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Project Life | Week three

Hey, sharing week three here of my Project Life 2015. Right now I am loving my plan of 9x12 I promise I won't keep repeating this but just wanted to share that if you are thinking about trying 9x12 go for it! 

This week : Was Nuts ... it was real life bonkers, But I know that getting through weeks like these are a part of life and that it doesn't last forever even though it feels like it. Moving on, moving forward. Of course there was also good during this week and I really am the type of person that prefers to see the good, always! 

First full 9x12 of the year and this was a true fave in 2013 & 2014 going full 12x12 When thinking about changing to this new size I thought I might miss the BIG photo ... but really the 9x12 worked out just fine. Photo on the left shows the full size and I added in the "life is crazy" card (because it really was) from the Sunshine edition. 

What else is different this year so far, I am loving using more 3x4 photo's (aside from the full photo) this year and not as many 4x6 so far again liking that. 

This week we all made a family trip to the mall to have some lunch + Ice cream + picking up some earrings for Ava (clip on) she is totally into the earrings but NOT yet ready to get them pierced ... yet. So we get the clip on ones at "claires" This day totally upped the good Vs. crazy. Ice Cream is always good. 

That wraps up another week here & things are settling in nice for this year of 2015. January was a great start so far and hope that the plans we have for February keep going in that direction.

Thanks so much for following along here I am so happy that I am continuing this project. It is a true love and this being my fifth year, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 I can't imagine not ever documenting our lives this way. 

Supplies used : Sunshine edition, Midnight edition, Studio Calico far far away kit, tiny attacher, Martha Stewart glue pen, Becky Higgins date stamp, Sharpie marker pen, Avery labels, Elise Cripe wood mount stamp. 

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

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! 

 

 

Project Life | Week 26.

Hello Project life week 26 & the end of album number one. This week I added in some brushscripted cards that I made a few months ago. I also made the custom pockets from Design D.

I closed up the 6x4 slots and made more 4x3 pockets ... I am hooked on sewing on pockets! This week I also used Sunshine edition and some wood veneers from studio calico. 

Left hand side of this full page view is Design F with a closed up pocket to fit 12 3x4 spaces. I trimmed down the sunshine edition title card to also fit 3x4. 

Full view of Right hand side. That veneer "june" is from my Studio Calico kit called "hello hello". 

Adding in some journaling on the half & half cards and sewn them up the middle. 

 

Yes to making our way through another long winter and to celebrate summer & getting to the documenting part our life. This is still a favorite way to keep record + document still after four years I am loving this project! I am not yet sure how I will approach next years style in terms of kits and albums ... my 6x8 cookbook I was working on has taken a backseat and I would love to focus on that for a while too.

I am very grateful for Becky Higgins in creating this style of how we can document our lives & I am loving the oppourtunity to be sharing along on the Creative team. 

For more information on Project life check out Becky's site. Thanks for reading !!

Project Life | Week 14.

Hello week 14. This was a long worked on week. Each time I had a plan in motion, I had to step back ... printer issues, paper ran out, or working on it just didn't jam with life's scheduale. Regardless I knew it was there waiting and I was ok with the hiccups to get this week done, That's life.

This week 14 also know as Spring Break week, we had a busy busy week. Packing in our spring break adventures plus an awesome Birthday + party. I am always so happy to see the result of a super busy week like this all done and documented - feeling overwhelmed at the time or pulled in a millon directions reminding myself to always take a step back have fun with it all & capturing it on my camera or iphone camera - so so happy that I do. 

Starting with this insert front page to highlight Ava's fifth birthday party. I have always been a fan of the insert and forever will be, The "*best day ever" card is one I recently made with the Project Life sticker set found here and instagramed that process here & just basically I painted acrylic paint right over top of them and peeled it off - love how it turned out. The "this is rad" stamp is a Dear Lizzy stamp set found here. 

Welcoming in April with another hand painted divider. Using the insert to highlight her birhtday party and a special guest Elsa that we invited - needless to say that she was excited. Insert is Design F trimmed down and stitched to create three rows down and three rows across. 

I also created a hidden journal space with a peek-a-boo effect under the divider the black and white card I punched out a side of the card to make that peek-a-boo and placed a metal brat at the top to hindge the two papers then glued on some wood veneers. Beside that card I kept going with the punch and created three bubbles of the studio calico kit "office hours"  also adhering a wood veneer number 5. Still can't believe our baby is 5. 

Full page view of the back side of the insert, another hand painted card with the peeled sticker effect and more highlights of Ava's party. One the right side full page view of some of our spring break highlights & a large 6x4 Paislee press calendar found here. 

I loved using the round days of the week "round about days" found here also by paislee press to highlight the days of our spring break week. These tags I punched out with my marve punch and stapled on with my tiny attacher.

So easy to use and incorporate into the photo's, I trimmed off the edge of the circle to place them on the edge of the photo's, LOVE LOVE these and you can see them thoughout this weeks spread. 

 

That wraps week 14 and we made it through another spring break week of good madness, loved it all!! Look for weeks 15 & 16 coming later this week. 

 

 * if you would like more information on Project Life please visit Becky Higgins blog here, I am honored to be on her creative team this year!

Thanks for reading!

 

 

 

Project Life 2014 | Week 12 ... it's a long one!

Hello Project Life | week 12. I have said it before & I will say it again this year is moving quickly! I had so much fun incorporating Studio Calico's monthly kit "office hours" found here. I signed on for a recurring monthly membership and look forward to using more of their kits in future weeks. This weeks spread also included pocket designs A,B,F that was trimmed down & used as an insert. 

Closer look at the front page of the insert. I love that March 4x6 card by Studio Calico "office hours" this insert page was used as a feature of a day we spent outside ... inserts can be of anything & with a day that was not minus 50 and it was sunny and warm and we loved it so that after a long winter deserved an insert!  I used pocket Design F and trimmed down the last row to create three rows of pockets is all I needed.

Flip side of that insert pocket design F. Again using studio calico's "office hours" kit and highlighted our recent painting project and my little eager helper Ava that painted the bottom portion of her room ... We had so much fun doing this together and surprised to find out that this little four year old is actually a great painter :) 

Love that girl! Also loving the cork embellishments and this one is on a clear transparency which I have done in the past pages but also love how thick this one is ... you can't tell here but it's thick and that's great in terms of not bending and marking up on the page. I LOVE the see through effect of the transparency! Yep you will see more of that too.

Ok I have mentioned before how much I love wood veneers love love love them and simply it emphasizes what I want attention to be drawn to in a clean way. Some may say I'm addicted to them, but it's a true go to in finishing up a page. Find what you love to wrap up your pages and stick to it. 

Thanks for reading this long post on week 12! Comments and questions are always welcome!

* if you would like more information on Project Life please visit Becky Higgins blog here, I am honored to be on her creative team this year!