I need to stay home ;)

Today was a pretty busy day.
I had some errands to run, then Heather, Kristy and I went shopping.
Then I dropped them off at Ashley's house as they are sleeping over there tonight.

I had a lot of alone time on my hands as Wayne worked late tonight, he didn't get home until after 9:30.
So with so much time on my hands, whats a crafty girl to do.
I know what I should have been doing….crafting ;)
But I decided to wander through Michael's.
I took my time and went down every aisle.
I found these goodies in the clearance area :)
The 12x12 papers are some resist papers from Heidi Swapp.
I had my eye on these Recollections frames a while back, but way to pricey for my liking.
I thought that these chipboard speech bubbles looked like fun :)

They had one last package of this other set of the Heidi Swapp PL cards.
I felt pressured to pick them up, teehee.
They have a gold foil on the cards.
I am thinking I may be able to change the colours of the backgrounds with either mists or inks.

Here are all the 4x6 cards.
There are 3 cards in each design.
I personally would have preferred more designs instead of 3 of the same cards.

Here are the 3x4 cards.
Again there are 3 cards in each design.
But if I ink or spray the backgrounds, it will give the cards a different look.
The package in the top left are all the chipboard pieces.

When I did get home, I wasn't going to eat supper alone, so I waited for Wayne.
So I decided to check out the internet and watch a video or two.
Then our cute little Luna decided to snuggle on my lap and go for a nap….a long nap.
It was so cute that I didn't want to disturb her, even though I really had to go pee.
Let just say when she finally woke up, I had to move very carefully to the washroom ;)

Hope you all had a Creative Day :)

Tracy :)

Last pages for January in my Project 365.

Here are my last pages for January in my Project 365 album.
Funny thing is..it is also the last pages I have done in this album…a bit behind I would say, lol.

As you know I am documenting the little things in my family's life.
I take a photo every day, I just need to actually put them in the book ;)
Me and my family enjoy looking through my past books and relive our ordinary days as well as the exciting ones :)

Having 4 women (well 3 now that Ashley has her own place) living in this house, having plenty of TP is a comforting feeling, teehee.
A mishap with our leaking water heater.
A few cute photos of Ashley's kitty Sebastian.

A few creative projects for the month.
Wayne finally having his Black and Tan as he missed it on New Years as we were both too ill to have our yearly party.
Getting the dining table ready to be taken apart as we were getting our new one :)

Because I want to keep my pages flat, I added plenty of washi tape, stamps and only one brad.
Hoping to do February soon ;)

I hope you all had a very creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

Project 365... I love to journal

Another day spent preparing for my 13 hour crop that I am hosting this Saturday :)

I haven't shared these pages from my Project 365 that I have been doing this year.
These pages are still from January.
I haven't worked on this since my Crop for Autism.

As you can see I love to journal.
I like to add as much as I can about what happened that day, or the story about the photo.
I just wish I could write a lot more, but there isn't enough room.

There really isn't a good way to take photos of these pages is there?
Some photos from my everyday life.
Crafting with friends, my daughters, a flat tire, happy eggs and my delicious wild rice soup ;)

More life photos :)
Heather and I at the movies, more wild rice soup, Sebastian & Ashley, Wayne's bruised arm, and a pot of cheerios.
I added some washi tape, stamps and a flair to these pages.
I like to keep my pages as flat as possible, as I only want one album a year.

I hope you all had a very creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

Project 365…The Beginning

I am doing Project 365 again this year.
You can check out my 2011 Album..click HERE.

If you are unfamiliar with Project 365 (P365), it is where I take a photo every day and then journal about the photo or about the day.
I am pretty sure it was started by photographers to help improve on their photography skills.

I have been asked which page protectors I use.
Actually I don't use any page protectors.
This is just your ordinary photo album…remember those, teehee.
I print my photos in 1/2 size which is 2x3. I can fit 2 photos per sheet.
I then adhere them to a journal block.
I use all different types of journal blocks as well as my recipe/index cards.
I then slip them in the photo pocket :)

I am a bit behind…oops.
As you can see here I am sharing my January pages.
As a matter of fact, I have only completed the month of January.
I put a photo on every day.
Don't look to closely as I had my date stamp wrong and have 2013 instead of 2014…I'll have to change that.

As you can see, I take photos of everything.
It seems odd now, but in 20+ years it will be neat to see the mundane everyday goings on in our family.
One thing I do notice is that there is a lot of food photos, lol.

The other year when I did this, I didn't do any embellishing. This year I am trying to embellish more, but still trying to keep it pretty flat, as I only want one book per year.

For the last few years Heather has looked forward to getting a Cream Egg McFlurry from McDonalds.
Every year we just miss it.
So after grocery shopping today, I took her for one.
She isn't following our healthy eating….except for the meals I serve ;)
I have to admit that I did try a bit of hers. It was good :)

Because of the holiday being on a Friday, I have asked my friends and decided to switch Friday Night Scrapbooking to Thursday.
I think we will have our turkey dinner on Friday so we can enjoy it all weekend, and I don't have to cook all weekend ;)

I hope you all had a wonderful and creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)