Project Life | Weeks 18 & 19

I'm still officially loving Project Life.  That's all I have for an introduction.

Week 18 Full Spread.

Week 18 Left Side.  Minimal journaling.  I got all these pictures on Friday of this week.  It was so fun to watch the boys play together.

Week 18 Right Side.  Another picture from Friday and then a little journaling about the The Addams Family.  The Star Wars card was heavily inspired by this one (which she offered as a facebook fan freebie).  I made my own so it worked better in the horizontal space.  Also, I changed the green to be the green I've been using.

Week 19 Full Spread.

Week 19 Left Side.  Minimal journaling again.  I like how the black and white picture of Lincoln helping with the laundry turned out.  I used picframe to put the two pictures side-by-side, and then I used PSE to turn it B&W and add the "Big Helper" caption.  That close-up of Lincoln is a selfie he took on my phone.  I thought it was clear it's a selfie, but maybe I should add some kind of caption??

Week 19 Right Side.  I scanned the picture of Lincoln's soccer team and printed it 4x6 after adding the names of all the players and the journaling, but now I'm wondering if I should include the original as an insert instead.  Other than that, the journaling font is Corbel, and the captions are Bebas.

Thanks for looking!  You can check out my other Project Life pages here.

(I'll be linking up to Project Life Tuesday at The Mom Creative. And for more information on Project Life, click here.)

Random Facts Post #1

I've been keeping a running list of random facts about myself for the past year or so.  They're the kind of things that rarely come up in daily conversation, but they're all part of what makes me unique.  I've seen similar lists, so at first I planned to post them all at once and then add them to my "About Me" page.  Then I considered using them for an "All About Me" minibook.  But I still haven't finished my Cruise minibook, and meanwhile the list just keeps on growing.  So I've decided to break my list up into a few posts and share just five (or so) of these random facts at a time. 

1.  I forget the keys in the front door every few months.  Usually Tyler gets them when he gets home, but I've forgotten them there overnight a few times.


2.  I like to leave my earrings in when I go to the gym.  The first few times were an accident, but then I decided I liked it.  It helps me feel more put-together when I'm sweating like a pig, I guess.

3.  I have a tried and true problem-solving method which works a good 80% of the time: Ignore the problem and hope it goes away.  And don't knock it until you've tried it; it's surprisingly effective.

4.  My favorite color changes every few years.  It's been pink now for awhile, so it could be changing soon.

5.  I hate texting shorthand (b4 instead of before, u instead of you, etc).  But I'm all about acronyms, like btw for by the way and idk for I don't know.  Tyler and I even use ones specific to us, like ikr for I know right and ooc for out of control.

What about you?  Do you have any quirks that you'd like to share with the interwebs?  If you do a random facts post, I'd love for you to share a link!

Project Life | Weeks 16 & 17

I'm a few weeks "behind," but it's all part of my process.  Some weeks I just don't feel it, so rather than making myself finish, I just cut myself some slack and pick it up later.  I'm so in love with this project that there's no risk of quitting altogether, and giving myself a break and only working when I'm motivated means I'm always motivated when I work on it!  Circular logic?  Perhaps.  But it works. 

Week 16 Full Spread.

Week 16 Left Side.  Picture heavy week, so most of my journaling is on the right side of the spread or on the photos.  I am still loving Bebas or Corbel for captions on photos.  Want to know a secret?  That exact picture of the boys banging on their "drum" never happened.  I had three photos, and I liked Mason in one and Lincoln in a different one, so I used GroupShot to combine them.  I've said it before, but I seriously love technology.

 
Week 16 Right Side.  More Bebas.  A picframe collage.  And a highlights card with a quick summary of the main happenings of the week.  It's just a green rectangle with a white text box on top.  I wrote "highlights" in a text box with no background and white text.  If you don't know how to do this in Word, play around, look up a tutorial, or ask me!  Word is so much more versatile than people understand, and I love being able to design my own cards to fit my mood and the spread.

 Week 17 Full Spread.

Week 17 Left Side.  That picture of Mason on the piano is blurry, but it's so cute I had to include it.  And soccer was still going strong, but I wanted a picture that wasn't just a bunch of blue jerseys on the field, so I tried to capture another part of the game.

Week 17 Right Side.  We ran our half-marathon on Saturday of this week, so I devoted this whole page to it AND included an insert.  My first insert EVER, in fact.  But this was a pretty big deal for us.  The picture in the upper right looks funky because it is.  I accidentally cropped the bottom of the picture off, and I was trying to figure out how to make it work anyway.  But I think I'll have to just reprint it.  And the reason I can't just crop it to 4x6 is that this is another moment that never happened.  Tyler and I took pictures of each other standing by that sign, and then I used a panoramic stitch in PSE to splice them together.  The shots didn't line up enough for GroupShot.  I'm pretty impressed with what PSE managed to produce, though.

Week 17 Insert.  As I said, this is my first insert so far, and it's still a work in progress.  I am planning to add a picture of our medals in one of the slots on the back, and then I have another slot I'm still brainstorming on.  And I like being able to use the window cling along the side, but I might need to figure out a different way to attach it.  It's pretty faded on the front since you're looking through 3 layers of page protector.  Also, I haven't cropped it yet because I'm scared.  What's the best way to crop a page protector?  Should I sew it and then cut it?  Should I cut it and then tape it?  I'd appreciate some advice.

Thanks for looking!  You can check out my other Project Life pages here.

(I'll be linking up to Project Life Tuesday at The Mom Creative. And for more information on Project Life, click here.)

Font Friday | Xiomara

Today's font is my new favorite script font.  Isn't it gorgeous?  It was just released last month, and it's already been downloaded 50,000 times!

(Download here)

Thanks for reading!  Have a wonderful weekend!

What's On Your...

I was just thinking the other morning that I haven’t done a Currently post in a while.  When I saw this meme that Ali Edwards posted, I thought it sounded perfect.  So here’s what’s on my…

VANITY | I don’t have a vanity. Maybe in the next house.  But I do have a counter in the bathroom, and it has volumizer, a curling iron, bobby pins, mascara, contact lens case, blush, a little make-up organizer, etcetera.

PERENNIAL TO DO LIST | Grocery shopping, laundry, project life, exercise, visiting teaching,  projects around the house.

REFRIGERATOR SHELVES | yogurt, laughing cow cheese, lunch meat, cabbage, carrots, pudding cups, eggs.

ITINERARY | Tyler and I are running the Nashville Half-Marathon this Saturday!

FANTASY ITINERARY | England, Tahiti, Australia.

PLAYLIST | Gnarles Barkley/Cee Lo Green, Adele, Train, Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5, Plain White T’s, Phillip Phillips, OutKast, Shakira, Natasha Bedingfield, Carly Rae Jepsen, Christina Perri.

NIGHTSTAND | lamp, alarm clock, glasses, water, lotion.

WORKOUT PLAN | Bodypump Mondays at 4:15, run Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday mornings; after our half-marathon, I might switch running to Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday and add another Bodypump class Saturday morning.

IPHONE | Text messages from Tyler; Games for Lincoln; Camera+ and Snapseed; Facebook; Kindle; MapMyFitness.

TOP 5 LIST | Laughing with Tyler, playing with Mason and Lincoln, snuggling with my boys, running, reading a good book.

BUCKET LIST | I don't have a bucket list.  I actually feel like I've arrived.  I have a wonderful family, and we're richly blessed.  I don't intend to stagnate, but at this point everything else is just living this wonderful life.

MIND | I'm dropping my hours at work (no more Fridays for now), so I'm trying to figure out how best to use the extra time to both play with the boys and get the house ready to sell.

BLOGROLL | Elise Blaha, Design Editor, Life in LoFi, Outfit Posts, How About Orange

WALLS OF YOUR FAVORITE ROOM IN YOUR HOUSE | I have a few wall groupings that I love.  Two in the living room and one in the kitchen.  It’s taken me a while to get the right balance of pictures, prints, and miscellany.

LIQUOR SHELF | I don’t drink, but I do have a serious Diet Mt. Dew addiction.  I try to limit it to 2-3/day.

LAST CREDIT CARD STATEMENT | I don’t charge much on the card.  So just gas and my ID Alert plan through CapitalOne.

SCREENSAVER | At work, none.  It goes into sleep mode.  At home, it’s Tyler's old work computer, so whatever he set it to.

TV EVERY NIGHT | How I Met Your Mother.  We rewatch all the seasons regularly.  It’s good for background while we’re winding down.