Month: July 2015

I’m still chipping away at last summer, in fact I finished July this morning!  Here’s a layout from Kate’s dance camp recital.

I’m loving the gold!  I was anti-gold for so long that I have amassed quite the selection of embellies, most of them from various Crate Paper collections.  I also made liberal use of my gold stickles.  So fun!

 I really like how this little cluster turned out.

 

I had too much fun with this layout.  🙂

I’m loving the vertical lines of embellishments.  Super easy and super fun.  Plus, I get to use up lots of older product that I still like, like these Prima flowers!  I still love these.  Honestly, I wish they still made them.  I’m actually in danger of running out of a few colors.  🙂

I put a dot of stickles in the middle since I didn’t want to deal with the mini brads.  Then I threw on some wood veneers, and some more DIY epoxy flairs.  I also did a bit of stamping on this layout, both for the flairs and across the washi tape at the bottom.  Overall I’m pleased with this layout.  🙂

 

 

I’ve been watching some kill-a-kit videos and it’s inspiring me to try to use stuff up instead of hoarding it.  It’s also really making me want to subscribe to a kit, but that’s not in the budget. Plus, I probably have enough supplies to start my own kit club.  lol.

I’ve almost used up all of these 4th of July papers!  And I went wild and used the whole package of Jolee’s embellishments.  🙂  I might actually need to buy new 4th of July paper for next year.  lol.

I actually completed all of my June goals!  It’s a Christmas miracle!  🙂  Now for some July ones.

1. Finish those dang felt letters!  I’ve actually been working on this one and it’s now at the top of my priority list.
2. Scrap July 2014.  This is my last month with a lot of layouts.
3. Scrap August 2014.  Medium number of layouts.  I got pregnant this month, went back to work, and Raptor started kindergarten.  The pickings are slim for scrapping starting with September so catching up will move quicker.
4. Work on 2015 Project Life.  I want to get at least 6 layouts done so I can make some progress towards catching up.
5. Take DAD pics.  Yes I know I’m terribly behind as these were meant for Father’s Day.  I wonder how long I can use the infant twin excuse?
6. Actually print this year’s (and last year’s!) DAD pics.  Since I’ll be ordering oversized prints anyway, I want to go ahead and order the 8x8s for Kate’s school book too.
7. Clean my bedroom.  Y’all.  I don’t even know where to begin.  lol.
8. Do some recent layouts.  I want to journal some in the moment while I remember this stuff.
9. Trash bag a day.  We want to move within the next 3 years before Mia starts preschool.  (Raptor is at an awesome charter school and we’ll keep her there, but Mia will need to start public preschool when she turns 3 and we’d like to be zoned for a better school before that happens.)  Before we can even think about listing our house we need to do some major decluttering!  And even if it’s years before we list, I figure we might as well start now.
10. Blog!  Keep up with the Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday posting.