iphone snippets.

This was the girls first week back to school after a looooong 2 week vacation from school.  Crazy busy.
I'm attempting Project Life, and part of my goal is to take a photo a day, even if it doesn't end up in the PL scrapbook.

Basketball clinic and practices started (Tuesday - Thursday)

 Finishing up January Apron Strings projects.  (messy, messy craft area!)

 First day of swimming lessons at the YMCA.

Postponed 8th birthday party, a touch of the stomach flu.

 I love using my iphone, even if the pictures are less than stellar in low light.  It's quick, easy and readily accessible.  And I don't need to drag out my camera for every picture. 


Now it's time to commit to a layout for my Project Life week 1 and 2 and go with it.  I think that's the hardest part for me. I'm not using page protectors or a "kit" so I'm hoping to follow grid-like layouts, or even mimic the PL page protectors for design cues. 

Organizing: scrapbook layouts/photos.

I probably spend way too much time sorting, looking and moving supplies around.  I probably spend even more time trying to figure out what to scrap.  There are thousands of photos on our  hard drives and I wonder, too often, what to do....so, I decided to go through and scroll through the photos and list what I think is missing in the albums.  Tedious?  Yes.  Worth it?  Yes.  I have a huge list, sorted by year of events/highlights/favorite photos that did not make it into any album.  Hopefully, this will make it easier to find, and print pictures when I'm motivated to scrapbook.   I was inspired to do this after I realized how many layouts were waiting to go into albums.  (I will remain silent on how many page protectors and albums I had to invest in.  Yikes.)

I'm happy to say all layouts are in an album, with only a few pages needing to be resorted into the right order.  If I need to confirm I've scrapped (or not scrapped) something, I can just flip through the albums.

It's certainly not a finished project, but I'm happy with where it's at.  No more layouts laying around.  No more wondering what to scrap.  Now I just need a sketch, or some paper or maybe even some photos to motivate me, and I can get moving.

Now, to just get off the computer...

Project Life. I'm trying it.

I have all the best intentions, so we'll see how it goes, but I'm going to attempt a photo or two a day and scrapbook those "daily" memories in a project life scrapbook.  I didn't get a kit, or page protectors, so I plan on using my stash as much as humanly possible. (I certainly have enough in my stash!)   I'm also thinking of just doing one side per week, as opposed to a two-page spread every week.  Hopefully a freestyle approach will help me get the memories down on paper. I use PSE to edit my photos, and may use some downloaded storyboards to organize my weekly photos and to print them on an 8x10 or 8.5x11 piece of photo paper.

I don't typically carry my camera around with me but plan on using my iPhone as much as possible.  I'm also going to journal on the Momento app (2.99) to make it easy to remember what went on each day.  Momento also pulls in my instagram photos and facebook updates. 

On a side note, it's already 2012?  Where did the time go??

This is why I am not a photographer.

Well, this, and the fact I am not talented!  Attempting to take Christmas card photos tonight = epic fail.  Ava was a bit, mmm, sassy today. 

Better luck tomorrow!

Elfie has arrived.

On 12/1 Elfie came back from the North Pole to visit the girls.  So far he's kept a low profile, not getting into any trouble or toys yet.  Can't imagine that will last for long...

He are a few of his chosen place to rest so far.

This morning we found him in Ava's room, Alexa is hoping he'll make a visit soon in hers.  P.S. this picture above ^^^ is not in her room!  That's in our kitchen.  ;)

Now that the holiday activities are in full swing, I need to get moving on my December Daily.  All of my foundation pages are set, I just need to start adding photos, journaling and embellishments.  To keep on track I have been jotting down a few of the things that went on each day in my notebook.  I'm hoping to sit down one night and get several days done.  Some days are Christmas themed, others just a bit of insight into our daily routines.

Well I should get off the computer and down into my craft area to get moving on some projects.  Night!

December Daily 2011 - album cover

Long time no blog.  Every time I say I'm going to get better at blogging this year, life gets in the way.  Oh well. 

I did finally finish my December Daily album cover for this year and get all my pages punched and cut.  I used a 6x6 Crate Peppermint pad for some of the pages (glued back to back) and cut down some MME 12 Days of Christmas papers for the rest of the pages.  I have some Ormolu numbers for the pages.  I do need to get my foundation done for journaling.  I plan on using a two-page spread for each day.  One side will hold a 4x6 or multiple small photos and the opposing side will have the journaling.

Here is the album.  A Bo Bunny 6x6 chipboard album.

Pardon the messy work area.  Remnants of the December Bigger than a Breadbox Apron Strings kit (which is awesome, by the way.)

I'll be finishing up the inside page layouts this week...which is good since December is Thursday.

Back from vacation.

And this was my favorite photo: