Yesterday I read an article on MSN that says we get dumber after the age of 53. While they were referring to financial decisions, I’m beginning to think it might be true—at least for me. My memory seems to be going as I cannot remember all the accounts, user names, and passwords I’ve created online.
We’re forced to create so many online identities to keep ourselves safe, it’s a wonder we’re not all schizophrenic. It’s a quagmire, I tell you, and my brain is a big ol’ mushy thing as a result.
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I took all the little disorganized notes and index cards cluttered with my scribbled computer data and made a small book to hold everything as inspired by a tutorial found at Mish Mash blog.
However, I didn't use the tutorial as I had my own ideas about what I wanted. I cut a piece of chipboard into two pieces 4-inches by 6.25 inches. Some pretty paper and a couple of embellishments finished both covers.
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Plain white 4x6-inch index cards were used to make divider pages. I drew tabs, one for each letter in the alphabet and labeled them with stick-on letters. Some simple decorations for the dividers were made by punching flowers out of paper scraps.
Next I trimmed colored 4x6-inch index cards to make the width shorter so they’d line up with the edges of the dividers and leave the tabs clearly visible.
Finally my wee book was bound using my Zutter Bind-it-All machine which is one of the better things I’ve spent my money on lately. Maybe that purchase balances out the brain cells I’m reputed to have lost since I’m over 53.
That’s okay, I may be old and can’t remember various online identities, but every one of my selves is still cute.
We’re leaving this Saturday for Florida where we annually spend the Thanksgiving holidays. We won’t be back until midnight on Dec. 1, so I thought I’d better organize my project planning schedule.
Today: Sewing Day
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Today I’m finishing a sewing project which I’ll reveal soon.
Wednesday: Baking Day
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I’m attending a cookie exchange three days after I get home and need to have twelve packages of cookies ready, one dozen cookies in each package. I’ll bake them tomorrow and store them in the freezer until party time.
Thursday: Craft Day
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These index cards are what I’ve been using for years to store my online accounts and passwords information. It’s driving me crazy trying to sort through them all to find what I need. So I’m going to make a Computer Info Notebook as inspired by one featured on the Mish Mash blog.
Friday: Packing Day
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Along with the regular packing, I always pack a project bag with my latest knitting mission. I’m making one of our daughters (a Twilight fan) a set of Bella’s Mittens and a cable knit cap. Both Christmas gifts will be finished while we’re in Florida.
Ongoing
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Although I met the NaNoWriMo word count, that doesn’t mean I consider my novel done. I’m editing and revising as needed. I’m taking my laptop to Florida to work on this and will add the new draft to the NaNoWriMo site for the final word count due by midnight on Nov. 30. Even after that, I’m going to revise until it’s ready for submission to an agent.
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What in the world does WoOT mean? That was my question when I left you on Friday. Based on everyone’s comments, WoOT is the verbal equivalent of a celebratory fist punched in the air, as in totally rad, far out, cool, hooray, and so on.
Kristie of Fresh on Fridays blog is the winner of my November giveaway. For once I actually know a winner’s address, so I will get your package to you this week, Kristie.
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Thank you everyone for playing along, it was fun discovering new names visiting my blog. Stay tuned for another giveaway in December.
A change to colder weather in Tucson has made my body unhappy and everything I’m doing seems to be in slow motion. I even slept late this morning, very odd for me.
I finished a scrapbook Friday, attended my craft group’s monthly meeting Saturday, and worked on a sewing project for Ginny at iSew Blog yesterday. Ginny’s project is super easy, but my arthritic hands and a really bad headache remind me Super Junie Moon is but a figment of my imagination.
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The scrapbook is a Christmas gift for my niece Rachel who turned 16 over the summer. Fair warning, people, she’s out there somewhere on the road having now undergone the requisite driver’s license rite of passage.
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My sister Carolyn arranged a luncheon for Rachel and her girlfriends at Wrightsville Beach (NC). I bet money the girls used WoOT or its equivalent a lot that day.
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The culmination of Rachel’s celebrations was a dinner dance for all her classmates. Many of the photos Carolyn sent me feature Rachel and her friends in these very strange poses. What’s with that? Never mind, WoOT was enough for me.
December is fast approaching and my Unfinished Objects (UFO) group’s Christmas luncheon is coming soon. We meet once a month on a Saturday to work on projects we’d like to get done or participate in a workshop. There’s also a weekend retreat in the Catalina Mountains each summer.
One of our tasks for the December luncheon is creating artist trading cards (ATCs) to exchange with our contact information on it. Each member bought a Seven Gypsie’s ATC carousel to hold the cards we’ll exchange.
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I added a silver heart and a gingham bow to mine. The black index dividers will be decorated later incorporating the acetate alphabet cards somehow. My stand is bare right now as the whole ATC thing is new to me. It is going to be fun adding to the carousel by starting with my UFO friends’ cards next month.
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My mermaid-themed card was made by printing a graphic liberated from the internet on cardstock and using one of the cards from my carousel kit as a template for cutting them out.
Ranger’s Stickles Glitter Glue in the color star dust was used to add glitter to the flowers in her hair. Plaid’s FolkArt Extreme Glitter in turquoise helped me imbue sugar glitter shimmers to bits of the water and highlighting the mermaid’s tail.
The tab holes were made with Seven Gypsies’ ATC punch. I found a set of 12 mermaid beads on eBay just for this project and added one to the card after inserting a tiny eyelet. The result seemed overdone to me and the bead hangs too low when tested on the card carousel. So I’ll use the beads for some future project.
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Here are my finished ATC cards; simple makes me happy. My contact information is on the back, so I’m not going to show a photo of that.
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