24 Olive Street

sticky note books

Hey guys, I have a bit of a confession - I'm a bit of a stationary nerd! I have always loved cute papers, notebooks, pens, etc. And I won't even admit how many notebooks I have sitting on my desk! When planners made their big comeback I was totally nerding out! And planner stamps?? Even better! So when Nicole came out with the Nod to Mod stamp set for sticky notes I was in heaven!! I'm an old fashioned kind of gal, I love to make lists, use paper planners and calendars, and, of course, those lovely sticky notes!!

So I wanted to share a quick and easy project I like to do with my sticky notes - little sticky note books! By the way, these make great little gifts for teachers!! Who can't use a book of sticky notes, right?!

And honestly, seeing a bunch of them stacked up on my desk just makes me smile!

You'll start with a piece of patterned paper or cardstock that measures 6 3/4" x 3 1/4". Score on the long side at 3 1/4" and 3 1/2". That will make the 'book' part. Then you can decorate the front however you want! I did several with the Nod to Mod set but I also played around with the Fall Into Christmas set (these stamp sets get a lot of love as you can tell!).

The great part of this project is that you can use whatever stamp set you want! Once you have your little book made you can adhere your sticky notes inside.

Note - I actually split a sticky note pad in half to make 2 books. I do this for 2 reasons: 1) you can make twice as many of books this way, and 2) I like to put some of these in my planner and the thinner size fits better :)

I also like to stamp on some of the inside pages because who doesn't like to use sticky notes with cute stamped images on them?!

I stated earlier that these make great teacher gifts. I like to keep a bunch of these made up in a basket on my desk so that I can grab one whenever I need one! I hope this inspires you to create some sticky note projects!!

So have some fun with those sticky notes!! And be sure to follow Sweet Stamp Shop on Instagram and Facebook for more inspiration!!

almost November???

It seems I find myself saying this every year...it's the end of October already??!!

I think it's just this season of life...multiple kids, sports, school stuff, family stuff, etc etc etc.

I know 20 yrs from now life will slow down and I'll be saying "I'm bored!!"

Actually, I hope not. I hope to have more time to do even more of the things I love to do...crafting, sewing, traveling. And hopefully one or more of my kids will still want to hang with their old mom ;)

But for now it's the busy life. Always.

I went to a craft weekend with Olivia a week and a half ago. I'll be honest, I didn't get a ton done but it was still a great weekend. Candice always hosts a great weekend :)

While I was there I got a call from my husband saying they went bike riding and my son crashed his bike and he thought he broke his wrist. It wasn't awfully bad so he waited til I got home on Sunday (of course!) to decide whether or not we needed to take him in. So when I got home I decided that yes, he needed to be checked out. Turned out that he did, in fact, break his wrist (along with some nasty road rash on his other arm).

At least they were running a Harry Potter marathon while we were sitting in the ER!

So after hours in the ER and multiple dr visits throughout the week (to get a 2nd opinion later in the week) he ended up with 3 sets of x-rays, 2 different casts, and an exhausted mama.

I have so much more to share and I'm really hoping to get back in the swing of blogging. I kinda fell out of it over the summer and can't seem to get my mojo back! But thankfully this is my absolute favorite time of year so there's so much to blog about! And, it's almost time to start prepping my December Daily.

...I guess that means I should finish up last year's, right?? lol