Blog Swap with OCD

{Hey everyone, today I am doing a Blog Swap with one of my FAVS...Jen over at OCD ...so make sure you come show some bloggy love!}

 Hey Me N My Thrifty Idea's friends I am so thrilled to be here today!

My name is Jen from

 Amy has become such a great blog friend, really helpful and soooo talented. Have you checked out her buttons??? Seriously you need to. She designed my button for me, if that gives you any idea. {So when you're done here check out her buttons!} And her talent doesn't stop at the buttons and computer stuff, she is a mad craftin mamma! But ofcourse you already know that....

Over at OCD I blog about endless things, crafting, cleaning and organizing and even makeup tips. But I have to say right now my most fav thing I am doing is the series

I am having so much fun going through totally random areas of the house that don't get cleaned often, cleaning it and then blogging about it. I started this because I know if I am not thinking about it often (the cleaning fanatic I am) others may not be either. It is fascinating to me, how clean I am, yet there are areas in my house that are so gross.

I realized quickly that cleaning these areas is also like getting to the inner stuff we shove inside and don't deal with. I like to use the time I spend cleaning the super dirty and neglected places to get inside myself and pray about the neglected areas of my life, bring those things to the top and clean them off too. So come join in with me on this journey to cleaning your house and cleaning your soul!

Click here to start at the beginning or just join me every Thursday to see what is next and tell me...

"How Often Do You...Clean It?"

Thanks again Amy for letting me blog swap with you today! And thank you friends, I hope you enjoyed!

Jen

Blog Swap With The Tattered Tag

Hello all, I am Christina from The Tattered Tag. I am so thrilled to be co-hosting my first Blog Swap with my dear blogging friend Amy.  If I could use two words that explains our styles, they would be Nifty & Thrifty.  Today I am hosting Amy's nifty neat pallet project over at my blog The Tattered Tag and I will be sharing my simply thrifty project over here at Me N My Thrifty Ideas. 

There have been plenty of projects using books, especially book pages.  Today, I would like to share a simple idea using only the book covers... 

Just like Amy says, "Use What You Got!"  I had these old books sitting in a box in my garage. I actually liked the inner side of the book with the printed cover, it's kind of like an old jacket with a funky cool lining... 

Carefully, I cut the covers off of the books...

 And using notebook paper as a guide, I marked holes on the book covers...

While my husband kindly drilled the holes for me, I gathered some ribbon I had tucked away and my rubber stamps.

 Wanting to create a simple journal, I cut paper to the size of the covers, punched holes in the paper, strung ribbon thru the holes in the covers & paper, tied them off and stamped one of the covers with a fun saying...

 The smudged ink gives the cover above a slightly "tattered" look and below the outside cover of a book is now the inside cover of a homespun journal...

Hope this simply thrifty idea has inspired you to get creative with your old book covers.  I invite everyone to stop by my blog The Tattered Tag and find more inspirational ideas.  Please take the time to browse both of our blogs and leave us your comments, let us know what you liked about our Blog Swap.

Once again, thank you Amy for co-hosting this fun Blog Swap, I so appreciate your creativity and YOU really do inspire ME!

Be Inspired,  

Christina