97 cents

Hi everyone! This week I was inspired by some washi tape that I got for only 97 cents! 2 rolls! So my color scheme this week was orange and gray. I picked these beauties up this week from Joann and also got some alphas! Everything for only $7.77! I used my gift card from Valentine's day because I'm supposed to be on a spending freeze...I'll talk about that later!

I participated in a swap this week and sent 1/3 of a my Maggie Holmes kit for a 1/3 of the Jade kit. I am in love! I wish I bought the core kit! I absolutely love every card and all the colors!!

      

Here are my week 5 pages! I used some cards & embellishments from the Studio Calico January & February kits and Becky Higgins Jade kit. And my orange washi tape! 

That is all folks! Until later, happy scrapbooking!! 

- the crafty love girl

the little engine that could

I wanted this blog to be mostly about my crafty projects, with a few blurbs about my personal life. Here is one of those blurbs! I mentioned in my first post that I moved recently and have a new job. After 9 weeks of training I am finally on my "real schedule"-- Night Shift! I am still training, but on the night shift now. In a few weeks I will be let loose and be on my actual schedule which is 7 days on, 7 days off. I am so excited!! I am planning to get so much done on my 7 days off, but realistically I've spoken with others on such schedule and they do the same in theory, but in actuality they don't get as much as done as they had set out to do. That said, I am going to set small goals to get things accomplished and... relax! I can spend so much more time on my hobbies and travelling, working out more (hopefully), and visiting with family. I have been so busy training and having different schedules every week, it has been hard to keep up with my PL pages. Nonetheless, I am getting them done and sharing my progress! Hence the name of my post today. I had alot of fun with these pages this week. I think it was because I had so many more options...ahem splurges! Most of the journal cards I used this week were from the Studio Calico December PL kit and a few were also from the BH Blush kit.

Have a beautiful day!

- the crafty love girl

I'm on a freeze

Love. My. Family.
I had such a wonderful weekend! We threw my Nana a surprise birthday party for her 70th! Family flew in from Colorado and we surprised her at Saltgrass Steakhouse and she had no idea... her reaction was adorable- she just couldn't believe her eyes! My Papaw was surprised as well and it was just perfect spending time with family!

I will have so many photos for my PL pages this week, I may do a few pages! And I will share them of course!

I have splurged, big time on some PL supplies these last few weeks and I have so much to share. I am going to do a spending freeze and not spend any money on PL/scrapbooking until next quarter. This will be hard for me so I'm just going to avoid Michaels, Hobby Lobby, and Joann until then. It will be extra hard not to spend money online, but I will just have to cyber window shop! I have plenty and could probably have a year's worth of supplies to get me through. It is exciting and a little addicting accumulating scrap supplies and I've got to chill out.

Here are some PL items that I ordered from Amazon:

Flea Market Mini Kit (super cute!) I love the ultra-feminine vintage look with all the floral and polka dots.

 Pretty 4x6 cards

Pretty 3x4 journal cards

PL dividers, Blush edition to match my Blush partial core-kit

So is anyone else on a spending freeze for one of your hobbies? What do you like to splurge on? I will share more of my goodies next time! And I do have more! I'd love to hear from some other Project Life-rs out there, leave a comment and a link with your crafty product inspirations below!  

- the crafty love girl

Goodies from SP & Company!

In my last post I talked about how my Project Life supplies are pretty much non exisistent right now. I realized this is a good thing because now that I am new to PL, I need (and can't wait!) to accumulate my PL stash!!! I think that having a variety of creative options is half the fun of creating your pages! So I am sharing what I got!

I ordered some pretty things from SP and Company:

Echo Park Paper Company, Here & Now by Lori Whitlock. Alpha stickers.

Echo Park Paper Company, Here & Now by Lori Whitlock. Element stickers.

Echo Park Paper Company, Be Mine by Cassandra Cooper, Alpha stickers.

Partial core kit from Becky Higgins Project Life: Blush

Sami the Scrapmaster also threw in some pretty cardstock!

So those are my super cute goodies I can't wait to use in my Project Life pages from Sami at Scrapmaster's Paradise! They are even prettier than the pictures! Make sure to check out her store and get some for yourself before they're out of stock!

Have a great rest of your week!

Ice & the Grammys

Howdy yall!  How has your week been?
I hope you found some time to get crafty! I am posting this blog as I am watching
 the Grammy's...holy smokes Pink had an awesome performance!

Today I am sharing my Week 2 Project Life progress. It is my second week in the 2014 binder but I chose to call it Week One on my page because the photos are from Dec 30 - Jan 5.  I am a little behind, (like reallly behind!) more than I'd like because I am a little scarce on supplies. I have ordered several items online--which I can't wait to get and share with you! I have been using materials and scraps that I've had in my stash forever. I have a few 4x6 journal cards and a few 2x3 journal cards that are different brands, collections, and color schemes. So it's been hard to make everything color coordiante, but I'm happy with what I've done so far.

Page 1 of Week One:

 

Page 2 of Week One:

Page 1 and 2 of Week One:

Did the winter storm visit you? Since it only gets icy here a few times a year, I couldn't miss the opportunity to capture a few photos for my Project Life scrapbook!

So far I am taking all of my photos on my Windows 8 phone, because it is practically glued to me! For special events I plan on taking photos with my digital SLR. I don't pull my Canon out enough! What kind of camera do yall use to take photos for your Project Life photos?

I'm linking up again with SP and sharing my progress! If you are creating Project Life pages and want to share, join us by clicking below! There is a ton of inspiration out there!

As Becky Higgins says... "Cultivate a good life and record it!" 

I will get back with yall and post my goodies that I purchased! 

If you're not Project Life-ing, why don't you start!