October BYOC | Cozy | Dunia Designs

A quick layout I made using October's BYOC [build your own collection] Cozy by Dunia Designs. On sale for a short time for 40% off the regular price. 

This time of year, just like spring, is fleeting. The colours put on a show, but we're only privvy for a very short while. Or until it gets windy...

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Everyday-Project-Cozy-Papers.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Everyday-Project-Cozy-Elements.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Everyday-Project-Cozy-Cards.html

Memo Mini Collection | Dunia Designs

Happy Friday! With that, a new mini collection from Dunia Designs. 

Last week I was lucky enough to make a last minute trip out of town to see a friend. 

So lucky to have a gorgeous couple of days, to relax, enjoy the sunshine, drink a bit of wine, read uninterupted and enjoy many laughs with a friend. 

I used the new digital product, Memo to create this layout. On sale through the weekend for 20% off the regular price.  

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Memo-Mini-Collection.html

Autumn Title Words | Dunia Designs

Autumn weather has arrived. 

I used Autumn Title Words to create both layouts below. On sale for a short time for 50% off the regular price. 

This layout is a pocket page style.

This 2nd layout is set up as a travelers notebook. 

There is one member of our family who is beyond thrilled to pull out sweaters and toques. We don't all feel the same way. 

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

Autumn Title Words: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Title-Words-Autumn-Dunia.html

Autumn Collection: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Autumn-Collection-Dunia.html

March 2023 Template Freebie | Sahlin Studio

Happy March! 

We finished off February with a whopping 32.1 cm of snow. [12.64 inches] Most of that falling in the past week. February is a short month, but it sometimes feels brutal and long. 

I get terribly jealous when people start to post photos of blooming cherry blossoms... We're literally months away from that. 

Today is gorgeous, it's +5 degrees Celsius, the sun is shining, the roads are an utter disaster. The forecast is for it too cool off once again, with the chance of more snow...

On the bright side, here's the template for March, from Sahlin Studio. Download it for free through the whole month.

We took the kids to yet another concert. [We're making up for time lost during Covid] Part of their Chrismtas present was tickets to see Chilliwack and Honeymoon Suite. We had front row seats people. Front row. It was pretty epic. So thankful that the kids have the most awesome taste in music. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

March Template: http://sahlinstudio.com/free-digital-scrapbooking-template-sketch-march-23/

PM Movies - Paper: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Movies-Papers.html

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

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

PL2022 - Week 2 | Sahlin Studio

January turned out to be more eventful than we'd wished for. Barry and I ended up coming down with Covid... Considering we rarely leave the house, we're not totally sure where it came from. He got it first, then lovingly passed it along to me. Thankfully, we both experienced mild head cold like symptoms. The biggest challenge of it was to isolate away from the kids and stay home. Which we've been doing, but when you  HAVE to stay home, it becomes quite a hardship...  

• Looking up cold symptoms, vs covid symptoms. Let me be clear here, we had NONE of the typical covid symptoms. It just felt like a crummy cold, but we tested and it was positive.
• Working through 30 day yoga journey this month. 
• Eating by ourselves in the dining room, the kids served and made all our meals. They were really helpful. 
• Before finding out we were postitive, Mason & his sweetheart checked out the wolf dog sanctuary. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

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

Winter Stories - J. Card: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Winter-Stories-Journal-Cards.html

PL2021 - Week 29 | Sahlin Studio

Considering how low key our life has been since March 2020, this week was jam packed with fun. 

We saw Black Widow in the theatre. Finally. It was supposed to be released last year, but was of course, pushed back. We easily booked seats on line and were able to secure 4 spots together. The movie was good. I'm already looking forward to watching it again, so I can pick up on the things I missed. 

It's been so much fun watching my little container garden explode with growth. My herbs are growing like crazy, as are my tomatoes. I can't wait until they're ready to eat. I also grew a zucchini plant [so far 2 decent sized zucchinis] and a pumpkin plant which has been winding it's way down the fence. 

• We watched the NHL hockey draft and we're really sorry to see Gio go...
• Seats and snacks, ready to watch Black Widow.
• We met up with the Wick's to celebrate Xmas Adam in July. I mean, why not? All the furniture and electronic stores are doing it. 
• My vegetable bounty. 
• Mad's trip to Calaway Park. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

You are Here Kit: https://the-lilypad.com/store/you-are-here-kit.html

You are Here J. Cards: https://the-lilypad.com/store/you-are-here-journal-cards.html

PL2021 - Week 12 | Sahlin Studio

Last year I had my first pandemic birthday.

This year I had my 2nd...

The difference between this year and last year, this year we went out for dinner to a restaurant. So lucky because about 10 days after my birthday, Alberta went back to Stage 1 restrictions, meaning restaurants were once again closed to sit down dining. 

We also went over to A&B's for birthday cake. We don't blow out candles on a birthday cake anymore. But I held my own little candle while I was sung to. 

Things are still not the same, I'm not sure when they will be. Maybe never. Still grateful for my crew.

• A few candids photos at the restaurant [thanks for taking them Barry]
• A family selfie, my birthday request.
• Singing happy birthday to me with my lone little candle.
• Asked Mason to take a photo, and then always get a bunch of selfies on my camera roll. 
• Spring break started as did the quest for a furze [which was successfully tackled]

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

Birthday Cake Elements - https://the-lilypad.com/store/birthday-cake-elements.html

Birthday Cake J. Cards - https://the-lilypad.com/store/birthday-cake-journal-cards.html

Tranquil Collection | Sahin Designs

Feeling slightly overwhelmed as once again Covid numbers sky rocket. This time, due to the variant/s. This has led the Alberta government to go back to Stage 1 restrictions. Not a really huge deal for me, I've barely done anything in the past year. 

I used April's creative gallery, to share where my heart is currently at.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is feeling rather down right now. 

Last week Madelyn received her first quarantine notice. As per AHS guidelines, she was to stay isolated in her bedroom. She had her test, which thankfully came back as negative.  It was a hard week for her and for us. There have been tears. Shed by both of us. Once she had a negative result, we let her out of her room. [Ironic that when she has to stay in her room, she's miserable, but when she can roam the house freely, she'd rather be in her room] She would have been able to go back to school starting Wednesday. 

However, starting today, all CBE students, grades 7 - 12 are going back to on-line learning, for at least the next two weeks. The bright side of this being, now everyone is on-line. Not just her.

I would have never, in a million years, thought we'd be in the same situation a year after it began. 15% of Canadians have received their first dose of the vaccine as of April 3rd. What's the number of fully vaccinated Canadians? Who knows. We seem to be the country that's fine with stretching the 2nd vaccine, in order to vaccinate more people... Going 16 weeks between doses... 

So there's where I'm at right now. 

And here's my layout accordingly. 

I'm doing my best, to remain positive while we head into the 3rd wave of the pandemic. The truth of the matter is, this is hard. There seems to be no end in sight.

The following Sahin Designs products were used: 

https://sahindesigns.com/products/tranquil-elements/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/tranquil-cards/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/tranquil-papers/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/tranquil-stamps/

PM [POP] Artsy, Pins & Alphas | Sahlin Studio

Sahlin Studio has some great add ons that coordinate with her recently released PM Pop collection. 

    

As an adult, I made it to Disney World, shortly after we were married. Then a number of years later to Disneyland, when the kids were little. 

Oh how I/we long to get back there. We've attempted to plan another family trip several times, but the stars just haven't aligned properly. So I jut have to keep going back to photos of our last trip, in 2011.   

When we took the kids to Disneyland, we pulled them both out of school for a week at the end of September. At the time they were in grades 1 and 4. We arrived in Anaheim early on a Sunday afternoon. We'd repurchased park passes, but I hadn't expected to go to the park that day. However, four tear rimmed eyes were looking at me, so away we went. 

I'm so glad we did. As it turns out, in off-season, they don't do fireworks every night. We happened to catch the Fantasmic show and fireworks, strictly by chance. To see the park lit up at night, is so cool. I'm so glad we went for it, or we would have missed out seeing this. 

I honestly love Disney so much. I hope we're able to get back sometime soon. It would be so much fun to experience it with our kids as young adults. I trust no one would need to be carried this time around. Nor would they fall asleep at the restaurant waiting for supper to arrive. Looking back, they were ages 6 & 9, they must have been exhausted. We went hard for a 6 days. It was awesome. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Pop-Artsy.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Pop-Enamel-Pins.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Pop-Alphas.html

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

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-POP-Journal-Cards.html