Scrapping from the Heart

 Here is my Project Life 2012 - Week Six This week was so hard on us. By the end of it, we were all sick. And seeing Taylor like this was just heartbreaking. We knew it would happen soon because of school. I just hope we can get a break for a while, and that his immune system will be stronger because of it. Here is my left page:  I included a shopping list, a gift card that we got from Publix, and the weather report for the week. It rained everyday! On Sunday, we saw Giddo and I got an adorable photo of Taylor and him playing in a tree house he's building for the kids. On Wednesday, I participated in a day in the life, a whole day's worth of documentation and photographing, an idea by Ali Edwards, love her! I haven't printed my photos yet, but will post once I'm done. It'll be an 8.5x11 insert for this week. Here is my right page: These are the heartbreaking photos. :( Taylor was so sick with everything from fever ...

Hey there! So sorry I haven't posted in a while. Starting a new full-time job is leaving barely any time to scrapbook. Luckily, I've been keeping up with Project Life, just haven't been able to blog about it. So here are weeks four and five. Project Life 2012 - Week Four This was the week before I started my new job and Taylor started preschool. I felt like we were running around, trying to get everything done. This week we were also trying to cut out TV. I don't know how I let it happen, but Taylor just watched way too much. He did very well without it. Here is my left page:  Photos include seeing family on Sunday, Taylor's first trip to the car wash, Taylor taking out all my pens in the scraproom, Taylor and Kayden watching TV, and Daddy and Taylor cuddling. Here is my right page: I included the packaging to a new cup I bought Taylor for school, my doctor's business card, and my receipt from getting my hair done. Photos are of Jessica giving Taylor snac...

Here is my Project Life 2012 - Week Three I felt very accomplished this week. :) Did some much needed cleaning and organizing around the house, got allergy testing done, rearranged the furniture in my scrap room, and got myself a job! I will be working at a preschool in the coming weeks and Taylor will attend as well. I am so excited about it because I'm ready to start teaching again and I think Taylor is ready for some socialization. I am very thankful for the time I got to spend at home with him, watching him grow, but I think we will both benefit from this next step in our lives. Here is my left page: I included packaging from our newest addition to our interactive story buddy collection, Bigsby and a little to-do list I kept throughout the week. The photos I included this week were adorable moments I was so happy I was able to capture. Taylor is into bringing all his toys, one by one, to a spot on the couch or table. This week I noticed he was bringing them to Harvey, and Ha...

Here is my Project Life 2012 - Week Two  This week was pretty low-key. Just ran a few errands and took Taylor to the park almost everyday. I didn't have my car on Monday and Tuesday because Trevor was using it, so I rode my bike with Taylor to get out of the house. I even rode it to Michael's on Tuesday. I had an appointment with an allergy doctor on Wednesday to finally figure out what is going on with me. I've been miserable and congested every day for two months straight! He said he'll make me all better, but I have to have testing done next week. He gave me some Nasonex and I'm happy to say, I've been able to breathe again. On Saturday, we had two birthday parties to go to! It was a fun way to end the week. Here's my left page: I included the packaging from my nasal spray and the invitation to my cousin, Christian's birthday party.  I included two inserts this week. I used a 6x12 page protector from Becky Higgins to hold six photos from the birt...

Here is my Project Life 2012 - Week One I am so excited to be done with my first week in my album. As I sat down on Sunday night to complete my pages, I actually had too much stuff! I guess you can say I was over-excited. Here is my left page: I included my ticket stub from a football game I went to on Sunday, my visitor sticker from the hospital when we went to visit the newest addition to the family, my fiance's cousin, and a thank you card from a baby shower I attended back in November. Here is my right page: I had to add a collage I did in Photoshop about the return of my shows. :) I also included a screenshot of the weather on my iPhone, a lid to a k cup that I've been enjoying all week, a business card from the shop my fiance had to leave his car with to be fixed, and a coaster from Outback where we had dinner one night. The awesome days of the week brushes I added to my photographs in Photoshop are created by Ali Edwards from Designer Digitals . And there you...

Here is my cover page for my Project Life 2012 album. I mostly used cards from the kit but added in some things I had.  For example, I added to the card on the bottom right 4x6 space. The "enjoy every minute" sticker came from The Paper Loft, but I don't think they make it anymore. The chipboard heart came from a Heidi Swapp embellishment kit from Costco. And the lacey tag came with a kit from a class I took at CKC in 2009. I'm very proud of the top left 4x6 space because I played around in Photoshop Elements with a free download from Ali Edwards (capturing the moments of life) overlaying "2012" and printing onto a transparency. I let it dry for three days so it wouldn't smudge. The strip of patterned paper was a scrap I had and I'm not sure where that came from.

Very excited to begin my first Project Life album. I've been busy taking photos and keeping little things as evidence of what we've done this week. It's so funny that this week seems to be dragging because I am ready to document it and put everything in the album. But I gotta live it first. I'm using this project as a way to really enjoy life's little moments and capture the everyday. With a little toddler around, it's very easy to just try to survive the day, but with this project I want to preserve everything! It's going to be wonderful to look back at this album years from now and relive the little moments that would be otherwise forgotten. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2012, I'M READY FOR YA! What is Project Life? Project Life is developed by Becky Higgins and is a simple form of scrapbooking designed to take the guess work out of memory keeping. Her predesigned kits and page protectors work together with your photos and words to create a beautiful album tha...