Rooted Mini Collection | Dunia Designs

Last week we went out and took family photos. The timing was perfect, because only a few days later we had our first snowfall warning of the season. Sadly, the forecast of 10-15 cm of the white stuff was accurate.

I created this layout using Rooted, a new Mini Collection from Dunia Designs. On sale for a short time at the-lilypad. 

I so appreciate that my family puts on the clothes I ask them to, and drives to a park so we can take family photos. 

Always so happy to have updated photos.

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

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

Be Inspired N.11 Layered Templates | Dunia Designs

I'm using this template, part of the Be Inspired N.11 Layered Templates, by Dunia Design to tell the story of our recent pub hopping trip. Templates make it so easy to just drag and drop photos!  On sale for 50% off the regular price for a short time. Get them while you can!!

Love how this turned out! 

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

Be Inspired N.11 Layered Templates: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Be-Inspired-N.11-Layered-Templates-Dunia.html

Vibrant Collection: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Vibrant-Collection.html

Bibliophilie | Dunia Designs

Bibliophilie from Dunia Designs is on sale for 40% off the regular price. 

I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. As kid, I used to wait until I heard my parents go to bed at night, then quietly [and sneakily] turn my reading lamp back on and read until the wee hours.

I can still read until the wee hours, but my roomate gets quite grumpy when I don't turn the light off...

One thing I'm happy to have passed along to my kids is a love of reading. For many years, they both had their noses in a book. Especially child number two... The teachers used to call me and complain that she was sneaking books to class, hiding them in her desk and reading while lessons were happening. 

Now they prefer to read their phones, if I'm being honest, but every once and awhile I catch them reading. I hope it's something they'll both be passionate about for their whole lives.

The following Dunia Designs products were used:

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

Duo Templates Vol. 7: https://the-lilypad.com/store/Duo-Templates-Vol.7-Dunia.html

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

December Daily 2018

Well, this post is long overdue.

But I did it. Well, nearly did it, as I was going through the album, I realized I'm missing days 18 and 19. Just plain forgot them.

I have a couple of places to add some journaling, but I can post my pages without that. 

I had intended to have this done by the end of January. But I just wasn't feeling it. It turned super cold February 1st. You would have thought that considering I rarely left the house in a two week period, I'd of had plenty of time to finish my album. But I just wasn't feeling it then either. 

I knew I would regret not finishing it, so I hunkered down and 'got 'er done'. This album is a little bit of everything. There is some hybrid stuff, digital, stamping, cutting, pasting, stitching, sewing. 

I totally revamped my title page. I'm really happy with how it turned out.  

So, without adding anything further, here is my 2018 December Daily album:

On day 11, which was the Home for the Holidays card, I tried hand-stitching it. Once I started it, I  hated how it looked. So I just stopped. I'm going to reprint that card, shrink the sentiment slightly and stitch it on the sewing machine. 

The journaling that is missing is on day 22.  Madelyn was invited to go Christmas Caroling with a friend and her family. They were singing carols at a local market. She just had so much fun doing that, and it is just so her. That would totally be out of my comfort zone, especially having people watch me sing... 

Also, kicking myself for the lack of photos I got on the 24th and 25th... All the photos on the 24th were sent to me. I had been experiencing dreadful neuralgia since the 20th of December. The kind that has you reaching for the Advil every 2-3 hours. So I wasn't in a super place. The lack of photos this year, can be attributed to that fact. 

I did save bits and pieces from xmas gifts received. So I plan to add that to the 25th as well. To close up this years album, I created a couple quick easy layouts of our silly elves.

There were many different digital products used in creating these pages including: Sahlin Studio, Kerry Bradford, Sara Gleason.

I used physical elements, papers and journal cards from past December Daily and Studio Calico kits. 

Thanks for checking it out! 

PL2017 - Week 17

Here is a look at week 17 of my project life album. 

• She still holds my hand, and still promises to never stop.
• There are 3 houses for sale on our street right now. It's highly unusual.
• LOVE the new Tim Horton's Canada 150 cups. They just make me happy.
• Madelyn making her debut as 'Mrs Neumiller'. She knocked her role in the school performance out of the water.
• Enjoying a nice spring evening, hanging out on the margarita patio with Barry. 

The following Sahlin Studio product was used: 

Number Journal Cards

Paper piercing stitches

4x6 Templates Vol. 1

3x4 Templates Vol. 1

Photo Round Days 

Exciting News

So, I've taken a huge leap forward.

I downloaded PSE15 and I've been spending time familiarizing myself with the program. Some things are the same, some things are different. 

Plus, this time around I'm working on a Mac, which is different than the PC version I was used to. But... I'm getting it! [insert squeal here]

I started off by working on a template, it's actually free for the month of November only, on Sahlin Studio. Check it out here: free template for November.

But here is the final product!

I'm so excited. 

Just a super quick layout of our recent trip to the west coast. 

I also finally got the courage to plug in our external hard drive, and was rewarded with the fact that I do have access to all my photos, since switching over to a digital camera, in May 2005. Phew, that was a relief. I was so scared to do that, because 'what if' the pictures weren't there. 

So, I'm only missing stuff from January through August of this year, and I have all my iPhone photos since April, so I can breath a huge sigh of relief. 

And once I started tinkering around a little bit, it got less and less scary. [Though, my right arm and hand are most definitely feeling the after affects of too much mousing after a nearly 3 month hiatus]

I am fiddling with my project life pages again. I need to do a enormous 'catch up'. But I think I'm going to take a lot of stress off myself, and do a few months at a time, rather than weeks. 

Any way, to say I'm pleased, is an understatement. And naturally, I wish I'd gotten braver sooner. But I got brave when I had to. Looking forward to getting back to this method of memory keeping once again.

Sahlin Studio Product Used was: 

Pause Kit