Weird Al Concert

Back in August, Steve and I went with our friends Carl and Courteney to see Weird Al in his Bigger and Weirder 2025 Tour. The performance was absolutely spectacular. We loved every minute. Not only was the show itself great, so was the venue. None of us had been to the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University and we'd return in a heartbeat. We had table seating and brought a picnic to enjoy before the concert. The whole evening was so much fun. 

Weird Al (affiliate link)

I made this layout for the 2025 Bash Your Scrapbook Stash World Series. I'm playing for the Scrappin' Banshees. For the first game, we were challenged to use the following elements: 

NovMember is an annual November challenge, hosted by BYSS, that asks scrappers to get inspiration from other members of the group. Since the BYSS World Series extends into November this year, they're combining the two. So we had to base our color palette on someone else's scrapbook page. I chose one by Gina McLeod. Can you see the color inspiration?

  

I added a glitter element (silver glitter washi tape) and letters (the glittery title) to my page for a total of three points for the Banshees. I'm particularly happy with the journaling. It's really hard to find pens that write well on black paper; Ohuhu's Kakaako acrylic markers do the job perfectly. I'm going to be using them on black paper from now on. 

I'm really happy to have my page in the album. It was such a fun night. I'd love to see Weird Al in concert again someday. 

Dollar Bill Dispenser

Last Christmas, Trevor and I had great fun making bars of soap with coins embedded in them as gifts for his cousins. When I give a gift of money, whenever possible I try to do something interesting with it. For my latest attempt, I made a Dollar Bill Dispenser. I started by taping 32 dollar bills end-to-end.

 

Then I rolled them up.

 

I cut a slit in a cardboard tube and painted the whole thing purple.

 

I slid the roll of money into the tube with the end sticking out of the slit. Then I taped a PULL tab to the end.

 

I rolled the last bit of money in so it wasn't visible.

 

The last step was wrapping the tube with tissue paper. I cut a slit so that the PULL tab stuck out, then used tulle to tie the ends closed so that the roll of money couldn't escape.

Once it was all wrapped up, I was nervous that it would get caught up and not come out of the tube smoothly. I really wanted to test it out, but that would have meant rewrapping the whole thing, so I just crossed my fingers. Fortunately, it worked beautifully and Courteney was delighted with her gift.

I can't wait to make another of these! Of course, it's going to have to be for someone who doesn't read my blog...