Maddie Marrs

Hey Y'all! We had a gradation to attend for a lovely young lady that I just know will do great things and contribute goodness to this world.  To all that have graduated - A HUGE Congratulations to you!!!! We decided to gift her a leather journal with hand-made papers and some fun pencils. I hope she is able to write and capture the next phase of her life. Even, especially, all the hiccups she encounters along the way, because I believe, that is what makes us stronger, wiser. I decided to wrap it up using paper from a Road Atlas Book. I had purchased this atlas for journaling, but it makes great wrapping paper too!  This Road Atlas measures approximately 15 x 10 for one page, and approximately 15 x 21.25. So its a good size for wrapping some items. I love the feeling of it, once the gift was wrapped.  We opted for Florida, because this girl is a huge Disney World fan. I just thought it made it a little more personalized. I added some twine to finish it off and that was it....

I have decided to spring clean my studio. My room is so bad. I almost feel ashamed of myself. Unfortunately, this also means that I will have to let a lot of things go. Ugh, I'm never prepared to do this. This is because I always swear that one day I will need "it". I be darned if I have had some things for 10+ plus years, never to be used. Then one day I get rid of it and guess who all of a sudden needs it? Some might say that I have a crafting issue(s), and they may not be lying. 😅 I love to repurpose things. Sometimes things sit here a little longer than they should, so I have decided to just to jump in and start repurposing boxes. I figured I could have them on hand and ready to go when something comes up like a birthday, a holiday or some kind of special occasion. I decided to start with the AirPod boxes. My husband knows me so well and actually gifted me these boxes and adding to my craft hoarding issues instead of just throwing them away and helping me. 😂  T...