Scrappin' Along: Note Pad and Dazzle Pen

Favorite Thoughts

-"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." ~ Oprah Winfrey

-"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~ Thomas A. Edison

-"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

-"What looks like a loss may be the very event which is subsequently responsible for helping to produce the major achievement of your life." ~ Srully D. Blotnick

-"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -- ~Albert Einstein

-"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."- ~Theodore Roosevelt

- "The proof of integrity is what you do when no one is looking."-~Denis Waitley

-"People usually fail when they are on the verge of success. So give as much care to the end as to the beginning."-~Lao-Tzu

-"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." -~George Lorimer

-"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability." ~Roy L. Smith

-"What you thought before has led to every choice you have made, and this adds up to you at this moment. If you want to change who you are physically, mentally, and spiritually, you will have to change what you think." ~Dr. Patrick Gentempo "

- "Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: ‘We’ve always done it that way.’" ~Catherine DeVrye

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Note Pad and Dazzle Pen

This is a little note pad holder complete with a "dazzle" pen; the pen adds a bit of bling with its glitter barrel, silver "gift embellishment attached to a jaunty ribbon. I made this set for the Fall Bazaar on Sunday, November 13. If you live in the Ft Myers to Naples area, I hope you'll stop by the Grandezza Clubhouse on Ben Hill Griffin Road.

The box is fun to make, and has a built-in holder for the pen. I used metal craft paper cut with punches to embellish it. I also made a "cover" for the pad by stamping with Versamark and emossing it. I'm selling them at the Bazaar for $8; I'll also be selling them online with a variety of color choices and themes ~ but not until the Bazaar is over! :)

I'll also put a tutorial up for this project next week. Or, if you live in my area, you can sign up for the class I'll over for this project.