Week in the Life 2014 – Tuesday

Today was a fairly quiet day as Miss K was at day care. That was until she came home. :/ She gets so hyped and tired and then misbehaves sigh such is the life with kids hey? Anywho onto our day

  • Awake at 7:30 with the alarm, hit snooze and grabbed another 10 minutes. Can’t remember what time I brought Miss A to bed for a feed.
  • Checked the weather – looks like cold and rainy.
  • Finish packing Miss K her lunch – mini egg & bacon pies, some vegie sticks, strawberries, yoghurt a banana and a tuna snack.
  • Breakfast – coco pops, milk & sliced banana and a hit chocolate
  • Check emails & social media
  • Bin day
  • So it’s spring and we have to light the fire, so wrong
  • Plan of attack for today while Miss K is at day care & Miss A naps – clean the kitchen
  • A late shower then chuck on a load of washing then lunch – chicken , cheese & mayo sandwich
  • Found Miss K’s blue baby book while cleaning the kitchen. I’d put it “somewhere safe” (next to the microwave)
  • Tea – Thermomix sausage casserole with wedges. Put dishes in dishwasher.
  • A quick sunset snap, been awhile
  • Skype with my mum then girls to bed. three times. then Miss K woke Miss A :/
  • Check emails, another load of washing.
  • finished watching S1 of Sleepy Hollow
  • Still awake at 11pm with Miss A :/

A new project

Warning – this post is photo heavy.

Yet again I’m undertaking a new project. This is one I’ve tried to do in previous years but, honestly lost interest after the first day or two. BUT since the birth of Miss A I really want to document our every day and special moments.
Soooo I’m doing Ali Edwards Week in the Life (if you don’t know what Week in the Life is go here and read about it – we’ll wait). I gave this a go last year but did one day and then gave up. This year I am determined not to give up. I’m planning on blogging photos and stories here at the end of each day – helping me be a bit more accountable. Hopefully. Then at the end of the week I’ll create my pages and share them here. I’m not going to try and create my pages each day again. Think that’s one of the reasons I gave up last year.

Anywho, on to today’s photos and stories ……

Today we….

  • woke at 4am to give Miss A a feed
  • Thunderstorms woke me & J up. Girls slept through it. That said we all stayed in bed til nearly 10!
  • Late breakfast, cuppa, check emails and blogs. Gotta love the feral morning hair
  • Quick shower and then some work before ringing Telstra to get some mobile issues sorted
  • Miss A went down for a nap. On our bed while the cat slept in the bassinet.
  • Mum came in for lunch.
  • Miss K, Miss A, Mum & I went to town for Miss K’s swimming lessons
  • Trip to Coles where we found Irn Bru!! and Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers (treats from Scotland)
  • Tea prep then chicken mornay for tea.
  • Miss A off to sleep for the night while I play a game or two of Bubble Witch 2 (what??)
  • Quick treat and checking emails then getting Miss A back to sleep.
  • Surfing the net, doing some blogging and watching Q and A
  • Sorting my photos for today
  • Hot chocolate then off to bed.

See you tomorrow!

Some exciting news

I applied earlier this month for a Creative Team spot at a new Project Life challenge blog, not thinking I’d get picked. I got home today from a trip to town to check out the Launceston Harvest Market (& a little shopping at Shiploads) to an email offering me a spot on the team! I’m super excited to be part of the team at Life in Details. I’ve also been asked to be CT coordinator too so that could be fun.

What is Life in Details?

We are a challenge blog for those that love all things Project Life. Whether you are just starting out or are a veteran, this challenge blog is for you.
Challenges will be posted on the 1st of the month and due the last day of the month.
We will also have tutorials and share Project Life inspiration as well

I’m looking forward to working with some other great scrappers – Amanda Sheen-Thorne, Amanda Francis, Amber Reade, Darcy Lagrandeur, Katherine Prefol and Rachel Leanna

Check out the blog on the 1st September for the first challenge. It’ll be a good one.

Project Life–June & July 2013

Hmmm well I seemed to have missed posting my June pages and here we are at the end of July!! Where has 2013 gone? Before we know it we’ll be looking at the C word – yup Christmas is not that long away :/

Anywho, back to Project Life. Have you seen all the new goodies Becky has been announcing recently? Lots of gorgeous new products. You can check out the new releases on Becky’s blog. AND if you’re a digi/hybrid scrapper you can now get all the digi Project Life products at Digital Project Life.

The June/July Polly Scraps kit was gorgeous again

These kits are so worth the money (& I do love they are a Tassie site, Kayla is awesome)

now my pages

June (no journaling yet)

July (digi cause I ran out of photo paper – again… never ending when u print ur own photos)

I did promise some of my wedding pages and if you check out my Project Life page you can see a slideshow of my album so far but I’m working on a post to share what I’ve done so far 🙂 When we get  some nicer weather I’m hoping to get photos of my other PL albums (from 2009 to 2012) so I can get those slideshows up as well.

I’ve been playing

I’m lucky enough to be guesting over at Sawyer’s Place. They sell LOTS of gorgeous Washi designs (yes, I’ve joined the addicted masses – I LOVE Washi! – guess when lots of my scrap budget will go lol), the cutest flair and an awesome stuff called Sticky Paper.

I started off not really knowing what I’d create with the Sticky Paper and then after looking at the flair I decided to create a couple of pages. Never used flair before (even though I have a few in my stash) so I wasn’t sure how I’d use them but once I got started… and it’s been so long since I’ve done a traditional page or two.

Our Little Puddle Jumper
Supplies: Kraft CS, Pebbles Barnwood Gray PP, Sampson Locked In (Chainlink Fence) Sticky PaperBianca Picnic Ants Sticky Paper, Viola Collection Flair, Kaisercraft alpha stickers

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Supplies: Colorbok PP, Pebbles Barnwood Gray PP, Bianca Picnic Ants Sticky Paper

after playing with pages I made a few cards to add to my Project Life stash

Project Life cards
Supplies: Lined 4×6 cards, Becky Higgins Project Life 3×4 grid cards, Viola Collection Flair, Sampson Collection Flair, Sampson Locked In (Chainlink Fence) Sticky Paper, Bianca Picnic Ants Sticky Paper

I think I might be slightly obsessed with Sticky Paper. It makes creating so much easier – just cut & stick. What’s not to love? The flair is gorgeous. It’s not sticky backed so how you attach it is up to you. I used glossy accents on the cards and double sided tape on my layout.
Here’s a selection of the other gorgeous flair & Sticky Paper available from Sawyer’s Place