So, last night, I was cruising around MICHAELS. You know, how I like to do... I spent some time checking out Martha Stewart's Christmas stuff - they're stocking all of her Christmas 'paper tape,' which thrilled me. I headed over to shake down the SMASH book endcap, hoping to find the new '365' SMASH book. They didn't have it, yet. I turned around, a bit sad- but then: OH! Look! MICHAELS has their own brand of SMASH books. Yeah, they're not SMASH books- it's like when you go to Walgreens, to buy some Benadryl, cause you can't sleep and your Doctor is on to you and cut you off the sleeping pills so you're making your own with Benadryl and Budweiser beer- but instead of buying Benadryl, you buy Waladryl, cuz it's the same thing but cheaper. I'm not making any sense at all- I guess what I thought I was going to explain was that MICHAELS has a 'store brand' SMASH book, now.
But I don't even want to say it is a 'generic' SMASH book.
Cuz it's better.
It's the new CREATIVE CHAOS line from MICHAELS. And it's beautiful. I love all of their books. I love that they're BINDERS instead of spiral bound. I love the papers. And isn't the name great? Creative Chaos. Love it.
Check out this one:
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Classy, huh?
They have a nice range of embellishments, cardstock stacks- everything. Go check it out. You won't be disappointed. Well, if you are, there's something wrong with you.
I picked up a pack of these Polaroid-style frames:
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They're nice, sturdy thick chipboard. And they're left plain. Which I loved. I love them as they are- but you could definitely add some design to them if you wanted them a bit more flashy. I usually prefer my embellishments how I like my strippers: totally nude. That way, if you want to add something you can. But once they're covered in glitter, it's all over.
I also like that the frames are left plain because of the tragedy that often befalls product too heavily decorated. The frames are so nice- plain and sturdy- that I must give credit to the creative director or either prevented (or wasn't demanding enough to think they needed) pre-printed sayings like 'INSTANT PHOTO VINTAGE LOVE!' or even the dreaded LIVE LAUGH LOVE across the bottom.
My other favorite Creative Chaos embellishment pack that I picked up? This nice set of envelopes in WAIT FOR IT: KRAFT!
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Yeahhhhh. Two styles of sexxxy kraft envelopes. For 3.99. That's a bargain, dammit.
Get out to MICHAELS and pick up this stuff before the holiday shoppers pick the place clean!
I'll be back, soon, with my SUPER CHRISTMAS BANNER GOOD TIMES!
-kory
