Project Life 2013 Week: Thirty-Four

This week was a crazy week, getting ready for vacation.  Not a lot of pictures were taken and I shortened the week so it went Mon-Thurs, since we started vacation on Friday. 

I tried making my pictures on the larger side since it was a short week. The "I can do this" ran through my mind repeatedly this week so when I found the graphic on Pinterest, I included that too. 

This side is pretty blah to me but I needed to get it done since I was so far behind. 

And yes I'm still working on the trip pages. It seems never ending but it's been so crazy lately especially these last few weeks. The little time I've spent in my craft room I've been so zoned out. November is my least favorite month ever. Too much to do with the holidays in such a short time, Joe had his surgery in the beginning of the month and I've been helping him at work more, the puppy potty training, Christmas shopping. Just a lot all at once! I guess I'll breathe in January. ;) 

Project Life 2013 Week Thirty-Three

Week 33 was a busy week, not in an exciting way by far. Just cleaning and purging and getting ready sort of busy things.

This week I tackled a room in the basement that we couldn't walk through anymore. Lots of "just put it downstairs" sort of stuff. Know what eventually happens to that stuff? The light bulb comes on and it gets donated to Goodwill. I admit to not parting with some things out of sentimentality but others should have gotten dumped long ago! 

I also finished working on my 2011 project life album that I decided to do on a whim. It made me backed up on this years album before vacation but I'm glad it got done. Lots of finishing up projects happened this week....and cleaning. Can't escape that! 

It's been crazy busy around here lately. I've been working more hours by Joe's office since he broke his right hand and needs help (it's his dominant hand). He also left yesterday for a convention in ORLANDO! I told him he needs to visit Disney and bring back souvenirs! LOL! I wasn't happy about his going with a broken hand but it was important for him to go. Can't wait for the year when we get to go too! School gets in the way of all the fun! 

Hoping to clear out more of the basement so we can pull out the Christmas decorations already. I had Marissa look in the crawl space for the Thanksgiving stuff and she couldn't find it. I accepted it and I'm ready to move forward with Christmas. It takes me so long to decorate and this year I believe it won't be any easier with the puppies so I want a head start. I just won't get much help from Joe with his hand broken. Oh well. Bring it on!

Project Life 2013 Week: Thirty-Two

As I plug along trying to finish up my Disney pages from August, I'm slowly sharing the weeks of Project Life I do have ready. This time of year is always so fast paced with the holidays so there's not much time to play in my scraproom. Oh well, I'll take what I can get.

Apparently this week was very *pink* for me. 

I used ribbon on my week card and it felt good. I think washi has replaced my love of ribbon, and I have a lot of ribbon. I need to put a stop on my scrappy buying and just use what I have. I know I keep saying that, if only the manufactures would work with me and slow down on releasing all new fabulous products!! LOL! 

The girls have a sudden love for polishing their nails. And not just plain ol polish, they got fancy and did "water marbling". It was messy and frustrating but they got it out of their system. 

This filler card is my favorite. The "always" is an old metal sign from "Making Memories". Old stuff is new again! 

Wish me luck on catching up this week! I need it!

Project Life 2013 Week: Thirty-One

Finally made some time today to take pics of my Project Life layouts. 

Can't believe the summer's now over as I look back in this week. Whatever tan I had is long gone now. And my flip flops have been replaced by boots. Not happy about this one bit. I have come to the realization that I belong somewhere warm, Florida preferably. ?;)

I like adding the weather forecast to the week and wish I had thought to do this early in the year, but you live and learn. I guess that means I'll be doing PL again next year. 😉 I think I have to thanks to the enormous amount of supplies I have in hand! LOL! 

The second half of the week always seems to have more fill in cards. Part of me likes that, yet I'd rather they be pics of us. Oh well. 

This week has an insert thanks to a visit to the county fair. Lots of photo opportunities to be had for sure! 

Front:

Back:

Now to get my mojo in gear and finish up our trip to Disney! Trying to keep it more on the simple side but there are SO many pics to include! Lots of great memories!

Project Life Card Organization

My love of organizing has no end.  I'm always moving things around until I just can't improve it anymore and it works.  

Scrapbooking shares my love of organizing.  When I'm "stuck" and have no mojo, I organize things.  Playing with paper or any supplies really, gets my creative juices moving.  

A short while back, I saw THIS video on Pinterest and was intrigued to watch it right away.  This lady organized her Project Life cards in ROYGBIV order instead of  by "kits".  As someone who had them organized by kits, this blew my mind!  It made perfect sense to me!  I did hesitate to break up my kits, but the more I kept thinking about it, I usually choose the cards I'm working with based by COLOR instead of manufacture.  It would make working on Project Life SO much easier.

This is a picture of what my set up looked like.  My 4x6 cards are in one area, my 3x4 cards are in another, and then I have labels and stamps in another compartment.

This is a close up of what I was using for m 4x6 cards. It's a refrigerator/pantry organizer that holds all my cards and I made a simple place holder out of white paper that's 3x4 1/2 and just wrote the name of the company from where the cards are from.

This organizer is from Target, in the closet organizer area.  It held my 3x4 cards pretty well.  With a little space left over for some labels and cutouts.

This is the organizer empty.

Then on Instagram, I saw Jenny (sorry can't find a link to her blog) find the ideal storage at Staples.  I just cut down some chipboard that comes in my scrapbook orders (that I hoard), and used it as dividers.  

My 4x6 cards before I changed up the container again.  This container worked for the most part, but the open end kinda bothered me.

Then I found this container at either Marshall's, TJ Maxx, or Home Goods and switched them out.  It even has more room, which is great since I plan on cutting up some 6x6 paper pads and adding to it.  There's even room for some odds and ends in the back.

This is making me all kinds of happy and got my creative juices flowing to work on Project Life again.  Still in August with our Disney trip, but I'm getting there!

Project Life 2013 Week: THIRTY

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, I figure, I better start sharing the weeks I have done. I'm currently working on our August trip to Disney so that takes awhile, but I'll get there! 

Week 30 was a standard week around here. Not much happened with us that was super exciting, really. I guess the most exciting thing was the birth of the Royal baby. 

The top pocket is a flip up card with some funny tweets and announcements  about the royal baby. 

This half of the week had more filler cards.  Fun to do, as simple as they are. 

Trying to be better about my schedule during the day. Not much time to dilly dally, so I hope to get more blogging done on a regular basis. (I may have said that before, but I'm trying!) LOL! 

Project Life 2013 Week: TWENTY-NINE

Time gets away from me too much lately. I've got a few weeks of Project Life to share, but as always, finding time/remembering to take pics messes me up.

Week 29 is a combination of a lot of pics with a handful of filler cards. It works for me. 

I had a few pics from Tuesday that I wanted to include so I stretched it out between the middle 3x4's to the bottom 4x6, used the pink tags to make them flow a little.

The second half has more filler cards but they show some movies we went to see so I don't consider them true "filler" cards. The bottom left pocket is a collage I made on my iPhone with the "PicFrame" app, it's also a flip card (sorry no pic) with a few more pics. I did the journaling on the side since I somehow printed the collage a little smaller than 4x6, and didn't want to re-print it (same for the pic on the right).

And there's Week 29, just as we're starting Week 42! I'm right on top of things around here! LOL! 

Captured Life 2013 Week: TWENTY-EIGHT

I know it's September, but let's just pretend it's July...work with me! ;)

For my pages this week, I changed things up a little.  I kept all the pictures to the large pockets and matched up the journal pockets with matching papers.  I also added stamped days of the week to make it a no-brainer as to what goes with what.

I kinda liked how it came out.

This week was also Gianna's birthday party with her friends, so of course there's going to be an insert, or two!  Kept it pretty simple to help make it go faster.

Just got back from Disney.  We had a great time!  Seems to be harder to leave Florida with each trip.  We are all agreed on moving there if given the opportunity!  So now, the luggage is emptied, the laundry is sorted, and my bed is calling me.

Captured Life 2011

I've mentioned how I decided to print pictures from 2011, to turn into a daily album. First I was just playing around with the idea.  Then as I looked into it, I realized the possibility of actually doing it.

In late July, I printed my pictures. I thought about using a kit but then just decided to use all my random supplies for the flexibility it gave me. I bought two albums and got to work. 

At first things came together quick. I did the album "monthly" since I didn't have a picture for "everyday" and I'm okay with that. It worked perfectly. Of course, I couldn't work on the album everyday, but slowly, I saw progress. I kept things simple, and didn't include anything bulky. With each month that I worked on it, I got excited to see it come together. I was even thrilled when I realized that I could fit the whole year in ONE album!! 

As of Sunday, it's done! The full album, complete with cover and closing pages, all done, in one album. I am so happy to get it done before vacation too! 

Ending this with the very simple cover page....