how you are celebrating National Scrapbooking Day! If you don't scrapbook then tell us what you do like to do.

The winner will be announced on Monday evening!

Happy Scrappin!

-Kelli & Crystal

Glamorista 8x8 Project

We love mini books and scrapbook projects that give you a sense of accomplishment!

Today we are excited to share with you a project showcasing two designs.

Kelli and Crystal each created an 8x8 scrapbook with our

April Kit - Glamorista Project Kit

Crystal's design:

Crystal created this scrapbook for her childhood best friend

Glamorista Project Kit - April Kit Release

Hello Crafty Pals!

It’s finally here! Kit Debut Day!!

This month we’re offering something a little different.

A complete project kit for only $19.99 + SH

We are very happy to bring to you

Everything you need to complete this glamorous 8x8 scrapbook is included!

We’ve loaded this kit with fun papers, unique letter stickers, glamorous rub-ons, and much much more!

We've also created lot's of exclusive handmade embellies in this kit.

You can't get these anywhere else but Thingamabobs & Doodads!

Check out the gallery to see examples

And don't forget about the BONUS!!

But we're not spillin all the beans...you'll just have to wait to see what ya get!

Gotta have this kit right now? Go SHOPPING in our store

Happy Scrappin!

Kelli & Crystal

It’s in the bag!

There is no such thing as a one task item at

Thingamabobs and Doodads!

Pack those kiddies lunches or….

Make a fabulous minibook!

 

We used four plain brown lunch bags to make this album.

MATERIALS:

Brown paper lunch bags – 3-6 work best

Ribbons and threads for binding cut to at least 15 inches. Truthfully, we usually eyeball it.

Coordinating papers and embellishments

HOW TO:

Fold each bag in half.  Measure your “page” surface. 

Our album measured 5 x 5 1/2

Deal em up!

A scrapbook makes a great gift and…a daunting task. 

The answer? Mini Books!

There’s no need to spend tons of cha-ching to get a neat mini book.  Use things you have around the house!

Today we are happy to share a super easy and fun mini book made from playing cards.

Playing cards are so inexpensive.  They can easily be found at dollar stores, thrift stores, or the bottom of your game bin.

Materials:

Deck of playing cards

eyelets

ribbon

photo’s

coordinating papers and embellishments

 

How To:

Embellish your pages first.  This will make it easier to put together at the end after you punch through your eyelets. Keep in mind you will have some hole punching along the one edge when

A fun and unique embellishment!

Zipper flowers seem to be all the rage these days. We have seen them on t-shirts, headbands, and of course in scrapbook layouts. So we thought we would try making our very own zipper flowers.

They turned out to be pretty easy to make.

We just can't wait!

Maybe it was the sunshine we felt today in MN, maybe it was the excitement for more sunshine to come this week...either way, we just can't wait until tomorrow to debut our March kit! So, here it is...

Brighten up YOUR scrapbook this month!

Also..

Another Coaster Mini Album Sample

Here's another quick sample...

Coaster Mini Album

This is such a simple project! It was actually hard to write directions because they are so SIMPLE!

MATERIALS:

For this album we used actual coasters found at Rock Scissors Paper.  For other samples we've recycled thin cardboard (usually we're using the thin cardboard at the back of paper stacks).

Ring Binder (loose leaf) Clip

Paper, ribbon, photo's, embellies, buttons, etc. GO CRAZY!

We've even dabbled with square coasters, or mixing round and square.

HOW TO:

Cut your cardboard to 4 inch circles or squares (you may want to round the corners if using square)

Cover with paper, paint, etc.

Embellish the heck out of it,

Throw on some photos!

See...pretty easy!