Paper. Lots of paper.

This is the stuff that dreams are made of.  I actually don't make very many things with colored paper, but I love it nonetheless.  I once thought I might buy one of each color and put them up on my wall - sort of the like a really big paint swatch stack.  Of course once I realized that it would cost me a hundred dollars or more to buy one of every color and that it might take up more than one wall, I sort of lost my enthusiasm.

My friend Bob and I went into a K-mart once and took one of each paint swatch from the Martha Stewart paint line.  It was a brand new line of paint in those days and the colors were A-ma-zing.  I kept the colors in a photobox and I would flip through them fairly often.   I finally used up as many as I could and I tossed the rest.  I get a little catch in my throat when I think about it.  I threw them away.

I've been searching for the past few hours trying to find the photos of the project that I made with those paint chips.  Now I feel bad talking about them, when I don't have a photo, but I'm not giving up on this post because I've been slaving away for hours with this topic!  I'll have to make up another one some day soon so I can show it off.

(Edited to add - I found the pictures.  Here's the blog post I wrote about them -- How to make a paint chip card)

Speaking of paper -- Have you purchased a calendar for 2010 yet?  Do you usually receive one for Christmas?    I'm still trying to figure out which printable calendar I want.  I've purchased one already, but I want a little one, too.

Yes, I'm in love with paper. (and blogging, too!)

Have a fabulous week!!
Kristin