Category: crafty

10 cross stitch

This is a simple challenge I’m setting for myself, to make ten cross stitch projects. It doesn’t have a deadline because I can’t handle deadlines right now.

I do, however, want to keep stitching. It’s one of my favorite crafts and something that I can pick up and put down as needed. Like a book, I want to always have one going. My style is simple, “modern grandma” if you will, so there’s no reason I can’t get through more projects than I do.

Also, they won’t count until I finish them off. Right now I have one that’s been done for a couple of months but I haven’t found the right frames for it, and I hope to be able to share it soon. (It’s actually one of my January goals.)

Any other cross stitchers out there?

January 8, 2013
list 2 : looking forward

First thing: Happy birthday to my husband David. He’s the best and I love him. <3

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Welcome back to the Book of Lists! Today’s topic is “looking forward.”

As you can see I kept the same format as last month. I still love the way it looks and how easy it is to put together. I decided to keep it simple and just talk about the things I’m looking forward to right this moment.

starting on a quilt

next date night

Lauren moving to Katy (2 days!)

Rereading LOTR

Holding conversations with Meredith

giving her a sibling

I got this shot from my Instax on the first try! So happy that it was easy this time around. A quilt is my big project for this year so I think about it a lot (still in the planning stages obviously). David and I had a date night over the weekend and it was so fun – we went out to eat and saw The Hobbit. So now of course I want to reread Lord of the Rings.

Next month: We’ll be posting on February 4 and the topic is “perfect day” in honor of my birthday which is on the 5th. So you can list the components of your ideal perfect day, or one that you actually had. As always, it’s up to you!

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January 7, 2013
december daily : completed

And this little album is finished! I decided to end it after Christmas because now I am completely focused on the new year and a fresh start in so many areas. But I’m pleased with the tradition and I think it’ll make a nice addition to the holidays, even though as I said before I won’t be doing it on a daily basis in the future.

You should have seen what was going on while I was taking these pictures. I had to keep moving the book around on the floor because the child or dogs would get too close. I was trying not to let Meredith get her grubby little hands on it but unfortunately I wasn’t quick enough once and one of the pictures now has her cookie-stained fingerprints all over it. :)

Now that this is over, once I take down the decorations this weekend I will really feel like the new year has begun. Happy Friday!

The rest of the album can be found here: cover, week one, week two.

January 4, 2013
project life 2012 : weeks 45 – 46

I’m apparently taking an unplanned break from regular blogging for the holidays, due to Meredith coming down with a virus for almost a week over Christmas (fever of 104+ for five days! Scary!) and now dealing with a really tough week of work. I hope to be back on track next week, but today I wanted to share the first two weeks of December.

Fairly neutral layout this week, with lots of blues.

On the left side I mostly left the photos alone and just did one journaling card. Most of our holiday stuff is being documented in my December daily album, but I had a couple more things I wanted to fit in.

Pretty simple on the right side too. Included a “currents” card since I hadn’t done one of those in awhile, and recorded a conversation David and I had that struck me as funny.

I can’t believe it’s almost time to start a new album! My next update after this will go through the end of the year and my new album will start on January 1. Since I want to use the Seafoam edition and it won’t be available until sometime in January I’ll be getting a little bit of a late start. Until I get those supplies I’ll continue to keep notes and print photos on my schedule though.

December 28, 2012
december daily week two

I’m home today with a surprise fever baby (boo!), but before we head into the holiday weekend I wanted to give you an update on my December daily album. It’s coming along! This is from last week, and I will do one more update after Christmas.

Have a great weekend everyone! I, unfortunately, am so not prepared for Christmas yet. I still have a bunch of cleaning, shopping, and wrapping to do. Good thing I don’t mind the hustle and bustle. :)

December 21, 2012