Three Things.

wonderful projects...and great albums. love the idea of including different layout/project sizes!

Oh yes, I Love some pens... have you ever tried the staedtler brand? i used them in art school and have always loved them for scrapping too... :) I always write with the whole pack first thing too, jsut to make sure they aren;t "scratchy" when they write. LOL.

Love the albums, just purchased several myself. The pens are great, use them daily.

Can I still add my one little word to your list? I've been living with it but not necessarily actively living it and I want to make it more official! My word is Shine. Thanks for all you do to inspire growth and learning!

Look how nice your albums look all lined up nice and neat!! The .03 pen size from AC is my favorite too!! :-) Happy Tuesday!! Peace and blessings, Cindy B.

I've been using a "Signature" for a while and love it. Do these work on photos?
I need to go back and see your recommendation for WHITE to write on photos...I'm dissatisfied with my current.
Are you happy with a disjointed "join" with 3 ring albums? That would be my concern for 2 page layouts. Though, I suppose it would lower my need for them in some ways.

I love the albums. I would love to get matching albums for all my layouts...maybe someday! :) I use zig pens, but the .03 size is the one I go to most often for journaling. Have a fabulous day! Jenni

nice albums!...i need to come up with a great organizing system like that...stop by my blog...i have a dedication for you to see...!
reamin blessed!!!

remain blessed!...sorry for typo :(

Looks great. Still to chicken to rip mine all apart.

I love your three things. I will have to try out these pens. I love AC three ring--love the black leather.
How are albums organized? Will you add labels? Have you done any of Stacy Julian's topics?
Jess

Love your inspirational, thought-provoking post from last week! You are so cool!
I wanted to mention that people were inquiring about where to get the divided pages. I was at my LSS last week and on display was a binder ring of trading cards sheets, you know the kind that kids use for their pokemon cards or baseball? In them were the ATC trading cards and the store has a swap every month so the the binder ring was so cool with these awesome little ATC creative gems. Others may already do this or have seen them but it was my first time and I just loved them! The hitch I was told by the staff person is that the trading cards can only be swapped and not sold which I thought was so cool.
Igot me to thinking that those 12 pocket divider pages for special trading cards can have a creative scrapbooking use too. It reminded me that Staples also has similar pages and I believe those are acid-free which is what you would want to be sure of. HTH people and thanks again Ali for sharing your enthusiasm for this hobby! It really is so motivating!

I love your three things. I will have to try out these pens. I love AC three ring--love the black leather.
How are albums organized? Will you add labels? Have you done any of Stacy Julian's topics?
Jess

Amen to the American craft 03 Pens. It's like they were sent from heaven!!! LOL I once had one last for over a year!!! Now that's what I call a good performance

I am loving to binders you chose to put your layouts in. I've been thinking about doing something like that for mine as well. I haven't tried any othe things you mentioned. Looks like I should. :o)

Love those staples. I totally agree with you. I buy in bulk my favorite adhesive, so I don't have to worry if I have any or some new fangled thing I decided to try will work properly. I think I might have to try your albums. I have been searching for a really good one. TFS!

What did you do with your old alumns?

i need to buy adhesive in bulk. i run through it like water. i need to try those AC pens. i've been using what i have on hand but i always mean to buy a few by AC.

Ali....what color are your AC albums?...they appear to be a mushroom or grey color...but I don't see that listed as a choice. Perhaps it's just a color cast on the photo...so I thought I would ask. ;-) thanx!

I bought two of the Albums after you started pulling all your pages out. I love the Albums and trying a new way to Scrapbook with these new albums. I have ordered a box of the pens. I don't write much. I can't seem to find a pen that I like. Thanks for all the suggestions.