project life. week 8. feb 19-feb 25.

I FINALLY got back to my project life... ugh. I've just been swamped with a bunch of other stuff & haven't taken the time.  I'm hoping to keep doing a little here & there to get caught up.  So, here's week 8...

quick overview. funny quotes from Lydia. Interesting reading. New batting gloves for Evan. My one year anniversary of reaching lifetime status with Weight Watchers.  Leap into Kindergarten for Lydia.

Shooting up the gingerbread house. Checking on loose teeth. Starting the birthday planning with invites. finishing up Science fair with Collin {thank goodness!}. My BEST run since I started running a year ago. Working on school projects. Pizza, ice cream, game & fun with friends.

I'm not going to list all my supplies for a while, I'm just trying to get 'er done.  Certainly if you are curious about a certain thing, just leave a comment & I'll try to get back to you asap.  A good portion is either from my or Gennifer Bursett's digi shop at DHD.

I'll be back tomorrow with some new digi releases, an exciting announcement & some inspiration!

{robyn}

new releases 3.1 & great inspiration

happy March everyone!!! March is a VERY big month at our house because the littlest person here was born in March & we can't go a day without discussing the birthday. lol.  So it starts in accelerated mode when the actual month gets here :) 

February flew right by, but it was a super awesome month at DHD with all the dollar deals & I thank everyone who filled their carts... I hope you enjoyed it too!  So, a few new releases today... 30% off just today, so grab 'em up along with the other awesome kits that released this week!

one of my favorite things when doing paper layout recently has been to print out little things on index cards & snip them apart for the layout.  I was missing that on my digi layouts, so I made up this kit!  It includes full alpha & numbers, symbols, years, months, weekdays & lots of phrases & words!  There are over 100 pieces in this little kit!

so many people loved the cut it out hand cut clipping masks, I decided to work up another kit of masks.  This kit has layered photoshop files in it, so you can clip separate papers to each layer & it has stitching included too!  transparent .png files are also included!

& now, for some inspiration...

layout by {shannon dombkowski}

layout by {celeste smith}

layout by {me}

little miss had a leap into kindergarten day {they spend half a day in with the kindergarten class to see what it's like.}  she was SO excited.  this little one is very ready for kindergarten!

layout by {me}

February 22 marked my one year of reaching lifetime status with weight watchers. I've spent the entire year at or below my goal weight.  I'm still loving it, it's still hard some days {or weeks} & it's still totally worth it.  I love that I have this special thing that 2 of my sisters are doing & our mom, since we all go together.  It makes it so much easier to keep it going.

well, this afternoon is hair appt day for me & conference day at school for the boys & probably some grocery shopping.  off to try to make my morning at home somewhat productive!

{robyn}

project life. week 6. feb 5-feb 11.

jeez, this took me a long time to get moving on!  I started it earlier, but then was once again going back & forth between paper & digital.  I received my prints of my other digital pages back from Persnickety Prints & loved them, but I guess I was still torn.  Finally, I decided to go ahead with the digital, but I did switch templates so I could fit more content into my pages.  These are basically the same layout I was doing in paper, but digital form.  I loved doing the paper version, but I had to be honest with myself that the digital was going to cut out a lot of extra steps for me & since this is an ongoing project, I needed to figure out what would work best for me.  so that's it... final decision! {I know, seriously, make up your mind already!} lol. so, here we go...

week 6. page 1.

sunday. 21 super bowl weekends ago Dan & I met.  sunny. hanging out around home. Dan learning how to sew buttons on his shirts {at 41}. super gallery bowl chat at DHD.  super bowl commercials.  monday. homemade low fat enchiladas. tuesday. tracking better.  apps, apps & more apps. tuesday. snowy. watching baby K.

week 6. page 2.

wednesday. a day in the life. {the photos I took I printed at postal pix & plan to do a mini book}. girl drama. thursday. valentine making with Evan & Lydia.  friday. blogged at DHD about a hybrid layout I created with digital kits. x box live obsessed boys. target trip. Lydia's first icee.  saturday. Dan & I out for the day & night with friends for a very cold, but very fun 4 wheeler party. Evan out for the night for his friend's birthday.

I'm planning on jumping right into week 7, since I'm rolling & I'm thinking it will come together quick!  whoo hoo! still loving it.  As I put the pages I had printed into my album last week, it was fun to go back & look at the previous weeks.  Funny how soon we forget {or at least I do} what we did from week to week.  How are you doing on your Project Life?

{robyn}

project life. week 5. jan 29-feb 4.

This week I did another set of digital pages.  I sent the last 2 weeks off to Persnickity Prints to have them printed to see how I like them. If I like them just as well as my paper pages, I think I'll probably keep doing the project digital, if not, I'll probably go back to my paper versions... my order should be here tomorrow, so I'll let you know what the verdict is.

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this week started off with Catholic Schools Week at the kids' school. Collin served mass, Evan & some of his school mates represented the school at mass while Father talked about HTC. Wednesday was mass with Evan at the elementary, donuts & coffee & then the rest of the day off of school to get Collin & Evan to the dentist.  No cavities, but braces were mentioned for Evan's future :(  Wednesday I also started the Stretch your Kit class at Studio Calico with Amy Tan. When we got back home from the dentist, we noticed that there were a bunch of Cardinals & Blue Jays out our kitchen window, so I caught some pics of those.  They don't show themselves very often, it seems.

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Friday was a busy day too.  Lydia & I babysat my great niece for the day, we had haircuts {& styling by Pam for Lydia, which she LOVED}.  My sister Kathy was in the hospital from Monday-Friday after having the stomach flu... a real bad deal since she has type 1 diabetes.  Thank goodness she's ok now & hopefully doesn't happen again any time soon! so scary. I added a screenshot of her facebook update announcing she was coming home :)  Saturday was lots of whatever around the house.  Playing with Lydia in her room talking about superheros, designing kits for this week & cookie baking were also part of the day.

I do enjoy creating these pages digitally, but I'm still so torn, because I love doing it with paper too... why do I have to be the indecisive type?!? lol

you can peak a few little sneaks of some products I have releasing tomorrow at DHD on the pages too :)

{robyn}

news, layouts, etc

ok, so a little mish mash of info here today.

first up... this started today at DHD

& my first dollar kit is up today

{by shannon} using the script

{by me} using the block {I took inspiration from the layout in this gallery}

I also used on this layout the freebie Hello Love Flair, LoveLoveLove papers, InStitches Bright Basics & Neutral Basics & Tag You're It + elements & papers from this new mini kit I created that popped up today at One Story Down {which is free if you complete the girl vs scrap challenge shown on this post}

here's another layout I did with some of the stuff in the kit too...

I also used some things from LoveLoveLove & another Karla Dudley Protector set. & yes, I'm addicted to labels... I'm blaming it on my paper stash... I was inspired I guess ;)

here's a page from Shannon's Project Life album where she used some of the Let's Go too!

psssstttttt.... look for more of the Let's Go coming soon to DHD :)

talk to you soon!

{robyn}