Crafty Marie

Stickers make up a very large part of my crafting stash that I would really hate to be without. I use them for occasional scrapbooking but mainly card-making and many different paper craft projects. I own rather a lot of stickers and they are carefully stored away to help ensure that they stay nice and clean as well as organized.  While all my stickers have now found a permanent home in my arts and crafts buffet and hutch, which is a traditional oak Welsh dresser, I had a variety of methods that I used prior to this for storing them so I'm passing on my tips and ideas on some different methods you can use yourself. Image Credit: Shared by Roxanne Ready on Flickr with a CC License

Here's a themed page of a selection of totally tropical scrapbook supplies, papers and inspiration for your wonderful paradise island themed layouts and crafts. Perhaps you've not long come back from a delicious and hot vacation over to the Caribbean, Hawaii, Fiji or somewhere else. Tropical paradises are so colorful and exotic that you can't wait to get on and capture your memories to keep hold of them forever. You'll find here a thoughtful selection of gorgeous looking papers, embellishments, stickers and more that could well kick-start your on-page creativity. The tropical vacation theme is one that is really great fun and you can put down lots of vibrant and sunny shades for this including vivid blues, greens, hot pink, red, yellow and orange which are all the key color choices to use.

You can get online stitch counters which could be handy except that you need to make sure you've got your smart phone or tablet with you when you're crafting. I really just wanted a very simple and easy knitting and crochet stitch counter to count off rows and rounds for me. When you're working with more complicated knitting and crochet patterns, it can become annoying to have to stop and mark off where you are. It can really interrupt the working flow of your yarn craft to put it all down, pick up a pen and mark the pattern.  I use a lot of tools by Clover for crocheting and I think they are a really good brand. So when I saw that they had a clicker counter stitch tool, they call it a mini kacha-kacha, I bought one straightaway to test it out. This brilliant and simple to use row or stitch counter gadget has made keeping track of a yarn pattern for me so much easier. And it should be great for you too.