Project Life Weeks 12 and 13

Hi there. Today I thought I'd share some of my weeks of Project Life that you haven't seen yet.  Picking up where we left off, this is Week 12 (March 19-25).

This week we have lunch with my Mom, the first day of Spring, a zero balance letter from an outstanding credit card that was finally paid off..

.. Lots of birthday celebrations including a friend at work and my sweet niece..

Wrote directly on the photo for this one. Why not? The 'remember this' tag is from Elle's Studio.

Used my Silhouette a bit more this week and changed up the layout of the second page since I had so many photos. The only thing about this is remembering that for the first half of next week you'll be using the other side :)

This is Week 13 (March 26 - April 1). Again, lots of photos - it seems everything started growing. Used some digital elements as well as some things cut with the Silhouette.

A trip downtown to see the Symphony and some ephemera from that trip, and shots of our super long grass before we cut it. I couldn't believe we had to start in April!

I liked having all these flower pictures this week - so colorful. I used all different products to finish this off, including more stuff from Elle's as well as some Martha Stewart tags and some Avery tags.

Across from Heinz Hall in downtown Pgh there is an art installation that is an old storefront decked out to be a Robot Repair Shop. We first saw it at Christmas when we were down there, but it gradually changes over time. This time there was a robot in the window holding up a sign. It is fun to see and I like including things like this in my pages.

Hope you enjoy these - have a great day!

Anya

Project Life Weeks 10 and 11

Hi there!

It has been a while since I've shared a Project Life post. I am currently working on Week 14 (last week) but I think the last time I shared was week 5 or 6. I thought I'd just pick some of the recent weeks to show you and try and do a better job of getting back on track. Seems like I'm doing a lot of that recently.

So here is Week 10.

Dinner out with my family, a hockey game with my hubs.

An ice cream cone for a lousy day, some weekend activities.

I cut a slit in the top of the page protector to make room for the ticket stub from the hockey game. Also finally got my Silhouette Cameo working, so some of the elements I used this week were from that - like the Wednesday journal card and the 'Memories' 4 x 6 card on the second page.

I used lots of elements from Elle's Studio on these pages. Here I've used the Daily Tidbits, the Date Tidbits, and the Lil' Snippets: This Week. I love their stuff!

Here is Week 11.

Right around this time I decided it was no longer convenient for me to print my pictures at a retail store, I actually felt like it was keeping me behind a bit. So I purchased an Epson PictureMate Charm photo printer and have loved having it. I also started adding some digital elements to my photos with help and inspiration from Ali Edwards.

Page two usually ends up being the weekend's activities. Dinner with friends and a trip to a local nature preserve.

Here is some of my digital journaling, overlaid right onto the photo. Love doing this.

More products from Elle's Studio. Here are the Collected Large Journaling Tags and the Collected Tiny Tags. Love the coordination!

Thanks for stopping in, I hope you like seeing my Project Life as much as I enjoy doing it - really has been so fun!

Oh! Just one little thing before I go.

One of my cards was chosen as an Honorable Mention for the Paper Crafts Stamping Royalty contest! Seriously. I am pretty excited about that. And on top of that, PC readers get to choose their favorite. So if you are so inclined, I would love for you to head over to the Paper Crafts Connection blog to check out the contest. Vote for your favorite - if it happens to be my card, that's great - but the other ladies have created AMAZING cards that you should see!

Have a lovely evening, friends!

Anya

Project Life Week 6

Hi there. I am a little behind on sharing my Project Life. I had a bit of a hard time finishing this week, my cold sapped all my energy and I ended up spending a lot more time laying around than I would like to admit. So here's Week 6 (Feb 6 - 12). Bill's birthday was this week, so I had a lot to share about our celebrations.

My page protectors came yesterday - I can't tell you how excited I was. It feels so much more complete to me now. I will have to explore some different techniques for photographing them, though.. the pages add a lot of glare.

I was in Columbus, OH for work for a few days by myself and I sought out the two things they have that we don't here in Pittsburgh: Archiver's and Tim Hortons. Hey, a girl has her priorities. :)

Here is page two of this week:


I have this running thing going on with my pages involving the crazy weather. It seems like we've been having snow then 60 degree temperatures. It has been fun to show the same shot of our backyard over the past month or so with snow, then no snow, then snow again, etc.

For Bill's birthday we made a visit to Pittsburgh's National Aviary (we turn to places like this for winter time photo ops - its hard to take outside photos here in the winter). I fully admit that I had the time of my life - have I mentioned my deep and abiding love for birds? I included another insert for this trip with some of the photos that Bill took.


Aren't they amazing? My hubby has some mad photography skills.

I also added another little insert with some memorabilia from the week - we went to see As You Like It at the Public Theater and had an amazing dinner at a new-to-us restaurant called Mediterrano. Gotta love Groupon for introducing us. This is a 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inch sheet protector from Martha Stewart's Home Office line with Avery. I'm a big fan.

Thank you for letting me share - I hope you are doing well!
Have a great night!

Anya

PL Week 5

Hi there. Today I am sharing Week 5 of Project Life.

I felt like I was a little behind again on this one - last week I was out of town for a few days and came down with a cold, so I just wasn't in my studio like I normally am. I finished this up over the weekend, though, making a point to carve out the time I needed.

Here is page one from this week.

This week was a few more pictures from the hospital - this was challenging as I said last week, I was trying to capture things without being intrusive. I took a picture of my Mom's dinner.. this was her second meal and she was really only allowed liquids and soft foods.

We also had crazy beautiful weather this week. I saw lots of screen shots of cell phones with the weather on them when I was visiting other peoples' albums. Its funny that we think to share things the same way.

Here is page two from this week.

Shared a photo of some goodies that came in the mail, and Bill working on our oven. It seems like it has been non-stop with the home repairs recently. Luckily this one was an easy fix and I was back to using the oven by the weekend.

I had a lot of smaller photos this week, so I used one of the 4 x 6 spots for my journaling and weekly recap.

On page one, I used some supplies that I received from Elle's Studio.. the Vintage Calendar Tags and This Month Note Tags. I thought it would be fun to do a little summary of the prior month and also a list of what's on tap for the new month. For February we have a few birthdays, including my hubby's (which just passed) so I'll be spending some time on that in Week 6. Just a fun summary of what will be coming up.

Thank you for stopping in today - hope your day is great!

Anya

Project Life Week 4

It feels good to have another week under my belt. Even though today ends my Week 5, I don't at all feel like I'm behind. I printed out my pictures for this past week today, so I've got them all ready to go. I like to map my pages out before I do them, so I will do that pre-planning and sit down and tackle it (hopefully tomorrow night). Anyway - Week 4 is my favorite week so far. The pages really feel cohesive and I love how it looks. I really can't wait to get these babies into page protectors!

Here we go:

It was quite a week here in the Schrier household - my neighbors cut down a tree and I got a new cell phone for work. Hold onto your hats, I know! ;)

Got a package in the mail from one of my college roomies. I snapped a few pics of some of the things she sent. I stamped right on to the photo of the mug - love this - it is cut off in the close up, but you can see it in the full version of this page.

Journaled a bit about my neighbors cutting down a tree. I'm pretty passionate about the trees in my neighborhood, especially the ones in the back of our house, and I was really disappointed about this. For this journaling card, I die cut a tree (PTI) from a post it note, stuck it to my card and then spritzed some October Afternoon Sprinklers on it. When I removed the mask, I had a tree-shaped spot to journal. :)

Here's page 2 of this week:

On Friday of this week, my Mom went into the hospital for her surgery. It was hard to take pictures for this - I didn't want to photograph her.. she felt terrible, and I didn't want to be a disruption in the hospital. I took a photo of her room number and a bouquet of flowers for this first week (she's still in the hospital for the first part of Week 5, too) and am pretty pleased with these pictures for my story.

We had our first extended family event this week too. It was our niece's birthday - she had a guitar shaped cake.

And finally, my husband's drink of choice - white hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles. Yes, he is spoiled... I mean well-loved ;)

Hopefully, Week 5 will be coming shortly. Until then, I am so glad you stopped in to check my PL for this week. It was really rewarding to finish this one. Have a great night!

Anya

Project Life Week 3

Can I have a weekend do over?

My Mom went in for surgery on Friday, and while everything went well, the whole situation is really stressful. It isn't easy to see your Mom in a hospital bed.

I feel like I'm a little late finishing Week 3 of Project Life, but this week was a lot more fragmented than the past 2. But still being able to finish off a week with a few minutes here and a few minutes there makes me happy. I feel like I couldn't finish a card like that.

My first page for this week. I mentioned last week about my kidney stones, this week I had a CT scan to see what was going on. I included a photo of my kidneys from the scan along with my bracelet from the hospital. I was actually pretty excited to be able to print one of the photos - looking at the scans was really fascinating.

Here's my second page. Paczki from the baker shop, one of our first real snowfalls, a $750 bill for car repairs (hence the ouch), a photo of Bill and I at Phipps, a movie ticket.

And some close ups.. a heart penny rug my Mom made for me..

My map paper covered lampshade and some of the leftover paper..

A photo post-manicure - I like the around-the-photo journaling on this one, and details about my kidney stones and CT scan. Might be a little weird, but was a big part of life for a while.

Bill and I went to Phipps Conservatory on Sunday, and this week I added an insert to my other pages with some photos from the day. We were there for the orchid show, which I love.

These are 10" x 12" page protectors from American Crafts. They were perfect for the photos I had, which were a combination of verticals and horizontals.

Love these photos.

A lot of times when we go to Phipps I leave the camera behind and let Bill take the pictures, but this time it was fun to take the other one along as well so we were both taking pictures. It was a good day, and I'm glad to have the extra pictures to include.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my third week. Still loving it!

Have a great night!

Anya

Project Life Week 2

Hi there. I should be getting ready to go out right now, but I promised to share my second week of Project Life, so here it is.

Lots of food photos this week.

Here's the first part of Week 2. My husband started a new job this week, so I made a favorite dinner for his first day. Cookies, too.

This week I felt pretty comfortable with the number of photos I had. I like incorporating photos into the 3x4 slots. My only beef is that I feel like I spend all of the daylight hours at work - so any photos at home I'm fighting light issues. It will get better (or I will get more creative) I'm sure.

Here's the second part of Week 2. I felt much more in a creative groove with this week.

It seems like with the way our weeks flow, this second page ends up being mostly our weekend, since so much stuff is put off until then. Our weeks are pretty routine until we hit Saturday.

My mom brought mini cupcakes. I journaled right on Washi tape for this photo - I've got a few others where I did this. I like adding little labels or notes to all the photos even if I did journal about them somewhere else. It helps me to feel like they aren't just hanging out there on their own, but I'm a labeler, so that's just me.

I need to find myself some more puffy letters - stat. Love these.

We took our Christmas decorations down this weekend and snapped one last photo of our tree. We used the TTV camera for this, so I cut the photo down to size and matted it with some Clementine patterned paper.

So there's my Week 2! I'd love to hear your feedback. Hope you have a great night.. we're heading out to a movie, and I'd better scoot!

Anya