Yes, a Desk!

The craft corner is shaping up: a far cry from December's mass of stuff.  I finally found a desk at Target for under $100.00.  My laptop is stored inside the drawer that folds out flat, my cell phone, camera cord and mouse are all plugged in and ready to go: no more pluggins in each time and twisting my wrist to use the built in flat mousepad!  I already feel more creative and productive and am enjoying the organizing.

We also bought these cute cubbies at Ikea around New Year's.  Much fresher and very welcome.  Now just a big work project on Tuesday and it's Valentine's Day craft time....

Other Bargains

I forgot to mention the adorable $1 per 40 square feet wrapping paper from Target.  And the tealight holders from Ikea for $2.99 for the pack of 5.  The cup in the front is holding a bunch of hearts I punched out with my Martha Stewart craft punch (love these!).  It was a little more expensive, but I can punch out about 60 hearts a minute.

Valentine's Day Prep

I'm going to try to send Valentines for the first time in I don't even know how long.  Between Michael's and Target all of this was under $8.00: 20 pastel acid-free cards with envelopes, 20 cello bags with ties, 73 rhinestone heart and stud stickers, 16 sheets of printed 5" x 7" paper and 8 yards of velvet ribbon.

My high school friend Katie Sullivan, wedding planner and owner of Koru Wedding Shoppe in Hoboken also told me recently about her shopping trip to A.C. Moore for paper and embellishments for her valentines.  Katie was a creative inspiration for me; even when we were kids her room was decorated with beautiful papers and quotes, and now at Koru she has a wonderful selection of bridal gifts and accessories and can do anything from handling your invitations to planning your whole wedding!

Katie and I hope to make a run to Michael's sometime when our schedules free up.  And it looks like I should also go to A.C. Moore: they have a membership rewards program!