Project Life, Weeks 10 & 11

Hi y'all!

Here are my weeks 10 & 11 of Project Life.
Left Side: This week saw a visit with my old Primary School Best Friend, Kerry; Mum and Dad came to Playgroup & I included a photo of the crayon drawing Jai did inside of Papa's Birthday Card. It was so cute, cos he drew it then he immediately said "Neigh!!" when he looked at it, cos he thought it looked like a horse. His first identifiable drawing! Now that's something exciting to include in PL!

 Right Side: A visit to our fave park- Blaxland Riverside Park at Homebush; Granny and Papa dropped in again; we played Basketball with our work friends, Jaimeson was properly decked out in his Jeremy Lin jersey (the most famous Asian Basketball player in America). He looked so cute!




Week 10 of 2013 was also the week we found out we are having another baby! I made this cute little insert page for the album, by cutting down a 12x12 pocket page protector (the same shape as the left side of Week 10's main pages). I included 2 pics we took while taking the test, then on the back side I wrote a little about how I was feeling at the time.
It's so important for me, that I keep real-life stuff in my album, I don't sugar coat it or write fluff that isn't how I was actually feeling at the time. I don't care what other people think about it, or if they are judging what I write, I wrote it so that I will remember exactly how I felt at the time! I'm keeping it real!

 Week 11: LHS- this week was Jaimeson's Baptism! So to include lots more pics I made a 6x6 inch collage of pics for the big pocket. I usually decide what pocket to use the week before, so for the following week I'm stuck with whatever layout/design page protector I have chosen for the previous week (in this case, I chose a 4 pocket 6x6 page protector for the RHS of Week 10, cos I knew I would have lots of pics to include from the Baptism, and lots to write about!) It takes a bit of juggling to get it right, and not end up with unusable pockets the following week, but I do still like using all the different shaped pockets, and I will probably keep it up for as long as I'm doing PL! I think it makes it a bit more interesting!

I also included Jai's Baptism invite in one of the pockets, which I was so happy to do! Otherwise all the invites just get lost in a drawer somewhere!
So you can see there are lots more Baptism pics on this page too. Plenty to include!

How is your PL going?  I'm going to BigW to get more pics printed today, then I will be TOTALLY up to date! Such a good feeling!!
Happy Weekend!
:) C

More little boy Jaimeson!

 Hi y'all!

Just going back through my last-year's scrapped pages and thinking how small Jaimeson looks! Isn't he a little fella?!

This first page is from my nephew Xander's Farmyard Birthday Party last year. We dusted off our flannalette shirts and went all cowboy for the day! The perfect excuse to use up some old Cowboy paper I've had since my trip to the USA in 2006 to scrap the pics too! (Have I ever mentioned I'm a hoarder {tongue in cheek!}) Look at my sweet little cowboy!

 This second page was just an excuse to use some cute pics of my little guy, in one of my fave shirts of his from last winter! These 2 boys really do bless my life, I {heart} them! Check out the little bird on the bunting flags along the top, see how he has a speech bubble coming from him with a heart in it? Yep, that's how I feel!  {hearts rising from head!}

And this last page is all about how Jaimeson is such a happy boy, that he's even happy when I go off to work! I thought he might cry and be upset when I started back to work after maternity leave, but it was like nothing phased him. What a good boy! It helps that Will is at home with him til the early afternoon too, then he has my MIL looking after him. I'm so happy he's an easy-going kid!

Have you been scrapping much lately? The cool weather makes me happy to be able to hide away at my desk while Jaimeson naps! I especially love it when it's raining outside & I'm nice and comfy at my desk!
:) C

Project Life, Week 8 & 9

Hi Y'all!

No excuses, I just haven't made it on to the computer to do a blog post in sooooo long! At least I made it in before the month was over right? Yeah! {high five!}
It's time to do some catch up on my Project Life for 2013! I am almost totally up-to-date, so I've got a few more layouts to show you! (We're up to Week 25 now, so you can see I"m a bit behind with my posting!)

 Week 8, Left Hand Side: I like how the little square pockets in this We R Memory Keepers Page Protector are so perfect for Instagram pics!

 Week 8, Right Hand Side. The Date Night for Will and I was a perfect excuse to use the sweet little filler card with the male and female toilet people on it! {giggles!} I love those toilet people!

 Week 9, Left Hand Side: Yep, the date on these pages is end of Feb to beginning of March! I really need to get it together and post more!! I had Felicity & Sienna and Alicia & Venice over for a vintage lunch, and I set a pretty table using all my vintage homewares. It was so much fun! We'll have to do it again girls!

Week 9, Right Hand Side: Jaimeson with his big boy haircut ready for his Baptism. All that hair... gone! He looks so much older!
I included Will's sis and soon to be bro-in-law's "Save the Date" invite for their wedding! Isn't this album a cool place to keep it? Otherwise it would just hang around my craft desk for 9 months til their actual wedding! And how cool is the silhouette pic? It was hand cut by a man in Chinatown, in less than 1 min! So quick! Its a fun thing to include in my Project Life album!

How is your PL going?
:) C