week in the life...friday

i can't believe i am mostly done with this project.  i have truly loved capturing our week.  i love all of the "little moments" in a day that i may not have documented.  i can definitely tell i've slacked off with picture taking as the week has progressed.  it's likely because our days really don't vary that much.  regardless of how many images i end up, it's still our memories recorded.  and that's pretty darn cool.

here are our photos and words from friday....

waking...


reading and writing...


emailing...


drawing...


dancing...


unloading groceries...


working husband...


creating...


being silly...


playing...


eating like they've never eaten before...


making dinner...


exercising...


i ran out of time and wasn't able to write down our schedule.  definitely will be back to do that soon!!

thanks for stopping by!!

xoxo

week in the life...thursday

i can't believe thursday has come and gone.  
it was a pretty typical day for us, except my husband came home from being away all week.  it's so nice to have him in our photos.  hopefully to get a couple more glimpses of "his week" in before sunday.  if only i could convince him to do some documenting....hmmmm.  :)

onto the pictures and words...

trying to wake up...


eating yogurt...


healing boo boos...


unloading dishes...


playing together...


singing...


reading...


baking banana bread...


drawing...


sharing school work...


(not) napping...


arriving home...


loving...


teeth cleaning...


dancing in the rain...


thursday
6:45 am: wake up, get dressed and ready | 7:00 am: drew up; gets dressed and ready | 7:05 am: make coffee | 7:20 am: anna wakes up; comes downstairs | 7:45 am: start breakfast for the kids; pack lunches | 8:10 am: unload dishes | 8:30 am: head upstairs to brush teeth and get anna dressed | 9:00 am: leave for preschool | 9:15 am: drop anna off | 9:30 am: storytime and books at the library with drew | 10:30 am: head back home | 11:00 am: have a snack and make banana bread | 11:30 am: draw with chalk outside | noon: lunch inside, build a pillow fort with drew | 12:40 pm: leave to pick up anna | 1:15 pm: back home | 1:30 pm: everybody fussy; attempt nap time without success | 2:15 pm: everyone up from nap/quiet time; play on the third floor | 3:30 pm: daddy is home (yay); follow daddy around and hang out with him | 4:00 pm: clean up a messy house | 4:20 pm: start dinner for the kids | 4:45 pm: leave for a dentist appointment | 6:00 pm: drop off prescription at the drug store | 6:15 pm: back home; kids out playing in the rain | 6:45 pm: make myself dinner | 7:00 pm: quick bath for the (soaking wet) kids | 7:30 pm: books and bedtime with daddy | 7:45 pm: shower for me, pajamas and photo uploading | 8:15 pm: join scott on the couch for football | 10:00 pm: goodnight

week in the life...wednesday

i love wednesdays.  probably because it means we are one day closer to the weekend.  and because my husband comes back home on thursday this week.  i'm ready to get him in some of these pictures.  

pretty typical day for us, yet again.  

wednesday's pictures and words...


waking...


eating and reading...


packing lunches...


cleaning and cleaning and cleaning...


eating....


brushing and flossing...


exercising...


waiting and perusing...


shopping...


remembering...


waiting and playing...


visiting mimi and poppy...


resting...


making pretty things...


settling down...


saying good night...


wednesday
6:15 am: alarm goes off | 6:35 am: get up, make bed, start coffee | 7:15 am: drew gets up; comes and snuggles with me on the couch | 7:30 am: anna wakes up; comes and snuggles with us | 8:00 am: make breakfast for the kids | 8:10 am: pack lunches | 8:20 am: clean up breakfast dishes | 8:35 am: grab a quick breakfast | 8:50 am: get dressed, potty and brush teeth for us all | 9:05 am: leave for preschool | 9:15 am: drop the kids off at school | 9:30 am: head to the gym | 10:30 am: back home; quick shower | 11:00 am: back to preschool to pick up drew | 11:30 am: quick trip to the grocery store for butter | noon: stop by chic fil a for lunch with my sweet boy | 12:40 pm: leave to pick up anna from preschool | 1:15 pm: drop kids off at mimi and poppy's house for a visit | 1:45 pm: back home; rest on the couch and watch coverage of 9/11 news | 3:00 pm: make pretty things | 5:00 pm: order take out for dinner | 5:25 pm: pick up dinner and head back to mimi and poppy's | 5:40 pm: visit with family | 7:00 pm: head back home | 7:25 pm: pajamas, potty and brush teeth | 7:45 pm: shake the sillies out and read a few books | 8:00 pm: tuck the kids into bed | 8:01 pm: drew up; has to potty; take him to the potty | 8:09 pm: drew up; has to potty (again); take him to the potty (again) | 8:25 pm: quick edit of pictures and blog post | 9:00 pm: wash face, put on pajamas and peruse pinterest | 10:00 pm: good night






week in the life...tuesday

day 2 and i'm still going strong.  i find that i'm taking quite a few photos in the morning and tend to taper off in the evening....  which is weird because our mornings are jam packed.  my days are all pretty much the same so i find it a fun challenge to try to capture different, but important moments of each day.  

on to the photos and words...

waking up...

relaxing before the rush starts...

coffee, computer and scheduling...


watching her sleep before waking her...

looking for breakfast...

packing lunches...

making (more) messes...

getting ready for preschool...

exercising...

hydrating...

showering...

reading together...

ipad time...

drying hair...

picking up from preschool...

laundry and a little video during my kids 10 minutes of quiet time...

face timing with daddy...

pouting about a time out...

running errands and picking up a sweet treat...

dinner and stories...

bath time fun...

tuesday
6:15 am: alarm goes off | 6:35 am: get out of bed, grab paper, make coffee and settle in to check emails |  7:21 am: drew gets up; goes potty and gets dressed | 7:30 am: drew requests eggos and checks the fridge for more food | 7:45 am: make breakfast and lunch for anna | 8:15 am: wake up anna; start a load of clothes | 8:25 am: clean up spilled milk on floor; fix breakfast for anna | 8:45 am: clean up from breakfast; sweep floor | 9:00 am: brush teeth, potty and leave for preschool | 9:30 am: back home from preschool; out for a walk with drew | 10:30 am: home from walk; grab a snack and some water | 10:45 am: shower | 10:55 am: read books with drew | 11:30 am: dry my hair; drew plays on the iPad | noon: lunch with drew | 12:40 pm: leave to get anna from preschool | 1:20 pm: back home again; kids play for a minute | 2:00 pm: nap and quiet time attempt | 2:10 pm: fold laundry | 2:45 pm: no nap today; face time with daddy | 3:00 pm: quick snack and leave to run errands | 3:30 pm: pick up a few things from the grocery store | 4:00 pm: stop by starbucks for a pumpkin spice latte and cake pops | 4:20 pm: back home; kids play for a while; i check email and blogs | 5:15 pm: start dinner | 5:45 pm: dinner and stories with the kids.  i have to beg them to eat tonight | 6:30 pm: bath time | 7:00 pm: dora episode on the couch | 7:30 pm: books and bed time | 7:50 pm: quick edit of pictures and type up blog post | 8:30 pm: settle into bed to watch a few shows and read my book; chat with scott | 9:30 pm: good night




week in the life....monday

monday is all photographed and my notes are taken.  and to think i was on the fence as to whether or not i was going to document our week.  just taking the pictures today reminds me of why this is so important.  and that's saying a lot because i take a ga-zillion pictures a week.  :)

i'm keeping it pretty simple here.  my pictures and then a quick recap of our day at the end.  

here's a look at our monday...

good morning...

lovely sunrise...

hard boiled eggs...

messy boy peeling above hard boiled eggs...

daily routine...

morning run...

yogurt in a quiet house...

starburst after preschool...

picnic lunch...

craft time...

girl time...

play time...

post nap time...

after dinner snuggles...

monday
4:30 am: drew up crying; into bed with him | 5:45 am: back to my bed | 6:00 am: anna up crying and gets in bed with me | 6:15 am: wake up; coffee; blog | 7:30 am: brush teeth, wash face, get dressed | 8:00 am: drew up; dressed | 8:15 am: anna up; dressed and breakfast | 8:30 am: coloring and play time | 9:00 am: leave for preschool | 9:15 am: drop off the kids | 9:30 am: running and weights for me at the gym | 10:30 am: back home; yogurt in my quiet house | 10:45 am: quick shower | 11:00 am: leave to pick up drew from preschool | 11:30 am: back home; play time in the water table | noon: lunch with drew outside | 12:40 pm: leave to pick up anna; call scott on the way home to talk about the kids day | 1:15 pm: back home; reading time before naps | 1:45 pm: quiet/nap time for everyone (craft time for me) | 3:30 pm: anna done with quiet time; short iPad play time and my little pony learning games with me | 4:30 pm: drew up from nap; snuggles | 5:00 pm: start dinner | 5:30 pm: eat dinner with the kids | 6:00 pm: outside play time with the neighbors | 7:15 pm: back inside; clean up and get ready for bed | 7:45 pm: bedtime stories | 8:00 pm: laundry and shower for me; reruns of grey's anatomy; computer catch-up; text with scott and beg for photos from him; pay bills | 10:00 pm: good night

number of photos: 55




week in the life...

so i said i wasn't going to do week in the life this year.  and then i read this post by traci reed and i realized she's right.  i do document our "everyday" with project life, but i don't think i get the whole picture of our lives.  i've done week in the life the past few years and it's a lot of work.  or maybe i make it a lot of work.  i'm not really sure how i will tie all of this together, but i'm planning to post here every day!!

luckily...my kids didn't let me sleep through the night and i've been up since 4:30 am, so i've had time to prepare and get myself ready for this project.  (thanks kids).

hello monday.  and hello week in the life.


ready, set, go....



crate paper creative weekly challenge: hello you


i finished up most of my assignments before our beach trip, so i came back to find a little more "free time" on my hands.  i was anxious to create something so i decided to play along with the creative weekly challenge at crate paper.  

this month's theme is navy and sequins!  sounds fabulous, right?
in my true style, i stuck with my white background and used the navy and sequins as fun little pops on my page.

when i began this layout, i started with a few punched stars here and there.  then i got a little carried away and ended up covering my entire background with stars.  i love how soft the vellum looks against a white background.  noticeable, but not too heavy on the eyes...

so here is my layout...




as always, thanks so much for stopping by!  hope you are having a great day!

xoxo


gossamer blue: project life week 33


i seriously can't believe we are already over 30 weeks into this year.  and that it's september.  and that summer is over.  where did the year go?  

every day i am more and more thankful for project life.  i love that i have all of these memories documented.  my sister-in-law was in town this past weekend and sat and looked through all of my albums.  i love when someone "gets it", you know.  and she does.  and i think i suckered her into doing it too!!  :)

today, i'm sharing my week 33 of project life using the beautiful september life pages kit from gossamer blue.  this is simply amazing.  the colors are just so pretty. 

take a look....


more of our "everyday moments"....bathtub time, drawing, playgrounds, ice cream.  you know....life.


here is a better look at each side, as well as a few detail shots! 









awesome, huh?  hop on over to the gossamer blue gallery and check out all of the other amazing inspiration!!  

happy tuesday!
xoxo


write.click.scrapbook: september gallery


can you believe september is in one day?  one day???  seriously? where did the summer go??

and since it's "almost" the beginning of the month, it's time for a new gallery over at write.click.scrapbook.

this month's theme was "palette-able" and we were to choose our own palette of colors and create a layout using those colors.  i bet you are floored that i picked pink, right?

here is my layout for this month, as well as my color palette (my favorite colors!!).



be sure to visit the gallery at w.c.s. for more awesome inspiration!!

happy saturday everyone!  hope you are having a great weekend!
xoxo

currently: august edition

august is wrapping up and i'm quite torn.
i love the relaxing part of summer, but i also crave schedule and structure.  i think my "everyday" right now is all about trying to get that structure back into swing.


lots of planning and simplifying going on right now.  i like it when things are simple.  i have a new filofax on it's way to me so i'm hoping that helps with the planning part.  as for simplifying, i am trying to go through each part of "my" day to figure out where i can make things easier.  (usually that involves more planning, right?).

i'm calling it "project simplify"!
trying to simplify...
our weekly meals
our daily schedule
our "stuff"

it's a work in progress....and honestly...it probably always will be.  i'm ok with that.


lots of cleaning and organizing. (goes along with simplifying).  i painted these jar tops this past weekend to spruce up my craft room.  it was feeling a little too "sterile" for me.  i'm loving the colors in the room now.  just need to add a few more touches and i'm calling it done. 


lots of preschool prep going on too.  haircuts, doctor's appointments, shopping for lunch boxes.  it's a busy time, but i know that the "schedule" part of my life will be back soon.

is your summer wrapping up?  are you wanting to simplify anything?  simple is always better, right?

happy friday!
xoxo


glitz design blog hop: dapper dan collection


happy thursday and welcome to this month's edition of the glitz design blog hop!!  it's all about the fabulous dapper dan collection today!  i hope you have enjoyed all of the lovely projects along the blog hop today!!  you are probably stopping by from noel's amazing blog.  so glad you are here!!

i'm sharing a few of the layouts i created for CHA using this awesome collection!  i love the colors and patterns of these papers!

let's have a look, shall we??

"i'm with awesome"
i was immediately drawn to the triangles on a few of the papers, as well as a few of the triangle accent stickers.  i added a few, cut a few more out, and kept adding them until i had the majority of my page covered.  then i added a few more accent and title stickers, as well as two of the large rhinestones!!  such a fun page!


"hey good lookin'"
that's my sweet husband right there!!
this collection was perfect for this photo!
i started my background by painting a thin layer of gesso to act as a frame.  then i hot glued a small sized clipboard to the page and "clipped" on my layers.  i love the look of the clipboard on the woodgrain paper!


"just stay cool"
for this layout, i wanted to use this photo strip of my son and decided to keep everything mostly vertical on the page.  i layered several of the dapper dan papers underneath my photo, as well as a few stickers and a large rhinestone.  to maintain balance on my layout, i added a vertical strip of the chevron paper down the right side and then used the "hello" roller over the top of the paper for some interest.

and that's it from me today!!
your next stop on the blog hop is the glitz design blog!!  

Glitz Design Blog – http://glitzitnow.com/blog/

glitz is giving away one prize pack to a lucky winner so be sure to leave comments along with the way to be entered to win!  the more comments you leave, the greater the chance you have of winning!!  good luck!!






beach mini album: a collection of treasures


i know i say this about every single project, but i love this mini album.  i love all mini albums, really, but this one is pretty special to me.  

we just got back from a week at the beach on sunday.  i knew i wanted to create a small mini album prior to going, but i didn't want to try to keep up with it while i was away.  my week at the beach was all about relaxing, enjoying my family and just "being".  i debated taking some simple supplies, but then opted to throw in a book and my journal instead.  best.idea.ever.

before leaving for the trip, i created a few "pockets" using some trimmed page protectors and the beautiful frames from the new dear lizzy polka dot party collection.  the frames were included in the studio calico marks & co. kit and i used a few on another project last week, but i had a lot left over.  when i got home, all i had to do was print out my photos, add some goodies from our trip and call it done.

here's a look at my finished album...


i used a piece of transparency for the cover and added the amy tan aqua alpha as my title.  i wanted to stick with the "transparent" feel of the album and loved the look of the umbrella peeking through the title.  (and if you look closely....my kiddos and husband are those tiny little dots on the left hand side.)


i kept the album relatively simple.  pictures and memorabilia. 
both of my kids are notorious for "collecting things at the beach" and that was my whole thought process by including the transparent pockets.  i wanted to include all of those "little things" they found.



i love how you can still see the pictures around the shells.  it's kind of like being back at the beach....




i also included a few smaller photos (2.5 square) in a few of the framed pockets.  again...i loved the transparency feel of the book and wanted to continue it throughout.








the only journaling in this book is on the tag in the pocket.  it was easier for me to get everything down on one card rather than including it with each picture in the album.  plus...the pocket from the studio calico marks & co. kit is pretty rad.



and that's it.  
memories recorded.
the perfect album....to me, at least!!

thanks so much for stopping by today!!  i hope this little album will inspire you to keep some of those "random little treasures" from your vacation or even everyday life.

happy tuesday!!

xoxo




glitz design: back to school...

 hello friday!  where did you come from? '
does it seem like summer is passing us by or is that just me??

preschool is on our mind here and that's perfect for glitz design this week!
it's all about "back to school" at glitz and there is nothing more that i love than my children's artwork.  my daughter is an avid drawer and she either paints or draws me awesome pictures each week.  it's usually a picture of mermaids or a family of mermaids, which is her favorite right now!!!

so...in honor of "back to school" week at glitz, i decided to document a few of her favorite drawings!!  
here is a look at my layout using the newly released finnley collection from glitz!!!




just a few more days....




in paradise.
with no schedule,
and lots of reading.
with early afternoon cocktails,
and yummy steamed seafood.
with family sleepovers,
and early morning snuggles.

hope you are enjoying your week as much as we are enjoying ours.
xoxo

craft dash with pretty pink posh: a 9 minute layout



this week gossamer blue is teaming up with pretty pink posh for their weekly "craft dash".  a craft dash is where you create a project using a particular color scheme in 10 minutes.  10 minutes people.  did you hear that???

now i don't think i'm a super fast scrapper, although i've been known to crank out a few projects with deadlines looming, but 10 minutes?  wow!

i did it though.  in exactly 9 minutes and 41 seconds.  here is my layout.  


i started by lightly misting my layout and trimming out papers from the gossamer blue august kits that coordinated with this week's color scheme.  then i layered on my photo and a few stickers and typed up my journaling.  10 minutes goes by reeeeeeallllllllly fast when you aren't used to paying attention to a clock!!  it was fun, though!  i always like a good challenge!!

here is a better look at my journaling...


hope you can play along with this fun challenge!!  stop by pretty pink posh for more details of how to participate!  gossamer blue is giving away an august bits & pieces kit to one lucky winner!!  





my lovely new blog....

hello and happy monday!!

welcome, welcome to my brand new blog!  my sweet sweet friend magda mizera designed it for me and did such an amazing job, didn't she??  i am just in love!!  i hope this format is a little easier for navigating around!  and if not, well....then, at least it sure does look pretty!!  :)



i cannot even begin to tell you how sweet magda is!  and talented!!  stop by her amazing blog and leave her some love for me, okay??  and if anyone is in the need of a blog update i couldn't recommend her more!!

xoxo magda!  you know i love you!!