project life–week 6

okay, this is my most non-traditional week yet. I had some stuff that I really wanted to go in and I was trying to figure out how to make it all work.

but first, the beginning of the week is pretty normal:

my tuesday shot is of layla’s messy desk, as is. I have one from november or december of last year as well. it’s just kinda fun to see what she was busy with at the time.

on friday of last week, dave and I went to california for a wedding and a visit. we left the kids with my parents, and I left a detailed ‘itinerary’ for them. yes, it’s even color-coded! LOL. I can be excessively organized when I want to be. after we got back, I was going to recycle this, but then I thought it would be kinda funny to put it in the album. so into a page protector it went:

yes, it was two sided.

my next dilemma had to do with friday. I had a LOT of pictures from that day. pictures from the plane, pictures from breakfast with grandpa dick, pictures with nana, and of course, pictures from the wedding. I knew what I wanted for a POTD. I didn’t want to do a collage for it, because there were so many, and they were all from different, and unrelated stuff.

so I decided to do 2 big collages for the day. one from oakland in the morning:

and one from the wedding that evening:

costco doesn’t print 8.5x11 pictures, so I did 2 8x10’s. then I took a page of the 12x12 cardstock included in the kit, cut it down, and mounted one of the collages on each side of it. I put this in a second page protector, behind the itinerary.

and then went on with the week:

LOVE it. can’t wait to do more of this kind of thing!

and that’s week 6. Done! I’ll see you next week for another installment!

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finally!

here are layla’s curtains! actually up on the window! i have to say i’m quite pleased with myself for actually getting this done. but i have to give credit where credit is due… so thanks to my MIL for going to the fabric store w/ me and helping me with measurements and all that. AND, thanks to debbie for letting me use her sewing machine and for ironing all the hems for me! YAY!!!!

for my not-so-american friends

i didn't have an actual roll w/ the green plaid on it, but i found a refill and an empty roll in my junk drawer (yeah, i know, that should tell me something). but even the empty one says 'scotch' on it. there you go! SCOTCH TAPE!

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