Amy Tan class (Instagram style)

Yesterday I got the chance to meet Ms. Amy Tan!

I drove up to Scrapbook Territory with my fellow scrapbook friends and Instagrammers, Liz and Jossie.  I have always wanted to visit this store, but I've never ventured to drive an hour and a half to do so.

If this store was closer to me, I would be in trouble!

The selection of papers and stamps and everything was AMAZING!!!  I was good and didn't buy too much, but I so wanted to be bad in that store :)

Amy's class kit had so much stuff in it to make the cutest pages.

Amy's mom is the sweetest.

Here are two of the three layouts we created in class.

I cannot believe how perfect the first layout was for the pictures of my niece Kali.  Amy's sample had "Cali" on the tag and I just changed mine to use the "K".  And her bathing suit matched the layout papers perfectly.  The ladies said Amy and I must have planned it :D  ha ha ha

The third layout was a "Project Life" type page, but I haven't added pictures to it yet.

I had a great time and met some new Instagrammers to follow--so many creative scrapbookers out there :D

(photo from Liz)

Project Crochet

I've mentioned a couple of times that I am working on an album with just my crochet projects.

For Christmas, I received a SMASH-like book from Michaels that I am using for the sole purpose to show off all my work.

As I was gathering all my projects to print, I realized how many items I created in the 3 years I've been crocheting.  I was actually amazed at myself.  Yes, there were items that were frogged, but that doesn't mean I didn't spend the time to make it in the first place.

I used Persnickety Prints to print my photos.  I wanted an Instagram feel to the pictures, but I have only posted a handful of my finished projects.  I used the template that Persnickety has available and made 6- 12x12 sheets to be printed with 16- 2x2 prints each.

I added them randomly as I found them on my computer (it also gave me the chance to organize some of my photos into the right folders).

Someday I will have to load them all onto Ravelry.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Project Life~Weeks 20-23 (January)

I have been so far behind on my Project Life.  I've been good in actually taking the pictures daily, but I haven't kept up on the journaling.

At the end of January, I had printed all my January photos, but that is where it stopped.  Last week, I thought I only had a month to print, but it turns out I had 2 months (and a week)!  I sat down and printed them out (most of them were already cropped, just not printed).

The next day, I sat down and matched the pictures to journal cards...I was finally making progress.  For the past week, I've sat and journaled a week some evenings.  Finally have January completed!  woo hoo! 

This month, I tried to stay with a theme...my "resolutions": Health, Spending less/Using supplies, and Organization.

Week 20

(the first page states my "resolutions" what I am focusing on this year)
Wednesday - 1-Focus on Health
Thursday - 2-Focus on Spending Less and Using Supplies
Friday - 3-Focus on Organizing
Saturday - Putting Ornaments away (Organizing)
Sunday - Making breakfast and lunch for the coming week (Health)
Monday - Walking the dog after work (Health)
Tuesday - Send out giveaway and refund of Epson photo (Use Supplies/Offset Spending)

Week 21

Wednesday - Gathering all my Valentine Stamps (Using Supplies)
Thursday - New Cleats for my son and the new baseball season (Health)
Friday - Studio Calico PL kit--I subscribed before the new year and my resolutions (using supplies)
Saturday - 49er playoff game--Hubby got the hook up on tickets (spending less--kinda)
Sunday - You can't go without all the time--as long as you don't eat the whole thing (health)
Monday - Being sick sucks, but eating Ramen makes it a little better (health)
Tuesday - Free wine from work (spending less)

Week 22

Wednesday - New tires on Tahoe (not spending less)
Thursday - El Pollo Loco tacos (spending less and being healthier)
Friday - Cricut and roller date stamp (Organizing)
Saturday - New Beds (not spending less)
Sunday - Boy's bedroom furniture (Organizing)
Monday - Getting rid of VHS movies (organizing)
Tuesday - Drinking water (health)

Week 23

Wednesday - Floor heater at work (health--not getting sick)
Thursday - Using Cricut markers and Craft Room (Using Supplies)
Friday - At Ikea (Organizing)
Saturday - Clean Kitchen (Organizing)
Sunday - Clean bedroom (Organizing)
Monday - Kids making Honor Roll (Healthy for their brains)
Tuesday - Husband going back to school (health)

Thanks for looking :)