tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146357119591583262024-03-14T03:08:58.042-04:00crafty creativityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-36331857293107847782014-12-29T22:20:00.001-05:002014-12-29T22:20:22.012-05:00New Year, New Planner<br />
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Like many papercrafters I love planners, journals, books and all things made with paper. Each fall and early winter I begin the search for the next year's planner. Back in September I purchased an Erin Condren planner like this one below <a href="http://www.heidiswapp.com/capture-30-and-memory-planner/">http://www.heidiswapp.com/capture-30-and-memory-planner/</a>and love it!</h3>
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It's working well for me for both work and my life. I'm enjoying decorating it and being "creative" in a small way. However, because my work schedule and task lists are so heavy, there isn't any room for memory keeping, journaling or a gratitude list. So, when Heidi Swapp and Big Picture Classes announced Capture 30 and I saw this planner that was available as an additional purchase as part of the class I knew this is what I was looking for! </h3>
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Check out Heidi's announcement on her blog here: http://www.heidiswapp.com/capture-30-and-memory-planner/</h3>
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To sign up for Capture 30 at Big Picture Classes, click on this link: <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/classes/details/capture-30">http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/classes/details/capture-30</a></h3>
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As soon as I get a chance to photograph the inside of my album I'll post some photos. Heidi calls this album the 2015 Memory Planner and that is how I am going to use it. I've always wanted a dedicated place that I could jot down what I did with my day and things I want to add to my scrapbook/Project Life albums. I'm excited to find out what Heidi has in store for us during the month of January as she helps us set up our planners and get 2015 underway. In the meantime if you want to see more of the 2015 Memory Planner check out my Pinterest board of the same name. </h3>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-89797428787614288942014-08-23T17:53:00.002-04:002014-08-23T17:53:38.558-04:00Since I last posted....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been looking into other options for the future. While I love scrapbooking, creating traditional layouts as well as doing Project Life albums, I have realized that I miss journaling. Last fall I did a Gratitude Journal and found that it really helped to keep me focused on what was important as well as appreciating the small things in life! I also know that I want to downsize my album size in the future. I've done 12 x 12 albums since the very beginning (1998) and as I prepare to move (more on that in a minute) I realize that all these albums take up a lot of space as well as weighing a ton!<br />
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So I'm looking at some of the new products available both in format and size and thinking about how I want to proceed in the future.As you may remember from my previous post I am incorporating a variety of things into this year's Project Life album and I have found it difficult to keep it all straight within one album. I'll be taking that into consideration as well when I make my plan for 2015. I'll share an update on this year's PL album in a future post.<br />
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Among other activities we're trying our hand at Community Gardening - this is what we started with in June. <br />
We've gotten to a few summer-type activities. The photo at the right was taken at Lake Erie Speedway; also in June. <br />
With my work responsibilities and my husband's work schedule we haven't gotten to as many events or activities as usual. We've also had two yard sales this summer (one just for my crafts) and those have taken up a fair amount of time as well.<br />
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In working towards our goal of downsizing we put our house on the market in mid-July. Folks came to look at it the day after we signed the paperwork to list it and the day after that they made an offer which we accepted. Originally they wanted to be in our house by August 29th which caused a great deal of panic on our end as that would have given us about 5 1/2 weeks to pack and move. We also had a week's vacation planned in that time period to visit our son's family in the Seattle area! It's all worked out as the people buying our buyer's house have just received their mortgage<br />
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commitment so it's still going to be awhile. I'll just be happy to have a moving date as this point.<br />
Photo on the left is a of our grandson taking us for a walk in the woods behind his house.<br />
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I hope you're having a great summer with time for creativity and reaching for your goals.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-66926494624113904142014-02-23T12:00:00.000-05:002014-02-23T12:00:07.680-05:00My 2014 Life Album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I can't call my album, my Project Life album, as it's a mix of Project Life, Project Real Life, One Little Word and traditional scrapbooking. I've chosen the Honey edition of Project Life to start with. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I chose this Honey album - there are two that coordinate with the<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the past I've done very little journaling in my<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rather than using a separate album for One Little Word as I<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A page in progress - I use post-it notes<br />
to remind myself what I need for a space or<br />
what I want to put there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of another Project Real Life page</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I'm trying to be very flexible in my 2014 Life album this year. So far there's not as much focus on photos as there is on my journaling. There's more about what I'm thinking and feeling. A lot about my intentions and what I would like to accomplish this year. I'm trying to use what I'm putting in my album to drive those intentions and accomplishments. (I hope that makes sense)</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">I purchased the Midnight edition of Project Life today and will be mixing some of those cards in with the Honey set. I also have Close To My Heart's Picture My Life Balloon Ride set that I'll be using - I'm still figuring out how I want to use that set. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">And thanks to my Big Picture Classes' friend, Melissa, I'm trying to have more </span><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">F</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">U</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">N</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> with my album - and my life!</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">What changes have you made in your scrapbooking, crafting or art this year?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-17181804243761907342014-02-22T18:27:00.001-05:002014-02-22T18:27:16.376-05:00Picture My Life Balloon Ride Scrapbooking Program from Close To My Heart<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm very excited about Close To My Heart's new Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program and wanted to share the first kit I've gotten. I've been doing Project Life style scrapbooking for 5 years now and was looking for something a little different and found it with this set.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*Disclaimer: I am a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whether you are a traditional scrapbooker or a pocket page scrapbooker the Picture My Life Balloon Ride set will definitely add a beautiful vintage-y look to your pages/layouts.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The highly anticipated package arrives!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 x 4 card pack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 x 6 card pack</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two sided Title page</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other side of two-sided Title Page</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fronts and backs of 4 x6 cards<br />Three cards of each design</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More 4 x 6 cards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More 4 x 6 cards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 x 4 cards<br />Three each of 26 designs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balloon Ride paper pack<br />Not a part of the Picture My Life set-<br />a great way to make your own cards or to add<br />traditional layouts to your album along with the pocket page scrapbooking</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balloon Ride Complements<br />Not a par tof the Picture My Life - <br />cardstock embellishments to add dimension to your cards <br />or traditional layouts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Balloon Ride Complements<br />cardstock embellisments</td></tr>
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For more information, please check out my business website at:<br />
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Have you tried pocket page scrapbooking (Project Life)?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-86594023549284957542014-01-16T06:55:00.000-05:002014-01-16T06:55:00.116-05:00The Bullet Journal<span style="font-size: large;">I have wanted to share this information for a few weeks. It's not really about crafting or scrapbooking but since I have found it so helpful I thought others might find it useful as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have used a variety of calendars, planners, to do lists, etc over the years both for my personal life and work life. I usually return to one of the Franklin Covey daily or weekly style pages for whatever planner I am using. I've tried different styles and formats and never stuck with one for more than a few years. Now I think I have found a system that I will stick with - the Bullet Journal. Here is a link to the information that I found and then implemented:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bulletjournal.com/">http://www.bulletjournal.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some photos of what my Bullet Journal looks like:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MOLESKINE SQUARED NOTEBOOK LARGE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JANUARY EVENTS on left and JANUARY TASKS on right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ONE LITTLE WORD PAGE</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ONE WEEK</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NEXT WEEK</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think the thing that I like most about this system is that it gives me a place to put all the things I want to remember/have handy in one notebook. While it obviously has my calendar and a space for daily to do's I can create lists for all the various projects I want to to do or are working on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I like the Moleskine Squared Notebook Large. The size works really well for me. It fits in my purse easily. I worried when I started that I would fill up the notebook within a few weeks but I started my notebook in October 2013 and as of today I've not used half of the notebook yet! I also really like the grid pages. This is really helpful for some of my creative projects. I can easily draw page layouts, card ideas, page protector styles and other drawings with the grids.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The other things that concerned me was whether it was going to take a lot of time to set up each month and if it was going to really be as easy as it sounded to find my various lists. I have found that it takes just minutes to set up each month and the Index at the beginning of the notebook helps me find everything. The Index is really the key to the system for me. You might find that the symbols are the key to your system. I use a few of them but there are some I don't use at all. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are looking for a way to keep your planner and all the information you deal with each day in one place check out the link above for more detailed information. I had to watch it a couple of times to really get the feel for it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">What type of calendar/planner do you use? </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-9426067686423257172014-01-11T16:29:00.002-05:002014-01-11T16:29:34.917-05:00Designed Decor Colonial White Frame<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Holidays are over but I didn't have a chance to share photos of this gift before I sent it across the country. Last fall I shared what I did with Close To My Heart's Designed Decor Black Frame with Halloween photos of my grandson. This time I did Christmas photos from his first 3 Christmas'. I love that these are so easy to do and get oohh's and ahh's from everyone who sees them. All it took here were a couple of photos some colored clips(clothespins-these are popping up everywhere) and some of my scrapbooking stash!</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I gave a set of these frames to my other son and daughter-in-law who don't have children and they were just as excited to get them. They will be using one for pet and vacation photos and using the other for appointment cards, notes, etc. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of different ways to use them. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For more information on either frame go to:</span><br />
<a href="http://craftycreativity.ctmh.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">craftycreativity.cthm.com</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-74690981679702468572013-12-31T15:36:00.002-05:002013-12-31T15:37:56.351-05:002014 Project Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally decided to stick with Becky Higgins' Project Life products for my 2014 Project Life Album. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I chose the Honey Album and Core Kit that you see here. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had thought about going smaller and use a Simple Stories 6 x 8 but decided to stay with the Becky Higgins line. This will be my fourth or fifth year now doing Project Life.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you do Project Life, Project 365 or similar scrapbooking project? What are doing in 2014?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-4393574160330432002013-12-16T06:00:00.000-05:002013-12-16T06:00:13.301-05:00Holiday Album divider page<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">So back to the Holiday Album I showed you a few posts back. I painted one of the Simple Stories album page dividers white. Then using white flocking material I created a snowbank along the bottom. I painted some decorative wood trees green and used Liquid Pearls to decorate them. I used yellow glitter glue for the top fo the tree. For the background above the "snowbank" I used silver glitter paint in an attempt to make it look like it was snowing. It looks better in person than in the photo. I had the red glitter snowflakes and added those to the "sky".</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfMfQcfJNrq8JefgNbLdmWH38CtgJI07LObLCa8RWp7CFI3G7AbtNds6Pf_4jjv_tL9fJoRn5K00OZwiZuDOQWVyv2xQRipJwkIPmHyBcS9SCVfDRcAO1flALQomi6PfcXHxoB3gYng/s1600/2013-12-15+03.36.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfMfQcfJNrq8JefgNbLdmWH38CtgJI07LObLCa8RWp7CFI3G7AbtNds6Pf_4jjv_tL9fJoRn5K00OZwiZuDOQWVyv2xQRipJwkIPmHyBcS9SCVfDRcAO1flALQomi6PfcXHxoB3gYng/s400/2013-12-15+03.36.48.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">A closer look at the snowbank.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">It didn't turn out quite as I envisioned it but I am happy with it overall and learned a few things along the way. Now I need to figure out what I am doing with the back of this divider page!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-71837459261352734312013-12-15T14:15:00.002-05:002013-12-15T14:18:28.364-05:00Finishing 30 Days of Thankful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I rarely get into my craft room during the week so this project has taken longer than I would like. I'm happy to have a complete album!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I had it all finished except for adhering some photos so I got that finished today. I had two photos from Thanksgiving that</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I wanted to include so I got these Flip Flop fasteners out. I adhered the two photos together back to back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">There are quite a few Flip Flops on a sheet (2 sheets to a package). I'm not sure if you can see them in the photos as they are clear.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I adhered the Flip Flop the photo on the back of the photo I wanted to show first. Fold the Flip Flop back on itself & position the photo.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I used the Flip Flops here too. Lots of snow photos this year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Done. I do plan to go back and add embellishments. But the album can stand on it's own if I never get back to it for which I am very happy!</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Notes for next year:</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Print Cathy Zielske's templates per instructions for a 6 x 6 album. I did find out though that I did enjoy working in an 8 x 8 album size which I may choose for other future projects. </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Have pages ready to go before November 1st.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Gather possible embellishments through the year.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">There are some things I am going to be grateful for each and every year and are a given. I plan to take photos or gather photos of those topics prior to November. Photo printing slowed the project way down so I'd like to have a head start on those even if I don't end up using the photos for the project. The writing is what gives the album the voice of what I am thinking at feeling on that day.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I also plan to add one of the projects that I shared through the month to next year's preparation for Thanksgiving. I like being so much more intentional and thoughtful about Thanksgiving. It's carried over into December and I like that.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I hope to be back shortly with an update on my Holiday Album.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">How are your Christmas preparations coming? </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-66981975094320188862013-12-04T04:00:00.000-05:002013-12-04T04:00:09.161-05:00Journal Your Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I used the Glossy Accents on the diamond shapes in the patterned card and on the berries too. I used pop-dots to have the banner card and holly & berries stand-out. Ribbon from my stash and December Documented from Simple Stories are the other products used. The silver reindeer shown in the first photo ended up on the inside of the back cover. See yesterday's post for details on the painting of the album. Links to the Simple Stories December Documented products I am using this year can be found on the right. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-12561358082007947222013-12-03T06:30:00.000-05:002013-12-03T06:30:01.802-05:00Journal Your Christmas 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">This last week I put aside my 30 Days of Thankful project to begin preparing my album for Journal Your Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I started with a basic Simple Stories album and painted the brown chipboard part black. I just used an acrylic paint from Michaels. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I then use Martha Stewart's silver glitter paint to cover the front of the album . Let that dry I started on the divider pages. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I haven't quite figured out how I'm breaking out the topics. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I'm thinking preparation, every-day and Christmas day but that could change as I go on. I've also considered a memories section but I'm not sure if I'll have a lot of time to work on that. As you can see from the photo above the divider pages began to curl but they flattened out as they dried. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I've done December Daily for the last 2 years and decided to use Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas this year. With December Daily I felt like I was forcing my story into someone else's formula so I'm hoping this feels more authentic. I hope too that I have time to build it on a daily basis. I liked having the album ready by December 1st with December Daily but it did not leave room for changes in plans, life getting busy, etc. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">I'm looking to have less filler and more content. </span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Do you have any plans for documenting your Christmas?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-3521120445581478162013-12-02T06:30:00.000-05:002013-12-02T06:30:01.941-05:00Three more Thankful pages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Three more pages of Thankful. Isn't my grandson adorable? I can't believe how well he posed - he's only two!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-66269226820179900542013-12-01T19:29:00.001-05:002013-12-01T19:29:29.360-05:00End of vacation week<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">My vacation week is coming to an end. I head back to work in the morning. So while I've not been posting my 30 Days of Thankful pages on a a daily basis like I had hoped to, I have been very aware of the many things each day I have to be thankful for. I think, too, it's important to live your life first and document it, second. So I've been living and creating this last week. Now to show you some of my finished pages for my 30 Days of Thankful album. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I've been having a lot of fun with Pinterest this year and actually creating/doing several of the ideas I've pinned!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Day 20 - thankful for Pinterest </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Day 21-thankful for Pumpkin (our youngest cat)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Day 22 - thankful for Patch (our oldest cat)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Day 23 - thankful for weather alerts</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">We've had some snowy weather (a foot of snow one day!) and some really cold temperatures so it's good to be prepared!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-19896515196113176732013-11-28T20:11:00.003-05:002013-11-28T20:11:54.874-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!<img alt="Photo: We are thankful for so much (much more than we could fit on this board!), but mostly we are thankful for each other and the ones we love that love us too :-) Happy Thanksgiving from the Browns!!" src="https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/p480x480/1471130_10201765454252585_1749940593_n.jpg" /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">My friend, Kerri, posted this today on Facebook and I asked her if I could share it here today. I love this! So simple and easy to do... </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Kerri purchased this chalkboard as you see it and she suggested that you could make your own with an old window frame, plywood and chalkboard paint. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I hope you've had a wonderful and thankful Thanksgiving!</span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-13602403143641465252013-11-27T14:20:00.003-05:002013-11-27T14:20:52.270-05:00Thanksgiving Eve<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">This month has just flown by (as usual)! My husband and I will be celebrating Thanksgiving tonight as he works 12 hour shifts the next two days. Our grown children live on the opposite side of the country from us so it's just the two of us. Dinner will be a pared down version from what it has been in the past but hopefully just as yummy! </span><div>
<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">I've been on vacation this week. I'm enjoying not getting up at my usual time and really enjoyed not driving to work this morning after the foot of snow that fell yesterday and last night! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">I've not been out of the house except to take Lily (our dog) out so I've not gotten the rest of my photos to work on more 30 Days of Thankful pages. Tomorrow I'll probably venture out again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">In the meantime I wanted to share that in the November edition of "Family Fun" magazine there is an article about teaching your kids about gratitude that I thought those of you with children may be interested in. I really liked several of the ideas listed in the article but I think my favorite is taking strips of red and green construction paper to make a gratitude chain. Each day the child writes down something they are grateful for on a green strip of paper and a good deed they performed on a red strip of paper. Staple the ends of the strip to create a circle and with the next strip place it through the circle and staple to create a chain. At the end of November you have a holiday chain to decorate your house or tree. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-17915659042094704162013-11-25T08:00:00.000-05:002013-11-25T08:00:08.863-05:00Today I am thankful for Pinterest.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I'm not showing you one of completed 30 Days of Thankful pages today as I wanted to show you how I took a Pinterest pin and created washi tape and journaling card storage and organization.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I thought this was a really clever idea to use dowels and 3M Command hooks to create washi storage. I then took it a step further......</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I already had the dowels so it was just a matter of attaching the hooks to the wall so that the dowel fit on the hooks properly. Super easy. Totally my style! My washi tape looks really pitiful. I have more. Somewhere. I have to track it down. I had two rolls that were much bigger that did not fit on the dowel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Since I knew I would not need the second dowel for washi tape I came up with this idea. I put the clips on the rings and slid them onto the dowels.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">see I have a package of buttons clipped on, several different types of journaling cards and 2 stamp</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">This dowel is next to the table where I work on my Project Life album and I think this will be a great way to put items out on display and actually put them into my albums.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I also have to give credit to Big Picture Classes and their Organizing FUNdamentals class that I took earlier this year. Thanks to that class (and Wendy & Aly, the instructors) I have an organized, albeit messy, craft room that I enjoy being in. I think about space differently and how to use/repurpose things for organizational purposes. If I hadn't taken Organizing FUNdamentals I probably would not have paid attention to the Pinterest pin at the top of this post. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">a Cricut Artbooking Collection</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a Designed Decor Frame in either white or black</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">a My Crush book (similar to SMASH book)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Designed Decor Flip Stand Album</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 stamp sets </span></span></li>
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Take yoursCcrapbooking to never-before-seen levels with the new Cricut<span class="tm">®</span> Artbooking collection! With oodles of images in each of 15 layout themes, you can create several coordinating pages for each theme using just two keys and one dial size. Images include accents, borders, titles, overlays, photo mats—in standard photo sizes!—and more. The Cricut<span class="tm">®</span> keys are optimized for creating 12" × 12" pages in a jiffy. You'll also love creating 10 themed mini books, also optimized for several different sizes using just two keys and one dial size. When you're finished cutting, use the coordinating stamp sets and Dimensional Elements shapes to add even more pizzazz!</div>
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1 – Cartridge (700 images: Font, Mini Books, Layouts)</div>
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3 – My Acrylix<span class="tm">®</span> D-size stamp sets</div>
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3 – 12" × 9" Dimensional Elements (3 sheets of different shapes)</div>
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Creative Feature Keys: Title, Photo Mat 1, Photo Mat 2, Icon, Border, Overlay.</div>
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Recommended blocks for included stamp sets: 1" × 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" x 3½" (Y1009), 4" × 5" (Y1012).</div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Two more days done as I continue to put my photos and journaling together. I started a stretch of vacation and holiday days over Thanksgiving week and am looking forward to some time in my craft room. I have a long list of projects I'd like to work on. My husband has a few days off at the start of the week but will be working 12 hour days on Thanksgiving and Black Friday so I'm hoping for 2 full days of creativity! I'd like to take some time to go back and add some embellishments to the pages I've created. If it doesn't happen it's not a problem. I'm just happy that the project has been doable and I'll have a finished album at the end of the month! I have lots of half-done projects that are my list to finish. How about you? Do you have projects that need finishing?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-87035243489133487072013-11-23T20:31:00.002-05:002013-11-23T20:31:46.256-05:00Thankful for a weekend away.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I spent last evening and most of today getting caught up with errands and cleaning after having been away all last weekend. Last weekend was part business and part fun. I attended a conference at a ski resort about an hour away from home and we stayed overnight there for two nights. We had a wonderful time and the highlight for me was swimming in the Inn's indoor/outdoor pool. We had the pool to ourselves on Saturday evening and were amazed at how warm it was. Even in the outdoor pool where the outside temperature was 37 degrees!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-30468967899942711602013-11-21T19:09:00.003-05:002013-11-21T19:10:05.026-05:0030 Days of Thankful continues<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I had hoped to be able to post every day in November for 30 Days of Thankful however it was not to be. I had a conference over the weekend for work and everything piled up after that. I've been taking photos. I just need time to get them printed and onto my pages. I hope to get caught up this weekend. I think in the future I just have to plan for interruptions like this. It seems like no matter how well I try to anticipate what will come up there is always a suprise or a change! Does that sound familiar to anyone?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">The beautiful sunset caught our eye as soon as we walked out of Olive Garden. I quickly grabbed my camera from the car fearful that I would lose it before I could get the photo. I got a few funny looks from other people arriving or leaving as I stood in the parking lot taking photos. As I turned to go back to the car I saw the moon coming up in the west and the sky with a totally different look. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">As you can see, I did something different with the photos for today. I placed them in a Close To My Heart 4 x 6 Flip Flap. It means that I will have to take the page out of the protector to turn the photo to see the second one but this way I didn't have to choose between them or crop them.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-54238448716052675122013-11-15T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-15T06:00:04.078-05:00Thankful for a warm, cozy home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">We had an unexpected lake effect snowstorm and I was really happy to get home safely. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"> Home always seems even nicer on nights like this!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">It's catch-up day! Day 9 through 13.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">And a look at my album that arrived a few days earlier than predicted.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">The album is a WeRMemory Keepers 8 x 8 - 3 ring binder in Cinnamon.</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Today I am thankful for being caught up. How is your thankful/gratitude project going?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-46627000288103678352013-11-13T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-10T18:28:54.947-05:00DIY Gratitude Ornament<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">To continue your journey of thankfulness and gratitude throught the Christmas season watch the YouTube video DIY Gratitude Ornaments. Here is the link:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I think this would a great Thanksgiving Day activity with the whole family and/or friends. Just add to your Christmas tree or wreath when done!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635711959158326.post-4546482102230329922013-11-12T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-12T06:00:07.376-05:00It's beginning to look a lot like......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Just like the Christmas music and snowfall I still get excited when I first see our town's Christmas lights lit up at night. I'm so thankful that the memories of the past remain with me and are kindled each time I see the lights, the snow or hear a favorite Christmas song. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I found these great "Bee Thankful" free printables at The 36th Avenue.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Here is the link to get them:</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/11/free-thanksgiving-printables.html">http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/11/free-thanksgiving-printables.html</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I'm thinking of using these to give along with some banana bread or cookies to let friends know I'm thankful for them this Thanksgiving.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">What are you thankful for today? Please share in the comments section below.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11160631628387250838noreply@blogger.com0