Project Life | week 16

I am so happy with myself and how I am sticking with

Project Life this year. I have never made it this far in the past

5 years. I am enjoying it so much and it is my me time.

I think what is helping make it more fun this year

is all the fun goodies I have been buying and hoarding.

I love mixing up kits and adding fun little doodads here

and there and making it my own.

I think the traditional way of just using one kit and

just sliding in the pics was to boring for me.

I can't do simple lol.

 

So I am on week 16 right now!

Not totally up to date but I am ok with that.

The only down side to working on catching up is

my journaling is very minimal. I have a hard to

remembering all the details and such.

I make up for that by adding lots of pictures.

 

I need to also work on my photo taking skills for my layouts.

You would think for non moving subjects it would be easy.

 

This week was a pretty normal day to day week for us.

We have been having amazing spring weather full of sunshine.

Just the way I like it.

Totally makes up for the gray dreary winter months.

 

Monday there was no school again for a teacher work day.

I had promised Michelle I would take her and a friend to the mall.

I also had my nephews. Jordan decided to stay with Gramma.

The kids and I entertained ourselves at the play area, had some lunch,

just let them go to walk the mall (it was a quiet day) and then

they each got a quarter to get some candy. That was probably the best part.

 

The rest of the week was homework, baseball practice, another nephew of mine

had his birthday so we took him for the traditional ice cream sundae, Jordan

mowed the lawn, and a cute pic of Jordan before school.

 

 

The weekend was super nice.

Friday night Jordan and I went to mother/son dodgeball at his

school.  I am on the Parent Volunteer Team so I helped put on the event.

It is a yearly one that is super fun!

This year we added in a BBQ that was a huge hit!

Josh came too to help cook hotdogs and hamburgers.

 

Saturday Josh played in a two day softball tournament.

We chilled around the house. Jordan really wanted to mow

someone's lawn but we couldn't find any takers.

Sunday Jordan got to go with Josh so that left us girls at home.

Michelle and I invited my mom to walk to NY Pizza with us

for lunch. Afterwards we enjoyed some music and sun bathing in the yard!

 

 

That is week 16!

If want to check out more Project Life layouts by me

or other amazing ladies check out my weekly Project Life Link Up.

It is open all month long and you can link up as many posts as you like!

 



Monday Project Life Link up | May

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

If you would like to follow along with me 

during the week you can on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

facebook- Day to Day Designs

and 

instagam- daytodaydesigns

 

 

 

 

Along with the great products I have received for she glossy

I have also started getting kits from Studio Calico.

This week I combined products from both these sites.

 

I am currently on week 15.

For us that was Spring Break.

We had no big plans but hanging around the house

and enjoying the great weather.

I was in the middle of battling chronic headaches and

still figuring out my new "normal"

Getting out for me always ended in a really bad

headache that landed me back in bed.

Sometimes I just didn't care and knew I had to

enjoy the sun and get the kids out.

I am forever grateful to the amazing grandparents

my kiddos have who love spending time with them too.

 

My husband was also wonderful and helped out a ton when he got home from work
with dinner or taking my son for a bike ride to get ice cream.
Jordan also spring training for baseball put on by our high schools boys
baseball team. I was also in the middle of participating in #myselfiescrapbook
so I included a pic of me in the layout too. I don't get in much since I am always
taking the pics of everyone. My daughter took that one for me.

 

My sisters and I took all the kiddos to the river for a picnic lunch and play.

At the end of the week my mom took Michelle for manicures and lunch.

Josh's parents took Jordan for the weekend.

He got to stay for the first time on his own.

They said he was a totally different without his sister there.

When he is with you one on one he is so laid back and loves

having lazy time to just snuggle up with you. He had a great time

with his grampa watching movies, taking their dog Lou for walks

and going to the driving range.

 

Be sure to check out she glossy site for

great products like used above

 

Materials used:

Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Paper

Pink Paislee Bella Rouge die cuts

Simple Stories I AM... cardstock stickers

Pebbles stickers

Anything Goes Element Stickers

Little Notes Paper

 Dear Lizzy Serendipity Cotton candy paper

 

Also used some products from Studio Calico

 

Just a reminder the link up is open all month long!

Come back as much as you want to link up!



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Monday Project Life Link up | May

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

If you would like to follow along with me 

during the week you can on both my

facebook- Day to Day Designs

and 

instagam- daytodaydesigns

 

This week I worked on my second layout using products from she glossy!

It has been a lot of fun so far being on the design team!

I love using different pieces to put together some of my own

cards so I didn't a little of that again this week.

 

 

I am still in catch up mode on 2015.

This week I worked on week 14.

It was a pretty busy week.

My nephew's birthday, Jordan had a spring concert

at school, baseball season is in full swing,

and the weather is really been amazing.

 

 

For my week 14 card I loved using the stickers from Anything Goes stickers.

Are tradition in our family is the birthday kid gets a sundae at Edaleen Dairy.

This is the best ice cream and they have a store just minutes from our house.

They have 75 cent kid cones so we are there a lot lol.

 

 

Also included in my products this week were these

arrows stickers by Mambi sticks. I absolutely love them and

may have used almost all of them.

 

 

 



Be sure to check out she glossy!

 

Materials used:

Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Paper

Pink Paislee Bella Rouge die cuts

Simple Stories I AM... cardstock stickers

Pebbles stickers

Anything Goes Element Stickers

Little Notes Paper

 Dear Lizzy Serendipity Cotton candy paper

 

Just a reminder the link up is open all month long!

Come back as much as you want to link up!

 

 



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Project Life layout | she glossy design team

Today I am sharing my first layout using the she glossy product I received.

As I mentioned on Monday in my Project Life Monday Linkup post I am one of the she glossy Scrapbook Design Team Members. Going through the product to mix and match what I wanted to use

was a lot of fun. I think this layout of Easter Weekend came out great!

What works best for our family so the holidays aren't t crazy is we switch off every

other holiday! This year we spent Easter Sunday with my husbands family.

I didn't want to miss out on our yearly Easter egg hunt with all the cousins

from my side so we did a little picnic and Easter egg hunt on Saturday!

Made for a fun weekend.

 

 

I love bringing items from different sets together and putting my own touch on cards.

I did just that with all the cards I used except one. With the products I received I

so many fun word stickers to chose from. I really love adding words to help

tell the story on my layouts.

 

 

 

How cute are my two nephews?!

Love them to pieces.

 

 

This may be my favorite card I pieced together from the layout.

 

 

Check out she glossy!

Materials used:

Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Paper

Pink Paislee Bella Rouge die cuts

Simple Stories I AM... cardstock stickers

Pebbles stickers

Anything Goes Element Stickers

Little Notes Paper

 

Project Life Monday Link Up | Design Team Announcement

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up
 

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

If you would like to follow along with me 

during the week you can on both my

facebook- Day to Day Designs

and 

instagam- daytodaydesigns

 

This week I have some super fun news to share!

I am so excited to announce that I am a part of the
 She Glossy Design Team with seven other lovely, talented ladies.
I can't wait to share her products with and the fun layouts I create!

 

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Project Life Monday Link Up | April

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up
 

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

If you would like to follow along with me 

during the week you can on both my

facebook- Day to Day Designs

and 

instagam- daytodaydesigns

 

This past week I worked on week 13!

 

 

 



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Project Life Monday Link Up | April

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up
 

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

I also started a new facebook page {Day to Day Design}

to go along with my link up, Instagram account {daytodaydesigns}and blog.

 

Go like them and follow along with me during the week!

All righty here is my week 12!
Slow but surely I will catch up!
Still doing way better then my past 5 years!!
That there is a win!
I owe it all to my link up lol.

For this layout I used a mix of cards and embellishments.
I am finding myself always drawn to using me & my big ideas
various embellishments. Love them!

I also I got me kids involved this week.
Jordan wrote down a list of hobbies for me.
They are quite cute so be sure to read them.
Michelle wasn't home today when I put together this
layout so I left a journal card for her to fill out.
She went on a hike with two of her good friends
and I want her to write it about for me since I wasn't there.
Enjoy!

 

 

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#myselfiescrapbook | week 1

When I learned about a group of ladies I follow on instagram

were doing a challenge to document yourself throughout the month of April

through selfies I knew I wanted to join. I have been working on getting in more

pics this year and an album about "me".

It was created to help us tell our stories with prompts given each week.

 

The first week was short and all about just getting started.

Here is my first layout of selfies to document the first few days

in April. I did Wednesday through Sunday on my first layout

because the next week they gave us a list of prompts to use.

 

I am putting my pages into my 6 x 8 project life planner

album I started which is now my all about me album for the year.

 

 

 

I am linking up to the blog hop over at Jen's blog Sunlight and Air. 

 

If you would like to follow along with me

during the week you can on both my

facebook- Day to Day Designs

and

instagam- daytodaydesigns


Memories, emotions and dance through music

I recently completed a list of my all time favorite songs.

There are way to many to list. This got me to thinking

about music and the impact it has on my life. Which

lead me to journaling to add to my list.

Here is what I write in the journaling.

 

I have always loved music.

Both listening and singing along.

Music for me holds memories and feelings.

It is a way for to express myself when the words aren't there.

 

I would love it if my life could be an endless Glee show.

I could have a group of spirited singers with me all day

that would burst out into song through out the day.

We would sing together with passion through the days

struggles and joys. 

 

When the kids are at school and it is a day I will be home I like

to grab my phone, plug in headphones and listen to Pandora.

I have three different stations for different moods.

I have A Thousand Years Radio for my more quieter times or

just need some easy listening. Glee Radio for when I am moving

about doing laundry or cleaning. The third one is Pop and hip hop

workout for when I go running or need to break out some dance moves.

If I put my headphones on I am always sure to lock the front door so

I am not caught belting out songs at the top of my lungs.

 

Music also has a way to bring up emotions.

It can bring me to tears as I go back to a time in my life

that was really hard or special.  I have two songs that always come

right to my mind that can have me in tears. The first is I Promise

You by N'SYNC.  I can not get through this song with out tears pouring

down my face. This song takes me back to when I was 18, a senior in

high school and pregnant.  I would drive to work, this song would come on

the cd I had in. With tears streaming down my face I would sing this song to

my daughter with a hand on my round belly. I knew I loved her so much already

and wanted her to know that no matter what I would be there for her.

 

The second song Just a Dream by Nelly also takes me back to me

in the car. This time I am driving down the freeway to go be with

my sister and preemie nephew in the NICU. The song came

on and I was singing along and it got towards the end to

a verse that says "If you ever loved some body puts your hands up.

Now they're gone and you're wishing you could give them everything"

This made my start bawling and I still do every time I hear it because it

takes me back to that moment and those feelings. My sister had recently

given birth to twins at 25 weeks. My little nephew Carter gave this world

his best  try but his little body just wasn't able. I felt so sad

for her and the loss of my nephew Carter. I wanted so badly for there to

be something that I could do for her to take away her hurt and loss.  To

have my nephew back in her arms to fill that empty void. But there was

nothing I could do but be with her and Cohen. So I drove on, singing

and crying on the freeway.

 

Music is something that is special to me.

It holds so many memories and has helped work through

frustrations, hard ache, helped me celebrate and express my feelings.

I will never tire of listening, remembering good times and the not so good,

singing my heart out, and getting my dance groove on.

No matter your mood, thoughts or feelings there is a song.

 

 



Project Life Monday Link Up | April

Welcome to Project Life Monday Link Up
 

This is a great way to see what others are doing with their Project Life Albums,

get some inspiration and encourage each other throughout the year.

My hope is that you visit each one of their blogs and leave them wonderful comments!

 

Be sure to check out my cohost to Project Life Monday Link up
Sarah from Color.Paint.Create.!!

 

The link will be open all month long so come back as many times

as you want through out the month to link up your Project Life posts!

 

I also started a new facebook page {Day to Day Design}

to go along with my link up, Instagram account {daytodaydesigns}and blog.

Go like it and follow along with me during the week!

I am currently on week 11
I used cards from the happy project life kit
I also used various embellishments including me & my big ideas
Absolutely love these word stickers from
I used them on the week 11 card

 

 

Now on to the link up!

Here are a few simple "rules" for the link up.
Please consider sharing this link up on Facebook, twitter, google+,

Pinterest or instagram #projectlifemondaylinkup
Link up to your post, not your main blog.
  Visit other links, leave some love, and most of all have fun!

 Feel free to grab my button on the right side to add to your post.

 Also by linking up you are giving me permission to share
your post in next week's link up or on Pinterest! 

 Can’t wait to see what you link up!

 

If you have a question please leave it here, and I'll answer it in the comments.
  You can also email me at daytodaydesignsbykd at gmail dot com. 

 

 



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Project Life: 7 steps to complete a layout in small pockets of time

As you know I have already been following behind on Project Life.
At least I know I am not alone in this.

I have been reading Jessica Turner's new book The Fringe Hours.

This book is has really hit home with me.

I am a time waster and this is all about taking your free time

whether is be a little pocket of time or a few fringe hours to do something you love.

We all have those little pockets of time through out the day.

Five minutes here and there that we would normally just grab our

phone and veg out until time for the next task or we are needed.

I decided to take my little pockets of time and use them to do things
that bring me joy and happiness. One of those things being completing

each day a small task to create my project life layout for the week.

I get overwhelmed sometimes thinking I have to sit down and complete it all at once.

Here are some steps I came up with to slowly complete my layout during the week.

Each step takes about no longer then 15 minutes which is perfect for

little pockets of time in your day or week.

Step 1: Decide on photos

Go through the weeks pics from phone and camera and pick which ones you want to use.

 Also keep in mind what pocket layout you are using. To make things easier for me I use the same layout every week design A.

 Step 2: Print up pictures

I print up pics from my phone using project life app for 3x4s and print them from my

canon selphy printer. Cut pics if needed. If you don't have a home printer then get pics ordered.

Step 3: Pick your cards

Look through cards and pick enough cards to fill in the layout. I have all my cards sorted by kit and within each kit by color. When looking for cards I can either pick a kit or if want to search by certain

colors that is easy to do too.

Step 4: Journal your week

Write up journal cards using notes from the week, Instagram, Facebook, texts and calendar.

Another way is to take a little pocket of time each day to journal a little or

through out the day if you want to remember a certain conversation, way you felt during a moment, or something your child said.

Step 5: Bring everything together and put in or on layout.
I put all my stuff on top because I know I will be photographing
it after I am done for my blog.

Step 6: Add any special touches such as embellishments, letter stickers, stamps ect.

Also this is a good time to look over writing and check for errors.
Halfway through the layout below I realized I had the wrong dates.
I included a close up pic on how I fixed it.

Step 7: Photograph for blog and put in album

 Now on to the link up!

Here are a few simple "rules" for the link up.
Please consider sharing this link up on Facebook, twitter, google+,

Pinterest or instagram #projectlifemondaylinkup
Link up to your post, not your main blog.
  Visit other links, leave some love, and most of all have fun!

 Feel free to grab my button on the right side to add to your post.
Also by linking up you are giving me permission to share
your post in next week's link up or on Pinterest! 
Can’t wait to see what you link up!

If you have a question please leave it here, and I'll answer it in the comments.
  You can also email me at daytodaydesignsbykd at gmail dot com. 

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