Password organizer

A few days ago I received an email from Google warning me that someone in Mexico attempted to access my account. Was this me?

Ummmm, no.

And, yes, it was a good catalyst to do what I know I should be doing, and have planned to do-- use weirder passwords and change them more often.

Of course, in doing that, I'd have a more difficult time remembering them. So, I decided to create a password organizer. I guess if someone goes to all the trouble to break into my house and take it along with all the electronics, I'll be out of luck. But they'll have a pretty little password organizer!

First, I Googled terms like "password organizer template" and looked at what information these various examples used. I used Caslon Antique Italic font and arranged my information, knowing that I also wanted to incorporate graphics from The Graphics Fairy. I chose to use a Remington typewriter, Engineer's compass, hand holding a card, and men in ties above a sign. I created two to a page in landscape and cut in half. The left side I left straight and the other sides I cut with a deckle edge.

The cover was done with the lady with binoculars graphic from the Graphics Fairy. I ran some yellow card stock through my Cuttlebug and embossed with D'vine swirl. The blue and white striped oval came from Minerva paper in the 5th avenue Melissa Frances 6X6 pad. The paper upon which "passwords" is stamped came from Die Cuts With a View Mademoiselle stack. I also found a random purple button in my button jar... I hope I won't need that button later. I can't remember what it came from. I used my Crop a Dile Big Bite to punch a hole for the button and put a bit of Modge Podge on the button's underside before I pushed through. Hope it holds.

Then I worked on the back of the front cover as well as both sides of the back cover. I didn't show the back cover because on it I describe how I create my passwords.

Inside front cover. Printed paper (including cut out silhouette) from Mademoiselle stack.

Detail of inside front cover.

The book rings I bought at Staples are really too big for this tiny book. I plan to replace them someday. Now, hopefully I can keep random people out of my accounts, and hopefully I can keep track of my passwords.

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Drac's coffin

So this little project started out as one of those raw, balsa (?) wood coffins from Michael's (the kids' Halloween crafting kiosk).

I first painted the whole thing black using ordinary craft paint. Once dry, I used newspaper to create templates for the decoupage by wrapping the newspaper over the different sections, then cutting out where the newspaper was bent. I have three coffins to decorate, so you'd think I'd save these templates, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong. Oops, I forgot and threw them away with the scraps. Oh, well.

So I had some Recollections Halloween paper (I think from 2011? Not sure) and cut various "planks" of the coffin to size, placed them on the coffin, and marked where the paper should be split (so the coffin can open, of course). I sliced the paper using an Xacto blade, then used matte Modge Podge to adhere & seal. Using K & Company's Brenda Walton Haunted House ChipBox, I placed a ghost chip on on of the side/top planks, marked with my thumbnail where he should be split, then cut him and decoupaged him on in two pieces. When the coffin is closed, he's whole. When it's open, EEEEEK!

I then decoupaged the "Danger" chip (with purple cardstock underneath, corners cut by hand to match chip's corners). The chip bat came next, attached via black cardstock folded like an accordion. And yes I did just have to spell check accordion. I'm torqued that the bat is a little top heavy, but with a little manipulation he floats there pretty well.

Last came Drac. The chip that came in the box was too wide for the coffin, so I scanned him in and manipulated him, moving the arm, the feet, and shaved off some of the cape using the Open Source image manipulate, GIMP. My printer didn't spit him out as vivid as I'd like, and since the original had glitter, I used black and red glitter to jazz up his cape a bit, plus used colored pencils to blacken his hair and shoes, and put fresh blood on his lips. Mmmmmm. I had wanted him to spring out of the coffin as it's opened, but the springing was a bit lame and no one wants a lame Dracula! So I left him free, and, anyway, perhaps my nephew William (for whom this Halloween treat was created) will want to use him to turn his Lego men into the undead.

Fangs for stopping by.

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