Make Every Moment Count {Michael’s Scrapbook Challenge}

My local Michael’s store is practically my second home, so I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the Make Every Moment Count Scrapbook Challenge sponsored by Michael’s Arts & Crafts! I received a gift card for the store and spent several enjoyable hours roaming the aisles and making my selections. I was tempted by so many products, but…

as soon as I spotted the new Heidi Swapp Color Shine collection, that was all she wrote! I loved the trendy colors and the endless possibilities of this sparkling iridescent spritz.

I couldn’t resist several other items in the collection, including specialty cardstock, pretty flowers, and a portfolio album.

On the way to the register I spotted this stunning sequin trim for just $1 per roll! Of course I had to toss it into my cart as well. All these artsy goodies are destined for a mixed-media travel journal that I will share with you in another post. In the meantime, be sure to check out these inspiring tutorials at Michaels.com and make every moment count for your memories this May!

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I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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