Just Jen

Project Life rocks!

I'm still very into this project, which is amazing considering it's week 5 already!  There is so much buzz and inspiration around this concept that I am optimisitic it will be a hit.

And I have a new way to look at it.  This isn't a 'throw it together' project for me this time - doesn't this deserve as much attention as an artistic page?  So the time spent doesn't leave me frazzled... and I am very SLOW, so I needed a justification. 

So anyways, here's Weeks 2-5.  Closeups & single sides are in the side galleries.

Life documented. Truly.

Thanks for visiting.

Hope we have an exciting superbowl game today... and  I have cupcakes!

And if you live in Denver area you have to check out Torilyns Cupcakes - super yummy, not too sugary, they deliver and they are preservative free!

(How was that for a commercial? The superbowl ones will be better, just getting you ready - hee hee)

Not very artisitic, but super fun!

So I saved all of our movie stubs from 2011 evisioning a page for them...but never realy imaginied how many that would be! This is one packed page with little artidtiv design... but man, does it show the fun or what?

Just had to share. 

Thanks for looking.

 

12 year old pain.

How can a 12 year old birthday hurt?  When you have to get on your tip toes to hug said 12 year old. (sigh)

I hope you had a wonderful birthday, my sweet boy. I can't believe we are now counting down to a household with one teenager now.

xoxo

BPC 12 Days of Christmas

So I think I am "sticking a fork in" my project for Big Picture Classes' 12 Days of Christmas class.  It was only 10 days of Christmas for me (I only did 10 of the 12 projects), but I'm good with that.

Very fun class format where you collect pictures and supplies for 12 days and then get a design prompt from a new designer every day to put them all together for the last 12 days. It doesn't always work, but I am amazed at how fast some of these came together. (Limited supplies, figures!) I hope BPC does this one again.

             

Feels so accomplished to see it all together! Details on many in the side gallery if you are more curious... ;-)

Thanks for looking.

Project Life begins!

I spent WAY too much time on this yesterday, but am hoping I laid some foundation plans that will keep this moving along in future weeks a little speedier... and (gasp) thinking I might scrap fewer pages as a result this year. But I think this project can really justify that. This is a lot of work and a lot of life documented.

So enough words, here's is my Week one.

I added a 6x12 clear confettit page (thank you Lisa Truesdale for the inspiration) to celebrate Ben's birthday this week. It looks really col laid over the other pages, but you'll have to trust me on that, because it was impossible to photograph. Decided I will add these for all birthdays in the fam this year (it's a milestone year for a couple of us, I'm afraid - boo)

Anyways, I really love how it turned out, now just making plans to keep it up.

Happy New Year everyone - now let's get to work!

Happy New Year

This years resolution for me is to find balance.

Balance between the things I need to do, and the things I was meant to do.

Which means I need to do this:

New Year - New Possibilities

Happy 2012 Everyone.    

Merry Christmas!

I'm up and scrapping today thanks to the BPC 12 Days of Christmas Class... and with it being our Christmas Card, it felt like the perfect sentiment today. (details on the page and a closeup in the side gallery)

I wish you all a delightful holiday. ho ho ho

Merry Christmas

Got a break...

And that's just what I did this past week.  Thank you Jamaica. Thank you rum. I'll be back soon...

True. True.