[project life] week 7

Week 7 aka Valentine's Day week.

We had a great week!  Since I completed this week long ago, it's fun to look back and remember all we did.

I enjoyed using these wood veneers for the heart bullet points.  The entire scrapbooking industry (myself included) are obsessed with wood veneers.  Other great ones are all from Studio Calico: birds, people, cameras, and mini stars.  I also used plenty of wonderful washi tape and label stickers - they are my main project life staple products.  

Highlights from the week:

• Flowers, a beautiful necklace, and a gorgeous sweater from Matt. 
• Breakfast for dinner on Valentine's Day night.
• The boy using a bath chair (that we used only 2 times - so not worth it)
• J's first overnight at Beth and Ed's so Matt and I could go out for Valentine's Day weekend celebration.  We went to an amazing restaurant, Chaya, had drinks at Public School, and went to a hotel.  Thanks Beth and Ed for watching our sweet J!
• Matt's early birthday present - a BOB stroller. 

I hid the note with instructions for J's first overnight in the cute chevron glasslike envelope.  I think I'll be using this idea again soon.  

Thanks for checking in!  

Ellie

[project life] week 6

This is a quick one pager.  I was getting kinda behind so I made a few one page spreads so I could get caught up and something happened....I realized I really love one page spreads for project life!  I'm thinking I'll do many more of them.  It allows me to document the major events and it takes half as much time.

Here it is!

This was a fun week!  J started sitting up for the first time at Stroller Strides and we went to Mississippi for a short weekend to visit Matt's family.  I also love the picture of him in the carseat at the grocery store. This was only a couple months ago but I forgot that I used to do that.  These are all of the momma moments that I would just lose over time if I didn't document them.  And this is why I LOVE project life still.  Yes, it's hard to keep up with it.  Yes, it takes a lot of organization and time.  But it is sooo worth it.  I am documenting our little life here and I know that we will love looking back at this.  I love it so much in fact that regular 12x12 scrapbooking hasn't happened in a while.  Is this the new thing for me??

[project life] week 5

I just loaded up 6 week...yes SIX WEEKS... of project life to share.

Here is week 5:

The super hero card was so easy and turned out to be one of my favorites.  I used a preprinted hello card by Marcy Penner (check out her store - everything is fabulous) and just added some washi tape and a date stamp.  Clean and simple.  I'm beginning to like that look more and more.  

The picture of my big boy eating solids for the first time is another favorite.  I really like the typing on velum.  Thank you, Ann-Marie, for the idea.  If you are doing Project Life, check out her blog.  She's got so many great ideas.

 That's all for now.  Happy Friday everyone!

project life week 4

For this week of project life, I decided to use more of a color scheme.  I love this mix of yellow, light blue, white, and splashes of turquoise.  I'm not sure if I'll always use more planned out color schemes but I like it for this layout.

This is the week Jonathan got his two bottom teeth, he started sitting up more, and we went on a little get-away with our small group.

I finally used some Jenni Bowlin butterflies - I had been hoarding them for a long time and with a little guy, I don't have much use for them!  I love them here.

I love this little layout on my PL page.  Every monday, some girls come over to watch the Bachelor, eat popcorn, and drink wine.  Here is sweet little Beckett who joined us that night. :)

If you look closely at this funny picture of Matt, you can see a long trail of spit up.  Our sweet little boy has quite the case of reflux (it's getting better) and these last 7 months we've cleaned up more spit up and done more laundry.  Our couch will never be the same...

I'm still loving washi tape and a new love is typing on velum and putting it on washi tape.  I got the idea from Ann-Marie.

I have more pages ready to photograph and find their way on here, more traditional pages, a couple current crafty endeavors/orders, and much more.  All will be posted soon so keep checking back!

Ellie

project life week 2

Here is week 2 of project life.  I have up to week 5 completed but I'm just a little behind on getting each layout photographed and up on the blog.  I guess I'm holding you all in suspense!

I apologize for the poor lighting.  The best time for photography hasn't really aligned with nap time so I'm just going to take what I can get.

This week there were flowers from Matt, a boy who was learning to roll over every time I put him down, meeting my first goal at Weight Watchers (woohoo!!), a walk with Lindy and Luke, an awesome date night, and Matt taking the boy for awhile over the weekend so I could have some "me" time.

I used some Elle's Studio and Marcy Penner on this week.

I was loving the October Afternoon label stickers this week.

And I think my current favorite is adding little banners to 4 x 6 pictures.

I'm still waiting for the Becky Higgin's Design A page protectors to come in (which according to one of her tweets, will be by the end of this week!!!).  Also, as I mentioned before, I'm not using one of the PL kits...I'm just using my stash.  It's a great way to use products I love.  I used to save them until the absolute perfect layout but found I never got around to using them up so this is the perfect project for me.

Once I have a few more weeks under my belt, I'll come up with a list of my favorites to help those of you out there that are wanting to participate.

Have a great day!

Ellie :)

project life week 1

Project Life week 1 done (and 2 but that will be posted later) and we are enjoying it over here in the Abney household.  It's so fun to document and celebrate the small moments.

Lots of letter stickers, washi tape, and October Afternoon here.  I used Picasa to format my pictures for this week but have since learned how to use Photoshop (Thanks, Matt!!) and I like it so much more.  

Lots of fun this week including the Rose Bowl, a date night to Mohawk Bend, capturing my tendency to stock up on baby stuff whenever it's on sale, and a few of J's milestones.  

I think the biggest thing I'm learning is to not obsess over each individual card but instead focus on the whole.  

More to share soon!!  

Ellie

project life 2012 cover page

This year I am so excited to be doing Project Life.  Wait.  Let me clarify.  Matt and I are so excited for me to be doing project life.  Project Life is a system created by Becky Higgins that helps you to focus on the everyday life.  It helps you focus on the stories that happen in the small moments, not just the big ones.
I could explain the ins and outs of it but Lisa does it much better than I can.  Matt is thrilled about this project because already we are remembering the small stories in 2012 - the little things that would escape our memory if they weren't documented.  I love it for this reason but I also enjoy playing with paper. :)

So here is my title page for Project Life 2012.

Becky Higgins sells kits with patterned cards to fit the pockets.  I chose to use my stash because I always get new product but am never able to use it all on traditional layouts.  This title page is pretty straight forward.  It is a nice mix of October Afternoon, plenty of washi tape, left over Amy Tangerine, and some Studio Calico.  For my pictures, I'm using my iPhone, my Nikon, and my wonderful little Instax Mini that Matt got me for Christmas.

And here is the reason I'm doing Project Life this year....

Ellie