brads … next to buttons and ribbons … they’re my favorite embellishment. i’d venture to say that i use brads on 90% of my layouts. don’t hold me to that … but it sounds about right. so a few days ago i re-organized my brads. took me all day … in between kids, naps, lunch, etc!
so i received one of these MM embellishment boxes in my goodies last week. they actually had another version that’s been at michaels for quite some time now … it’s like a kraft color with a black lid. but for some reason i never gave it much thought. then i pulled this out the other day and realized just how much i could fit in there and how it’s so much better than what i’ve been using. you could store so many different things in there … but i decided to just go with the brads since i have so many. for the record … i will at some point alter this. with paint and papers and all that fun stuff. i actually had the chance to alter one of these a few months ago for an upcoming thing … so i feel like i already know what i’m doing. lol!
what … you want to see everything?!?!
how’s that for some brad-goodness?!?! i’m noticing that 2 spaces are empty in this photo … but trust me, they’re all filled up now. with the exception of the one narrow, horizontal spot in the second drawer … these are all making memories brads! i’ve collected them for years and years … so some of them are super old. but trust me … i use them all. actually, i never use the gold ones. lol! i actually debated putting them in there. i may actually take the gold ones out … because i can’t remember the last time i used a gold brad. plus, i totally forgot to put my rhinestone brads in there.
one big thing i love about this box … is that the little compartments have this slight slop upwards on one end. so that when you’re digging them out … you can literally "scoop" them out with your fingers. i have been using THIS embellishment box for years … i have 3 of them. and i hate trying to dig things out … because things get stuck in the corners and your fingers are too big to get to them. lol! plus … i love that some of the compartments are larger. so much easier to search for the brad color you want.
random fact #1 for today – remember the pics of my hair from thursday? today is saturday … and it looked the exact same as 3 days ago. without washing it. i went 3 days and 2 nights … sleeping and everything. and my hair looked the exact same! which is awesome!
random fact #2 for today – see that first picture up there? that goes to show you that i havn’t scrapped all week (up until today … but i actually took that photo thursday). because if i was scrapping … i would have stuff all over that black mat! and see that last photo up there … the blue and green scalloped paper on the right side? that is one of 3 layouts that i finally did today … and will share tomorrow with you!
random fact #3 for today – tonight sarah was complaing about how boring it is at our house when alyssa is at her dad’s. then she tells me "don’t tell alyssa how much i miss her"! too cute!
Laura Vegas 
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