lördag 10 november 2012

Project Life | Instagram love


I have talked before about how I love Instagram and just the fact that we can take photos with our phones and send to each other so that we can feel near although we are in fact far away from each other. This morning I had that aha experience again!


I was just about to start my walk with Dixon here in Gothenburg where I am visiting with my husband. I took out my iPhone and snapped a picture of my feet and him tagging it #onmywalk on Instagram. When I get home an hour later I discover that my daughter had posted an almost exact photo of her on her walk back home on the island just a few minutes before I posted mine, tagging it #onmywalk!
How cool is that! And bam! Here is a card for my Project Life spread for this week!

If you want, you can follow me on Instagram!




tisdag 6 november 2012

Project Life | week 44

week 44


The stories: my grandfather´s named was engraved on the stone and I love how it looks now that my mom and aunt fixed the grave for winter.
It was such a beautiful day on Tuesday after the storm on Monday.
The moon was extraordinary and Skype was a lifesaver for this lovesick mama.
I added in a cute text and a photo from the stables.


The stories:  I love lighting candles every night and homework was done happily.
We put our caravan in the barn for winter and it was such a joy to wat breakfast together this weekend.
And then the weekend just went by doing family stuff while my husband was home <3 font="font">



måndag 5 november 2012

Re-Scrap 2012 | November inspiration pages


Here are the older pages that I will take inspiration from to make new pages in November.




I will be back before December starts with the Re-scrapped pages!


lördag 3 november 2012

Re-Scrap 2012 | October Re-scrapped pages

I did it! I actually made my 3 pages before November started.
I am only showing you 2 out of 3 because the last one is being showed at WCS next week :)


I am in love with this design! It is so simple and easy to make in different variations. Here is the one I did first:





This one ended up to be just about the photo really. Which is something I try not to do these days, I really do want to tell a story on my layouts too. But alas this one is in the album because of the cute faces :)

Speaking of stories, Amy shared some awesome journaling tips today on the WCS blog, check them out! 






torsdag 1 november 2012

Project life | My plastics


After I shared my last weeks spreads I got a few questions in the comments about what page protectors I use in my albums. Since there were an interest I thought I would share in a post also. 


For my base pages that I use every week I use these postcard sleeves. They are A4 size and hold 4 photos/postcards. 
The weeks are obviously 2 of these. I buy mine at my local bookstore/office supply store, but they seem to be hard to find online. Here is what I got when I googled it and I am guessing that ebay is the best way to go if you don´t find them in your store.


Since I don´t have the smaller slots (like the ones Becky Higgins offer) I often divide the pockets to hold two stories.


On a few occasions I have added these larger inserts, like for example to hold birthdaycards. What I do then is that I cut and sew from a basic A4 page protector, to get the size I need. It is actually super easy and I did a post last year that you can check out here about that.


Sometimes, I cut the postcard sleeves to hold just 2 photos, which makes me able to add 4 more photos to a spread.


Once or twice I have added in a regualr A4 page protector with interesting articles I have read that week, folded it in half and added a clip.


Last week I added some instagram photos as an insert. For these I used old thrifted sleeves that held those old computer discs back in the day! Here is a tip: when you go to a thriftstore or something like it, go flip through old binders to see if there are any cool page protectors in them! That is how I have found a few of the different sizes like 6x6" and trading card sleeves. I also got baseballcard page protectors gifted to me :)


Almost every week I have added a flip pocket so that I can include more photos or journaling. These are super easy to make. I cut up a postcard sleeve to single pockets and add dubble sided tape to the top or bottom and then just add it in where I like it. 

I think that is all...if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!



WCS | November gallery


Did you get the theme right from our sneak peeks?
Well, it is color. Favorite colors.


Naturally I had to document the big collection of nailpolish me and my daughter have! We have a small obsession :)

In the journaling I included that my daughter tends to mix colors and my favorites are black and red. 


Do you have a favorite color? 

Go check out the gallery! 



tisdag 30 oktober 2012

Project Life | week 43


Week 43


This week I had one extra insert with instagrams of our pets. Here is the spread as you´d see it when you open the album.


First page. The stories:

I was home sick most of this week...

I added in my blog series image from last week and journaled about that. 

My husband spend week 42 and a part of 43 in Holland, so I added a photo of his (and more underneath) and some journaling about his trip.




Here is the second page with the extra pockets. 





And when you life the pocket. The stories:

The cats all slept together a few times last week and this is the first time they do that. It was worth documenting :)
We had our first snow (just a tiny bit) on friday.

The lower two pockets are all about the weekend. My sister and her 2 daughters came to visit and we had a blast crafting up a storm! I added collages of photos from the weekend and I still need to write up my journaling on that right card. The leaf is one we crafted together!



Here is a closer view of the flip pocket that holds more photos from the weekend.



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