Studio Calico Sunday Sketch

Hi. I'm here today to tell y'all that a few weeks ago I was asked to contribute to the Studio Calico Sunday Sketch. Needless to say I was super excited and got right to work. Anyways, you can check out my post HERE. I also made a process video for this layout... here it is:

Thanks for reading and watching!!

my favorite flower

Ryan... he's a man. Sometimes he needs help getting the idea. I've told him over and over that I love daisies, and he KNOWS that they are my favorite flowers, but he doesn't KNOW when to buy them. He doesn't get the point of flowers, bought at a store, in a vase. Needless to say, we don't have alot of greenery in the house. :) Anyways, the weekend of Easter this year, while at Trader Joe's in Midtown, we saw the prettiest Gerbera Daisies in a pot. I said something about them, and Ryan bought them. Now he didn't buy them on his own volition, but it's a start in the right direction. Since then he's bought me a another bouquet of daisies, which I lovingly accepted. So we're getting there. Anyways, I decided that I should document this practically momentous occasion, with a scrapbook layout :)

not your typical family photo

I have a new video to share. I'm off for summer break from university and I have been scrapbooking, reading, hanging out with friends, the works. YouTube has been a PAIN lately. I had to upload this video 4 times to get it to actually upload, every time there was some sort of "error". Anyways, I have another video I'm about to upload too, so keep an eye out for that coming soon.

I took this photo a couple of weeks ago, the lighting was terrible, Ryan and I were bumming, so we were both dresses terribly, & overall it just wasn't a photo taking kind of day... but I got out my camera anyways, I wanted to capture what our life REALLY looks like everyday, with me in front of the camera. :) So I got out my trusty camera remote ( I LOVE that thing), we were sitting in our favorite chairs, and I captured what I wanted, but then I thought, we don't have hardly any pictures of both of us + our cats, I mean come on they are our family! So we wrangled them up, sat back down, because they are a bunch of wiggle worm cats. & I snap as many photos as they would let me. This one was close to best...

Isn't that hilarious? Boog looks totally uncomfortable and unwilling to participate in anything, Mo looks like she's trying to get away from Boog, & Ted, well she's just being Ted. lol. So that's our family, I wouldn't change it for anything. :)

Here's my layout:

& a detailed shot

I used some of my Studio Calico Narrative Add-On, plus my favorite stamp, Plano by Hero Arts for Studio Calico & my go to mist Mister Huey Warm Calico. I feel like I've been using them on everything! So without further adieu, here's my video, I hope you enjoy it.

My Thoughts & Ideas for Project Life

Since starting Project Life back in November I have really grown to love the whole idea behind capturing the everyday. Now I'm not the best at taking a photo a day, shoot sometimes I wonder at the end of the week if I took any photos AT ALL! lol. I've always enjoyed scrapbooking my everyday life, it's what I find most interesting, but this project took that to a whole new level. Here I am at 21 weeks into the project and I still feel like I'm going strong. Last week, my cousins, Steph & Sue came to spend a few days with Ryan and I. To me they're more like little sisters, I've never had siblings, but that's what they feel like and that's how I treat them, anwyays... so while they were here they BOTH showed an interest in my Project Life album. Not because it was out on the coffee table, because it wasn't (I have it put away in my scrapbook room), but because they don't get to see us very often, & when we do see them we don't spend a bunch of time retelling every moment since the last time we saw them... (we'd rather spend every moment creating memories with them) & they're only 10 & 8, I think we would bore them with a long drawn out tale, but seeing the photos & stories together in my album really sparked their interest. They sat down together, which was amazing, & looked over the entire book, they laughed & read together, that made my day. Seeing themselves in my book about my life really drove home how important they are to me, considering weeks when we see them they get a ton of PL coverage :) Last summer they spent every week here, with us. It was stressful. Coming from a family with no siblings & having no children of my own, it was an EYE OPENER as to what goes into taking care of two practically pre-teen girls. We did a lot of stuff together, had a lot of fun & I made a mini album for myself, but I didn't really make anything for them to take home to remember our LONG, FUN, STRESSFUL, AMAZING Summer. So I've already made plans for them to be here again this year & this year I plan on being more prepared for the craziness that is 2 pre-teen girls. I've also made a plan for Project Life this Summer... I'm going to NOT ONLY do my physical project that I've been working on these long, long weeks, but I'M ALSO going to do a special version for my 2 girls... which sounds like it could be expensive & time consuming... but my plan for their project life is going to be a Digital Project Life. I've bought quite a few of the Becky Higgins products digitally to include in my own PL, but now I'm taking the plunge to experience PL completely digitally as well. I can't wait. So I made a test page, that I can include in their books or not, but I thought I would share it with you, this is just 1 day last week, we took the girls to Atlanta for some shopping and Yeah! Burger in Midtown. It was awesome & the girls loved it. Anyways, here's my PL Page for the day (All Digital)

I used the Design A Template, but I took out the 2 bottom 4x6 slots and replicated the center line of 4 3x4 slots so that I could include more smaller photos and journal a bit more.

Supplies Used:

Becky Higgins Project Life Template Design A

Becky Higgins Cobalt Edition Journaling Cards

Echo Park Dots & Stripes Metropolitan Elements Pack 1

Pink Paislee Kraft Capers Paper Pack

SNF Journaling Font

SNF School Yard Font

Thanks for checking out my new venture in Project Life for this summer. Be sure to check back for more of my Project Life updates in both physical & digital form!

Today I thought I would share a few layouts that I worked on during the last few local crops.

i love my two newest pairs of TOMS, Ryan got me for our anniversary! Best surprise ever.

Ryan and I have started a new date night tradition, we've been going to a local Atlanta restaurant, Yeah! Burger. It's our regular spot. :)

Trying to find some good uses for older product. 

Totally in love with the new Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Collection.

My crazy kitty Ted. She is hilarious. I love how amazing she is. 

Ain't that the truth? Ryan = handsome. 

Best photo ever. Ryan and I acting completely like us. Crazy goofballs. 

Me @ 24 years old.

Project Life Weeks 1-18

I've been a terrible blogger lately. My local scrapbook store closed its brick & mortar store front, so for a month I spent a ton of time cropping there, since it's going to be hard to get together with the ladies I met there. Also, school is kicking my butt. Seriously, who knew French Cinema & Literature could be so time consuming. But I LOVE it, so it's all worth it. So first off I thought I would catch you all up with my Project Life, instead of photos I decided to whip out my webcam and give you a little video, so that you can see up to March 17th, then I will be caught up to what I have finished and what I've posted here. Plus I have loads of newly photographed layouts to share with you here & now that I have MY VERY OWN SCRAPROOM!!! I have been making videos like crazy, but editing is a pain, so it takes a while. Anyways, thanks for hanging in there. I hope you enjoy the video & if you have any questions, leave me a comment and I will be happy to answer them! So without further adieu, here's my Project Life Weeks 1-18:

Project Life Week 4: December 4 - 10

This week was particularly hard for me to remember to take photos. Finals week is SO stressful and the last thing that was on my mind was a photo per day, so I gave myself a little wiggle room, added the photos I had and then filled in the rest with memorabilia and journaling. Simple as that. I actually used 3 different photos from the same day, my little cousin, Stephanie's Chorus concert, mainly because it was her first concert ever and she was really excited, plus I am super proud of her for following her dreams of singing. Anyways here it is, thanks for looking!