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collection time.

FallcollectedI have been saving "things" since the middle of October. Stuff that I get for free that looks cool. I have been chopping it down to 4×6 and stacking it up. Today I decided to make a commitment and punch away. I added some of my favorite "visual" photos from the season as well.

This was a good project for me. I save so much junk. And I never know why. I just know that there is absolutely no way I can let a free piece of something cool go to waste. So I take it home, and pile it on my desk. Now, instead, I can have piles of these little books laying around. Much better. I have already started collecting for the Christmas edition.

Also expanding my favorite wall which is nearly impossible to photograph:
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I have so many more things waiting to go up there. But I need more frames. And the frame store was out today.  Hopefully Saturday.

Paper is good. So are cupcakes.

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12 responses to “collection time.”

  1. lauren hagerman Avatar
    lauren hagerman

    LOVE the “stuff” book – what a great idea – esp. the christmas edition! Might have to borrow it! 🙂

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  2. melissa deakin Avatar
    melissa deakin

    very cool.
    love this idea.
    thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. marta Avatar
    marta

    geez. another fine idea. have magazine ‘cool crap’ scraps spilling over. must get on this.

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  4. veronica Avatar
    veronica

    love this idea. it inspires me to send you even cooler stuff.

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  5. Sarah Bowen Avatar
    Sarah Bowen

    this is such a cool idea, I kinda do the same thing with my inspiratin journal, but I think your idea of making a simple album with pages that are visually inspiring, is so cool. I am such a typography junkie, so I save catalog stuff and mail flyers too, this sounds like the perfect fit, thanks for the idea!

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  6. Krystyn Avatar
    Krystyn

    I love your “collect” book – so cute!!

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  7. Jessie Fulkerson Avatar
    Jessie Fulkerson

    What an awesome idea for your little booklet of “stuff”. I too keep a ton but I can’t imagine having time as I feel I never even “regular” scrap! 😉 Very cool- TFS!

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  8. melissa Avatar
    melissa

    what a great way to hang onto all those freebies… and totally an idea that i’m lifting from you. today. 🙂

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  9. miChelle rAmirez Avatar
    miChelle rAmirez

    there you go with the good ideas again.
    i have pieces of things lying all over too.
    it should be a crime to toss good junk.
    and sprinkles…oh yea!

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  10. Amy Tangerine Avatar
    Amy Tangerine

    that collection book rocks- so simple and yet so rewarding.

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  11. Mandy Avatar
    Mandy

    Thanks so much for this post. I sat down tonite and cut up into 4×6 pieces a bunch of “junk” I’d been keeping around. Man does it feel good to just have a nice, sweet looking pile of paper instead of cluttered piles of stuff I’d probably never use. I love this idea and know I will use it for years to come.

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  12. morgan novak Avatar
    morgan novak

    that is such an awesome idea! and so much more personal than those expensive coffee table books! i’m sure these will be gorgeous!

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