Project Life-week 5

Monday, February 24, 2014

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!

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Project Life-Week 4

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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

Monday, February 17, 2014

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!

Thankful Thursday

Thursday, February 13, 2014

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

Friday, February 07, 2014

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

Thursday, February 06, 2014

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?