PL2018 - Weeks 40, 41 & 42

My mum held the fort down at home, while Barry and I spent a week out at the West Coast, in Sooke, celebrating our 20th Anniversary. We had such a nice get away, even the weather cooperated for us. The last time we were out there as a family, we were met with typhoon-like conditions. It was October then too, so we counted ourselves as pretty darn lucky.    

Week 40:

• I don't think I could ever get tired of beach pictures. 
• I also don't think I could ever get tired of beach combing and beach art. 
• There was the excitement of what I'm calling 'SNO-ctober' while we were away. Kids both had a snow day, which was fun for everyone. 
• We celebrated on the beach with some bubbly one night, where we were rewarded with the most magnificent sunset. 

Weeks 41 & 42 combined:

• A trip to the Rothney Observatory with Trex.
• We took Mason to the open house at SAIT, just so he can be a bit informed. 
• First ringette tourney of the season for Adrenaline, they lost all their games in the Lonnie Krahn, but had a lot of fun doing so.  
• Another marvellous sunset over the foothills and mountains. 
• Family photos, while celebrating Barry's parents 60th Wedding Anniversary. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 

Week 40

Calendar Card Stamps: http://the-lilypad.com/store/2018-Calendar-Cards-Stamps.html

Kindred Journal Cards: http://the-lilypad.com/store/Kindred-Journal-Cards.html

Kindred Kit: http://the-lilypad.com/store/Kindred-Kit.html

Weeks 41 & 42

Calendar Card Stamps: http://the-lilypad.com/store/2018-Calendar-Cards-Stamps.html

4x6 photo templates vol. 1- https://the-lilypad.com/store/4x6-Photo-Templates-Vol-1.html

Everyday Routine Elements:  http://the-lilypad.com/store/the-everyday-routine-elements.html

Everyday Routine - Journal Cards - http://the-lilypad.com/store/the-everyday-routine-journal-cards.html

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year....

It's that time of year again!

I have begun to put together my December Daily foundation pages.

You might recall back in September, I talked briefly about December Daily. This is one project that I anticipate and love to do. Love it. I always get a bit nostalgic when I bring out my DD albums from past years, and see just how little my kids once were.

I mean come on...

How is it even possible that this sweet boy now towers over me, and this little girl is only a few inches away from looking at me right in the eye? Seriously, how on earth has that happened so fast? Seeing photos printed and in an album, make me so happy that I took the time to do this, and to see it through to finished.

When the kids were little, the Sears Christmas Wishbook was definitely the first sign that Christmas was fast approaching.

The photo above, of them going through the wishbook page by page, making notes about what they hoped to ask Santa for...  My heart. Seriously. It still explodes when I look at this photo.

One thing that remained the same for me and the kids, was the Sears Wishbook. I remember it showing up at the house. I was mesmerized by the pages of things, from childhood through adulthood. I ordered a lot of things from Sears over the years, because of that Christmas Wishbook. I'm glad the kids got to experience the wishbook the same way I did. Sadly, that's one tradition that has been lost, now that Sears is no longer a thing. I'm glad the kids got to have it for a few years at least, when the magic of Christmas was at it's peak.

They don't pay too much attention to toy store ads anymore, although recently a rather exciting glossy  Christmas flyer arrived from Toys R Us, both kids took their time going through it page by page. Once a kid, always a kid!

Now that we've hit mid-november, I've begun to put my foundation pages together for this years December Daily album.  I'm using a 6x8 album that I had stashed away. I did have to order some page protectors for it, but vowed this year not to purchase anything new. My goal this year is to use what I have.

And then then Sahlin Studio released this new collection: Home for the Holidays

Seriously... I'm swooning over this collection. The journal cards, the paper, the elements, the numbers. There's a lot that is swoon-worthy. I'm smitten.

How lucky am I? Because I'm part of the creative team, I've been playing with this! I have to say,  so far it's been fabulous!

Here's a few pages:

I wanted to be able to see the 'tree of words' underneath the page protector. This gives you a rough idea of the look I'm going for.  The paper I used on the 'M' is very tiny. I think I'll enlarge it slightly , and perhaps change the colour of some of the sentiments on the page. I'm still tinkering with this, and it's not completed quite yet.

This year, I'm going for simple. And repetition. 

I'm excited to see how the album will turn out. So far, I love it. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Home-for-the-Holidays-Elements.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Home-for-the-Holidays-Journal-Cards-1.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Home-for-the-Holidays-Journal-Cards-2.html

https://the-lilypad.com/store/December-Days-No-4-Numbers.html

November Template Freebie

It's that time again, to introduce the free template from Sahlin Studio! This template is free to download through the month of November, to do so, just follow this link. 

This template really spoke to me. [Let's be honest, most of them do] Because I'd just been away with Barry, celebrating our 20th anniversary, I knew I wanted to feature a photo of us in this space. 

Here is the original template:  

Here is my take on it: 

Love documenting the story of us celebrating our anniversary, in our happy place. 

I'm so happy I have these photos and stories. I'm so glad I still love doing this memory keeping as much now, and when I first began nearly 20 years ago. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 

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

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Gather-Journal-Cards2.html

PL2018 - Week 39

Week 39 really wasn't that long ago. This week was a busy one, lots of running around. At this point Mason had been on the ice for a number of evaluations, but still didn't have any information as to placement. Hoping to hear early into the next week. 

It was also the week that Barry and I were looking forward to our little get away. 

• We celebrated Barry's birthday, by making him BBQ his own steak. He chose steak and he's convinced us all, that he's the only one brave enough to 'cook with fire'. 
• Mason had to get fitted for a new retainer and hockey mouth guard. [I had to leave the room, because the giggles struck...] Giggles and gagging, is not a great match, although hilarious. 
• We left Calgary and the COLD. Arriving in delightful and temperate Kelowna. Though today will be going down in history as the longest. Drive. Ever. 
• Went pub hoping Friday night with some friends, had so much fun trying the 'beer flights'. 
• Saturday, we went to the wedding. The day couldn't have been more perfect for them. So fun. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

Calendar Card Stamps: http://the-lilypad.com/store/2018-Calendar-Cards-Stamps.html

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

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