Organization for those of us behind.. and Week 31

Well... weeks later and my goal of catching up only appears to leave me further behind.  NO worries though I have a huge goal of catching up by Christmas so 2013 is a fresh start and a stay on track.  Through trials and tribulations I have learned a lot.  Mostly about time management and organization.  I will show you what I am doing to keep things organized so that when I do have the time to play catch up and scrap it up I am not digging for things and searching for items to be added into the that week of P365.   In the front of the box I have a calendar that I write things down in just some quick reminders about what happened that day / week.  This is good for weeks where you may not have a lot of pictures or it was slow but you had some good conversations or quite time.  These notes help keep me in order of what I really wanted to share.  Especially during travel or busy days it only takes a second or two before bed to jot down a few notes.

So I have bought a file box and added in 12 folders. (Thank goodness I do not need all 12 as I have a few months complete!)

Then inside each of the months I have individual files with the week title at the top.  I LOVE these folders because I can write the dates on the front with any special notes.  (Example Week 19, May 7-13: Mother's day, trip to las vegas, Disneyland)  So immediately before I open the folder I know what benchmark events took place for planning.

Lastly inside the folders I have an envelope with the coordinating date and small things / trinkets like tickets, business cards, any pre written journal cards, change (from traveling or my famous and favorite smashed pennies... etc)  this way when I finally get into the week to start working on it all of the memorabilia and information is there and ready to put together.  I noticed even in tonights scrapbooking that this is a HUGE help to me.  Now I am not struggling to search for items.

Finally what I originally intended to come here and show you:  Week 31!  Completed in one evening and less than 3 hours.  There is hope!  Thanks for looking and enjoy!  :)

     This is the 12x12 LO from this week.  I do not love it all however I had a rough time getting this week together with the lack of photos, events, or anything really to share.  It was a struggle!!

Thanks for checking it out, have a good day!

Project Life Week 29

It is a slowly but surely ordeal lately!  With school starting, soccer at full speed, and the new work schedule I am bidding for a few minutes here and there but I am trying!  Here is a peek at Week 29:

The 12x12 page highlighting the big event of the week:

This one is all digi (as usual most of the time) of our hiking trip on Sunday.

Here is the overview of the 12x12 page protector and all of the events this week.

A close up shot of a few of the inserts both 4x6 some hybrid scrapbooking.  Photo and stamp are digi the left side is scrapbooking traditional.  I like the mixed look of 2 different 3x4 themes on one insert.

 This is a close up of another 4x6 insert divided into two 3x4 parts.  Then of course MY highlight of the week.  Before our hike I saw this road sign for "Memory Lane" of course who could resist?  Well we drove right passed it and on to our hike *sad face*  After the hike my amazing husband was so sweet to stop and pull over.... The heart of a happy scrapbooker and the find of a lifetime!  ;) 

Project Life 2012

Ok ok, so it's been a while... sorry!  Life is so busy sometimes it is hard to squeeze the time in that is needed, probably the reason I am weeks behind!  I am NOT giving up, I think the outcome of this project is just too valuable to wave the white flag.  So instead of working so hard on getting caught up I have decided to start with the present and when I have time catch up (there will be a blog post about how I am organizing my items for catching up soon).   Here is week 28 of Project Life 2012: July 9-15th.

12x12 page on the right

  

 Instagram page insert (cut off the other 3 vertical row for my needs)  left is front and right is backside

6x12 insert left is front side telling the story of backside (right) 

 This is the 12x12 Becky Higgins style page protector with Dodger tickets and other weekly pics. 

Here is what all the inserts look like together. 

There you have it week 28!  More to come so stay tuned! 

"Wild Child" kit... plus a FREEBIE!!

Well, here is my FIRST ever FULL sized kit.. with 19 papers, plus an alpha, plus over 20 embellishments from clips, to frames, to flowers, and titles... it is a doozie for those perfect pictures of your little princess or not so... as you can see from my pages!  Be sure to check on my Facebook page for the Alpha freebie!

The kit:  WILD CHILD 

The pages:  

 (Template used for purple LO Rainy Dayz Designs)

 Don't forget to stop by the Facebook page to grab your free Alphas! 

Leave a comment on either the FB or here on the blog to win the whole kit for free! Drawing done Saturday, June 16th!

Inspired by some special girls...here is a MINI KIT

Well here we are the end of May, ALREADY??!! Wow!  Just like I promised a few special ladies, I made this P52 / Project Life / P365 mini kit for all of you under my exclusive tab on Facebook! I know we all get burn out once in a while and it seems in this circle of gals it was going around like a cold.  So I promised that if they all completed one layout that they would get a kit.. and voila!  Here is my first EVER mini freebie, I have never made an actual kit before but every one has to start somewhere, please feel free to leave comments or suggestions!

Thanks for stopping by!

NEW TEMPLATES FREEBIE!!!

Thank you to my CT manager, Theresa, who inspired me to create these personal use templates.  These are really fun layered templates.  There are two in this set.  One is plain for you to create a personal background for any page layout, card, or hybrid project.  The second is a full LO template with 'wonky' edges and fun layers as well as photo mats and embellishment placings!  Enjoy these as they were my first ever created and freebie templates!

You can get these templates on my Facebook page under the exclusive link. 

Here is a layout I did using the kit "Simply Fabulous" by Simple Girl Scraps! 

If you like the kit you can pick it up at Scrap Delicious 

Happy Mother's Day and happy scrappin'! 

Silhouette Freebie and Journal cards

New Facebook fan freebie up today!  For a limited time you will get BOTH the Silhouette files to cut out 3x4 cards AND one set of 3x4 journal cards png files made from the Silhouette files.  In order to get these you must be a facebook fan! 

These cards and cut outs are good for Project Life / P52 / Week in the life!

~Enjoy~