Unexpected Michael's Shopping Trip

I really don't remember the last time I went into a craft store, I walked out without spending a penny. I am always buying new embellishments, but there's still so many at home, waiting to be used. Some day, I may have to get a public storage to put them in. I hate to say, but I think I am a hoarder! :(

Ever since my brother moved out of my parent's house, I have been taking over his room. First, I took his closet to put my clothes in. Then, I slowly took over his desk by packing up all his old belongings that were sitting on his desks. I have been wanting to do a makeover for this room. However, I don't really want to do it because it is my parent's house. I will eventually move out and I hope that my hunnie will be nice enough to give me a craft room. Well, that will be years to come from now.

Anyway, I didn't get much at Michael's this time. I was very careful on my spending as I just returned from my trip. I am not looking forward to get my credit card statement at all! I purchased the gem flourishes. They really come in handy and they really fancy my pages up! I bought the pressed flowers. I am not sure what I am going to be doing with them yet. I bought more ribbons! I love ribbons. I have a box full of ribbons. I should look into my ribbon box and see what I have soon!

Hope you are all having a great day! It's midweek, 2 more work days, and we can all relax on the weekend! :)

Shopping @ Daiso in Richmond

The joy of shopping, although I have to pay 12% tax, it is totally worth it! Tommy's brother's girlfriend lives in Vancouver. She took some time to hang out with us and took us to Richmond to do some shopping. Who knew that I would find crafts at Daiso!

Daiso is like almost like a dollar store. Each item purchased above cost CAD $2. It was a guilt-free shopping experience for me! I bought some lace borders/ribbons. I decided to pick the beige/ white color ones as I plan to use glimmer mist to add color to them for my projects. The Japanese buttons were just too cute to pass up on! I am sure I will make use of them, eventually!

One thing I learned about this shopping trip is that I don't have to go to a craft store to find the materials to create my projects. We can create just about anything with any materials and let our creativity flow.

Shopping Day!

I received a $50 East West Bank Visa gift card from my company during Thanksgiving last year. I thought long and hard, trying to decide how I wanted to spend the gift card. I finally decided to spend it on scrapbook materials at Joann.

I picked up 2 stacks of DCWV paperstack - the Black Currant Stack and the Rustic Stack. I saw the Black Currant Stack while doing online shopping awhile ago and wanted to buy it. I love the pink and the black color! I decided to hold it off because I had too many papers sitting around at home (actually, I still have a lot of papers, and seem to have a lifetime supply of it, but it doesn't hurt to buy more)!

I also purchased 2 packs of page protectors. I am currently working on my cruise vacation travel album. I plan to split my vacation album into two albums - one for the 11-nights cruise, and one for the post cruise. With the initial page protectors provided with the albums, I know I will need more. I decided to pick them up today, so I don't have to worry about running to the store to buy more refills when I start putting my layouts in the album. Right now, all the pages that I put together are sitting in a pocket protector.

I decided to buy a Fiskars border punch. I have a set of 7 gypsies border punches kit at home. I love the border punches! It is easy to use and it gives a instant lift to the layout. The border punch kit is wonderful, but sometimes, I like to punch pattern more than just a line of squares or circles and want other designs.

On this shopping trip, I also picked up some new ribbons (I never have enough of them!), a pen for journaling, and a stack of white cards and envelopes. Besides scrapbooking, I have also been making cards. I usually make birthday cards for my co-workers. The cards are not the best, but I hope to do better as I create more in the future.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! :)