Project Life: Week Thirty

Good morning! Today I'm sharing my Week 30 of Project life. This week is one page and the back side of the insert from Week 29.

This week I used cards from coral, honey, and Studio Calico. Thickers are from American Crafts.

Here's the left side. I was sick this week so I included the medicine I was taking. I spent most of it laying on the couch. Gracie spend most of her time laying on the bench sleeping while I slept. It was cute.

Here's the right side. When I was feeling better I worked on some cards, Shopped for baby gifts for my brother's second baby (who turned out to be a boy). Their nursery theme was owls, and I found some gender neutral owl items to get them since they didn't know what they were having yet.

This week was pretty short and simple. On Monday I'm going to share a recipe I'm trying this weekend. Fingers crossed it works out. Of course it's going to be a dessert, and perhaps I'll share with my family!

Have a great weekend!

-Alexandria

Project Life: Week Twenty-Four

Good morning! On Monday I shared week 23, and it completely slipped my mind that the first portion of this week ties into the last portion of that week. Because my weeks don't keep the weekends together (it has to do with the month cards I chose) sometimes my weeks kind of overlap. 

Last week the second half of my trip started off that spread, this week, the tournament photos from Sunday ended up starting off this spread. I put my title card on the right hand side to keep the tournament photos together. For this portion of the spread I used cards from the Midnight edition, Amy Tangerine Plus one, and We R Memory Keepers Blackboard.

The left side was just more tournament photos, and Jon's chicken scratch journaling. I love that he's happy to be a part of this. I hand him the page and say "could you journal about these pictures on the blank cards. Just write whatever you want, it's your input for the week". He's great about getting me his photos that he wants included too. I'll just say "send me your photos from this week or you don't get to contribute"

Here's the right side. I included his model assembly, my experience with extreme couponing, the movie we saw this week, and the new Wii U and games we picked up.

Here's the second part of my week. This was Thursday morning. I used cards from Midnight, and Studio Calico. The bottom right card was a 4x6 I cut in half and used on this side and the back side of the insert. The insert is a design F page cut in half.

I was visiting my niece at my moms and we were blowing bubbles for the first time this year. It was a little cool and windy, but we made the most of it. I journaled about our blowing bubbles. It took her a little while to get the hang of it, and she's still jealous that I can get a lot out of it and she can only get a few.

Jon came by to blow bubbles with us, and she got some chalk on her face. This bottom right card was a 4x6 and I cut it in half. it says "P.S. You're adorable". The two 3x4 Photos were actually taken after we finished blowing bubbles, but I had a bunch of 3x4s so instead of using half of a design A, I cut down a design F an put her and Jon blowing bubbles at the top on either side of the insert.

Here's the back of the insert and the right hand side. I used different background cards from a variety of kits to complete the right hand side.

The back of the insert. We made a hopscotch, and she tosses the rock and jumps (both feet) to that square, picks it up and tosses it a little further. It's cute. On the right in the middle, is the other half of that card. It says "yes you are". I thought it was perfect for her because she's adorable. I journaled about how she plays hopscotch. She'll hear about it when she's older.

She asked me to help her draw the family. It started out with just her parents, and turned into her drawing her parents, the baby they're expecting, her grandparents (my parents) and her aunties and uncles. It took the entire sidewalk from my moms house to the street, but she had a blast. This is how she got chalk on her face. 

When her mom came to pick her up she was beyond excited to show her all her pictures that she drew for papa (my dad). It rained that night and when she came back the next day she was so heartbroken that her pictures had washed away a little bit and she asked me to help her fix them.

This week was pretty photo heavy and here's the end of it. On Saturday we attended the wedding of one of Jon's friends from Highschool. It was extremely country. Not pictured is the insert I made to put the wedding invitation, and program into. I just used a 6x8 page protector (which they fit into perfectly). I used cards from Dear Lizzy, Jade, 5th & FRolic, and Studio Calico.

In the top right corner, I used the signature they had on the little brown bags from their candy bar to put a title on this layout. Jon took a few photos from the ceremony and I journaled about how the groom drove a tractor and a hay wagon with his groomsmen on it, and the bride tried to hide behind the cars before walking down the aisle. Their vows were sweet and the bugs weren't too terrible.

Here's the right side. The wedding party all rode out on the hay wagon. They continued their country theme to the reception where they had sunflowers and burlap. It was very simple, but so beautiful. I also snapped a picture of jon in the car. The card in the middle on the right says "let the fun begin".

This week wasn't particularly busy, but had a lot of photos. So many memories I wanted to keep.
Hope you have a great week!
-Alexandria

Project Life: Week Twenty-Three

Today I'm sharing my layout for week 23. This week starts off with our trip home from my Grandma's (see week 22 for the trip to my Grandma's). This week was very photo heavy, but there were also a lot of cards from the Studio Calico Sugar Rush kit that I wanted to use up.

Here's my first left side and the insert. I used Jade, Honey and Studio Calico cards for this layout. My title was made using light blue foam alphas.

Here's the left side. I included a map from our trip, and some photos of the ever changing weather. It started out rainy, then the sun came out.

Here's the front side of the insert. In the bottom pocket I included some of the songs we sang a long to on the way home. Jon and my sister are almost as terrible as I am, and we had a blast! The top photo is a mirror shot of my mom and my brother in the car behind us. I journaled about it in the 3x4 slot below it.

Here's the back of the insert and the right side to the end of the trip. I used more Honey, Studio Calico, and a couple cards from the Midnight edition as well.

On the back of the insert, I included more weather/scenery photos. I can't help but have a weakness for the bold colours of nature!

Here's the right side. This page was mostly about how we raced to catch up to my older brother and his fiance. We caught up to them about 20 minutes from home. We all thought it was pretty funny, and never thought Jon would seriously race to catch up to them.

Here's the rest of our week. It was pretty uneventful after our trip. I used more jade, and honey cards. 

Here's the left side. We got our new washer and drier before we left, but when we got back, Jon got some help to move it down to the laundry room and move the old ones out. They're beautiful! I started reading a new book so I included that, and a photo of a couple pages. I started sanding my little writing desk finally, and snapped a picture of our green yard. I also snapped a photo of the layout I was working on in the craftroom. I spent most of my free time doing PL this week since it was pretty rainy.

Here's the right side. Jon had a tournament so I included those photos and had him journal about the tournament and how he did. I'm terrible with those things, and I love to have his perspective in there. I might have to tag along and get photos of him actually playing the game to include in future spreads.

Hope you had a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!
-Alexandria

Project Life: Week Twenty-One

Good morning! Hope all of my American readers had a great long weekend! Today I'm sharing my spreads from week 21. This was a full two page spread with an insert. The insert was made using half of a design C page. Probably my favourite page for inserts.

This week I used cards from Studio Calico, Honey, Maggie Holmes Styleboard, Amy Tangerine Plus One. I think there's one or two more cards in there that don't fit any of those, but I've been forgetting to write down what I used each week. 

Here's the left side. This week I went with a red/pink colour theme throughout. I babysat my niece while my brother and his girlfriend celebrated their anniversary. They got engaged but didn't tell me until the next day, but I included that in here because it was special.

The front of the insert has Jon's painting from the week. I love how well these rainbow guys turned out. they're my favourite. Which is why they're on the front.

Here's the right side and the back of the insert. 

Just some models Jon built. Not really exciting so I hid them on the back of the insert.

Here's the right side. I included Jon's work selfie, and him and my niece playing legos. I used to be concerned about cutting people's heads off, but since she's in the picture right next to it, I was okay with it. Even if she wasn't I would have journaled about who was in the photo. In the bottom right corner I journaled about work closing down for renovations for the summer, and what that basically entailed.

Thanks for visiting my blog! I hope to see you again on Wednesday when I share the decorations I made for my mom's Canada Day birthday celebration!

Have a great day!

-Alexandria

Project Life: Week Eighteen

Happy Wednesday! I keep saying that I want to bring back washitape Wednesday, but project life has been consuming my crafty time as of late. I know it shouldn't be, but it has been. I made a few cards before Easter for an order, and shared them on my Facebook page, but I haven't made anything post-worthy since (except for two Mother's Day cards I forgot to even photograph).

This week I used cards from Jade edition, Studio Calico, Dear Lizzy Neapolitan and Honey Edition.

Here's the left side. This week I included my happy mail from Two Peas and Freckled Fawn. I didn't have space to put a journaling card in to write about going to Tori's first T-Ball practice, so I journaled right on the picture. I just used my sharpie pen and had no issues with smudging or anything. 

Here i trimmed my photo down to fit on a Dear Lizzy Neapolitan background card. I added a label from Studio Calico to the bottom to journal about it and a yummy flair. 

I'm not a huge fan of alphas, but I got some thinkers, and I've been trying to use them despite my great dislike. I feel like they just look better than my handwriting. I've also decided that on future spreads I might want to try stamping out the week. 

Here's the right side of my spread. I wrote directly onto the photo of the water bottles. I took the photo in a way that I'd have space to write on the photo or at least add a card/tag to journal on. I trimmed around the banner of the journaling card in the bottom left pocket and had it overlap the photo. I trimmed down a journaling card and adhered it to the bottom right photo. 

I've been seeing flip pockets everywhere so I decided to try and make one with things I have on hand. I trim pocket pages to use for inserts, so I trimmed a pocket out of one of the left over halves and stapled it to the front of the pocket. 

And below it I put my May calendar card. I can change out these cards if I want to, or add something to the top of the flap. You can buy pockets that are intended to be flip pockets. They come with a strip of adhesive on them to secure them to the pocket. 

Have you ever used a flip pocket, or made your own? I'd love to hear about your trial and error in the comments. 

Have a great day!

-Alexandria