i'm hoping that it doesn't turn into a december daily 2010
as of today, this is where i'm at...
right on top of things, aren't i?
i am no ali edwards
but i've actually taken my photos for day one and day two and i'm planning on printing them by the end of each week, unfortunately i do not have the luxury of a good photo printer. mine stinks.
i'm excited to get everything in there...and i hope to have the album put together by this weekend! over the past month or so, jewelry orders have taken over our home and are in the way (so to speak...) of things such as scrapbooking...that one is a bit further down the list
so stay tuned and FOLLOW ME (over there, on the right)
i plan on keeping you updated!
do you think 27 days is enough time for me to get this together? i actually have most of the things i need from last year...
need to decide on the type of album, any suggestions?
photo courtesy of ali edwards
you can read more about her December Daily album here
for those of you that scrapbook and by the looks of things around here that's obviously not me...
two peas in a bucket is hosting a FREE 4 week scrapbook class with Mini Albums! and oh i LOVE me some mini albums
you know, if i scrapbooked...
atleast i'm keeping up and being informative
i'm really proud of myself for actually finishing another scrapbook project...a mini book at that! for some reason those are difficult for me, although with the number of photos i take at one time you would think i would have a hundred!
i really hope i can keep it up considering that i have several more "undone" and just lying around...but who's counting?
this is a 8x8 acrylic album which i have grown to NOT love...but for me, getting around that means making the pages something other than 8x8
most everything used here was from Elsie, an older line but a good one and way to perfect for these photos!
not sure which mini will be next...but stick around!
mini book style!
finally, after i don't know how many months...i have actually completed this book!
it doesn't really have a theme, just some favorites of jackson
most everything is Cosmo Cricket "Get Happy" line
how appropriate.
i'll be sharing more soon!
here are a few layouts i've been working on...
most of these are really clean and simple which is partly why they are completed. if you are a fellow scrapper then you will notice that i've been cleaning out some stash...those little tags on the top photo are 'twist ties' from way back when!
i loved these photos...took them forever ago!
pg 2
heather is going to laugh knowing just how old these photos are of us from The Rock Ranch! i've actually had this layout almost complete until i found the letters on my Archiver's trip a couple of weeks ago...
loved these little trees
this one's from our trip to North Topsail Island...TWO summers ago! and you'll notice on most of these that there is not one bit of journaling...i'm really bad at that and usually wait to do it
i loved the way this one turned out...some of my favorite photos of him and i had to include them all!
pg 2
i purchased this really good Donna Downey sketch book, highly recommended by heather and it IS REALLY GOOD! i referred to her book for most of these layouts...it gave me a starting point which was very helpful!
old photos+old paper+old embellishments+time+completed layouts
it was a good mail day today and hopefully will be another good one...ahem...by the first of next week! saw this October Afternoon Kit and had to have it, it was very BOY!
of course, i have no idea what to do with it yet...but i'm sure it will come! i would love to do a mini book of some sort...what do you think?
here's my stack of photos from walmart and my new paper trimmer that i got for Christmas! it's really a good one and actually cuts straight too!
so that's what's on the scrappin agenda for now!
it's thursday...grey's is coming on, then private practice and ER!
gotta go!
got up this morning...really late. i have got to get to bed on time or come tuesday, it will be really sad when the alarm clock goes off!
we had plans to eat at Fellini's Pizza today! jeff has been wanting to take us there for some time now and today was the day! nothing special, just something different and the pizza was really really good...we added fresh basil and i highly recommend it!
i also hit a local scrapbook store ...jeff is really good like that! heather and i have been once before and it was really good and since i'm on a roll and have my mojo back, i looked them up! they moved into an old house just down the street and evidently haven't been there very long...they were still getting things in order and i'm sure inventory was low due to Christmas but i still managed to get a few things! they had some naked mini books that i've been wanting for awhile and i grabbed some patterned paper too! i'm going to give the mini books a go this year, thought they would be good since i take so many photos of one thing...why not make them into a book! have plans to display them somehow in a basket all pretty and such, so we can actually enjoy them! jackson found a couple of mini books i made while on a design team several years ago..."10 things i love about you" and a "about us"...he loved reading them, thought they were silly of course
but that's why we scrapbook, right?
after the scrap store we headed to Lenox to browse! i can always do that and believe me, it runs in the family! i did buy a nice BIG ceramic popcorn bowl at crate & barrel for our up and coming family movie nights (saw this at another heather blog and LOVED LOVED LOVED the idea. i mean, we've had "movie nights" before but not SPECIAL movie nights. basically she plans which movie to watch and makes special treats that go along with the movie! sounds like fun to me! be sure to take a look, she has some awesome ideas!
now, did someone mention plaid?
if you've read my blog for any length of time then you know that I LOVE all things PLAID. i also have a good friend who loves plaid just the same, in fact we don't have any sense whatsoever when it comes to the stuff!
she is the hardest to buy for, so Christmas is always a challenge! but this year...i saw these and flipped out!
well of course, we had to have them.
and if you'll notice i said "we"...did you think i would let those get my me?
so here she is opening up her "plaid" (she also got these really great plaid pajama's from Ralph Lauren that were to die for)
and i'll give you one guess as to what i got?
the top plaid is a "lunch bag" and the bottom plaid is a purse from the Gap!
so that's the latest plaid story. we actually have something in mind for Christmas ornaments, so you'll probably be exposed to more of this in the near future!
no time like the present, huh?
remember....my word for 2009 is Balance.
thank goodness!
and i'm pooped!
i've worked myself to the bone today...and jackson has been, let's see how should i put it
VERY HIGH MAINTENANCE
and he's already bored.
nice.
i will admit that today has been less than exciting...especially for him. with that being said i've gotten so much accomplished! just junk...you know the stuff sitting around in piles, i know you have those? i've also filled jewelry orders, worked on a new logo, some advertising and started preparing for a "home show" that i have this weekend! (on a side note...if you want to have one via "my blog"...let me know, it's really easy!)
so...what's a girl to do?
get out the goods...
and even though that smile above looks to be "forced"...(you should know me and my photos by now...that happens alot) there was fun...and sanity had by all!
atleast 2 hours worth!
if he asked for one thing, he asked for everything! and i was real good too...and let him! (and if you scrapbook, you know that was big!)
phew...today was a close one.
now on the agenda for tomorrow...an early morning at the park and maybe a picnic lunch, it's so dang hot here all of the sudden that afternoons outside are for the birds!
see ya!
that's me, in case you're wondering!
busy week.
i started and ended the week off sub'ing at the school...parent board meeting, teacher appreciation with goodies each day and then a gob of jewelry orders came in! so needless to say, this week as flown by...
one more week until swimming lessons.
two more weeks until graduation.
three more weeks of school. period. (i know that didn't make much sense, but graduation is before the last day??? it's a preschool remember...with a kindergarten class to boot)
will be nice to have nothing on the agenda for awhile. nothing major atleast.
i never posted about national scrapbook day...which was a blast! very nice to do nothing but scrap for almost 12 hours straight...i was actually quite productive for once!
met up with heather and of course we camed armed with our cameras...she is launching a new photography business/website and needed to get some photos!
this was my favorite!
then like usual, i didn't take any pics of us scrapin'...why do i do that?
happy friday!
