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Simple 365 Project - Week 24

My new Simple 365 page looks very similar to my last page.  Is it because:

A)  Since each kid graduated, I had to keep the layouts the same.

B)  I'm woefully behind and just wanted to get a page done.

C)  I do the layouts too late at night and can't think after 11:00 p.m. anymore.

D)  All of the above.

 
While you guess at the answer, I'll let you in on a little secret.  I goofed up the colors for the simple 365 layouts and used Trevor's colors for Braden's graduation and vice versa. 

I did get it right when it counted:  balloons, decorations and gifts.

Do I go back and change the colors on these two layouts?  Or do I, yet again, let it be and announce for the umpteenth that I'm not perfect dang it!  I think I'll just leave it and be greatful that this is one of the (few) things I'm not OCD about.

Digital paper from Two Peas in a Bucket (but I can't remember who).  Flowers from Michelle Underwood for Two Peas. 

Time for a piece of cheese and off to bed.  Thanks for looking!

Simple 365 Project - Week 23

After this layout, I only have four more to do before I am current again.  (Insert vuvuzela horns here).  This week's them was inspired by Trevor's school colors.

I only used a single digi element which was a green sheet of digi paper by Shimelle for Two Peas in a Bucket (did I spell her name right?).  Oh yeah, the "gem" is by Betsy Tuma.  Other than that, it's a fairly simple layout (this is a "simple" 365 project after all).  I'm letting the words and pictures do the talking. 

I'd bang out some more digi pages, but I have to work on a traditional album of Trevor's school years and have it done it two weeks when he starts high school.  His speech therapist thought it would be a good idea in order for him to see how much he's done already.  That way he won't feel so overwhelmed as he starts high school.  I'll spend the weekend doing that.

P.S.  Go Spain in the World Cup final!

Simple 365 Project - Week 22

Chugga chugga, chugga chugga, chugga chugga, woo woo....

That's the sound of the little scrapper who could.  I've made three Simple 365 project layouts in the last week.  I'm not caught up yet, but I'm making a dent baby!

It's a simple layout using Betsy Toma from Two Peas paper.  I found this week that I didn't have any good people pictures from the week.  Hmmm....  I do have a cute picture of Braden, but it's seven years old.  Yikes!  And I asked Trevor to take pictures of KIDS in his class.  I got pictures of table top objects instead.  Oh boo boos....

I went to a crop at Cool Scrapbook Stuff last Friday with my friend Keri.  We got a lot done and had a great time.  So great that we're going to do it again after her camping and Texas trips. At the crop I finished my NASA mini album.  Unfortunately it has been so cold and cloudy that I can't take a descent picture of it.  Eight miles East of us they're rotten with sun and sky.  I am so not used to this in July, but it's refreshing and I'll take it!  I think I'll make soup for lunch tomorrow to warm up, ciao!

Simple 365 Project - Week 21

Something different for week 21.

I worked in various shades of red and white to match Trevor's confirmation colors.  I also used digital elements by Brandy Buffington for Two Peas.  I also used a Sunday picture on Saturday because it was just too funny to leave out.  So no, I don't have May 22, 2010 documented at all. 

(insert defiant stance with hands on hips here)

I am not diggin' the round journaling thingies I designed myself.  You can't get in as much text as you can with a square one.  I do like the shape though.  (Kind of like wearing painful shoes beacause they're so pretty.)

In the meantime I'll keep pluggin' away to get caught up with this $%#&*^! project yet!

Simple 365 Project - Week 20

You know, this project would be easier if I just completed the layouts weekly.  I designed that way.  It works best that way.  And yet, here I am seven six weeks behind.

Nothing new in my digital gallery lately.  Still Two Peas and Bestsy Tuma/Michelle Underwood.  They are still very good elements though.  Another plus is that I'm still taking butt-loads of pictures.  I also downloaded some new fonts to add to the ones I have.

I've had to give up a lot of things I like (volunteering for scrapping events/blogs/charities for starters) for things that are COMPLETLY out of my control.  I have to follow through on this project because it concerns my family.  So if I have to give up a little bit of housework/food/sleep to catch up, well so be it.  Just as long as I catch up before the Season Premier of Mad Men because I am not missing that.

Hellow Don Draper!  And a shout out to hottie Joan too!

 
 
 

Simple 365 Project - Week 19

After a brief delay, I am once again current and up with my Week 19 layout.  Whoop, Whoop!

 
It was Mother's Day week and without thinking about it, I reflected it in my photos.  It was all about young, cute and fury.  I didn't even notice the theme until I put the layout together.  One of my mom's quilts made it in this week, so whoever sent me the subliminal messages about Mother's Day, it worked.

If someone would like to send me subliminal messages on how to win the Lottery that would GREATLY appreciated too.

You know the drill for the source of my digital elements:  Betsy Tuma, Michelle Underwood & Two Peas in a Bucket.

Now if I could just catch up on my sleep Week in the Life project before I go back to work on Friday....

Simple 365 Project - Week 18

I'm a week behind, but better late than never.  Presenting....Week 18

The title gave me the hardest time.  I just wasn't feeling it.  You know how it is when you're fiddling around with a layout and you just can't get the way you want it?  Well I fiddled so much with the title, you'd think I was Charlie Daniels.  (Yes, the usual trifecta of Michelle Underwood/Betsy Tooma and Two Peas in a Bucket).

Now that I have posted the layout it dawns on me: "shrink the buttons' size and round the corners of the red paper, stupid".  Actually, I used much more "colorful" language, but I'll tone it down since my kids might read this.  They also might clean their room by themselves too.  Ha!

Actually, it's kind of hard to look at the food.  Randy and I went to Black Angus for dinner and I'm still stuffed silly.  He didn't go to bed tonight.  He just "beached" himself onto the matress.  Must work out ASAP to make room for more food work off this meal!  In the meantime I'm going to go "beach" myself onto the couch.

Simple 365 Project - Week 17

I went back to abundant journaling for week 17 of my project.

Considering I worked six days that week, worked on Week in the Life and was sore as all get out, I'm glad I got it done.  As usual, hitting Besty Tuma for Two Peas digi kits.  Used faux canvas letters on a faux canvas "badge."  It had been a while since I used light letters on a dark background.

Keeping the post short and sweet today as I have hundreds of photos to go through for the Week in the Life project.  Plus I had some strange bump removed from my right thumb on Monday, which hurts and makes it hard to type.  I'm going to go put my thumb up to take it easy before it goes back to work on Friday.  "Take it easy" means spending the next three days doing chores, errands, service the car, homework duty, bills, and maybe some sleep here and there.

Simple 365 Project - Week 16

My layout for this week looks slightly different from the Simple 365 Sketch I normally use.

The elements of course are Betsy Tuma, Michelle Underwood et al from Two Peas.  But I tried something different this week by letting the embellies have a bigger role on the page.  The page looks more dimensional from the various elements, but there's one problem:  Where's the journaling?

I had to sacrafice a lot of journaling in order to get the embellies in.  I am not diggin' that.  So many details will be forgotten because they didn't get documented.  Fortunately I will get documentation galore this week as I'm doing the Week in the Life Project.  I will still do a page for the Simple 365 project while trying not to make it redundant.  I shouldn't worry about over documenting as I'm not like someone who has eight kids and documents their lives with cameramen from TLC and ABC, but without their kids.  Yikes!

Simple 365 Project - Week 15

Doing the math this week I figured out that I have documented 101 pictures so far this year on this project alone.

Wow.

Can you imagine taking on a project like this with film in your camera instead of a memory card???? 

Oh hell no. 

And those 101 pictures are the ones that were documented, so we're probably looking a closer to 1,000 pictures taken!

Again, wow.

Here's the week 15 (week 15, really?) layout.

I couldn't find a journaling tag that I liked for this page, so I made one to look like it was made out of grocery bag paper.  I also altered the Betsy Tuma charms to make them look like big ol' brads.  The rest of the page was designed with a sheet from Betsy's Spring Thing kit, and everything else from Michelle Underwood.

All of this picture taking and documenting is making me really, really, really want to do Ali Edwards Week in the Life project.  If you want to do it with her, it starts Monday, April 19th.   I figure it must be easier than the 36 page December Daily I did (during the holidays, with the Swine Flu no less!)  Hopefully it's easier also than documenting every day of your life for a whole year.

Maybe I should just have eight kids in two tries and let some film crew do the documenting for me?  (Ouch!)

Nah.