enJOY it by Elise Blaha Cripe

project life 2013 : weeks 44, 45, 46.

I'm determined to wrap up this year on time which means sharing here might be a little combined.

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Weeks of : October 28 - November 17.

What happened these weeks? This is the first half of November! I fell behind on my album for the whole month of November and spent this past week catching up. Highlights include Halloween, the Queen Bee Market, a random section of Ellerie photos and the Sunday I documented.

Anything special in the spread? You'll notice NO 3x4 photos. My printer has been acting up and getting it to print anything is a battle these days (which is why I have to really gear up to work on this album). I took what I could get and worked with just 4x6 photos and then fancied things up with the vast array of 3x4 cards I have floating around here. I purchased a new printer this week and after I have time to try things out, I'll share how it goes. :)

Techniques this week : I used this blog post journaling prompt with some 3x4 cards and my girl & guy stamps. Simple way to share what was happening with us this week.

The trouble with waiting awhile to update is I get a little confused about what went on and what photos are relevant. But 5 years from now (or even 5 months from now) I don't think it will matter too much. I wanted a bit of journaling for week 45, so I used one of the Sunshine kit journaling cards and listed 10 random details from the week (based mostly on the photos and what my planner said happened).

Overall thoughts : Still really enjoying the "color coding" of spreads. REALLY hoping to finish this year strong and continue this project (though with a slightly different focus) in 2014. I am still thinking about how I want to tackle this project next year.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Midnight core kit, Sunshine Core kit, Studio Calico project life kit, Kelly Purkey (letter stickers, stickers, journaling cards), Dear Lizzy wooden #3 embellishment, Meredith Carty (3x4 card), Paislee Press calendar card, Elise Joy stamps, Scrapbook and More flair badge.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.

 

 

project life 2013 : week 43.

It's week forty-three and I am behind on spreads AND behind on sharing, but I'm going to finish up the year.

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Week of : October 21 - October 27.

What happened this week? We were home and then Ellerie and I flew up to Sacramento for a few days and I attended a wedding in Napa.

Anything special in the spread? Once again I tucked a wedding invitation into a 5x7 spread (and added our photobooth strip too).

Techniques this week : I continue to play with color schemes...black, white and gray this week. The 3x4 cards came from the Sunshine and Midnight kits plus Meredith Carty and my 2014 calendar.

Overall thoughts : Once my office is put back together I am going to crank out the past few weeks and then finish up 2013...and then figure out what I want to do to properly document 2014. I'll keep you posted.

Ratio of iPhone photos to "real camera" photos : 5 to 4.

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : 6 to 1 to 2 by other folks.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Midnight core kit, Sunshine Core kit, Kelly Purkey (letter stickers), Meredith Carty (adventure card) Elise Joy stamps, Elise Joy photo calendar, Scrapbook and More flair badge.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.

project life 2013 : week 42.

It's week forty-two and I'm running out of steam, but I still love this project.

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Week of : October 14 - October 20.

What happened this week? We were home. Ellerie turned four months old.

Anything special in the spread? I painted E's foot with craft paint and stamped it on a card to show her stats from her 4 month appointment.

Techniques this week : I stamped the same stamp over and over again to create a pattern. That's not new, but I always like the affect.

Overall thoughts : My copy of the Sunshine kit came and I love how Seafoam, Midnight and Sunshine all fit together so well.

Ratio of iPhone photos to "real camera" photos : 3 to 7.

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : 9 to 1.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Midnight core kit, Sunshine Core kit, Freckled Fawn wood chip arrow, Kelly Purkey Project Life kit (stickers), Elise Joy stamp, Scrapbook and More flair badge.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.

project life 2013 : week 41.

It's week forty-one and I love this project.

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Week of : October 7 - October 13.

What happened this week? We were home until Friday and then went to Catalina. I decided to make the spread just hold photos from our trip since there were so many I loved.

Anything special in the spread? Just the fact that this really only covers a weekend event instead of the usual week.

Techniques this week : I tucked the wedding invitation and our photobooth strips into a 5x7 pocket page.

Overall thoughts : Love that I actually stuck to my plan and used my big camera on this trip. I need to be better about taking it out everyday and on little getaways. I am always so thrilled with the photos.

Ratio of iPhone photos to "real camera" photos : All real camera.

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : A few by me, one by Paul, a few by friends.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Midnight core kit, Freckled Fawn heart washi tape, Elise Joy stamp.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, 5x7 pocket page, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.

project life 2013 : week 40.

It's week 40 and yes, I love this project.

I actually got a question about this the other week... do I really still LOVE putting together the spreads. The answer is yes and no. I LOVE tucking all the pieces into place. I love taking pictures. I love doing the embellishing and the journaling. I hate printing the photos - that's my least favorite part and biggest hold up every week. If I could snap my fingers and the photos would appear, I would be obsessed all over again. This means I am going to have to figure out a new photo printing method for 2014. Stay tuned.

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Weeks of : September 30 - October 6.

What happened this week? We were home. Nothing special and not too many photos since I was working to get the eCourse out the door.

Anything special in the spread? Those two bottom photos were actually taken the following week. But since I decided to dedicate week 41 to our Catalina trip and I had so few photos I went with it.

Techniques this week : I have been using more 3x4 journaling and embellishment cards these weeks because I am so annoyed with printing photos. It's sort of a win/win because it's less printing AND I get to use up some of the fun cards in my stash.

Overall thoughts : It was not intentional that I had two photos of E in various animal bath towels, but they were both so great I had to use them.

Ratio of iPhone photos to "real camera" photos : 5 to 2.

Ratio of photos taken by Elise to photos taken by Paul : All Elise.

Supplies used : Seafoam core kit, Midnight core kit, Freckled Fawn wood chip arrow, Mer Carty journaling card, Evalicious badge, Paislee Press calendar card and you card.

Tools used : Design A pocket pages, Fiskars corner rounder, Zig Millenium pen, Rotatrim paper trimmer, Office Depot date stamp, staz-on ink. All photos were printed at home on my HP Photosmart 2575 printer on Office Depot semi-gloss photo paper.

Project Life is a memory-keeping system created by Becky Higgins. I use photos, text and stuff to document our life weekly. You can see all the posts from 2012 here and 2013 here. Do you have a question about how I am tackling this project (including anything about the photos)? Check here.