Project Life - Week 8

Wow...its been a while since I have been able to finish a weekly layout! Week 8 is finally finished....and this weekend wraps up week 16. So I'm about half way to being caught up. Oh well...the memories are being created and the photos and being snapped...the documenting can be caught up.

I used most pieces from Mommyish's Everyday Kit and there are a few others from Becky Higgins Project Life Just Add Color kit, some Ali Edwards wordart and Gennifer Bursett elements too.

Life has just been super busy these days, we've had a funeral to go to, family to visit with, I got a promotion at work this week so thats been a blessing and I'm just trying to stay focused on my family and living life as best as we can in the time we are given. Hope to get better at getting these updates out, but for now, enjoy this one and I'll see you next time!

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Project Life - Week 7

Valentines Day....crazy to think it was a month ago. I need to do better at posting these layouts don't I? Well at least they are getting done and I am really happy with the way this weeks layout turned out. Love the colors of the Just Jaimee February Storyteller kit, so I used a lot from that this month.

Other supplies used:
Traci Reed Plastic Stitched Grid Templates
Traci Reed 3x4 Collage Cards
Rhonna Desings app
Ali Edwards & Katie Pertiet wordart
Ali Pennington Glitter number/alpha
Tracy Larsen Happy Valentines Day Wordart
AC Digital For the Love Cards

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Project Life -Week 6

 In some exciting news this week...I entered a contest that Becky Higgins was having on her FB/Instagram/Blogs for a chance to win the Strawberry Core kit before it was released. I have been checking every monday for this kit to be released digitally....and to find out that I had a chance to win it was soo exciting!

I got a text from my friend Jaime last Friday telling me to check my messages....that I was one of the chosen winners from the Digital Project Life Blog! I literally squealed in my seat! So exciting! So even though I am a month behind documenting my life....its been fun to catch up this week with the Strawberry Kit.

Love Love Love this kit! I can say that Emily Ley truely knocked it out of the park with her color palette. This may be one that I need to purchase and keep the whole core kit to myself....how cute of an album for Gracie to complete!

Credits listed on Flickr. Click on image for more details.

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Disney on Ice - Princesses & Heroes

Well its only a month late, but I finally got around to recapping our Disney on Ice trip! I bought Grace (and us) tickets for Christmas after they had already been on sale for several weeks. I managed to get pretty good seats so was excited to take her to her first production!

 She insisted on wearing her Princess Ariel Necklace which I thought was perfect!

We drove up to Columbus, had bought a pass to a nearby parking garage and only had to walk a couple of blocks to Nationwide Arena. There were tons of kids dressed up like princesses , it was so cute and Grace was in awe of everything around her. We found the section we were sitting in and got ready for the show to start.

The show began and Tinkerbell skated out....and her eyes were huge! She was like a deer in headlights, staring and watching her skate all over and sprinkle fairy dust around the ice. It made me tear up. I realized what a special day it was and I was so overwhelmed that I finally had a daughter to get to enjoy things like this with. It will stay with me forever! All the major princesses stories were covered and we even got to see Mickey and Minnie and Goofy (my personal favorite)!

During intermission we went potty and then stopped and picked up a little souvenir. We ended up getting a glow wand outside the arena and saved $20. But believe me I would have shelled out the $20 if they would have had the fiber-optic wands like I had when I went to the Ice Capades decades ago.

 It was such a fun time and she was wound up the entire night! We grabbed dinner on the way home and played with our toys from the show before getting a bath and putting on our Ariel jammies and hitting the sack. What a fun day it was! I hope she remembers it for a long time!

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Project Life-week 5

I finally finished the last week of January! Woohoo....one month is officially done!

This is the first week that I incorporated shadows to the elements and some of them really make the items pop! I think I am going to brush up and work on getting those fine tuned more. I am really happy with how this week turned out.

Grace has been loving play dough, and so far has only managed to "blend" a few pieces of colors together. Gonna see how long that lasts! Its such fun to watch her make pizzas and hot dogs. She is getting to that age where she is soaking up all these tidbits of information and will pull them out at the most random of times. Its amazing to see her little mind work!

 

Credits listed in Flickr, click on photos for more info.

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Project Life-Week 4

Still trying to catch up on January's layouts....slowly getting one done.
May just jump to the current week and then fill in when I can.
But without further ado....let's jump back a few weeks!

One thing I am messing around with is changing over to square templates versus the round style. Still not sure if I will do with a double mat to allow some patterned paper for variety....or stick with just the plan white background. Its a work in progress...so who knows how my book will turn out!

Supplies used:
Coral Project Life Core Kit
SplendidFiins-3x4calendar 2014 cards
Ali Edwards Hello Winter Brushes 
365Unscripted: Stitched Grids by Traci Reed
Instaweather (Android App)
Rhonna Designs (Android App)

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It's hip to be square

I started out doing all of my Project Life layouts using rounded templates. That is what most of the PL type cards come in and if you do a traditional paper album, they are like that in the Core kits.

But as I was blog hopping and looking at Pintrest (aka the devil) I found myself drawn to the squared templates....and decided to do week 4 with squared templates and see how they turned out.

I also redid my cover page...and I'm kind of digging the square templates! I think it looks crisp and clean, don't' you? Now just to decide what color mat I want to go with! I still plan on doing the layered mat to add some depth, but can't decide on the base mat to lay the stitching on.

What do you think looks better.....black or white?

I will be posting week 4's layout tonight hopefully!

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Thankful Thursday

Well the temps are slowly rising and today started off in the teens, much better then the -16 we had on Monday morning! Brrrr....ridiculously cold!  However, I am so thankful for a warm house to stay safe and comfortable in and good car to get me back and forth to work, it makes me sad to see people who have to walk outside in this weather! And don't even get me started on the animals that are stuck outside. Its deadly cold outside!

Grace loves playing in the snow. Last year she didn't want anything to do with the snow and would just stand there and hold her arms out for us to pick her up. This year its the complete opposite....she loves running and throwing the snow in the air. It hasn't been sticky enough to make snowballs, so we have snow glitter that we throw. She doesn't care, she finds it hilarious whatever the form!

Linking up with Jaime for Thankful Thursdays. What are you thankful for?

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Project Life-Week 3

I'm half way caught up for the year. Yay! (I know I need to get better at this and soon....because I know there are so many stories I want to share, and by the time I get around to doing the weekly layout....they have slipped my mind!) Must start documenting more in the moment!

Supplies used: Honey, Clementine, Midnight and Dear Lizzie Neopolitan Project Life Kits, Digital Designer Essentials Hello Neon papers, September Blue weekly circle, Ali Edwards Pound Gratitude brushes, Ali Edwards Embracing the Everyday Brushes,365Unscripted: 4x6 Collage Cards by Traci Reed, Lori Whitlock Templates

Linking up with The Mom Creative for Project Life Tuesday.

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Thankful Thursday

We got hit Tuesday night and most of Wednesday early morning with about 8 inches of snow! We were put on a level 2 snow emergency almost as soon as it started snowing. There were car accidents everywhere....it was really a mess outside.

If that wasn't bad enough, when it stopped snowing yesterday morning, we then got almost a quarter to half an inch of freezing rain. That is the scary stuff...thankfully we never lost power but everything was so slick and glossy!

 Thankfully, I have a great boss who understands that instances may arise that make it very difficult to make it into the office. Our department met on Tuesday and decided to take our laptops home just in case we got what they were calling for.

So instead of having a major anxiety attack at the thought of having to drive into work on Wednesday, I was able to work from home and get all my month-end responsibilities taken care of from the comfort of my couch and kitchen table. I don't like driving in bad weather at all and hate the thought of having to make my husband take Grace out in it just to take me into work.

So this week, I'm so very thankful for a boss that understands weather sucks sometimes and doesn't expect us to put our lives at risk to make it into the office if we are able to do what needs to be done remotely.

I mean who wouldn't be happy getting a play dough hot dog delivered to them while finishing some spreadsheets?

 

She was so thoughful. Grace had to make sure Emma was warm. Even if it meant using my dishtowel.

And she spent alot of time cuddling/tackling Ellie! Poor Ellie...she never complained.

I'm linking up with my friend Jaime. Go check out what she is thankful for this week!

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Project Life-Week 2

Well slowly getting caught up with January project life layouts. I'm working on the photos for week 3&4 that I am hoping to finish up soon and then I'll be just 1 week behind! The hardest part for me is trying to figure out which pictures I want to use!

Used some word art from Ali Edwards, Glitter Alpas from Ali Pennington and some cards and papers from PL Rain and Coral Kits. The templates are from Lori Whitlock.

The double mat layout that I am using was made my Heather Johnson and can be downloaded FREE on her Blog. Just click here to find the magic! I love the depth it gives my layouts...and I can play with my ever growing digi paper stash!

Linking up with The Mom Creative for Project Life Tuesday. You can find my week 1 update here.

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Project Life-Week1

Finally got finished with week 1 over the weekend and have week 2 started and hopefully will get it finished this week!

I love doing the weekly layouts, my problem is trying to figure out which photos and cards I am going to use. I have built quite a library of paid and free digi scrap items, and its tough to filter through those and pick what I want to use for the week.

I decided that this years album is going to be a hodge podge of styles instead of just using one kit. I like that idea better. I think it will be fun to have page themes based on the events of the week. Looking forward to sorting thru the pics to figure out what theme I am using for this week!

Here is a closer look at each page:

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Project Life 2014

I finally finished my 2014 Project Life cover page this weekend...and now hopefully I can catch up on the first couple of weeks and keep up with it this year!

Most cards are from Becky Higgins Just Add Color kit, with a few thrown in from the Honey and Midnight kits (all of which can be found here.) I recolored some of them and am so happy with how they turned out! I did add some elements from other digital kits, but don't have the references here with me, if you want to know, leave me a comment and I can check on them for you!

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Day 002

We started potty training this week and Grace has been doing really good.

So today after dinner and dishes....we did some fingerpainting as a treat for her having a great day in her big girl pants!!!

P.S. I love seeing the concentration in her face!

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Day 001

Happy New Year friends! Thought I would get back on track and attempt to blog more often.
I know daily probably won't happen but I am hoping to take a photo of day of my beautiful girl so I sold at least be able to able to share those with you!

Emma, our "first child" is no treally a fan of Grace.
I think she's afraid she's gonna fall or step on her at any given moment.
But they have been bonding more lately and had some quality time together this morning.

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