project life. week 1. jan 1-7.

yay! I've completed my first week of project life! I'm loving it. I started printing out a few pictures Friday night & had been making notes on paper {& in my head} about what I wanted to include.  Saturday I worked on it here & there in short segments when I was able to escape up to my studio. Sunday was much of the same, printing off more pictures & moving stuff around. This morning I finished up just before I had to go get the girly from preschool.  I wish I could have taken photos of it this morning.  I didn't get back home until late this afternoon, so if it's sunny in the morning I may retake these, but I'm just jazzed to get these up :)  so, here's the spread... ***edited to include better & more photos*** :)

page 1

page 2

& a closeup of each page

 overview of the week: this week started the new year of course & we basically didn't do much!  Monday Collin went to stay at his friend Bailey's house {his mom sent me this pic of the boys before going off on an airsoft war}, Evan had the xbox all to himself {this is rare}. Tuesday we picked Collin up & had lunch together with our friends before heading home, Lydia packed her suitcase after we got home & was quite certain she would be spending the night at Bailey's house the next night. Wednesday was back to school after Christmas break & Lydia was soooo excited! the girl loves school :)  Thursday Lydia & I babysat my sweet great niece & the boys wanted to pose for this shot {Lydia was slightly over-tired if you can't tell}, Dan came home a little early to play ball with Evan.  The weather has been crazy warm for January in Iowa. I also received my replacement iPhone. After months of mine restarting constantly & then it completely dying on me, I was ready for one that worked.  Friday my new office file cabinets came & I love them! Saturday was the start of building Evan's invention for a project at school, Lydia went to see Tin Tin with aunt Carol.  I also included a printout of a screenshot from my blog.  One of my readers left me the sweetest comment & it totally made my day {maybe even my year}.

*next week I'll try to be better about keeping track of what I'm using on the layouts & add a supply list... :)

{robyn}

happy 2012 & the start of project life

hello 2012... hello project life! I've been itching to start this project & have been brainstorming ideas for my cover page over the last week.  I probably spent way too much time on it, but I think I'm happy the way it turned out... except I can't decide on placement of a few things.  I initially had it like the first, but then when I put this photo up it looked top heavy... so then I mixed them up & can't decide. I know... overthinking it, but what do you think?

I found this cool canvas M at Hobby Lobby & knew I needed it for this page.  I added the grey stitching to make it stand out a little more against that awesome My Mind's Eye Lost & found 2 paper.  I've got a thing for the Studio Calico Scraps {the blue scalloped tissue paper}, so I had to stitch on a little of that too. the 5 sticker is from Crate paper.

I cut apart the Sasparilla High Noon paper from October Afternoon to spell out our name & the initials & numbers on the cards at the far left & right.  Then I stitched them together & added the My Mind's Eye Kraft Everyday Fun banner border at the bottom of each.  The die cut number tags are from the December Studio Calico kit {Ormalu}.  again, more stitching :) I added the Kraft Happy Days & Everday Fun chipboard buttons to represent each of us too & attatched them with my new favorite tool, the Tiny Attatcher. The papers under each number is from Crate paper & the papers under the stitched letters are from October Afternoon.

yay! again, can't wait to take on this challenge.  I love seeing what everyone has done with it over this past year & my goal is to keep up, keep it simple & enjoy the process!

now... ready.set. let's make some memories :)

{robyn}

december daily {days 18-25}

first, let me say, I've loved doing this album.  It was definitely a challenge for me & I was really excited that I completed it.  Next year, though, I'm going to simplify for sure.  Photo a day.  I found that as soon as the rush of all the Christmas to-do's hit me {school parties, wrapping, last minute holiday whatever & kids home} I basically just had to drop it & wait until after Christmas to complete it.  I really wanted to include more in those last days, but it would have just been too much for the book {plus I was just ready for it to be done}.  I'm planning on layouts to tell a more complete story of our Christmas Eve & Christmas & also want to make a mini for our Elf, Jessie & his daily happenings.  So anyway, here it is...

12.18.11

on this day I dove into wrapping. of course I had a little "helper" too.  I added in a page I made from a brown lunch bag, which was what I used for a lot of our wrapping.

12.19.11

on this day, Evan's class had a gingerbread house day {his teacher has been doing this with her class for years... it's so much fun}. I went to help him out & loved what we created together :)

12.20.11

on this day I was in gift-making mode.  the kids' last day of school was the next day {which included Christmas parties} so I HAD to get the teacher gifts made! I didn't send out too many actual cards, but wanted to include the card I had sent out & the photo of the kids I had included in them somewhere in the book, so this is where it ended up.

12.21.11

on this day, there was so much going on! seriously if I included it all, it would probably be 6 pages... Christmas parties, babysitting, Christmas concert & best of all... grandma & grandpa came home!  The photo of Evan & my mom is priceless... he was SO excited to see her!  The back of the page is a folded program from Evan's concert with his name circled.  The concerts/plays at our elementary school are always the best.  We are so lucky to have an incredible music director!

12.22.11

on this day we did tons of baking & making!  Lydia had been asking me constantly about making cookies for Santa, so that's what we did!  I was messing around with a few things for this page on my Silouette sd.  I cut the from banner, but it didn't cut all the way through, so I just peeled away the letters & included it anyway :)  I also made the cookies for santa title that I made up with a font on my computer. 

12.23.11

this was a not-so-happy day. although it was my moms birthday, we also spent the night at my aunt Betty's visitation, who had passed away a few days before.  on the upside, it was great to be able to see all of our family.  I included 2 pictures I captured while we were visiting of Lydia & Collin with cousins we don't get to see too often.  this was the reason my parents made the trip back from Texas as well, which was a major bonus for us as well, as we weren't planning on getting to spend Christmas with them this year {which would have been a first}.

12.24.11

I always have LOVED Christmas Eve... for as long as I can remember, it has been when my family celebrates together.  We start with mass, then supper & then PRESENTS!  We've changed it up over the years a little, but it still is my favorite.  Again, this one could go on for pages & pages, but I kept it super short.  The day started with my aunt's funeral & then went onto church with Dan's dad & then fun with the Klesner family at my sisters.  Then home to get ready for Santa!  The picture is our tree that night after Santa had made his way to our house... :)

12.25.11

on this day... it was Christmas!  Since we've had kids, this is our day to spend together at home.  It always starts with the kids waking us up at the crack of dawn & excitedly ripping through stockings & presents. This is followed by a homemade breakfast, lots of assembling, playing & relaxing. This Christmas we did something new & had Dan's family over that night for supper.  It was great to get everyone together, with his family in all different directions, it's nice to be able to see everyone & have a relaxed time to visit.

done.

{robyn}

new releases 12.29

can you believe 2011 is almost over? It's truly been an amazing year & I hope that 2012 will follow in it's footsteps!  Christmas has come & gone... we were lucky enough to have a impromptu visit from my parents for the holidays, which was bittersweet.  They drove home from Texas for a few days because of my Aunt Betty's passing.  We tried to get as much grandma & grandpa time as we could... did some baking, some shopping, celebrated my mom's birthday & our Klesner family tradition of Christmas Eve together.  My parents left Christmas morning to head back & the kids opened gifts as usual at our house Christmas morning.  Christmas night we hosted Dan's family for supper. It's great to get them all together, it just doesn't seem to happen enough. 

anyway... I have lots going on here.  The kids are still home for Christmas break & I'm in the process of finishing up my December Daily & itching to start on Project Life!  I'm trying my best to get some useful kits made up for those of you that are playing along with either Project Life of P365 type projects... whether it's digital, hybrid  or paper.  Here's what I've got for you this week...

by {me}

by {shelley}

by {shannon}

by {anna}

I've been playing around with some ideas for my Project Life title page the last few days using some of the new stuff.  I love the look of placing the digital stamps & rubons on top of the photos before I print...

don't forget all new releases are 30% off today... also coming up is DHD's birthday on January 1st!  Keep an eye out for fun stuff happening there too :) 

today I'm gonna get my kids out of the house to go see a movie.  we've been pretty much home bodies since Christmas break started, so I want to get out & do something!  enjoy your day!

{robyn}

Everyday Journaling Cards v1	Everyday Banner Stamps v1	Dated 2012 Date Stamps	Everyday Month Day Rubons
So Daily Die Cut Number Cards	In Stitches neutral basics	Cool Kid Digital papers	Cool Kid digital elements

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family twenty eleven

most of you that know me, know that I've been a paper scrapbooker since around the time our first son, Collin was born, about 12.5 years ago.  Then about a year ago I switched pretty much completely to digital. Well, now with creating a few paper lines here & there for My Mind's Eye, I've caught the paper bug again.  I've been working on my December Daily {updated photos to come soon... if the sun ever shines here again!} & so I've been picking up supplies here & there.  I also re-subscribed to get the Studio Calico monthly kits, which I always love.  Today, I really wanted to complete a paper layout... just to make sure I still knew what I was doing ;)  I started off with one of our family photos that my sister Carol took just before Thanksgiving. I used parts of the Studio Calico December kit, some of my Kraft Funday, & some other misc goodies {some of my digi designs even made an appearance}

as you can see I sorta went crazy with another new "supply" I picked up a few weeks back... a sewing machine!  I've been an admirer of stitched pages for a long time & I'm really loving it!

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StudioCalico Brooklyn Flea	Kraft Funday Patchwork Party	Everyday Fun Admit One	Mischievous Creepy Celebration
Everyday Fun Borders	Everyday Fun Chipboard	Happy Days Brads	Everyday Fun Buttons
Happy Days Stamps	Emma's Shoppe Collection	Fun&Festive digital papers	Cool Kid Digital papers
Epson Premium presentation matte

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