New Paper Pack:: Follow Your Heart

I have a new paper pack that released today at TLP!

Hop on over to TLP pick up this paper pack for 50% off TODAY ONLY!

Here's a little creative inspiration to get you going:
From Me:

From Anna:

From Nat:

It's been a little quiet around my blog this week, but I promise there is more to come soon. I'm hoping to finish up last week's Project Life and get that posted later tonight. I also have some more creative inspiration to share and big news related to my etsy shop.

I'll be back soon!

All of My Love is Here!

It's that time again friends! The February BYOC (Build Your Own Collaboration) has arrived at the-lilypad.com, and it is divine! And if you act quickly- it's 20% off for the whole weekend!

I have three new releases with the BYOC- Introducing All of My Love | The Papers:

The Alpha:

The Tabs:

And a little inspiration:

From me:

From Justine:

From Macy:

From Jude:

From Anna:

I hope you enjoy All of My Love!! I'm excited to use this kit as my "kit of the month" for February's Project Life. I plan to pick up some of the great journaling cards some of the other TLP designers created this month to compliment my kit.

Project Life | Week Three

Holy cow- another week of Project Life, and I'm still caught up! Thank you DIGITAL Project Life! Each week reaffirms my decision to go digi, and I'm so happy I did.

So here's a peak at our life on the third week of 2012:

Did you notice the use of the new design D? I really wanted to show the Rock N Roll picture in vertical format, so I chose to try a new layout for the right side. To be honest, I don't totally love how it breaks up the uniformity of the spread, but I'm willing to live with it if I have pics that must be in vertical format. I think I'm going to find that my preference throughout the year is going to be good old Design A.

Close up of left side:

On the left side we have the title card, a black and white picture of the girls having lunch (a wonderful every day moment that I got to share with them on Martin Luther King Day), an instagram picture of our pizza and "The Bachelor" night, a quick little filler card I made, an iphone pic that the hubs took at a car show we went to this weekend, a quote from a conversation with Jules, and my favorite of this side- pics of Lilly climbing the stairs. I won't say it's the first time she showed interest in the stairs, but it was definitely the first time she quickly crawled to the landing in the blink of an eye. That meant it was time for the baby gate to go up. I absolutely love, love the expression that I caught on her face when I put the gate up.

The right side:

On the right side we have- a hilarious picture of Jules rocking out with her pink guitar while watching American Idol, a journaling card about our rock star, a journaling card about Jules getting invited to her first "friend from school" birthday party, two pics from the party (it was at a bounce house type place), two pics of Lilly and Jules in the trunk of Grandpa's car at the car show, and a little journaling about our visit with Grandpa Jim at the car show.

So you may all remember a few weeks back when I promised more designs of my project life map?? Well, I was going to do whip them up, when I realized Marcy Penner  beat me to the punch. SO- if you're still on the look out for Project Life Maps in other designs, be sure to stop by Marcy's blog and pick them up in all the designs here.

I wanted to give you a little behind the scenes look at how I map out the week before I get started. I open up the jpegs of my maps, and map everything out (and yes- I even do THIS digitally!), and then I start pulling my pictures and placing everything.

It's still taking me several hours to complete the spread for the week, but a major portion of this time is spent editing photos. It's definitely on my radar screen to start editing more throughout the week so I just have to pop the pictures in when it comes time to do my layout.

How are you feeling with your Project Life? Are things getting easier or more overwhelming?

Supplies used this week:

Linking:

Inspiration Thursday

Welcome to a new series I like to call: Inspiration Thursday! Each week on Thursday, I will be sharing with you a little creative inspiration from my creative team, as well as layouts from around the web. If you have been scrapping with my products, please be sure to add them to my flickr group- you never know...you might see your layout featured here on my blog!

First up, a little Project Life inspiration:

From Jude:

From Anna:

Next up is more inspiration for my Candy Cane Lane Papers and Elements:

From Terri:

From Justine:

A few more project to feature with Fresh Start:

From Sarabeth:

From Terri:

From Justine:

And finally, a very cool hybrid album from Justine, using You+Me:

I also spent some time perusing the gallery at TLP today, and found this layout using A Very Vintage Christmas by 1girl1boy:

This one using Fresh Start by Simply-j-studio:

Project Life | Week Two

A day off of work for me equals getting caught up on Project Life! I'm so happy to be caught up, and to be able to link up with everyone else on a timely basis!

Last week was very photo intense, and this week I was able to include a little more journaling. Since our Disney trip went until Monday of this week, I was able to throw in a few more vacation photos, and my favorite- the vacation review. Each family member was interviewed about their favorite parts of the trip and it is all documented here (okay so I made up Lilly's responses).

On the left:

 

This side includes a few more vacation pics, the vacation review, a little journaling about Jules' return to preschool after the long break, a picture of my iPad and wine (aka relaxation) at LAX this week (I flew in and out for a work meeting), movie night, and Lilly crawling. 

On the right we have Jules helping me make meatballs, my new purse, Lilly passed out in the middle of the living room, a journaling card showing the girls' age and weight (I would have done height but I didn't measure it and I was too lazy to do it today), picture of me and Lilly that Jules took, a journaling card about throwing my brother a "Nerdy 30" birthday party (he's an engineer), my sister and I in our nerdy outfits, and a pic of the birthday boy. 

Caught up- it's a good feeling. 

PRODUCTS USED:

Linking Up:

Project Life 2012 | Week One

Yes! Week One is done! This week was really challenging because it was very photo intense with our trip to Disneyland. It was really hard to narrow it down to just a handful of pics from our trip. I'm still struggling with how to document our Disney trips from this year- when I finally figure it out, I'll be sure to share!

On the left side we have the title card, two pics of Lilly emptying out my sock drawer, instagram pic of daddy's found keys in the dishwasher, my P52 picture from this week, an instagram pic documenting me trying Starbucks Via for the first time, Lilly completely passed out in her high chair at Grandma's house, and a family pic in front of the christmas tree at Disneyland.

On the right we have a picture that I LOVE of Jules on our trip, with a little quote from her that week, Lilly hanging out in Goofy's house, family pic with Mickey, a journaling card about our trip, me and Jules on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jules and Pluto, a collage just some of the instagram pics from the trip, and Jules and Daddy.

I also have an insert this week- a holiday themed Disneyland map. It's an odd size, so I'm going to have to figure out how to incorporate that. I have a ton more Disneyland pics, so more on those to come.

PRODUCTS USED