Tidy up time.....

I thought I would share some pictures today of my craft room in December. It is lovely to have a room that I can leave it as it is and shut the door - which is a good job when it gets like this!

So I have done very little crafting since Christmas ( I will show you some things I made for a special birthday for some-one) because I couldn't face going into a messy room and didn't have the energy!!!

So Sunday was the day I decided I HAD to tidy up as I have a few days off work and wanted to get going, so here is the result....

What made me laugh when I went in the room yesterday was this.....

James was round on Sunday night and had been using the computer and had written this on my note wipe board frame. 

I had pinned boards like this on Pinterest and had been wanting to make one for ages.

I was given this one at Stampin Up Convention by Jocelyn, and was really pleased with it, and now I've tidied up I have a space to stand it next to the computer.

It also inspired me to make one for James & Natalie for Christmas.

I used More Amour DSP (retired) which had the little quote on it. I was going to put MENU's on it as they do plan their meals but decided to leave it blank so it can be used for anything.

 I added a little decoration at the top, using hot glue to stick the buttons onto the frame.

I also created a little holder for the dry wipe marker, which I covered in DSP. I tied some ribbon round to help stop the pen slipping out though the shape of the frame helped too.

I think I will be making more of these for presents!

I have taken some photo's of some of my favourite swaps from convention and will share these and favourites from the display boards over the next few weeks

-  so keep checking back!