Brads and Eyelets

When I first started Scrapbooking about 5 years ago, eyelets were all the rage! Everyone I knew used them to adhere photos, add accents etc, but now most of my friends (myself included!) rarely touch an eyelet and always use brads. Although I have seen in some of the Scrapbook Magazines - eyelets are making a comeback! So I was wondering.....

What do you prefer to use? Brads or eyelets or both?

On average how many brads or eyelets would you use per page?

Thanks!

The process of making Brads for Scrapbooking

Brads start off as a coil of metal as shown in the image above.

The above machine is used to make the moulds for the shaped brads.

Brads made in the mould

The brads are processed through the machine and come out at the bottom.

The above picture shows Crystal Brads. The form and Acrylic gem need to be put together which gets done by hand.

The painting is done in a different factory, and I will be receiving those photos in the coming weeks.



Above are the images of our brads which should arrive in our store in about 10 days. They still need to be packed and the 5mm ones still need to be sprayed with glitter.

If you are interested in making your own design of brads, any shape or size, contact me and I will get you a quote from the factory.

Daylight saving

On Saturday Western Australia will once again go to the polls to vote on the topic of Daylight Saving.

Here are some wise words just e-mailed to me.....

When told the reason for Daylight saving time, the Old Indian said:
"Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it at the bottom and have a longer blanket"

Book of Me

How many of us find that we are always taking the photos, and scrapping only other people in our lives?

My goal this year is to scrap a book of me. It will start from birth till present.

Any ideas on topics I should definitely have in there? Has anyone done a book about themselves?

All comments very welcome!

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's and grandmothers!

The above photo is of the wonderful present I received from my 20 month old DS. I love receiving hand made presents...especially from my kids. My 5 year old DD made a beautiful card in the shape of a handbag and a decorated noodle box filled with treasures including chocolate...which disappeared into her mouth when I wasn't looking!

How did your kids spoil you this Mother's Day?

Kaiser Tissue Box

Last night I was in a creative mood, so decided to make a tissue box cover. It took about 3 hours from start to finish - and my daughter loves it! (as it features her!)

Products used:
Kaiser tissue box large
Imaginisce Papers
Basic Grey Rub Ons
Prima Flowers
HOTP flowers
Kaiser Adhesive Pearls
K&Co Metal embellishments
MM Chipboard
Buzz and Bloom Chipboard Crown

For the scalloped edges I used a Fiskars border punch. (best punch I have ever bought!).

The papers are not listed on the website, as I normally just sell them locally - but I can list them on request. There are 6 papers in the collection.

I wish you all a creative weekend and a Happy Mothers Day for tomorrow!

The new man in my life!

I haven't been on here for a very long time. But that is about to change!

My last post, August last year, I had just found out I was pregnant, and now I am the proud mother of Alexander. He really is the most perfectly behaved baby, he even sleeps through the squealing and giggling from his older siblings. (and that can get quite noisy at times!). I wonder how long it will last....

You can also follow me on Twitter. My twitter user name is ScrapbookWA.

On Saturday 16th we will be at the QE2 building on Durlacher Street, Geraldton with all of our products on sale. We have a lot of new Kaiser products and Scrap Kits all below retail price.

That's it for now, but I will be back very soon!