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

 

 

PL2021 - Week 22 | Sahlin Studio

This project is about keeping track of life. 

All of it. 

The big things as well as the little things. 

This week took a turn we didn't expect, that had Barry and I taking Madelyn to the Children's Hospital. The verdict? A broken ankle. So not fun. 

• Mad's first significant injury, resulting in a trip to the hospital. She broke her ankle while trying to climb a tree.
• The weather has been unseasonably warm. I think I heard the farmers almanac give us a hot dry summer... Time will tell. 
• The pollen is out and it is EVERYWHERE.
• Caught this photo of Mason watching our nearby baby robin family. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/the-everyday-routine-journal-cards.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/the-everyday-routine-kit.html

PL2021 - Weeks 20 & 21 | Sahlin Studio

I've lacked mojo this past few weeks.

That seems to happen on occasion, and I just ride it out. 

I hardly had any photos for this two week period, so I just picked the few I did have, and went with it. 

Here are combined weeks 20 & 21 in my project life album: 

• Enjoying the back deck once again. Our happy place. 
• Miss Libby, so patient. 
• The kids got their first Covid vaccine. So happy we're heading towards somewhat normal.
• Me and my girl.
• Loving the feeling of spring. Not loving so much moving plants in and out constantly. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

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

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

Pocket Page PM [Galaxy] 2 | Sahlin Studio

Sahlin Studio just released another add on pack to go with the recently released Project Mouse Galaxy collection. These include Project Mouse [Galaxy] Artsy, enamel pins and an alphabet.

I went through my photos one last time, of our one and only trip to Disneyland, back in 2011. One thing that I remember the most during that trip, was how entertaining waiting in line was. One very important order of business was to get on the Star Tours attraction. It was the ride, that we waited the longest to get on, our very first trip to the park. But it was always interesting. There was always something happening, and the kids were totally thrilled. 

I created this pocket page using these new releases. 

We have got to get back there. I hope our world returns to somewhat normal in the near future. We're dying to check out Galaxy's Edge, and the recently opened Avengers Campus at California Adventure. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/ss_britt_pm_galaxy_artsy.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/ss_britt_pm_galaxy_pins.html

PL2021 - Week 19 | Sahlin Studio

After waiting for what felt like a very long time, this was finally the week Bar & I got our first Covid vaccine. 

This also happened to be the week that Ali Edwards documented a Week in the Life. 

I took a ton of photos, my plan is always to follow along and create some sort of a mini album.

Week in the Life is not something that comes easily to me... 

I have not finished every album every year. In fact, in the 11 or so year I've been doing them, I only have a couple of truly finished albums. The rest of have a sprinkling of finished days. It's only documenting for a week, but for some reason, it's far more daunting to me than December Daily. 

My plan this year, is to create a digital book. Currently, I've finished Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I need to take the next few rainy days and get the remaining days done. 

Wish me luck!

Here is the page for my album:

• She still brings me dandelions... 
• Enjoying our time on Nose Hill. 
• These two...
• Catching a glimpse of a rare woodpecker at Fish Creek Park. 
• First shot has happened!

The following Sahlin Studio products were used:

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

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

June 2021 Template Freebie | Sahlin Studio

Sahlin Studio has just released her free monthly template. Available to download at no cost to you, through the entire month. of June. Click here to download, I'll wait... 

I still love working with templates. It's such a great starting off point to tell a story. I love making the templates my own. Here's what this months template looks like:

And here's what I did with it. 

A certain someone turned 16 years old. It still seems unbelievable to me. 

Celebrating 16, the same way she celebrated 15, during a pandemic. So there was very little fanfare. Restaurants are all closed to in-person dining. So she didn't even get to pick her favourite restaurant to go to. We'll definitely have to make up for that, once they re-open and we feel safe going to them. 

The day consisted of our usual donut tradition. I also made her pancakes for her birthday breakie, since it happened on a weekend. 

For dinner she requested her favourite pasta dish, Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Pasta. I have to admit, it is delicious. It's enjoyed by all of us immensely. Mmmmm.... Cream and cheese, how could you go wrong?

She requested a Brookie as her birthday cake. It's a combination of a brownie and cookie. It was okay, but probably won't rush to make one again. It took such a long time to cook. And when it finally was cooked, was almost a bit over done. Nothing that warming it up and adding a scoop of ice cream couldn't fix. But when the birthday girl only has one piece over a few days, you know you've failed. 

Here's my layout, celebrating our sweet sixteen year old girl child. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

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

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

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Celebrate-Papers.html

PL2021 - Week 18 | Sahlin Studio

This week, for the first time, I had a bit of pushback from my youngest, about what pictures I post... 

In the past, I have shared a lot both here and on IG. I guess I'll need to be a little bit more mindful now. I respect that. 

Here's Week 18 of my project life album. This week I used parts of the You Are Here collection. It happens to be Sahlin Studios featured product for June. Through the whole month you can get these different pieces for 35% off. [Products are linked below]

• It's been a delight watching the spring crocus bloom on Nose Hill. 
• We often gather to watch a show, I captured these two on the floor showing each other something. 
• A White Crowned Sparrow and it's friends visited our yard for about 4 days. I'd never seen one before. 
• It looks like vaccines are doing what they're supposed to. Thank goodness we have a bit of good news.
• A Mother's Day photo with these two. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/you-are-here-elements-ss_youarehere_ep.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/you-are-here-journal-cards.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/you-are-here-papers-ss_youarehere_pp.html