Happy Leap Year!

Enjoy your extra day!!

Buried Alive!

This is what it feels like! Actually it looks MUCH BETTER than this but boy it feels like this. I am in the process of organizing paperwork. We all have it! And it hits me most right after taxes are complete. The need to get organized and quit filling the file cabinet & clean it out instead. 

I have some friends that are in the process of moving right now. They are busy cleaning, purging & sorting. It made me think....why not me! So I am "pretending" to move. Taking it room by room & organizing. It is a great feeling when a room is finished.

Here are a few photos to inspire you!

Taken from Pinterest- Photobucket with no source given

Taken from Pinterest via Better Homes & Garden

Pinterest-from this blog

A personal favorite....since my pantry is filled with more utility items than food. Wow! Taken from Pinterest via The Container Store.

And what post on organizing would be complete without showing a beautiful scraproom! Also from Pinterest via Scrapbook.Com Gallery. I am off to keep the momentum going....wish me luck!!

A little Tweak

Week 4:

We had the graduation party here & I didn't want to do a separate book for that so I included it in my PL book. Same basic format but lots more pics. A few small pages were added too. I really like how it worked out.

It makes for a busy book but it is such a good way to get a lot of photos into one album. This way I will have all of our family things together in one year! This will be a first!! :)

I added some of the decorations from the party & a menu too!

Above & below are small inserts that I added to the book. I plan to punch holes in a page & tie the one below on with ribbons.

Project Life...Rebooted!

So I know I posted my first pages of Project Life but I was having some problems with them & then I realized that I had squeezed too much onto one page. It just wasn't working well. So I revamped the first week of January & moved on.

Week1:

Now I have a better system & it looks a bit more cohesive & easier to follow. It reminds me of doing a two page layout where the pages just flow together.  Plus there is a bit more room for all the fun "extras"! :)


Week2:

Week:3

I have more finished but will save that for next time.  So far it is a little difficult for me to find things to fill my pages. Not the "fluff" but the photos. I forget to take photos. I still like the process & will keep doing it. But I may tweak it a bit along the way...as you will see in my next post.  ;)   Thanks for stopping by.

Full House

We ended up with a very full house! It was great! We packed everyone inside as the weather just wasn't cooperating. Worked out just fine!

 I had fun with the dessert table: we had "Fear the Fork" cupcakes, Reese's Grad Hats, Cream Puffs, Lemon Cookies, Choc. Macadamia Chip Cookies, Mini Banana Splits, ASU licorice & Choc Dipped Short-bread Cookies!

 I used the same decorations that I had used at my older son's graduation. And I must say it was really nice of Hamilton & ASU to share the maroon colors...made party decorating over the years so much easier! (wink, wink) 

I tried some new recipes that I found on Pinterest...they were wonderful. A Pear & Walnut Salad, fruit kabobs & Asian Grilled Chicken. I even got some of my son's favorite Bean Dip & Salsa from Serranos.  Yummy!! We also had grilled hamburgers, home-baked rolls, spinach & artichoke dip and more! There was plenty of food & lots of talking and laughter! One more party under my belt & one more ASU grad party to go!

 

Forgot to show my "wish" tree. This is the tree that we used at the wedding. I hung graduation photos, grad hats, etc & keys to success from it for part of the decor. The backdrop was the graduation cap & gown!

Busy getting ready for a graduation party here!!! My son graduated in December with his Bachelors Degree and my daughter-in-law also graduated in December with her Masters Degree. We are so proud and happy around here! We decided to wait until the holidays were over to have a party. It started with a small family party and has grown to a large family party! But that's great...the more the merrier!! Hoping to get lots of fun pics to post! So ....see you Monday, after the party!!

Wow!

Surprising myself, I actually finished our vacation album that I have been working on for ....well let's just say...a long time. I love the way it turned out & love all the goodies that I packed into it. Feels good to have it completed.

And below is my first attempt at Project Life. Still not sure exactly where I am going with it and it may change as I go...but that's OK. Just the fact that I got the first week finished is HUGE!

 
I have not done a title page yet but I will. And I am currently working on my second week. Wow! It is really fun to create & I am sure as I go it will get easier and easier to pull it all together. Some weeks will be a bit more exciting than others but that is life, right! The point is to get it all down on paper. There is a lot of inspiration out there! I love seeing all the pages that everyone is creating. Good luck to all of you that are tackling this project too! We can do it!!