101 List Progress Check - Jun 14th 2012

Sorry I'm a bit late with this one - it's Thursday evening and I'm trying to get this written now, but have a feeling that I'll be finishing it tomorrow, oops!!!

So, what's been happening since I last wrote? Well, I read my third Shakespeare play - I have to say that I'm struggling to get into Shakespeare it seemed much better when I did MacBeth at school. This one was "As You Like It", and to be honest I don't remember too well what went on. Something about brothers who didn't like each other (or may be that was one of the other two, or maybe both of them), a girl who had to dress as a guy so that her and another girl could travel without raising suspicions, a guy who fell in love with the girl, searching for here (I'm pretty sure that was the nice brother), and thats the bulk of it really.

On Sunday I thought that as it seemed that the boys had stopped winding each other up for a bit (I think they'd decided to watch a film), I would have a go at making some dividers for my wonderful filos, so had a rummage through my scrapbooking papers to choose the patterns that I am least likely to actually want to use so I could have a go and see how many dividers I could get out of one sheet of 12" x 12" scrapbooking paper... I know, I know - normal people would have just used a ruler to check... But I have to say I was pleasantly surprised to discover that I can cut the shapes out properly using a scalpel without cutting myself. I used a Scotch tape tab dispenser for reinforcing the tabs, and it worked perfectly (I think - I guess time may prove me wrong).

First attempt... not too shabby!!!

 I chose the thinner paper, as I think the thicker ones, although totally gorgeous, are going to be a bit too thick for me at the moment.

Without tabs v with tabs...

Personal and Pocket - I think my camera had been drinking...

I did a few sheets of personal sized sheets without tabs after doing my first one with, as I thought I would see how they looked, and thought I may be able to fit two A5 one personal and one pocket if I didn't include tabs. However, I wasn't keen on how they looked with the post-it tabs on, so started on the next sheet to see how I would get on doing A5 with tabs. As it turns out I can just about fit two A5 with tabs alongside each other, leaving enough paper over for a personal (if I do top tabs instead of side ones - I'm OK with that), and a pocket, so with all this paper I have I can in theory make a lot of dividers, maybe I'll need to buy some more filos to put them in...?

12" x 12" reassembled...

2 A5s... a bit tricky to distinguish the tabs here

Now we can see the tabs better :o)

I ran out of time to actually make the personal with top tab and the pocket, but am pretty
sure that piece will fit them on...

So in theory (providing I don't screw up while making them) I should be able to make two A5 sets, one Personal set and one Pocket set out of six sheets of scrapbooking paper - most excellent!!!

So although I can't cross of the challenge of making dividers in various sizes off my list yet, I have made a start with my trials and know that I have everything I need to make basic dividers :o)

I have been good with my supplements, although I did forget them one day and should start the three months again, but here come the excuses...
                    i)           I hate taking tablets as they frequently get stuck in my throat
                    ii)          the day I missed was Christopher's birthday party, where Marcus cracked his
                                 head open, so I had other things on my mind
                    iii)         it was one day, not a slippery slope :o)

Must get back to the exercise though before all the hard work I did is lost...

LJx