Project Life Week of May 29-June 4, 2011 + Charlie...

Hi there, today I have another Project Life update for you. First up though, I thought I'd share one of the little ways that I've been spending some of that *free time*. His name is Charlie and he's the newest addition to our family.
Just seven weeks old so he's a total cry baby right now. But oh so adorable. The girls have been begging for a dog since we moved to the country nearly 9 years ago. We've held off because we know the big responsibility of caring for a dog vs. the dozens of cats we've had as pets. We figured it was time since the girls are growing up so fast. After going to Walmart on a packed Saturday afternoon, I saw all the Christmas junk. All the plastic toys, all the people, all the chaos. When I got home, Eric and I talked and then told the girls that if they wanted a puppy for Christmas we would start looking. We agreed to put aside the big presents and all the little stuff we buy just to be buying gifts. We all said YES! And lo and behold, Eric's mom found an ad in the paper for lab puppies, just what we wanted. And the rest is history. We've got ourselves the perfect little gift that is sooooo much better than a bunch of junky stuff.

Project Life Week of May 29-June 4, 2011

Onto my Project Life pages. This is another catch up week from this summer. Lots of garden goodness, softball, driving with Josey and just good ol' summertime activities. If you'll notice in this 2 page spread, I tend to treat my pages as if I was doing a traditional 2 page spread. I coordinate all my colors and accents. For me, this is about the only form of scrapbooking I'm doing right now. As much as I'd love to do the single page layouts that I have created a list for, it's just not fitting into my schedule right now. So I'm thoroughly enjoying my Project Life method of scrapbooking. I get to use all my fun supplies, stamps and embellishments just as if I were doing traditional layouts. I'll share my process of how I lay out a Project Life week soon. It's on the list of blog posts.

The left page with main insert.
The right page.
Here is the main insert for this week's layout. I used an Elle's Studio 4 x 6 journaling card, Ali Edwards days of the week stamp from Technique Tuesday, button + twine, Washi tape + my Tiny Tim stapler and a sticker accent. The grid looking paper is from some Studio Calico packaging. I love that pattern and save all my packaging.
Instax mini photo with sticker, Washi tape + mini staple. Regular journaling card from the Amber PL kit + a sticker.
More journaling cards from the Amber Project Life kit. Stickers, Studio Calico chipboard butterfly, Washi tape, machine stitching and a Studio Calico sticky note. Here again, I've done a little bullet list of my week in review. Definitely going to keep doing this into 2012.
Journaling cards from the Amber kit, my own handwriting and big titles using a Big Mark-its marker. I see Ali Edwards do this a lot and I love the idea.
More embellished Amber journaling cards, flat accent with brad and a snippet of fabric from my weekend shopping trip to a new quilt shop.
That's it for today. I've got more Project Life pages to share and have lots more fun stuff in the works. I'm working on my December Daily base pages...slow but sure since this new fur ball came along. :) Have a great day everyone!