kro designs

Can we talk about Freckled Fawn's pouches?! Like, I have a ka-jillion of them!  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, mind you, but I wanted to utilize them a bit more since I have so many. So, I made this gusseted pen, pencil and post-it pouch! What is a gusset? If you look on any bag that tends to stand up on it's own, it's that extra triangle piece in the corner that give the back some dimension rather than flat.  That way when you are trying to pack more than a piece of paper, it can hold washi tape, stamp pads and a whole lot of pens.  Plus when you are at, say, Starbucks and take it with you, it stays open and upright for easy grabbing of all your essentials. Here is how you can transform yours! _____________________ Turn the pouch inside out With a sewing machine and matching thread, sew 2.5 inches from the bottom of the pouch Trim  off the extra pouch below the sewing line leaving at least .25 inches Line...

Hey there!  I really wanted to channel my inner college student with this layout!  Somehow all these little sayings and words of encouragement throughout this fabulous kit reminded me of my college dorm bulletin board.  I used to cut out things from magazines and put random candid pictures up.  Honestly, I still kinda do that now in my office! Those little bits of Pretty Little Studio word strips caught my eye as little fortune cookie papers.  Grouped together they look like I've had too much takeout! I used a lot of those little dot stickers from Fancy Pants Designs as replicas of push pins.   The faux layering of elements is something that my real bulletin board already looks like.  Just sticking another saying up on top of another is achieved but adding little bits of patterned paper. That squirrel was so cute I attached him to a piece of the exclusive journal cards.  Random staples on word strips add anot...