Week 24 was a continuation of our June road trip.  We spent the weekend in the Florida panhandle visiting Seaside and then on Monday (the start of Week 24), we continued our trip to Montgomery, Alabama.  We went there to visit my sister-in-law and her family and had a great week!  It was fun to spend time with our nephews and my sister-in-law took me to the Bruno Mars concert in Birmingham on Wednesday which was fantastic!  We had such a good time and it was really nice to spend time together.   This week also included Father’s Day and we were home in time to celebrate with my Dad.

Here’s Week 24.  I used several Elle’s Studio tags, printables from In A Creative Bubble and some Kelly Purkey journaling cards I got at Studio Calico.  Lots of fun summer colors to brighten up this spread!

I’m back today with 3 more weeks of my Project Life album.  These were all really fun to put together since I used so many different card sets.  I think my favorite part of this project is mixing and matching different kits to go along with my photos.

Week 21 uses cards from my Studio Calico kits along with some from the Midnight Edition Project Life core kit.  Love how well these go together!

Week 22 included my 40th birthday, lots of celebrating and the week I first started this blog.  I used a Becky Higgins mini Project Life kit since it seemed perfect with the birthday theme!

Week 23 is one of my favorite spreads.  It covers a road trip we took to Seaside, Florida and I included a Design F page protector on the right (instead of my standard Design A).  I love using more 3×4 cards and plan to use this style more often going forward.

Although it’s sometimes tough to get motivated to keep this album going, I still love this project and I especially love seeing completed pages in my album.  I’ll continue to share more pages next week so please stop by again to check them out.  Have a great weekend!  🙂

This month, I have been on a mission to catch up on my Project Life album.  I got really far behind but am happy to report that I completed 11 weeks in the month of July!  Over the next few days, I’ll share my spreads and will start today with Weeks 18 – 20.

Week 18 was filled with lots of friends and fun.  It was National Scrapbooking Day on Saturday and I was super excited to get the opportunity to hang out with the one and only Kelly Purkey at a weekend crop hosted by my local scrapbook store.  Kelly was so sweet and even made a cute card for me to include in my Project Life album this week:

Week 19 included more time with friends and family.  I also finally finished my 2013 December Daily album which was a huge accomplishment (especially since I’ve never finished one before!).  I used lots of Studio Calico and Dear Lizzy cards in this spread.

Week 20 involved a trip to Ikea to get a new table for my scrapbook room (which I absolutely LOVE!!!).  Used lots of Elle’s Studio cards here along with one card from a Studio Calico kit:

I’ll be back tomorrow with a few more spreads to share.  Once I get into a groove, I love to keep going and it’s been fun to make some big progress in my album this month.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

I’m back today with a new layout I created over the weekend.  I made this for last week’s Studio Calico Sunday Sketch Challenge and Marcy Penner’s Jumpstart 07 Challenge.  I loved all of the bits and pieces in last week’s sketch and the idea of adding fabric to my layout too (which I hardly ever do).  I had a big scrap of burlap lying around and thought it would be the perfect addition to this fall themed layout.  I cut it into a banner and also used a couple of small pieces on the bottom half of the page.  I loved these challenges because they got me to dig into my stash and use product I’ve had sitting around for a while.  I used patterned paper from the 6×6 Basic Grey Persimmon collection, stickers and flair from Kelly Purkey, wood veneer from Chic Tags, labels and Thickers from my Studio Calico Project Life kits and a couple of gold triangle sequins.  I had so much fun with these challenges and hope to participate in more in the future!

Today I’m sharing two pages I scraplifted from Lexi Bridges using Studio Calico’s Penny Arcade kits.  As soon as I saw Lexi’s sneak peek for her Pineapple Whip page, I knew I wanted to lift it.  I had pictures from my recent trip to Hawaii that were perfect for this layout and was so excited when I saw her page.  So I waited for my kits to arrive and began recreating her layout.  I painted the pineapples about a week ago and then saw that Lexi recently posted a tutorial on how she created them on her blog here if you want to check it out.  I finally finished the layout last night so I thought I’d post it here as part of my series of 40 Pages.

The second layout is also a lift of one of Lexi’s pages.  I thought it was so cool how she cut out the clouds with the Silhouette and then had the patterned cloud paper peek through the back.  Plus, it was a good opportunity to use my sewing machine again since I loved all of the stitched touches she included.  The photo here is another one from Hawaii but this one is from a previous trip back in 2011.  The stamp from this month’s Studio Calico kit (“The Sky’s The Limit”) worked perfectly with my photo and overall I’m really happy with this layout.  It’s probably the first time I’ve used so many techniques on one page!  (Die cutting, stamping, sewing, watercolors and printables.)  I think that’s definitely a record for me!

 

Thank you, Lexi, for the amazing inspiration and for motivating me to use so many techniques on my pages!  So glad to see you back at Studio Calico sharing your work each month!  🙂

Week 17 was the week after my trips to Rome and Hawaii…back to the real world again!  Not too many photos this week so I mixed a few everyday photos with shots of some fun creative attempts.  It was also the week Studio Calico launched their new home page and I was so excited to see my photo included along with many of the other SC members.

For this spread, I used cards from my Studio Calico kits as well as the Maggie Holmes project life kit.  As always, if you have any questions, please ask in the comments.  Thanks for stopping by!  🙂

I love when you visit a new place and they have cool and unique places to eat.  That’s just what we found when we visited Seaside, Florida last month.  Lots of food trucks and cute little local restaurants.  I used to be afraid to eat at food trucks in the past but have recently discovered that in many cities, the food from food trucks is fantastic!  Sometimes they’re even a permanent fixture in certain towns like they are in Seaside.

When we arrived, we were starving and decided to try out one of the trucks in the town square.  We chose The Meltdown on 30A which is basically a grilled cheese food truck with lots of unique varieties.  Look how cute this place is:

And here’s a look at the menu.  Lots of fun varieties to choose from!

I chose the Classic American Grilled Cheese (I figured I should start with their main staple) and my husband Dhimant chose the Smokin’ Turkey.  Talk about lots of oozing, gooey cheese!  Check it out:

Both were delicious!  Next time we’re in the area, I think I’d like to try something a little more unique like the Strawberry Goat Forever or the Red, White & Blue.  They looked awesome!  If you’re ever in Seaside, stop by and check out The Meltdown on 30A for a fun, quick meal!  🙂

Last month, we took a little road trip to visit my sister-in-law in Alabama.  On the way, we decided to make a weekend pitstop in the panhandle of Florida.  We had never been there before and I wanted to check it out.  It’s a bit of a ride from Tampa (almost 7 hours) but this was the perfect opportunity to go since we were driving to Alabama anyway and it was only about an hour and a half out of the way.

We stayed in Fort Walton Beach but the real reason for heading out that way was because I wanted to go to Seaside, Florida.  I read about it online and it looked like such a cute place to visit.  It’s also where the movie The Truman Show was filmed.  We drove there from our hotel and spent an afternoon checking it out.  It was such a fun little beach town and I loved how quaint and idyllic it was.  The iconic Seaside tower served as the entryway to the beach and spectacular blue-green ocean so I couldn’t resist getting a photo of it:

Seaside has a little town square in the center where all of the shops and restaurants are located.  There’s even a street full of food trucks that were awesome!  I’ll share more on one of the places we ate in a post tomorrow.  There was also a little area called the Seaside Transit Authority where they rent bikes so you can ride around the town.  And, Seaside has it’s own post office that’s probably the cutest post office I’ve ever seen!  Surrounding the town square are tons of beautiful cottages where people were hanging out on their decks and balconies and enjoying the scene.  If I had to do it again, I would love to stay in one of those cottages but I think many of them are better suited for more than 2 people.  It would be a fun place to go with some friends or family to enjoy a beach week or weekend.

Here are some snapshots of our afternoon in Seaside:

Overall, I loved Seaside.  A quaint little place that wasn’t as commercialized as many of the other beach towns we visited in the panhandle.  Such a great place to just relax, eat fun food and enjoy the beach!

Happy Monday!  Hope you all had a great weekend!  This will likely be my last Project Life “catch up” post and from here on out I’ll be posting individual weeks as I complete them (I’m really far behind but that’s ok!).  This post is going to be a bit long because I did a lot of travel during these weeks so I’ve added inserts to accommodate all the photos I took.  I’m still contemplating doing separate mini books for these trips but for now, I’ve got them documented in this album and that makes me super happy!

Let’s start with Week 13:

Week 14 included our big trip to Rome:

Week 15 was the second part of our Rome trip and the beginning of a trip to Hawaii with my Dad:

Week 16 was the rest of my trip to Hawaii:

April was such a fantastic month!  Lots of amazing adventures with the people I love.  I’m so thankful and couldn’t ask for anything more!  🙂

Happy 4th of July!  For those of you in the US, hope you are enjoying the long weekend!  I’m back today with another Project Life “catch-up” post.  Here are Weeks 9 – 12.  As always, if you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section and I’ll be sure to get back to you.  Enjoy!  🙂

Week 9 is the first week this year that I included an insert:

Week 10:

Week 11:

Week 12: