the moments in between

2012 : captured // may : project life week 16

there's just something about this time of year. my 2011 book is missing several weeks in the late april / early may time range. and now my 2012 book is as well. i'm once again contemplating a catch up plan. i've got week 15 half done, and have weeks 17 and 18 mostly mapped out. i need to sneak some time to at least get photos printed!

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though i may be a smidge behind, my 2012 : captured class for may went up this morning. this month, we're talking about stickers. they're a quick and easy way to dress up a journaling card - and i'm all about quick and easy right now. i've been joined once again by two fabulous guests - emily spahn & lisa day. you can see their pages here (emily) and here (lisa). they both used stickers in some really fun way on their weeks - i hope you'll check both of them out! we're also all talking a bit about staying on top of photos - both taking them & organizing them.

week 16 // april 14th-20th : time for baseball. hello, darth vader. committing to classes at a new school. an art show. and a road trip to des moines.

the oh hello! sticker + darth sam cracks me up.

i've shared a quick and easy tutorial for making photo collages using picasa over at the 2peas blog. collages are becoming my go to for those events that come with too many photos - i've used them in quite a few weeks this year!

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happy tuesday! i'm about to clean up the mess that i made while putting this week together yesterday, and to start a new one. i'm nearing the due date of a big project that i can't wait to share with you - just gotta keep moving down that to do list!

(project life is a system created by becky higgins to take the stress of of scrapbooking. for me, its a reminder to pick up my camera and capture the everyday. you can learn more about how i use project life here, and you can find all of my project life updates here. if you want tips + tricks to use the supplies you already have in your stash in your PL album, check out my 2012 : captured class at 2peas.)

2012 : captured // april : project life week 14

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it's time for the april edition of 2012 : captured!  these months we're talking about washi tape. man, i love tape. i ended up with 18 different ways to use it - 2 of those came from my fabulous april guests, marcy penner & kristin tweedale. you can see their pages here (marcy) and here (kristin). i'm loving what they contributed, and hope you will too!! i'm also sharing some thoughts and tips on getting caught up - now that we're getting into a busy time of year and the newness of project life has worn off, i thought it would be timely.  i've been working on getting back to currently myself, so these ideas come from a very "been there, done that" place. ;)

week 14 // march 31-april 1 : baseball, brackets, birthday parties, bike rides and the breast stroke. highs of 90, highs in the 60s. just another spring week.

they played in the sprinkler. on april 2nd. that is so not right.

i had to put my 2peas art from kristina into the book. it made me smile to see that box on my porch!

i've got a tutorial on the 2peas blog explaining how i did this card - i'm kind of in love with diecutting photos now.

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happy monday! our weekend did NOT go as planned. at all. ben's first ball game was called for lightning after 1 inning, and his second ball game was cancelled because the fields were way too wet.. the threat of some really nasty weather kept me home from the crop. sam's bday party was bumped from saturday to sunday - again, due to weather reports.. thankfully, things didn't get bad as they had predicted. and i did get to enjoy some downtime with my favorite boys. 

(project life is a system created by becky higgins to take the stress of of scrapbooking. for me, its a reminder to pick up my camera and capture the everyday. you can learn more about how i use project life here, and you can find all of my project life updates here. if you want tips + tricks to use the supplies you already have in your stash in your PL album, check out my 2012 : captured class at 2peas.)

2012 : captured // march : project life week 9

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my 2012 : captured // march class went up today. this month the topics were digi journaling cards & adding other voices into your album. my two fabulous contributer this month were erica hernandez & joscelyne cutchens. you can see their pages here (erica) and here (joscelyne). they both aboslutely rocked their weeks and have SO much awesome info to share with all of you!!

week 9 : february 25th-march 2nd // origami yoda. painting the bathroom. trying out a two wheeler. sick ben. 

with this month's focus being on adding other voices, it was definitely in my thoughts as i took notes and photos this week. it's something that i let slide when i get busy, but everytime i come back to making sure to include quotes & kid written journaling, i'm glad i took the time.

i had a lot of fun finding new ways to personalize digi journaling cards.. i hope you'll stop over to the class to read more! 

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happy happy thursday! yesterday i stopped being 35 and started being 36.... ;) i had a wonderful day celebrating w/ my boys. and now it's back to errands and trying not to catch a cold. the weather's too gorgeous to be stuffy and icky headed!

2012 : captured // february : project life week 6

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my 2012 : captured // february class went up yesterday. this month the topics were punches (i'm sharing 12 different ways that i used them) and putting it all together. i hope you'll all submit your PL pages using punches to the class challenge - just be sure to find the 2012 : captured // february checkbox when you upload your page at 2peas. 

i had two awesome contributers again this month - heathyr & michelle. i love how they are both putting their personal style into this project, and i love what they turned in! you can see heathyr's pages + a peek into her process here, and michelle's is here. 

week 6 // february 4-10 : SNOW!!!!! swim lessons. a new dress. a day in the life. CONFETTI! =)

i devoted a lot of space on this page to the snow - since it was the first BIG one of the winter (finally!), i had a lot to say about it. 

i'm going to do a mini of my day in the life pics, but i still included some in this week (both as a collage and as individual entries).

i added captions to all of my detail photos this month - i hope it makes it easier to follow along.. all you have to do is find the number / caption in the text below to read more about it. these three snow pics + the jar filled with confetti were my favorite parts of this week. i've been dying to add confetti to those dear lizzy mason jars ever since i saw them!!

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happy thursday!  sam was supposed to have a super fun outing with a friend, but his buddy woke up sick. =( total bummer for both little dudes in question. i guess sam's stuck w/ mama for the day. ;)

(project life is a system created by becky higgins to take the stress of of scrapbooking. for me, its a reminder to pick up my camera and capture the everyday. you can learn more about how i use project life here, and you can find all of my project life updates here. if you want tips + tricks to use the supplies you already have in your stash in your PL album, check out my 2012 : captured class at 2peas.)

2012 : captured // january - project life 2012 week 1

2012 : captured // january went up this weekend!! i was soooooooooooo nervous when i hit submit on the class.. so i'm glad you're all loving it!

each month i'll cover two topics - one product based, and a more of the organizational / getting it done topic. for january, we shared ideas for using label stickers in your album + ideas on note taking.  i'd LOVE to see your PL weeks using label stickers as part of january's challenge (just click the 2012 : captured box under challenges when you submit a project over at 2peas!) and i've started a thread for sharing note taking ideas here. 

i want to take a minute to thank kelly noel and allison waken for sharing their week ones with me for the class. we were working on a fairly tight turnaround for this first class and they both came up with something amazing. you can see kelly's week here and allison's week here.

2012 week 1 // jan 1-6 : starting off the new year!!! i'm still planning on keeping my saturday-friday weeks, so this one was a day short. i still had plenty to share. new year, new camera. brothers reading together. ice skating. as a side note, this week has a lot of alex, next week has a lot of ben. funny how that happens. there's ALWAYS a lot of sam since he's home with me most of the time, but i seem to flip flop on how much i capture of the bigs.

i'm hoping the new camera pushes me to TAKE MORE PHOTOS USING IT. lol. i love a good instagram, but i love the look of the 4x6s in the big pockets.

the big nate comic is a screen shot straight from the app. and look, another big picture! =) i definitely put my label stickers to work this week, and you can read more about it in the class.

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happy monday! the boys are off school today, so we're enjoying a slow paced morning before i make them do some chores before they have friend time this afternoon. ;) mean mom! the rest of the week looks crazy, so i'm thankful for a lazy start.