oh my!

This year with not feeling so great, things just don't seem to get done around the house but there are 4 other people who can deal with that but my bedroom was something else. I had orders sitting on the bedroom floor waiting to be put away. Things I'd put down on my desk were growing so it ended up looking something like this....

Yikes! I know. I couldn't cope with it being like this so yesterday morning I got up and put all the clothes in the washing machine. Dumped everything on the bed so it looked quite similar to my desk and got sorting it out... that it eventually looked like this.

My desk was always as tidy as this so I need to get back into that routine again. I only have my stickers, pens, envelopes, a letter I've made a start on and some decoupages for cards I need to make as well as some other bits. At least my desk can breath now. I usually have a plain sheet of paper on my cutting mat as whilst I write letters I tend to doodle a bit too.

 

I also organised all my tapes and as someone asked to see them I took a photo of all my tapes.

I put all my washi, paper and fabric tapes in to this box which I received my yozocraft order in. The diddl are the smallest tapes that I have.

I only had one draw full before my last purchase from angoo-mart but now I have 2. I decided to organise the tapes in to themes... hearts, stars etc... because that is how I tend to choose my tapes when decorating my letters and envelopes anyway so its best to have them all together so that I can see exactly what I have.

I have got 2 of some tapes and most of these are still closed so some of them may end up as gifts or in giveaways. Also quite a few of them are almost finished especially the transparent ones as they don't have much on them but they were from my very first order 4 years ago and I don't like the designs all that much which is probably why I still have them. I will try and use them more often though so that I can clear some space.

I have put some of my tapes with my letter sets also and that was already organised as I think it was in December my younger brother and I went to the local store and bought lots of boxes as my previous boxes had no lids so all the dust was collecting in them. I have one for envelopes, craft supplies, letters, rubber stamps but need to get one more for my craft paper.

Here is what my letter set/pad and now my big rolls of deco tape are kept.

Do you always have a tidy desk and are you organised?

All Taped Up!

I received a voucher from Angoo-Mart in the new year and had to spend it by a certain time so I decided to take advantage of it now. I made the most amazing purchase as always and I couldn't help drooling over everything. The only downside was that as I was photographing everything the sun set and my photos ended up not being the greatest.

Here's what I bought...

Washi Tape

I just love sunny yellows, pinks and purples as well as greens and I can't wait to use all these super cute washi tape. I'm still in awe of the cute designs and colours.

 

3 Set Tapes

I really wanted some alphabet tapes so bought 2 of these. I have many letter sets that contain stars and lace but I don't have all that many tapes with either on. The last one was just something I liked and I'm sure I'll find just the right set to use it on.

Deco Tape

These ones I had actually forgotten what I'd chosen, I had assumed that I hadn't bought any character themed tapes this time but that of course was a lie in my mind as I had bought these sentimental circus ones and Rilakkuma one which I really liked. I didn't want any themed ones due to the fact that they are so hard to use up with there being so much on a roll and I don't have all that many sets but never mind, I can at least use them.  The thing I did remember though was the collage ones as I really loved the designs and I just loved the collage tapes that I have already. Everything else I just loved.

I won't be buying from angoo-mart now for a long time as I have so much tape I could probably decorate the house with it. I may however still buy the odd washi tape from the craft store but it will have to be something I really like.

The only other purchases I'm waiting for now is a box full of tippex, I know its a weird thing to buy but I use a lot of it and it was so much cheaper to buy online then at the shop.... also for some reason the supermarket and the store next door just don't seem to sell it. I like the tape one as its dried already.

Are you having good mail days?

You can never have enough...

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Angoo-Mart were offering 20% off and I just couldn't ignore it as I've bought tapes like mad this year so when I had the chance to get a little money off I couldn't let it pass by...

The package arrived this week and I did attempt to blog about it but my photos at the time were first being a pain in having to many shiny bits on and then would not transfer over from Flickr properly in that they weren't rotated the right way. Something just clicked in my mind to stick them all in a collage and show you that way and its worked so finally you have a blog post....

Isn't there just something fascinating about postmarks and foreign language text that makes no sense at all? Well I think so anyway! I also got a little free gift which was really nice of them to send.

I wanted deco tapes with the theme of hearts, flowers and fruit to match the many letter sets that I own a long with a hint of Paris. I would have loved more star tapes but I just didn't see anything that caught my eye. As for the Washi Tape which all came in plastic boxes I just wanted all of them but narrowed it down to these and I can't wait to now start crafting with them mostly but occasionally using them on my letters. I now need to be good and not buy anymore tapes... lets see if I can!

 

Did you end up putting in an order also?