PL2021 - Week 26 | Sahlin Studio

Week 26 means we've made it halfway through the year. 

Wow, halfway through 2021, which seems crazy. 

Here's week 26, which included a photo to flip open for a little bit more story and journaling. 

We had a crazy heat wave our first week of July. It was stupid hot. I got irritable with the heat. At first we all escaped to the basement to feel cool. Then the basement stopped feeling so cool. If these temperatures get to be a regular thing, it's not looking good for our keeping cool... 

We have spent a lot of time this year sitting with our feet in buckets of cold water. It works really well to help you cool down.  

• Air cast is off, thank goodness. 
• Sitting outside I happened to capture this awesome photo of the rays of sun coming out behind the clouds.
• More talk about the 'heatwave'.
• Libby met nose to nose with a skunk. In our backyard, the meeting did NOT go well. 
• Celebrating Mason's birthday with a legal gathering inside our house. 

The following Shalin Studio products were used: 

PM Vibes Elements: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Vibes-Elements.html

PM Vibes J. Cards: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Vibes-Cards.html

PM Vibes Word Art: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Vibes-Word-Art.html

PL2021 - Week 25 | Sahlin Studio

We're smack dab in the middle of summer right now, and we just can't seem to catch a break.

First we had heat warnings in place. The end of June and first part of July were sooooo hot. We're just not used to temperatures in the high 30's. 

Now, we have air quality warnings, as there are fires surrounding us in every province and state. It's cloudy/hazy/smoky. It's hot and muggy and no one wants to spend much time outside, breathing in the smoky air.

Here's week 25. In the midst of our heat wave. Without the smoke filled skies:

• As temperatures soar, we've spent a lot of evenings in the yard, trying to stay cool. 
• Nose Hill is so green. It makes my heart happy.
• New phone photos, using the portrait mode. Feeling so, so lucky. 
• This guy turned 19 this week. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

PM Beginnings - Elements: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Beginning-Elements.html

PM Beginnings - J. Cards: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Beginning-Journal-Cards.html

PL2021 - Week 24 | Sahlin Studio

Week 24 of my project life album was super quick and easy. I used photo template journals for a few of these photos. 

So easy to drag and drop and then add some words. 

Sometimes, the simpler the process is, the better. 

• Morning snuggles is pretty routine.
• Libby came nose to beak with this little magpie fledgling. Part of me wishes they'd become best friends like they do in a Disney movie. But I'm pretty certain that in real life, this little bird wouldn't stand a chance...
• Madelyn dressed up for the ickie awards at school.
• A quick story about the mailbox we've had for 16 years.
• Rain and sunshine. I love it when this happens. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

photo journal template No. 2: http://sahlinstudio.com/photo-journal-no-2-templates/

PM [Essentials] Fasteners: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Essentials-Fasteners.html

PL2021 - Week 23 | Sahlin Studio

Sahlin Studio's featured product for July is Summer Stories. 

Download this collection for 35% off, anytime during the month. It's perfect to use, especially if you have any stories pertaining to summer that you might want to document and remember. I love the colours and whimsy it offers. I know I'll use it multiple times this summer.  

I used on week 23 of my project life album: 

• She is getting around surprisingly well, on one foot. 
• Little fledgling magpie. 
• Celebrating Ama's birthday.
• Mason made a trip to the mountains with friends, they successfully hiked a hike rated difficult. He came home exhausted. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/SS-Summer-Stories-Kit.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/SS-Summer-Stories-Journal-Cards.html

July 2021 Template Freebie | Sahlin Studio

Happy July! We're at the start of a new month, and you know what that means?! Sahlin Studio has released the new template freebie for July. 

It's available to download for free, through the entire month, so what are you waiting for? Go download it here!

The release of this template was perfectly timed with Madelyn's recent trip to the hospital. She had to know I would document something as significant as a broken bone.

Here are the other of things I want to remember about this incident:

• How Mad made arrangements after school to work on felting with a friend.
• At some point, she thought she should get up onto a tree branch.
• The call I received at 4:10 pm and upon answering knew immediately, something was wrong. 
• That I was so flustered to get to her, I didn't even ask what it was she'd hurt. 
• Having the discussion on the way to her, if a trip to the hospital was warranted, which hospital would we go to. [Agreed the Children's would be best] 
• Being surprised so see Barry piggyback her to the car, and see how ridiculously swollen her ankle was.  [I'd expected it to be an arm or collarbone]
• Arriving at the children hospital, relieved to see the waiting room not overly full. 
• Getting in and out including an x-ray and 2 doctors visits within 2 1/2  hours. 
• The Dr. telling us she thought it was a sprain, the radiologist would look in the morning and contact us should the need arise. 
• My heart sinking at 8:10 am the next morning as I received a call from the radiologist, telling us we needed to come back in, her ankle was broken. [Barry had already left to take her to school, so they were rerouted mid-route.]
• Picking her up at the end of the first day, totally exhausted with the realization that crutches,  leg in a boot and 3 flights of stairs to navigate daily were going to be very strenuous. 
• Giving her the next day off, as she was so sore, everywhere, and definitely her mental health took a hit. It was the day of many tears.

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

Template Freebie - linked above

Ouch Kit: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Ouch-Kit.html

Ouch Digital Stamps: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Ouch-Digital-Stamps.html