february: twenty-twelve crafts

The results are in of February's craft and you get to tell me what you think.  For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, I made a list of 12 crafts/foods/etc I wanted to try in 2012. These are all new-to-me projects that I wanted to try anyway. I thought I'd make it more interesting by posting about each one as I go.  If you'd like to see the entire list click here.

January's craft was fun, easy, and fast. But while this cute little notebook was fun and easy, it took longer than I had planned.

It was totally worth making and I had a blast!! I haven't written on the tabs yet because I haven't decided what I'm going to write in it.Any suggestions?

This is the front and back. Pretty sweet, right?  Shall we take a peek inside?

 One of the many cute embellishments.

The opposite page with a matching spiral.

See the little things in the left corner? Here, let's get a closer look.

Yep, they're pretty cute little clip-on metal pieces. I about chopped them off when I was trimming  the page. I forgot I already put them on. oops!

The best page...COFFEE BEANS!! :)  Couldn't resist adding that paper. Picking out the paper for this was so hard! I had way to many choices.

And here is the back again.

Now get to see some of my interesting handwriting. :)

So, what is your verdict? Is this one a keeper? I think so. Now I need to make one for my Mom.

If you liked this project why then why don't you make one. Simply Vintagegirl has an awesome tutorial on how to make this notebook.

~Susanna

2 important things

I got on my blogger account this afternoon. You see, I'm trying to limit myself to the afternoon for "pleasure internet". That way I can get more things done in the morning (like all my school).  :) Anyway, when I got on there were two really neat blog posts I thought you all should know about.
 

 1) The Small Things Blog has a new hair tutorial on loose waves. Something I'm not really good at.  In this tutorial the hair turns out so cute and pretty.  You need to go watch it here.

And in case you didn't know The Small Things Blog is my favorite right now!!


2) Recently I started following a blog called Spice Up Your Blog. This one has a ton of great tips on blogging, how to increase traffic, how to get more followers, etc. Today there is a post with 8 really good tips on making your blog a success. You can find that here.  (They must not have a button, because I couldn't find one.)

 Now I've got to go practice flute. My orchestra season started up again, which is a good thing. I really like the music this time around and I need to practice more. Have a good afternoon!

~Susanna

latte art

The other day my brother sent me the link to this clip on latte art. It is very fascinating to watch being done and very beautiful.

So far my successes have not been good at this art.
BUT,
I'm going to keep trying. We'll see what happens...





What did you think?   Are you going to try it?  If you do tell me how it goes.


~Susanna