SMASH it!

There is another new thing out in the paper crafting world.... SMASH books from K&Company.

It's a memory keeping book. What? Another one.... yes!

Smash v. : the act of sticking your cool stuff into this awesome book.

above: I made the title on the computer and glued it on.

Side view: pen holder and page tabs.

When it was Back-to-school shopping time, Target had those Composition Notebooks with the black covers for $0.40 each. I bought 6 of them, knowing I wanted to re-cover them and make them into something other than a plain notebook.

While perusing the aisles at Archivers I came across these cute books that you can smash your ideas into them. How is that any different than all my other notebooks, scrapbooks, idea books etc... no real big difference.... it's just the newest craze starting at $14.00 plus change.

With a little creativity, paper folding and stamping I took the plain ho-hum notebook and started the process for my gift receiver to start the ideas rolling!!!

The view above is a cello bag filled with goodies to attach to the pages once the recipient is in full possession. There are tiny coin envelopes to put ticket stubs or small keepsakes. There are post it notes to emphasize a point on a page. There are corner pages to tuck in photos or corny paper cut outs. I stamped awesome sayings throughout the book and added funky paper clips with ribbon randomly on different pages.

Just SMASH it!

To succeed in life, you need 3 things

A wish bone

A back bone

and a funny bone ~ Reba McEntire