November 365 2014

How fast did the month go??  Of course things are going into high gear now with Christmas around the corner!

October 365 2014

October's been a true gateway into the Fall season.  Bi-polar weather, and lots of fun activities.

Can't believe there are only two more months to the year!

September 365 2014

September has been a busy month. Lots of fun. Lots of memories. 

Love the Fall season, just not the cold that follows. 

August 365 2014

Love having these monthly calendars with a peek of our lives to include in our Project Life album.

August has been a fun filled month!  I'm going to miss Summer.

Project Life 2014 Week 9

Week 9 was a tough week around here. Joe lost the hearing in his one ear and it was constant doctor visits for awhile.  (spoiler alert!) Thankfully he did get his hearing back, thanks to his doctors aggressive treatment. 

So much Oscar goodness to include but I made it work. I like using the vertical photo pages for a change.  Need to mix up the different page designs more.

Project Life 2014 Week 8

More Project Life pages! I'm so far behind in posting these! At this rate I'll be posting 2014 well into 2015! 

Funny how the puppies have taken over my pages. They're the most cooperative photo subjects I have since the girls won't let me take their pictures. **sigh** I've resorted to becoming a photo ninja! Whatever it takes, right??

Project Life 2014 Week 7

More Project Life to share! 

Looking back at this week, I'm liking what I did. Had more fun with it by adding some stitching around the card with the heart. 

Small alpha letters have become one of my "must haves" when working on PL. I love how it makes things easier and add the right touch to things.

Project Life 2014 Week 6

Looking at week 6 of project life brings us back to winter. It was a COLD winter and with this cooler than normal summer, I'm not ready for more winter. (does that make sense??) 

Nothing out of the ordinary for this week. 

Parts of me doesn't want to keep posting my project life pages anymore. Not that I don't want to share but it's nothing that hadn't been done already. I'm currently stating June but with vacation around the corner I'll be behind even more. Nothing wrong with that really but this has turned into a time consuming project when it should be an easy one. I need to do something about that. Maybe keep it very simple to make catching up more likely to happen?? We'll see, maybe the answer will come to me with the help of an umbrella drink....or two! ;)

Project Life 2014 Week 5

Trying to regularly share my project life pages. Hoping by doing so, they might inspire someone that's stuck in a rut with PL, like I am.  I'm plugging along, just starting to work on June.  Hoping to get more accomplished on it before our vacation.  Crossing my fingers!

Using the design G page protectors makes things a little more fun.  Maybe I should say more interesting, it  does make me have to think a little harder when I plan my pages since I tend to have a routine when printing my pictures, printing them wallet size.  

Someday I hope to be caught up with both Project Life AND sharing the pages, but for now, I'm behind on both.

Project Life 2014 Week 4

While going through the pictures on my phone, trying to make room and deleting some, I came across a batch of Project Life spreads that I had taken pictures of but forgot to share.  No wonder I'm so far behind!  It's amazing what you find when cleaning!!

Keeping it all pretty basic, just trying to catch up.  I like adding the weather screenshot from my phone each week.

I tried mixing things up on this spread, using the Design G pages.  I like that I can use both vertical and horizontal pictures on a spread, though I know I kept the pictures here wallet size. It's a good option to have and play around with.

I couldn't leave this card alone, and had to embroider it just to make it pop.  I love how it turned out.

Trying to keep project life motivating and mixing it up with the page design and embroidery keep it from getting boring.

July 365 2014

As far as I can tell, July flew by fast! The summer already seems over even though August starts tomorrow. 

It just goes too quick. 

I like having my kids home. 

I like the slower paced days. 

I like warm weather and lately some days seem too cool for summertime. 

Feels like Fall is steadily approaching, and I don't like it.

Project Life 2014 Week: 3

Back with week 3 of Project Life.  

January always seems like a great time for beginnings.  A new years worth of contacts, my first fox sighting, organizing and pizza nights becoming a regular thing.

Around this time I was trying to re-focus on sharing more on the much neglected blog.  I would start up many posts on my iphone while waiting for the girls at pick up time from school, but hesitated to post from my phone knowing I wanted to tweek it or spellcheck before sharing.  Though when I got home the last thing I wanted to do was sit in front of the computer.  **sigh**  It was a no win situation that needed to be addressed. 

Another item that needs to be addressed is my scrap stash.  It's time to purge some supplies.  I've come to a point where I have to seriously curb my buying.  There I said it (again).  I will of course buy the nessescities like adhesive and my favorite releases from Bella Blvd, but no more without using it up.   I need to "scrap the stash".....I just have to come up with a plan!

Currently I'm working on March, and I must admit to wishing I had not accumulated so many PL items.  I'm feeling forced to do this project until I use my stash....which could be a few years!!  I miss scrapbooking 12x12.  I know I've whined about it before and I know I could put a page together here and there, but knowing how far behind I already am on PL prohibits me.  I'm OCD about it.  I don't want to get further behind but I'm also feeling like my hobby is being forced.  

When I feel forced to do something I dig my heels in and we get nowhere.  **sigh**  I need to be faster with my pages but I want to remember WHY I took a picture of my contacts, or WHY I took a picture of shoes...journaling the reason behind the picture is important to me.  Sometimes it can be a few word explanation and other times the story needs room to be told.  I want future generations to understand WHY. 

Project Life 2014 Week 1

After so long, I finally get to share my Project Life pages for 2014!! Seems like it took forever....or six months! ;)  I somehow skipped posting this spread before posting week 2...I blame vacation brain. ;)

After the holidays, we're all so burnt out and we don't do anything. I need time to reboot and clear my head from all the craziness, plus we're tired! 

For something so simple, this makes me happy. I added some stickles to the wood veneer I got from Two Peas and that's it! I like sparkles. 

Currently, I'm working on March. Was hoping to be caught up before our trip but life had other ideas. Eventually I'll get caught up again.  I may even do the cover page to the album before the year is over, but I'm not promising!!  LOL!

June 365 2014

Another month gone and we're more than halfway through the year. Shocking how fast the time goes, especially the nice warm months.

Project Life 2014 Week: 2

Week 2 was a hectic week around here.  Riley hurt her eye so a trip to the vet was in order.  We also had to  bring Annie back to the breeders so she could go to her forever home, and a birthday get together ended the week. 

Powered through this week with a lot of polka dots, alpha stickers and washi tape.  Kept it simple (for the most part) and it got done fast.

used a 4x6 pocket protector from WRMK since I wanted to include more pictures without breaking them up, and I like having the flexibility.  I need to use more of a variety of page sizes.

Project Life 2013 Week: Fifty-Two

My last week of 2013!  Took long enough to get here!  This week is a bit longer, since I squeezed in the rest of the year into it.  I wanted to keep the year all together in one album.

When I made this I was pushing to get it done while including a lot of pictures. Hard to narrow down the options around Christmastime.

Inserts come in handy, since I have a hard time deciding on pictures.  I think this insert was my favorite too.  I kept it easy and simple.

I had to include this picture of the girls on Christmas morning and thought it would be great as an 8 1/2 x 11.  Nothing fancy, whatsoever, but i let the picture say it all.

On the back I included pictures of the girls by themselves.  Again, nothing fancy.

This side doesn't have much extra to it, but the story is there and that's the important part.

The following spread wraps up the year.

It's a bit hard to see, but I added stitching to the jawbone pocket.  The flags were pre-printed on the card and I just stitched it with matching floss.  The family filler card was already circled and had the heart but I wanted it to stand out more so I added stickles to it.  Who says you have to leave things alone?

I kept the pictures 4x6 on this side using the smaller pockets for journaling and I need to remember to do that more.  I like having the pictures stand out.

For the closing page, I like to add some family pictures from the year.  I know I already have them in the album but it doesn't matter to me.  I embossed the good times veneer with gold Zing and the large 4 veneer (from Michael's) with an aqua zing powder.  A little all over the place but it's DONE!!!

Currently, I'm on Week 10 of 2014, so I have more to share!  So good to finally be completely done with 2013!

Project Life 2013 Week: Fifty-One

These pages both dragged on and were fun at the same time.  So many pictures to include make it seem endless, yet I had fun playing with them.

Happy with how these came out.  Tried keeping it simple yet fun.

Another insert for our visits from Zonko.  It's hard to see but the wood veneer (found it at Michaels) has some tiny glitter sewed into the pocket.

Almost done working on February for 2014.  Was hoping to be further along in the year by now, but some days it seems too time consuming.  I find myself wishing I didn't have so many Project Life supplies, making me feel guilty that I "have" to keep going with this project.  I miss scrapping traditionally.  I know I am scrapping in a way but I can't seem to find balance between the two and it's frustrating. I know I'm recording our life memories, so I can't really complain.