PL2019 - Week 48 | Sahlin Studio

I can't believe another New Year's Eve is upon us.

I just finished reading the book, I miss you when I blink. It's a book of essays by author Mary Laura Philpott. 

Much of it resinated with me. She talks about having kids, watching them grow up so quickly.  How things seemed to move so slowly when they were babies, a day seemed like a year when they were fussy. Now the years seem to be gaining speed, at an alarming rate.  

Sometimes I feel like my project life albums are another vessel that shows how quickly life goes by. But I can't stop doing them, I still love it too much.

Here is week 48 of my project life album. 

• Miss Libby, loves the snow, and wants out all the time. The latest development so far this winter, she REFUSES to come back up the stairs on her own. Which leads to countless rescues a day. 
• Photo to prove to the kids I couldn't find the pop they wanted. 
• Me and the girl at the movie Last Christmas.
• There's always a fun mum on the team, that either brings or sends shooters for the adults. 
• The boys at a concert, a band playing the music of Pink Floyd's - The Wall.
• Mad's first winter camping adventure, where they did indeed sleep out in a tent.

I used the following Sahlin Studio products: 

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

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

December Template | Sahin Designs

Sahin Designs, just released December layered templates.

I love a template. It totally simplifies story telling. 

The story I wanted to capture is about all the time Madelyn and I have spent together this past fall. She has been in 4 ringette tournaments in the past 6 weekends. 2 of those have required that we travel out of town and stay in a hotel.  Driving to different towns/cities, driving to and from different rinks, sleeping in a hotel room, eating meals out... It's a LOT of time together. 

I'm grateful for the relationship that we have. I'm also thankful that even though she rolls her eyes at me [quite a bit] she indulges me and gets into pictures with me. 

To create this layout, I used the newly released C'est Noel collection from Sahin Designs. I especially love the colours contained in this kit. It's the second time I've used it in the past few weeks. First time was the hexagon layout I created a couple of weeks ago. 

Love the every day stories I get to capture. 

The following Sahin Designs products were used: 

December Template: https://sahindesigns.com/products/december-2019-layout-templates/

C'est Noel Elements:  https://sahindesigns.com/products/cest-noel-elements/

C'est Noel Papers: https://sahindesigns.com/products/cest-noel-papers/

Digital Day | Sahin Designs

I've had the idea for this layout for a while now.

In fact, I've been anticipating it since November 1st, when Mason passed his driving test and got his drivers license! [On his first try, so proud of you buddy!]

Then, it snowed. And really, it seems to have snowed more than it hasn't since then. He's had very little experience driving on snowy roads, and that does take some practice.

We have still been having him drive to all the places, with us, to get some practice in. 

And yesterday, I sent him on his first solo drive, he went and picked his sister up a the bus stop. 

It's going to be so awesome to have another driver in the house. 

Not to mention how convenient it will be. Yes Mason, we might send you on the occasional errand, that's just  a fact. Congratulations on becoming another member of the driving population! 

I used the following Sahin Designs products:

https://sahindesigns.com/products/digital-day-elements/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/digital-day-cards/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/digital-day-papers/

PL2019 - Week 47 |Sahlin Studio

Here is week 47 of my Project Life album. 

I used several Christmas themed kits from Sahlin Studio, that don't necessarily have to be about Christmas. One of my favourite things about using all the different products, is to show how versatile things can be. Just because it's Christmas themed, doesn't mean you can't use it for something other than Christmas. 

Having said that, delighted with the Starbuck app on my phone. I took a screenshot of it, and included it in my album. These colours definitely scream Christmas, and it just makes me happy. 

• Miss Libby watching the boys every move as they put up Christmas lights. 
• The delight of driving the deerfoot in a snowfall. 
• Celebrating the Starbucks flavours of the season. 
• Fun photos to find on my camera roll.
• Mustangs waiting to get on the ice. 
• Celebrating Chris' birthday with brunch. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used:

mad for plaid kit: https://the-lilypad.com/store/mad-for-plaid-kit.html

mad for plaid j. cards: https://the-lilypad.com/store/mad-for-plaid-journal-cards.html

december elements: https://the-lilypad.com/store/December-Elements.html

PL2019 - Weeks 45 & 46 | Sahlin Studio

I combined these two weeks together, even though I forgot to add week 46 on my journal card. It's a bit inaccurate, but I'm okay with it. The week number is wrong, the dates are right.

I already know I'll look for weeks 46, assuming I'd forgotten it, but I'm not reprinting the title. Maybe I'll add the 46 with a sharpie...

• A family trip to the Hitmen game, we got to watch the Hitmen play against Prince Albert Raiders, Spencer was playing and he scored the first goal. It was so cool. We all cheered when he scored, because, he's ours after all. But quickly remembered, we're in 'Hitmen' territory. [We only cheer for another team if it happens to be my nephews]
• A lovely mild day to walk downtown. We've had all the weather this fall. 
• Madelyn was absolutely delighted to spend the day at a veterinarian clinic on 'take your kid to work day'
• Putting together foundation pages for my December Daily album. 
• We had 3 ringette tourneys, 3 weekends in a row. 
• The boys won a game! Maybe they're finally gelling together a bit as a team [fingers crossed].

I used the following Sahlin Studio product:

Documentary - Elements: https://the-lilypad.com/store/documentary-elements.html

Documentary - J. Cards: https://the-lilypad.com/store/documentary-journal-cards.html

C'est Noel Collection | Sahin Designs

This latest release from Sahin Designs, C'est Noel,  has my heart swooning.

I'm a fan of pink in general, so all these variations of my favourite colour, makes it a little bit sweeter.

I'm also have a serious love affair with all things hexagon right now. They're everywhere!

There was no way I could only choose one or two papers from this fabulous collection, so I found a way to include ALL the papers! This is the layout I created:

Have you noticed the hexagon movement? 

They're every where. And I'm loving them all. 

I love how this page turned out, and I can not wait to use this for more layouts to come!

C'est Noel is available  for 20% off through December 8th. Just click on the links below. Newsletter subscribers, watch for the special link that allows you 50% off the price through December 8th.

I used the following Sahin Designs products on this page: 

https://sahindesigns.com/products/cest-noel-elements/

https://sahindesigns.com/products/cest-noel-cards/        https://sahindesigns.com/products/cest-noel-papers/

PL2019 - Week 44 | Sahlin Studio

This page was to document the whole week, but I kind of focused on Halloween.

Madelyn had been looking forward to going out Trick or Treating with her friends, since last year. [Last year she was on a school trip and missed going out] She also knew she wanted to go as Alexander Hamilton sometime during the summer. 

She wanted to invite friends over to go around the neighbourhood with her. Which she did do. Halloween was on a Thursday this year, and they actually had Friday off. All the stars aligned for her last year going out. 

She invited her friends over for pizza. They were all able to come. Her close girlfriend came home on the school bus with her. The rest of the crew arrived around 4:30. This group of kids are awesome. It was a chilly night, but no rain or snow. They bundled up and headed out. Apparently they sang as they went from house to house. So fun. 

• Halloween treats and dinners leading up to the big night. Kids still let me indulge in themed treats. 
• Group of Grade 9's, celebrating their last year trick or treating.
• Our pumpkin creations.
• All 6 of those crazy kids were piled in the bathroom helping one get ready. 
• Mason proudly showing off his drivers license! 
• Team Armada starting out the season with a pretty convincing gold medal win! 

I used the following Sahlin Studio products:

Project Mouse: Halloween Kit: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-Halloween-Kit.html

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

December Template Freebie | Sahlin Studio

How is it already December?

Somehow this has snuck up on me, again. 

The weather outside has been frightful [but it's been that way on and off since the end of September].

I was hoping to get our family room painted before we decorated for Christmas, but unless that happens within the next day, it's going to have to wait until the new year. 

The first of the month always signals a new free template release from Sahlin Studio. Here is this months template, which remember, is free to download through December. 

I have been going through some older photos recently, and like I may have mentioned in my last post, got a bit melancholy. 

Once I saw this template, and went through photos, I realized there were other photos with Gigi that I wanted to document. 

I created this layout: 

Gigi and her 3 generations. Love it. 

I used Oh What Fun by Sahlin Studio which happens to be December featured product, and is linked below.

Tomorrow happens to be December 1st, which means I'll be officially starting my December Daily album. I do have the foundation pages ready to go. I'm looking forward to it again this year, though feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the things currently on the calendar for the next few weeks. 

Slow and steady wins the race. Wish me luck. 

The following Sahlin Studio products were used: 

https://the-lilypad.com/store/Oh-What-Fun-Kit.html