Project Life Weeks 7 & 8

Well, I have done it.  I jumped on the Project Life bandwagon....and I LOVE it.  I have been finding myself with less time to work on traditional 12x12 layouts and PL is the perfect solution.  I can make it is simple or as fussy as I want.  I have decided to document our lives weekly, with a full left and right side spread.  I will include inserts for special occasions.  I wanted to start at the beginning of 2012, but was 7 weeks late, so I picked up right then and will work backwards to finish those "missing" weeks.  Below is a picture of my "process" and mini workspace.  I bring all my stuff out at night when the kids are sleeping.

And now the photos of week 7:

 and week 8

I will post pics of my other spreads soon, I am caught up to week 15!  Thanks for looking! 

:) Jessica

29 Days of Love - Days 6-9

Hello all!  I wanted to share days 6-9 of my 29 Days of Love Mini with you.  I have a bunch more pages that are almost done, just need some finishing touches.  I am following along with Alissa Fast, and using her prompts.  I have the pages loose now, but will be binding them with my Bind-it-all when I am finished.

Day 6 - My Favorite Place...how could I choose just one??!!

Day 7 - Someone Far Away...My folks.

Day 8 - Someone I spend time with....My little guy Jameson.

Day 9 - Something I Drink...How could I survive without my coffee?!

And there you have it.  Hopefully I can get it together and post pics of the next few pages too.  Thanks for looking! 

Jessica

29 Days of LOVE..

Hello All,

I wanted to share a project I am currently working on.  Last year I pinned a super cute mini book from Alissa Fast's blog.  It was her 28 Days of Love Mini.  I love the idea and hoped she would do it again this year.  Well, guess what?  She is!  See her blog about this years book here.  I am loving all of the prompts she posts every day, and I appreciate that she does it in the morning so I have the entire day to either take the photo or think of what I am going to use.  Below are pages 1, 3, 4, and 5.  I am still working on page 2.  I have it done, but I am not happy with it.

Day 1 - Something you love to do.....I love to teach.

Day 3 - Today I love the weather....I love it when it snows!

Day 4 - Today I love something given to me.....I LOVE my engagement ring from my hubby.

Day 5 - Today I love someone I take photos of.....I could not choose one!  I love taking photos of my little guys!



December Daily 2011

So I have been working on a December Daily, my first ever.  I am coming along slowly but surely.  I have all of my photos, and really the most difficult part has been getting them all printed out the size I want.  Here are a couple of shots.

....And a certain little boy had his 2nd Birthday this weekend..

He loved this cake, an idea I got on Pinterest!

Wowza!

It's been crazy long since I have posted!  Stay tuned folks, I have lots of projects to share!

:)  Jessica

September TrailMakers Debut

Can you believe it is already September?  Where did the summer go?!  Well, it's a new month and that means a new set of amazing projects over at the TrailMakers Blog.  This month Karen let us choose what we wanted to use from The Paper Trail Store, always super fun shopping for scrappy goodies!  I chose to use some Pink Paislee.    I made a "Sweet" mini made using Pink Paislee's Sweetness Collection  Flip Notes - packaging and all!  I took the pack of flip notes apart, taped them back to back added a couple pages, put it all back together and started adding photos.  Easy peasy!  Of course the mini holds some small (1.5x1.5) photos taken on my iPhone and then filtered with Instageram.  This little guy is perfect to throw in my purse and carry around.
Head on over to the blog to check out the other DT members awesome projects.  Also, Karen has discounted the lines that the DT has chosen to use this month.    Each of these lines are still available in the store and for THIS WEEKEND ONLY if you purchase any of these, use the code CleanOut (it is case sensitive!!) and you will receive a 15% discount on your total purchase!!! Just stop by www.leaveapapertrail.com and start shopping!!! The discount will be good through Monday - 5 September!

 

Supplies:

Pink Paislee Sweetness Collection Kit

Pink Paislee Sweetness Adornment Frame

Pink Paislee Sweetness Flip Notes

Pink Paislee Sweetness Glitter Sticker Elements

Crate Paper Neighborhood Collection Trims

Crate Paper Neighborhood Collection Sew Brads

The Girls Paperie Alphas

Jillibean Soup Frames

May Arts Trim

 

Thanks for looking :)  Jessica

The Paper Trail Sponsor and a Layout

Hello Blog friends!  I just wanted to share a layout with you that I did this week for Sketch Inspiration.  This week the Paper Trail Store is sponsoring their prize and we were given the opportunity to create using their sketch.  You know I love a good sketch!

Here is the layout I created.  I used a photo I took of my sister and her hubby on the beach on their wedding day.  I used some fantastic ruched paper to add some texture and some pretty handmade flowers.  I did not have and yellow fabric that I liked so I took some white fabric and sprayed it with some glimmer mist, I love the way it came out.  I also added some paper tape and bling.

The sketch:

And of course some instagram love.....



Thanks for looking!

:) Jessica

Sketchy Thursdays September Guest DT Challenge

Hello!  I wanted to share a layout I created for the Sketchy Thursdays September Guest DT challenge.  The challenge was to use the sketch below, and to also theme the LO around reading.  I chose the children's book 'Love You Forever' by Robert Munsch.  The cover of the book is mostly blue so I thought the bits and pieces I had left from LYB's Twig collection were perfect.  The hearts are cut out of the kraft base and I put the paper behind to show through.  I love these photos of my son, love those cheeks!! 

The journaling is the song from the book: 

"I'll love you forever

I'll like you for always

as long as I'm living

my baby you'll be."

Sorry.....you can't look inside :(

Thanks for looking!!

:) Jessica

Hello TrailMakers!  The first challenge here on the blog was to make a birthday card out of non-birthday paper.  When I received the product Karen sent from the Paper Trail Store I had two paper collections to choose from.  I chose to use Basic Grey's 'Out of Print' collection because I love the colors and thought it would make a nice "girly" birthday card.  I used a punch, and some distress ink to create the background, and then used some of the 'Out of Print' Pop Ups and alphas, and added ribbon from my stash to finish the card. 

Supplies Used:

Basic Grey - Out of Print

Basic Grey - Out of Print Alphas

Basic Grey - Out of Print Pop Ups

Other - Distress Ink, Crepe Ribbon, Punch

:) Jessica

Sketchy Thursdays 7.28

Hi!  Just wanted to pop in and share a layout I made using this weeks sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.  When I saw this sketch I knew it would be perfect for this trio of pics that I took on my phone.  I used Cosmo Cricket's Salt Air collection, and did a lot of fussy cutting. 

The sketch:

...and of course the latest Instagram love...