project life. week 1. jan 1-7.

yay! I've completed my first week of project life! I'm loving it. I started printing out a few pictures Friday night & had been making notes on paper {& in my head} about what I wanted to include.  Saturday I worked on it here & there in short segments when I was able to escape up to my studio. Sunday was much of the same, printing off more pictures & moving stuff around. This morning I finished up just before I had to go get the girly from preschool.  I wish I could have taken photos of it this morning.  I didn't get back home until late this afternoon, so if it's sunny in the morning I may retake these, but I'm just jazzed to get these up :)  so, here's the spread... ***edited to include better & more photos*** :)

page 1

page 2

& a closeup of each page

 overview of the week: this week started the new year of course & we basically didn't do much!  Monday Collin went to stay at his friend Bailey's house {his mom sent me this pic of the boys before going off on an airsoft war}, Evan had the xbox all to himself {this is rare}. Tuesday we picked Collin up & had lunch together with our friends before heading home, Lydia packed her suitcase after we got home & was quite certain she would be spending the night at Bailey's house the next night. Wednesday was back to school after Christmas break & Lydia was soooo excited! the girl loves school :)  Thursday Lydia & I babysat my sweet great niece & the boys wanted to pose for this shot {Lydia was slightly over-tired if you can't tell}, Dan came home a little early to play ball with Evan.  The weather has been crazy warm for January in Iowa. I also received my replacement iPhone. After months of mine restarting constantly & then it completely dying on me, I was ready for one that worked.  Friday my new office file cabinets came & I love them! Saturday was the start of building Evan's invention for a project at school, Lydia went to see Tin Tin with aunt Carol.  I also included a printout of a screenshot from my blog.  One of my readers left me the sweetest comment & it totally made my day {maybe even my year}.

*next week I'll try to be better about keeping track of what I'm using on the layouts & add a supply list... :)

{robyn}

project life page planner

as I was going through some photos & thoughts of what I wanted to include in my first week of project life I started to sketch a page layout & then thought I'd put one together to share.  This is with the main layout I'm planning on using, which would be with the style A page protectors.  Hopefully this will help me {& you} out!  I've included a grid layout for each double page spread & places where you can keep a few notes as well.

to download, click on the image. It's in .pdf format & ready to print on a landscape 8.5x11" paper.

{robyn}

DHD birthday calendar bloghop

ok. I admit it... I'm so late posting this... but here's my contribution... February :)

{click on the image to download}

& here are the links to the rest of the months!

Jen

Karla

Erica

Karen

Angie

Celeste

Shannon

Sara

Gen

Tiffany

Agi

enjoy!

{robyn}

new releases 1.5

well, here we start another new year of new releases & if you haven't heard, there are lots of celebrations, sales, & giveaways over at DHD... we're celebrating being 2!!! I've been designing there since September 2010 & I can't believe how much has happened in that time! So many amazing people I've met & am proud to know.  So much inspiration & growth at the site in a short time... I'm proud to call it home to my digital designs.  Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to every one of you that have been so supportive & loving & help me continue to do what I love by using my designs... you are all truly amazing!

so, here is what I have this week: 

fun die cut elements that coordinate with the Everyday papers {plus you can use them as die cut files for your Silhouette to use in paper/hybrid scrapbooking!}

another great set of journaling cards perfect for P366 or Project Life type albums! available in .png files for digital use + .jpg & .pdf printable ready files too!

& these can work in so many ways... use them as clipping masks with your favorite papers for digital use or use them as die cut files for paper scrapbooking.

here's what I did this week with the files in digital...

new releases 30% off today as always & while you're there, check out all the other great deals around the site, fun challenges in the forums & don't forget to see what all is happening for the rest of the birthday celebrations on the blog! enjoy!

{robyn}

happy 2012 & the start of project life

hello 2012... hello project life! I've been itching to start this project & have been brainstorming ideas for my cover page over the last week.  I probably spent way too much time on it, but I think I'm happy the way it turned out... except I can't decide on placement of a few things.  I initially had it like the first, but then when I put this photo up it looked top heavy... so then I mixed them up & can't decide. I know... overthinking it, but what do you think?

I found this cool canvas M at Hobby Lobby & knew I needed it for this page.  I added the grey stitching to make it stand out a little more against that awesome My Mind's Eye Lost & found 2 paper.  I've got a thing for the Studio Calico Scraps {the blue scalloped tissue paper}, so I had to stitch on a little of that too. the 5 sticker is from Crate paper.

I cut apart the Sasparilla High Noon paper from October Afternoon to spell out our name & the initials & numbers on the cards at the far left & right.  Then I stitched them together & added the My Mind's Eye Kraft Everyday Fun banner border at the bottom of each.  The die cut number tags are from the December Studio Calico kit {Ormalu}.  again, more stitching :) I added the Kraft Happy Days & Everday Fun chipboard buttons to represent each of us too & attatched them with my new favorite tool, the Tiny Attatcher. The papers under each number is from Crate paper & the papers under the stitched letters are from October Afternoon.

yay! again, can't wait to take on this challenge.  I love seeing what everyone has done with it over this past year & my goal is to keep up, keep it simple & enjoy the process!

now... ready.set. let's make some memories :)

{robyn}