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PROJECT LIFE | Weeks Twenty and Twenty-One

Warning: Big post ahead! I'm combining two weeks after getting behind with a trip and dwindling naps. (Say it ain't so!) Here we go...(Click on images to enlarge.)

WEEK TWENTY | The highlight of this week was a solo trip with the girls to my parents' beach house. The weather was amazing and nothing beats a change of scenery when you're dealing with toddlers.

In Photoshop, I made little caption strips for some images and added date and time stamps on others. I also used Take Note Cubicle paper from Studio Calico. Really love these designs.

I pulled the image of The Fresh Beat Band from the web. M&C absolutely love the show and we just bought tickets to their concert. On the girls' birthday too! I know those songs so well, I could audition to be the fifth member of the band. Help!

My sister brought her kids to the beach and this was really the first time M&C were mature enough to really play with their cousins. Christy and I watched them as they ran around the yard and giggled. How did we go from playing with Barbies to having this pack of our own kids? Amazing.

WEEK TWENTY-ONE | Memorial Day weekend kicked off summer and ushered in a new era at our house: Big girl beds! 

I love how every week tends to define its own color scheme. This week: Yellows and greens.

I loved this photo of the girls playing in the sprinkler so much, I just had to blow it up. It's fun to mix it up. The image of the flowers is from a magazine. Another, "why not?"

I included a 5.5 x 8.5 page protector to tell the story of Charlotte's choking scare last weekend when we had an ambulance come to the house. It was such a major parenting moment, I thought it needed to be well documented. Thank goodness it all ended well.

The image of the party garland on the grid journaling card is from a magazine as well. It was a perfect 3 inches wide! The yellow and white striped cards are actually colored index cards I found at Staples. The pack also includes blue, green, purple and pink stripes. Sweet!

This is the back side of the extra page protector. My camera shines taking photos outside, makes up for not so great indoor luck. I added a little text in Photoshop and washi tape from Freckled Fawn.

ALSO | I've said it before, but I'll say it again: The community of bloggers doing Project Life is the best. Such great feedback and sharing of ideas. I love how Shannon used my free transparent circle tags. She even added color!

P.S. I'm sharing this post on the Project Life link up at The Mom Creative.

Project Life is a simplified scrapbooking system created by Becky Higgins to help document your memories. Check out the previous posts about my album, technical tips and free downloads here.

PROJECT LIFE | Week Nineteen + Free Download

Feelin' the love!

The irony of this image is this week was not all sunshine and rainbows. It was full of challenges with our weekday sitter on vacation and some serious toddler growing pains. Nap issues, potty issues, biting sissy, terrorizing the dog and general meltdowniness. Your basic "Calgon Take Me Away" week. I did get in a little journaling on the topic, but no photographic proof!

I made the title card with the free patterns I blogged about here. I also used blue labels from Freckled Fawn.

The girls are very aware of my camera and have really gotten into "helping" to take pictures. The shots I used here cracked me up. Will definitely be getting them kiddie cameras when they're old enough.

I included a photo of myself at the hair salon and attached the receipt next to it. Maybe it will seem cheap to someone in the future, doesn't feel like that now!

I'm still struggling to fit Jim and I in the album as individuals. Our jobs, interests, etc. Poor Jim barely makes it in photos! I did manage to include a few highlights from our work weeks.

We also got out alone last weekend (woohoo!) and I took advantage of colorful Avengers art to document it.

FREE DOWNLOAD | This week's album has two cards that have "Happiness is..." text on them. I thought it would be fun to turn that idea into simple journaling cards. I made one 6x4 card and two 3x4 cards that you can print out, add to the phrase by hand and attach your own images or memorabilia.

Get the PDF file here: Download DE_HappinessIsCards

Enjoy!

P.S. I'm sharing this post on the Project Life link up at The Mom Creative.

Project Life is a simplified scrapbooking system created by Becky Higgins to help document your memories. Check out the previous posts about my album, technical tips and free downloads here.

PROJECT LIFE | Week Eighteen

Since I had a little bit of a hangover from Week In The Life, I was pleasantly surprised how many photos I had to work with this week. This was definitely a low energy week!

Love the camera paper from Amy Tangerine's latest Sketchbook line. (The black and white chevron is from the backside of the camera design.) Also from American Crafts is the yellow and white stripe paper and the date label.

The girls have yet to "pose" for photos, but I'm getting little moments from Maggie where I think she's getting the idea.

I had to include this Target receipt as a memory of those hellish outings when the kids lose it in public. Man, do I hate it! I caved and bought an emergency pacifier for Charlotte because there was stuff I had to buy and couldn't just pick up and leave. Did I mention we're trying to phase them out?

Jim is tackling a major project in building a big play set for the girls in the backyard. We're talking slide, swings, climbing wall, clubhouse, sandbox...the works. It came in literally a gazillion pieces. He's our hero!

More Instagram love, adding shadows is the key to this working.

P.S. I'm sharing this post on the Project Life link up at The Mom Creative.

Project Life is a simplified scrapbooking system created by Becky Higgins to help document your memories. Check out the previous posts about my album, technical tips and free downloads here.