trisha harrison:here at no.30

Project Life | Week 10.

 

 

Somewhere I skipped over week nine and ten here ... so let's go back a little &  week 10 of Project Life is where I will start. It's truly hard to imagine that nearly 14 weeks have gone past. I still feel like I'm just getting into the 2015 rhythm ... comfy into it but still.  

This week - March 02- March 8th, I might think back to this as my creative projects taking over my free time week. This week we also set the clocks forward for Spring and I loved welcoming more day light! 

This week - I used a mix of studio calico kits and sunshine edition kits from Becky Higgins and of course some Ali Edwards digital brushes that I made into 3x4 cards. 

Full page view here keeping with the rest of the album I am stuck on 9x12 and both sides this week are all 3x4 slots which is actually a favorite of mine.

Left side of the spread & close up of the AE brush "yes" I made into 3x4 card. I can't help but laugh at the yarn photo - I am full on knitting and have been for a few weeks now, yarn was something I never really paid much attention to at the craft stores until now I can't seem to leave the store without a new skein of it. YES to this month being a creative PURPOSE and to me taking the plunge. 

Thanks so much for reading - I know that there is a ton of Project Life inspiration out there, hope I inspired you to either keep going or to get started. 

 Supplies used :  Studio Calico kit, tiny attacher, Martha Stewart glue pen,Becky Higgins date stamp, Sharpie marker pen, Avery labels Ali Edwards Digital brushes  Sunshine edition kit, , wood veneers, sewing machine to sew up the page pockets.

Project Life | Week 7.

Another week here and gone, After 5 years of Project Life I love that this is still my most loved craft ... making our everyday life visible. I know how easy it is to NOT take photo's and not pay attention to the little things because I know what it's like to be a busy family, I also know that for me there is no other way of life. Photo's will always be a part of it and so will the stories I document. HOORAY for that! Here we go week 7 Project Life ... 

This week I am in full steam ahead ... in love with my custom 9x12 size, Still. Almost want to ask myself why I didn't switch sooner but hey just keep moving on. This week I used Ali Edwards "Today" digital brush stamp on that photo above and as simple as this is I LOVE it! Find it here. 

This week we went to a Newly Opened Museum & we all had a great time taking in all the stories and sights there I personally loved all the design and architecture of the building I am a sucker for open space large ceilings and light! We took a quick family shot with my iphone and timercam app 1 out of 4 of us are looking and that's ok second family photo of 2015 so I will take it! 

This week it was snowy and while I had the heat on in the van waiting for the kids in the school pick up line it made this beautiful pattern on my window. I am also a sucker for patterns and water drops. 

This week was usual work week & kids activities instead of a photo this week I jotted a little note about it in that 3x4 Cirque card from Studio Calico above, Skate, swim, hockey skills. they are almost at a wrap up session and then into "spring"  session. I love all the GOOD that they have both been doing and I can see their strong spots and places that still challenge them, but I also see determination in both of them - That ROCKS! 

Oh YES it maybe winter in my neck of the woods but I gotta love my plants that bring me green love! I am drawing garden plans in my planner and man I can not wait. 

Another Studio Calico card from the "Cirque" kit on the right hand side and I highlighted "today's adventure" with a yellow sharpie highlighter mainly because I thought that should stand out. Also I added a stamp pattern on the top with this weeks dates. 

This week Feb.9 - Feb.15th we were here. Making the everyday stuff happen and Loving it. We had a wonderful Valentines weekend with a homemade heart shaped pizza that Ava helped make & it turned out pretty darn good! We are not big on Valentines it's more for the whole family kinda thing, but still it was fun with the kids.

This weeks photo ratio iphone 4S to Canon 5D was 5 iphone photo's & 3 Canon 5D total of 8 photo's in this spread. 

* Project Life is a memory keeping system & If you are wanting more info on Project Life please check out Becky Higgins site here. 

Supplies used :  Studio Calico Cirque kit tiny attacher, Martha Stewart glue pen,Becky Higgins date stamp, Sharpie marker pen, Avery labels Ali Edwards Digital brushes
 

Thanks for reading, I hope you are all having a great week so far. 

 

Project Life | Week Two.

Hello week two & there are two things I already LOVE about this year of Documenting 1. I love 9x12 and the change was something I wanted to take on a while ago and thought the New Year is a great start for that. I am not missing the few pockets that I cut off & it hasn't really changed my process at all.

2. I love that it does allow me to become more flexible with what pocket I need for each week, if I want more 3x4 then I just create more of them but if I want a few 4x6 pockets then I stick with that and don't sew them up.

I use mostly design A and then sew up the top and bottom 4x6 pocket then cut along the edge to get the 9x12 size ... I know that Studio Calico has some great design pages coming as they annouced over CHA week. Might buy a few but I also like that I create my own pages to fit what I need to document.

Using a cut out number from mt stendig calendar again & date stamped the week with Becky Higgins date stamp. So far I am liking how each week is being present in the spreads. To the left a little journaling on Seafoam edition card. 

Over the course of the year, you can still bet on seeing a ton of wood veneers on my spreads ... as long as I have them I am using them up. Usually I will use Martha Stewart glue pen to adhere the veneer but this time I used my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher stapler for different texture. I will continue to use both. 

I am VERY much grateful to be working this year on Ali Edwards Creative Team, I made one of her recent brushes into a 3x4 card once again ... "make it happen" is hers and you can find it here. LOVE that set! 

Photo above is another awesome Studio Calico card & I added in a repeated date stamp on the top portion and then added on the "move forward" wood veneer again with tiny attacher. 

This week we decided that it would be a great time to make a little one on one time with the kids and parents. I took Ethan to see The Hobbit 3 and Tyler took Ava out for mini golf and Ikea hotdogs (they went with friends). I think that this was very much needed and it really made me aware of time - we are always around with each other here and there but it's so important to get seperate time with one another then regroup all together. 

Swim night is back and the kids are loving being back in the water after the Christmas + New Years break. I am seeing big strides already and love how excited Ava gets in the change room with the responsiblities of picking the locker & then pinning her key on her suit ( I help her with the pinning part ).

That wraps up week two. Above is the full view here ... I made three 4x6 spots and twelve 3x4 spots it's fun playing around with pockets & what will go where. Today I also made my monthly dividers and will post that later this week. Hint yes they are painted ... lol. 

Please leave any questions you may have & I will answer as fast as I can ... If you are wanting more info on Project Life system please check out Becky Higgins site here. All other links are above & if you are wanting info on printing, paper, supplies used There is a post coming up for that shortly too. Thanks for reading - Happy Saturday Everyone! 

 

 

Week in the Life 2014 | The Album.

YES! Another Week in the Life is completed & now this Album can go up on the shelf. Here is a peek of what this week looked like for us ... 

Monday | October 27 2014.

Opeing or starting off the album with our title page full 6x8.

Monday title page template & I added in a tag / date stamp / hand journaled and tiny attacher staple.

Then I have a four 3x4 pocket slot page protector as the next page. AE digital brush set and I made it into a journal card ( still need to jot some words down ). 

Here is the flip side of the four 3x4 pockets & the next page is a two 4x6 pocket page and I took a 6x8 photo and cut down the middle. Another AE brush used onto of the photo.

A few close up shots and that ends our Monday.

Tuesday | October 28th 2014.

Tuesday Title page an early morning view from my kitchen window.

I used scrap kraft paper & stamps around here, top left date stamp and bottom right Elise Blaha Cripe stamp. Also added in wood veneer.

Flip side more stamps and AE digital on that top left page.

Close up.

Another split 6x8 to fit the 4x6 pockets. Adding in some text about the entire day under that photo of me at Yoga class.

Flip side using the AE template & brush then cut down the middle.

Last page for Tuesday and I went full 6x8 Adding in AE digi Brush and tag with date stamp and tiny attacher. 

Close up of that, and that ends Tuesday.

Wednesday | October 29 2014

 Here on the left side AE titile page template & I did all my title pages hybrid part digital then seperate photo print out on top. To the right there is a four 3x4 pocket slots and again I used AE digital brushes "hello Wednesday" to create 3x4 cards.

Close up of the title page, Adding in a few little words from a midnight edition card & cut them up stapled with tiny attacher, also added star veneers. 

Even closer view here. 

Flip side of the four pocket page & another card from AE digital brushe set. 

This side is a two 4x6 slot pocket page and one side is the kids other is a shot of the leaves in the yard & I wrote about the day in a text box over top of that. 

Flip side of that two 4x6 pocket slot and adding in another wood veneer & words.

Close up.

Last page of Wednesday ending with another template from AE in the digital kit.

close up. That ends Wednesday.

Thursday | October 30th 2014.

 

Thursday, Title page.

Still needing to fill in that open journaling spot. 

Split that 6x8 in to two 4x6 even with the text going across it, it turned out alright. 

Last page with another AE template used but made half of it a full 4x6. That ends Thursday.

Friday | October 31st 2014.

Friday, Title page left and four 3x4 slot pockets on the right. 

Close up of halloween prepping. Our bowl that we use each year for the treats we hand out has become a true sign that it's Halloween night! 

Again just need to get that blank card journaled on and it's done!

A few more AE brushes and then adding in text underneath. 

flip side of the two 4x6 pocket page and I did another 6x8 and cut down the middle. Right side has the AE template and I went with all boxes on this one. 

And that's Friday.

Saturday | November 1st 2014.

Saturday, Title page & Right side.

Close up of Saturday's Title page.

Right side of 3x4's 

Flip side of that 3x4 pocket page. 

Saturday we moved around our master bedroom for the office and moved a TON of furniture, cleared a bunch of junk out and made my office space nice & cozy again. Ava really liked helping out. Left side is a screen shot I took on my iphone while my brother in BC was on facetime with Ava (they play guitar together on the phone & it melts my heart). 

Close up.

Another full 6x8 cut up into 4x6. 

Right side AE template again all boxes. 

Close up and that's Saturday! 

Sunday | November 2nd 2014.

Sunday & Full view of both pages. 

 

Full view last pages of Sunday & used AE brushes to stamp the day again on both pages ... I can not believe another year of WITL has come and gone and how much I still love this project and how more indeepth we get to see our day to day life.

So now time to get at the December daily album ... should be posting that album and the prep for it soon.

 

***** For more information on Week in the life visit Ali Edwards site here.

 

Thanks for reading, Happy Monday!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Life | Week 42

Hey guy's I am so in disbelief that it's already November and that I am sharing week 42 with you all today (which is Oct 13-19th) and YES I am "behind" as well. I know how hard it can be sometimes and that there is only so many hours in a day/week/month - we all get there. 

Here is the right side page of the week 42, October is that month that has so much change on it's own with weather and the garden + trees I find it so so beautiful and at times breathtaking. We kept things pretty simple here and as usual handled the crazy schedules of daily work and kids activities ... man the weeks are sailing away.

Of course there is always time in the kitchen and this is my little helper (making pizza dough) with mama and I can see that she will always be my little helper here & as for the boy's ... well that's not gonna happen. 

Love that quote I had received in an email fro "The universe"  sometimes that thing is so bang on it's scary and much appreciated all at the same time. 

 

Left side and I used an Ali Edwards brush this week from her new collection on her site called story bubbles So fun to use!

No week is complete with out the coffee shot! love how these always pop up!

We were surprised to see that we still had a few tomatoes hanging on in the garden. 

Another awesome thing from the garden this week was the three pumpkins that we planted back in May and watched for and hoped that they would take off as the ones from last year didn't do that great. Ava was so so excited to finally hold one & it was just her size! 

Another week down & I am doing my own catch up in the next few days ... If you had not yet signed up for the Big Picture Classes you still have time the registration has been extended until November 19th !!! 

For more info on Project life check out Becky Higgins site. 

Cheers. 

HOORAY!

Happy news around here I am excited to share that I have been invited to join the new Ali Edwards Digital Creative Team & I could not be more excited about it!! Here is the list of my fellow team mates ... 

• Celine Navarro
• Paige Taylor Evans
• Ginny Hughes
• Pam Baldwin
• Carly Robertson
• Kelly Schmidt
• Sasha Farina
• Trisha Harrison
• Emily Webster
• Annette Haring
• Stephanie Baxter
• Teresa Victor
• Lindsay Bateman
• Donya Gjerdingen
• Cristina C.

I know that things are totally crazy busy right now and with so so much happening good & bad all around us I think that you just need to keep going on that path and enjoy the journey as it comes ... that's why I knew that I would apply to Ali and hope to continue on with my creative adventures. So with that I take a deep breath I keep going and always seek the good. This is very very GOOD!

Cheers!