Sucker for Organization

Found this group of CUTE and easy storage solution ideas in a weekly email I get - thought I'd share.  I'm a sucker for organization - especially when it's cute and cheap!

Mini Storage Solutions for Scrapbooking Supplies

Gather your tiny embellishments and put them in stylish, functional mini storage containers that perfectly fit the style of your scrapbooking room.

The First Game!

We finally finished the mock-up of Sand Castle Blast and played our first test game last night  (Derrick v. Ashley)!  Despite being difficult to play with only two people, it was very helpful and we realized several major things that we need to tweek for the game to really be playable, including printing our version of the "Longest Road" and "Largest Army" cards which we quickly realized we didn't have.

So...Who won?

Depends on who you ask... I thought we were NOT playing with the missing cards but Derrick thought we were.  So he says he won with the invisible cards and I won without them!

Odds & Ends (aka Homemade Guacamole and Baby Shoes)

My Baby Shoes Pattern:
I found a folder on my desktop with these pics in it, haha!  Guess I forgot to upload them!  This is the prototype for the shoe I'm making... it's currently about twice as big as it needs to be so I've got to downsize, if you will, to fit Katelyn's little foot.  But I'm hopeful it will be cute once it's finished... when I can find the time to work on it again... I've been distracted by our board game!

Sand Castle Blast - Our Game Board - Current State

We have spent the last two years (off and on) working on a "skin" for one of our favorite board games.  I wanted to start documenting the progress.  Since it's already in the works, I will start with pics of the work we've done so far.

Our Own Board Game - Upcoming Project with the Hubby

About two years ago, Derrick and I were looking for something to do together and at the time were playing alot of the game Settlers of Catan. We started talking about different "ways" of playing the game and decided it would be fun to make a Settlers-like board game of our own.  Thus the birth of Sand Castle Blast, our very own board game built on the foundation of Settlers. 

Bibs, Blocks, & Booties (Really, Shoes)

I've been busy sewing again the last couple days - finally found some new shoe patterns to try out.  And, surprise, I'm currently working on a pattern of my own since I couldn't find exactly what I wanted for free.  But on to the recent fruits of my labor!

Blocks, Blocks, Blocks!

I spent Sunday afternoon putting these fabric blocks together for Katelyn.  My one regret is that I did not have anything to jingle inside.  I bought some jingle bells and such at Hobby Lobby today to experiment with for the next ones!