Sunday 14 April 2013

Project Life 2013: Week 13 - Easter

Easter Holidays - and I'm a week behind. But I don't mind we've had so much fun it's going to be great documenting it. I hope you've had fun too.

Right back to Week 13 : 25th - 31st March. So much happened that I've got a couple of inserts this week.

 
Page 1  & Insert : Monday-Friday. I love the picture of Tom fast asleep in bed.
 
 
Insert & Egg Hunt
Saturday was a lovely day meeting up with my sisters in a lovely café in Chesterfield called Koo. We enjoyed lunch and yummy cakes for pudding. Phil and Tom secretly made me a fudge birthday cake (thanks for Phil for taking some pics). I've decided to keep the directions we made for Tom's Easter Egg Hunt. We kept it inside as it was soooo cold, but Tom loved it all the same. (For the Cadbury's Easter Egg I used Egg Wrapping Paper).
 

 Yorkshire Sculpture Park & Page 2
As Easter Sunday was also my birthday we had an action packed day. Tom completed his Easter Egg hunt as soon as we woke up. After breakfast in bed I got to open all my fab cards and presents (Thanks to everyone). We decided as it was dry (but cold) we would travel up to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, just off Junction 38 on the M1. We had a lovely picnic and walk around. I loved the birthday cake the boys had made the day before. It was a great surprise and very yummy!! I've also backed one of the Easter pics with some Easter Egg wrapping. :)
 

 This week one of my favourite pictures of the week the 3 of us at the Sculpture Park.
 
This is what my pages look like in my album:

Now we have 2 weeks of Easter Holidays to look forward too.....
Useful facts of the week........

I'm using a combination of:
  • Camera phone and Canon Isis 115 camera. 12:8
  • Tesco printed photos v Epson home printing.
  • I'm using Project Life Album by Becky Higgins and Page Protectors A & D
  • My Easter Freebie was from the A Vegas Girl at Heart website. I also used the journalling card and customised it. Thanks it looked cool.


 
I will be posting a link on The Mom Creative website  on Tuesday 16th April. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Thank you for looking. x
 

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Scrapbook: My First Pages

While following PL pages on the internet I came across a international website called Scrapfriends.

When browsing the website I found a page about Your First Scrapbooking Layout. This made me think about my first pages and how I started scrapbooking..........

I've always loved keeping the tickets, maps, leaflets etc from days out and included them in traditional photo albums. (Pictures from 2004 visiting Belvoir Castle & Tissington Trail walk)



When my son was born in 2005 my older sister Jacqui bought back some scrapbook supplies from America, and well I was hooked!!! My first pages are very basic. But you know what .... they tell the story and I love them. Of cause they make me cringe, but I wouldn't change them, we all have to start somewhere. My son looks so small and that was nearly 8 years ago now. I love the photo of Tom on the scales taken by my Husband.


 


I don't scrap as much as I would like to, and there are so so so many story's and pictures that I would like to share. Currently I am really enjoying the PL challenge as it is letting me do a little each week and helping me to document the every day. I also enjoy it when I meet with my sister-in-law and sister for a scrap day as this helps to keep me focused and complete a couple of pages .... (I must arrange another day soon).

I know that I will probably not scrap every page I would love to - but anything I do is a record and every page always makes me smile and think of the memories.

My current challenges that I participate in are:
  • Project Life
  • 365 Photo - A photo every day
  • Documenting my lifetime - a page for every year of my lifetime - I'm currently 39 years old.
  • Creating a keepsake for my Son.
  • December Daily - I've completed this is 2011 & 2012 and love it. My decision for this year will be do I create a separate one, or include it within my PL pages??? I've got a few months before I decide about this yet.
In the Future:
  • Project 12 - I tried this in 2012 and was a bit unsuccessful (I got managed Jan-March). I'm not sure the website still runs the challenge, but nothing to say that I can't try it myself again perhaps next year.
  • A Day in the Life/Week in the Life by Ali Edwards
Thanks for reading. I would also like to know of any challenges or project that you participate in that could inspire me in the future. :) x
 

Monday 1 April 2013

Project Life 2013: Week 12


Its been a good week, lots of photos to choose from, but I've not been able to get motivated in finishing my pages. But hey - I'm persisted and I am happy to have finished. I am loving the project and flicking back through the pages.

What have we been up to in Week 12 - March 15th - 21st?


The start of the week was cold, but with the brighter evenings we got out for a walk. I also tried to document a bit about Tom - School & Lunchbox.

 
 
By Friday we had more snow - brrrrrrrrrr. I can't believe I am going to say this but I've had enough now.
 
Saturday we woke up to a lot of snow, so much that I didn't want to brave the elements for the Hobbycraft show at the NEC. I was gutted but on the plus side Tom went to his friends house and I caught up on some scrapbooking!! Yehhh :) In the evening we enjoyed a friends surprise 40th Birthday Party.
 
On Sunday Phil drove us to the NEC (See my post here). We picked up my sister Clare on route, and met Liz there. The men then drove the kids to the Sealife Centre Birmingham. We had a fab day shopping and nattering.
 

One of my favourite pictures of the week was Tom showing us what experiments they tried during Science Week at school last week. 



Useful facts of the week........

I've used some of This Kalil Life printables. I love these lots and lots.

I'm using a combination of:
  • Camera phone and Canon Isis 115 camera. 11:2
  • Tesco printed photos v Epson home printing.
  • I'm using Project Life Album by Becky Higgins and Page Protectors D
I will be posting a link on The Mom Creative website  on Tuesday 2nd April. Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

Thank you for looking. x