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Thursday, January 9, 2014

AA for scrapbookers

Hi my name is Diane and I am a scrapoholic hoarder.  It started when I innocently bought some stuff to do an album just for fun.  Shortly after, I connected with a friend whom I had lost touch with over the years and she was a serious scrapbook girl. I mean serious!!!  I've never seen a scrapbook room as cluttered and full of eye candy as hers!  She became my enabler and I became a junkie!  Truly it is like being addicted to drugs!  LOL  Not that I know what it is like to be addicted to drugs, but I know what addiction is because once again... my name is Diane and I'm a scrapoholic hoarder! 

There are tons of video's out there and my favorite is Lynda and OMG could I connect with her!!!  She's my sister from another Mister.  LOL  I howled when I saw her video, she was just too funny!  And almost everything she was talking about and showing I was nodding my head saying... Yup I got that, got that...yup got that too...  LOL  It was like watching my alter ego in a mirror. 

So, because I didn't get anything creative done today, I wanted to give you a tour of my room so you could see just how bad us crafters can be... but I'm sure like me, many of you will look at this and say to yourselves... Ahhhhhh, that's all she's got... heck I got more than that!  LOL  And if you do, you should join my AA for scrapbookers club too!  And you are probably wondering why AA, we're not alcoholics?   It stands for Artisticly Anonymous for Scrapbookers!   And as in all AA groups the first step is admitting that we have a hoarding problem.  LOL  Yes, I can admit it!  I may not do anything about changing it but I can do the first step.  LOL

So lets give you a photo shoot of my space.  But first, let me show you what I've done to my poor dining room table.  ;(  LOL

 
 
I couldn't keep it in my room oh nooooo....let's spread out across the whole house!  lol  Ok, onto my room now...

Entering thru the door I'll take you from straight ahead right corner of room and work around the walls back to the door... hope that makes sense, we're going counter clockwise around the room. 



 








 
 
 I think I'm only about 3 or 4 colors shy of all the glitters!  And guess what I got in the mail today!!!  Oh yes.... My man... Tim Holtz!  Well, Ok I didn't get Tim Holtz literally!  If I had, my blog would cease to exist cause I would have died of a heart attack on the spot.  I would have been like a 9 yr old school girl seeing Justin Beaver for the first time!  LOL Insert Howie Mandell... Whaaaat???  He's Canadian and the beaver is one of our Canadian symbolic animals, is it not?  LOL  Anyhow, lookie at what I got in the mail today!!!  And I have one more coming because it got held back at the border I think.  My order was missing 4 Alterations dies but they are only a few days away!!!  :)  I also am still waiting for my Vagabond!!!  Yes, yes I am... thank you, thank you very much.  Courtesy of my husband who didn't buy me anything for Xmas, it was my Merry Christmas to myself on his credit card!  LOL  ;)   As was all this stuff!  ;)  He got a Harley, I get scrapbooking stuff!  I still think I got ripped off. 


 
 
 
Ohhhhhhh.... the excitement of new stuff to play with.  Yes, Yes I know... I saw my room!  I have a mini side kick, a cuttlebug, a texture boutique, a big kick, a cricut personal, a cricut expression, a gypsy and awaiting the arrival of the envy of them all, the Vagabond.  Whahahaha.... insert evil laugh here... but I just can't get enough of Tim!  Wait till Cha 2014 gets out there... oh boy....rubbing hands together feverishly!  ;) 

So, I'm sure many of you can relate and if you can't, give it time and you will!  LOL  Just kidding, sort of.  ;)   

6 comments:

  1. Whoa you've got a lot! Way more than me. And with more on the way you may need to purge;) love your new goodies. Always exciting to get stuff. And the Vagabond is awesome, I love mine. Buy canadian, then you don't eve to wait so long. I'm way too impatient to wait. We need to live closer to each other. I need to borrow some of your stuff.

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    1. I do have a lot of stuff! LOL Oops. I'm also in a scrapbooking club with my CTMH rep and we do club once a month and so I spend between 50-100 bucks there each month on top of all my other stuff. :/ Oops again... lol We're only 3 hrs apart Nicole... two if you lear jet yourself down the highway at high speeds! LOL Just kidding, no jetting allowed. ;)

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  2. I know the phenomenon well! I live in a disabled apartment and I haven't slept in a bed for almost five years now. I sleep in a recliner in the living room. So this gives me most of the bedroom for a supply room. I work on a table in the living room that I keep just the "basics" on and move other supplies in and out as needed. I too love my Tim goodies and my vagabond was such a good purchase. Saves wear and tear on my hands and shoulders. Hope you enjoy yours as much. And have you been watching his sneak peaks at all the new releases? OMG I will have to print money and add onto my room if I would even get a third of his new stuff. Love the naturey stuff he is releasing. Read your posts whenever you make them. Thanks as always for sharing, made me laugh.

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    1. Thanks Theresa! I was laughing at myself as I was making it... I'm such a tard sometimes! I can't wait to get my vagabond... if I ever get it. I can't seem to find it in tracking. Time to make some phone calls. You sound like you are space challenged, that has got to be hard when there are always sooooo many new exciting things we want being launched out there. Thanks for visiting and chatting. :)

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  3. lol, I have been called worse lololl. So glad you came to the dark side, if you are going to be addicted to something what could be better than lots and lots of creative toys. You crack me up so glad that this great hobby has reconnected us.It has brought us some great times for sure. Love your humorous post. Oh and all the goodness in the pictures

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    1. LOL Ohhhhhh Sherryyyyy..... I blame it ALL on you! Hi everyone... this is my enabler!!!!! Her name is Sherry and she's the reason I am part of the AA scrapbooker's hoarding club! LMAO You is a bad girl! LOL But I love you! ;)

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