Monday, July 23, 2012

PROJECT LIFE- 3 WEEKS CAUGHT UP

Hello and HAPPY PROJECT LIFE!!  I'm finally caught up and soooo happy about it. I decided to make the whole spread about camping even though it was barely one day, when uploading them it turns out I took 123 pictures. I almost did collages but decided to just squeeze in all my favorites. I can't forget that July 4th was that week so I did make a little collage about that day.  The journaling will go in later on a typed up 81/2 x 11 paper telling about our adventure and the HOT DAY IT WAS!! Now for some close ups...
I love the picture of Summer with Lucky looking out the window, so CUTE!! That's Lucky in the bottom left corner photo eating his first ice cream at the campgrounds. It even had a dog treat on top but he ate all the ice cream first. I also made the little Happy 4th card.
I love the mix on this side, some of the kids and others for me. The top left one is the girls sitting by the outlet with an extension cord so their cells could charge while they talked to friends. I tried talking them into leaving cells at home but they are glued to them. I picked my fave ones of each of them for the middle row and then the fireworks we saw. The bottom 2 are my fave nature ones. LOVE LOVE THESE, the sun shining thru the trees is something I don't have in my backyard. The reflection of the trees/lights were so pretty that night while Sam and I walked around. Good times!
Here is the next week which has pictures from last week ( kinda cheating but it works, right) then collages to show more about the week. I like that this week has a good mix of things that happened.
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I love this side, the park pictures came out so cute and was so fun with them! The one of Renee is beautiful to me, she's getting so big. Little Colt loves the merry-go-round. In the upper right hand photo I did a collage about my 12 pictures on the 12th, happy that I did this and hope to again next month. Look at that sunflower photo I got, so happy it turned out just the way I wanted, a little bit of trees, sky, clouds in the background. Rich is so proud of these this summer, coming out awesome!!
This is last weeks from our mini vacation. I decided to do make the whole spread about it just like the camping trip above. I am really liking this idea and plan on doing it again when needed. It was hard to pick my favorites so I did a nice mix of collages and singles I think, came out just right for me. I will prob. journal later and include it in a page protector, too much to tell on these journal cards. To read more about our trip just scroll down to the previous post. I don't have close up's on this week so just click on the image to see better. Saying it again, feels good to be caught up!!

I want to include in here a prayer for the families in Colorado, so sad for these families. This isn't close to home but still impacted me the same as Chardon's tragedy did. My heart goes out to them and is reminding me to enjoy each moment with my family. This is the main reason I don't watch the news or read the paper so I usually find out about it later on or thru someone else, breaks my heart.

I've missed reading blogs and am going to blog hop a little tonight, hope to get a chance to say hello and check out what's new with you. This downtime has been wonderful and I'm getting lots done and enjoying time with the kids and just sitting relaxing with a book. I also went back from the beginning in my PL and loved reading back over it again, some things I had already forgotten about. Just makes me more happier that Project Life is in our lives!! Take care and HUGS to all of you!!





18 comments:

  1. Hoooray for being caught up.. way to go... U hv been busy busy doing these, and they all turned out great! I am with u. I love doing PL it's such a fun way to document your days.. for sure.. I know for sure in later years, I will enjoy these layouts so much.. and so will my children long after I am gone. Love your pages gf! xo so happy u are back! xo

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    1. Hi Bonita, thanks for visiting and loving PL just as much as I do!! Can't wait till our grandchildren see our amazing albums and maybe they will even keep the legacy going for us.

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  2. Hey Dear Friend, good to have you back in blogland, missed you. Loved looking and reading your PL pages, I love reading about all the things you get up to.
    Sadly I didn't win the competition so its back to buying lotto tickets LOL.
    I hope to email you tomorrow... all going well.
    love me :-)

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    1. Hi Tracey,
      So sorry to hear you didn't win, let's hope we hit the lotto SOON!! I've missed you too, glad all is well with you!

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  3. Wow! you are so busy with the kids yet you managed to finish PL. All the photos have come out great, each with a story of its own. the sunflower looks awesome.
    I'm on my 3rd week with PL. Nothing great is going on here this month so no spl photos as such.
    Have a great week dear friend

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    1. Hi Susan, thanks for visiting! I have been busy and finally made sure to catch up, 3 weeks is a long time. So glad you like the sunflower, my hubby will be pleased. HOORAY for your PL, keep it up dear friend, no matter how small the week it's still a memory. Take care!

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  4. Hi Dawn! I love, love, love how you made the mini photo collages in a 4x6 slot. I wish I knew how to do that. I always have so many pictures each week--it's hard to pick and choose. I also love the sunflower picture--the colors are gorgeous!

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    1. Hi Vicki,
      Thanks so much for the nice comment. I've come to LOVE LOVE these little collages this year. I do this online at Walgreen, very easy step by steps to order them. Some weeks have too many good photos to choose from so I am heavy on the collages this year to make the decision easier. So glad you like the sunflower, my hubby is proud of them.

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  5. Looks like we were gone for about the same time. It felt so good for me to catch up as well. I like the photo heavy pages!! I think they help break up the album a little better. Hope you have a great week too!

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    1. Hello and thanks for visiting. We were gone about the same time and we both caught up, WAY TO GO!! I'm LOVING all the pictures right now, my kids are all tan and bigger, just want to remember this stage. Hope we both are ready for next Tuesday!

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  6. Well, this is just wonderful! I am so interested in Project Life and LOVE what you have created! Thank you too for your visit and comment and YES I would LOVE to have you play along next year with The Summer of Color! Kristin xoxo

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    1. Hi Kristin,
      So glad you stopped by, thanks for visiting. I LOVE my project life, totally happiness with it. I do hope to play along next year, such a fun idea.

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    2. Hi Dawn, I am loving your PL you should be so proud of what you are doing. Love the storey of Lucky made me smile and I can relate to the bee stings, I once got bitten three times within ten minutes sure did swell up that day.
      And welcome home looks like you had a fun break.
      Xxx

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    3. Hi Linda,
      Thanks for visiting and your nice comment. I am proud of PL and so should you! AWWW glad I made you smile, Lucky is an awesome dog. WOW, I got stung like that also, CRAZY AND PAINFUL!! Good to be back.

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  7. I am also praying for the people of Colorado. What senseless killing. I am back from my blog break...but will not even attempt to catch up on two months blog reading.

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    1. Hi Lynette,
      So glad your back from your break, missed you and your blog! Thank you for your prayers, they need them!!

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  8. Thanks so much for your post...I needed some PL positive thoughts! That feeling of being caught up is a great one...wish I felt it more often :)
    I don't read the papers or watch the news either...I find it so depressing, and hate having to explain all the bad stuff in the world to my kids. The incident in Colorado was horrendous...so senseless, and heartbreaking :(

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  9. Thanks so much for visiting, glad I keep you going on PL, the end result really is worth it. Hang in there and keep it simple!!

    I'm still in shock over what happened, so sad for all of them. I hate telling the kids also.
    Enjoy your week.

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