12 on Fourteen & a mini…

14 Monday May 2012

Posted by Sara in 12 on Twelve, Mini Album, ScrapBook, Week in the Life 2012

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Ali Edwards, Clever Handmade, Kiddies, Mini Album, Ranger, Sassafras, Simple Stories, Sticky Back Canvas, Technique Tuesday, Unity Stamp Co.

(note: This is a long one, with lots of pics – you might want a coffee, or wine, or…. whatever, to get you through!)

So…. You all know how much I love the 12 on Twelve photo taking adventure each month, right? I love that little collage of one ordinary day in pictures – no journaling, just snapshots of our life.

And this month I forgot all about it. Sucks. I was bummed. And then that little person in my head went, “knock, knock, knock. Hey dummy! You can take 12 pictures any old day!” Ummm, yeah. Duh!

So today is the day! Anyone want to join in? There’s still lots of time! And my camera battery is dead so I’m crossing my fingers and hoping against hope that absolutely nothing happens for half an hour! 🙂

I’ll have today’s twelve ready for Wednesday.

The other thing that occurred to me was that I haven’t shared any retreat projects with you yet – sorry!

My Week in the Life album is almost done, just a couple of papers left to toss in there and then I’ll photograph and share it. Still love that project and I’m so happy I stuck with the album and finished it (almost!).

The thing is, when that album was done, I had a handful of pics not in there. Either they were cute, but didn’t really tell a story, or I had better ones to tell the story of the day, so they got cut. But, as I said, there were some cute pics – what to do, what to do?

I made G a mini album with the extras and some more of the fabulous Clever Handmade Embroidery Board!

Clever Handmade Mini Album

16 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Sara in Mini Album, ScrapBook

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Clever Handmade, Heidi Kress, Instagram, Maya Road, Mini Album, My Little Bit of Whimsy, Ranger, Sticky Back Canvas, The Paperie

On Friday, I had a blog post over on The Paperie blog for their Paperie Picks – my “pick” was a company called Clever Handmade by Heidi (Grace) Kress.

12 on Twelve

14 Saturday Apr 2012

Posted by Sara in Family

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12 on Twelve, Clever Handmade, Club kits, Daily Dozen, Global, Kiddies

Sorry there was no post on Friday – the 13th hit here with a vengeance!

As promised, here are my 12 on Twelve pictures from Thursday!

From left to right, top to bottom:

1. L and G were superheros today – with mini monster trucks to match!

2. M rocking her new fancy dress again.

3. Photographing the new Paperie April kit – Chevron Chic!

4. Superman G making faces for the camera.

5. M walking home in the rain from C’s house.

6. Taking pics of my Clever Handmade project for The Paperie blog.

7. G doing stickers during nap time.

8. M taking a nap in Mama’s bed during nap time!

9. Ella taking a nap on the stairs and L’s blankie.

10. A very fancy new gift from D – I always complain ours don’t cut. I won’t have that complaint anymore!

11. M modelling her jammies from Uncle Matthew and Aunt Cecilia – she loves them!

12. A late night treat!

This was fun again – thanks Dear Lizzie, can’t wait for next month, it’s a great overview of one day each month!

Things on Thursday…

12 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by Sara in 12 on Twelve, Classes, ScrapBook, Things on Thursday...

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Android, Clever Handmade, Instagram, Photoshop, Rainbow Tag LO, Ranger

1. I’m doing 12 on Twelve again today. Loved it last month and forgot all about it until I saw this post this morning to remind me! Who’s joining in? It’s not too late, there’s lots of day left!

2. Android finally got the Instagram app and I couldn’t be happier! And I’m also enjoying Ink361 to view my pics and pull them into Photoshop. I’ve heard Extragram is good too though, so I’ll check that out and see what I think. And if you want to follow my photostream my instagram name is saracees!

3. October Afternoon has this sketch challenge up today and though I’m not much of a sketch person, I love this one! Think I’ll have to try to make time to do a LO!

4. I have a another Paperie Picks blog post going live tomorrow and I’ll talk about this cute project:

Sneak peek!

I tweeted a sneak of it the other day but I’ll go into detail about the product in the blog post – awesome stuff!

5. I’m seriously considering another online class. I know, I’m addicted! But the current one – Sketchbook 4 – is awesome and is going to be a fantastic source of ideas once it’s done. The new one, Get Messy, is right up my alley these days – paint, ink, and mist, and a finished mini album in the end! Love the sound of it!

6. I have a fun class coming up on Sunday at The Paperie – the Rainbow Tag Layout. We’ll be having fun with Ranger and October Afternoon products, plus using LilyBee and Amy Tangerine alphas. There are a few spots left so call and sign up – it’s a cheery one, great for those new spring pics you’re taking!

The LO we’ll do in class is not exactly the same as this one – we’re using slightly different alphas and this original LO met a nasty end with a cup of hot chocolate – not a good scene! 🙂

Have a great day – hopefully it’s not as rainy in your neck of the woods as it is here!