tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619078641150818122024-03-13T11:05:20.495-10:00JenTapler DesignsA Tapler Ohana Project Life & Crafty BlogJen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.comBlogger794125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-63915523303595134912014-10-29T10:20:00.001-10:002014-10-29T10:20:34.152-10:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 21 & 22Moving right along with my blog post catch-up to Weeks 21 & 22...<br />
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<b>Week 21: May 18 - May 21, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, I started crocheting a baby blanket. Joel picked up a new indoor grill. I made a batch of soap. We drove up to the summit of Haleakala to watch a meteor shower. Dean got a new computer to use in a new school situation for the 2014-2015 school year. And, my favorite, Dean was absolutely certain Tulip the cat wanted to take a selfie.<br />
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I used lots of printables from Emily Merritt (now retired) along with cards from the Jade Core Kit this week and little tags added to photos for detail. The name of the game this year is keeping things simple.<br />
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<b>Week 22: May 25 - May 31, 2014:</b><br />
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Around here, Joel brought home flowers. Dean did a fun science experiment from his favorite new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1622670302/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1622670302&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20&linkId=QJTH6P25QYI7RLHE">Dr. Mollie Cule Reboots the Robot</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1622670302" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
. Dean and I watched the live stream of the Hokule'a launch on the first leg of it's Worldwide Journey (if you're not familiar with Hokule'a, please read about it <a href="http://www.hokulea.com/voyages/our-story/">here.</a> It is simply amazing. And you can follow the crew and their beautiful journey on Instagram @hokuleawwv). Dean wrapped up the end of 2nd grade and will be trying out something different next year - we finished the year both excited and nervous for new educational adventures! And I finished the baby blanket I started the previous week.<br />
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This week I used lots of Becky Higgins products - a self portrait card from the Bridgeport Childhood Mini Kit (not sure that's still available) and several cards from the Happy Core Kit.<br />
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And that wraps up 2 more weeks! I'll be back soon with more. Have a great week!Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-25743117586731260632014-10-20T08:47:00.001-10:002014-10-20T08:47:33.040-10:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 19 & 20Hi there! I'm back again today to continue with the Project Life blog catch-up. Today I'm sharing Weeks 19 & 20.<br />
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<b>Week 19: May 4 - May 10, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, we settled back into our normal routine after a week of vacation - never easy! I started a crocheted teacher's gift (pencil scarf). We celebrated Boy's Day and our favorite boy. Lots of Lego creations. Dean and I spent a fun day together in Lahaina. Dean started reading the Harry Potter series.<br />
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This week I used cards from the Becky Higgins Coral Edition along with a few printables by Emily Merritt (now retired) and embellishments from Studio Calico.<br />
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<b>Week 20: May 11 - May 17, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, we celebrated Mother's Day with brunch at Five Palms Restaurant in Kihei with my Mom Sunday morning. Dean and I made our Summer Fun Bucket List. Dean worked a little bit on his Lego Ewok Village. We met Sarah and Brooklyn at the beach in Wailea for dinner and sunset Friday evening.<br />
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This week I used lots of printables by Emily Merritt (now retired) and a few card from Becky Higgins kits (I don't remember now which ones). Very little embellishment this week - nice & simple!<br />
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<br />Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-68266365532935477322014-10-19T15:02:00.000-10:002014-10-19T15:02:58.834-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 18 - Disneyland TripToday I'm sharing my Project Life pages that document a week-long Disneyland Trip we took in the spring! The 3 of us, along with my Mom (Tutu if you're a regular reader), flew in to LAX from Maui on Sunday, April 27 and used a Limo Service (really a fancy SUV) to get to the Disney Resort. We stayed at Disney's Grand Californian Resort & Spa and didn't leave the Disney property until heading back to the airport on Saturday, May 3 (that's just how we do Disney - if we're gonna do it, we're REALLY gonna do it). This time around, we purchased 5-day Park Hopper passes and spent a little time at both parks each day. However, the parks were PACKED this trip (when 2 years ago the same week they were pretty dead, so that was a little disappointing) and so many of the rides were closed (Indiana Jones, It's a Small World, Grizzly River Run, The Little Mermaid, Finding Nemo, and 2 or 3 others that I now can't remember, and Radiator Springs Racers had a lot of problems and was closed several hours each day) that it meant the lines for all the other rides were even longer. And Anaheim experienced record-breaking heat that week as well. Like temps were 100* almost every single day - something we are definitely NOT used to here on Maui. And finally, our first night in the hotel, after a very long day of travel, we were awakened in the middle of the night by the fire alarm - a very scary ordeal as the housekeeping staff continuously told us "this is real" and we had to evacuate very quickly in our PJs!! We then had to wait outside barely dressed and in bare feet for over an hour until we were given the "all clear" and headed back to our room, only to find our door handle broken and unable to get back inside - so, another hour-long wait for maintenance to come fix it, but it remained faulty for several days, making those late-night returns to the room even later as we again waited for maintenance to come let us back into our room. It was definitely not our best trip to Disney, but we made the most of it and still had a great time and made some pretty fantastic memories anyway. It will probably be quite some time before we talk Tutu into going back though. ;-)<br />
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<b>Week 18: April 27 - May 3, 2014:</b><br />
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Above, you can see the left and right side pages, as well as several inserts, all layered together. I used printables from the <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/Project-Mouse-BUNDLE-No.-1-Basics.html" target="_blank">Project Mouse Bundle</a> (there are now several different versions of this available) by Sahlin Studio for some of the cards along with a few Becky Higgins cards and Emily Merritt (now retired) printables.<br />
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I added a Design H insert to hold some of the extra photos I wanted to include from the week. I will also be making a separate mini album from the trip, so didn't feel that much pressure to pick out the very best pictures - I mostly picked out my favorite group pictures that included all of us in different areas of the park so as to cover the entire week & / or if there were any special moments I wanted to capture.<br />
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One of my favorite inserts to include when I have tons of photos is a coin collection page - this is especially perfect for instagram photos and that's just what I used it for here. I did trim it down a bit and then printed lots of my favorite instagram photos from the trip and slipped them into the 2x2 inch pockets. Hint: if you don't want to overload your instagram feed with vacation photos while on vacation, you can still process the photos through instagram without actually publishing them. Just go far enough along that you get that "processing" screen and they'll show up in your Instagram album on your phone. (At least that's true with the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is the phone I have - I've never owned an iPhone, so I'm not 100% sure about that). Also of note, I didn't even take a regular camera on this trip - All of these photos were taken with our phones! My husband and I both have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and making the decision ahead of time not to take my big camera really took a lot of stress off of trying to get perfect photos! But we still managed to capture tons of great shots!<br />
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<br />Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-22303024839274767092014-09-21T17:42:00.000-10:002014-09-21T17:42:26.697-10:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 15, 16 & 17I'm back today to share a few more weeks of my Project Life 2014 Album! Once again, in an effort to simplify the catching up process, I'm just going to keep the verbage to a minimum and just post the photos and a short blurb about the highlights of the week. If you have questions about any of the products used, please post a question in the comments and I'll add information as it's requested. I tend to use a combination of physical products from the Becky Higgins core kits and random <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/" target="_blank">Studio Calico</a> products along with digital products from Emily Merritt (not retired) and <a href="https://aliedwards.com/shop/digital" target="_blank">Ali Edwards</a>.<br />
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<b>Week 15: April 6 - April 12, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, Game of Thrones Season 4 premiered. We attended the Artist in Me night at Dean's school. Joel and I purchased new phones (the Samsung Galaxy S5 - we've always been Galaxy users, never owned an iPhone).<br />
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<b>Week 16: April 13 - April 19, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, Dean and I drove up to the summit of Haleakala to watch the Lunar Eclipse. We all celebrated Brooklyn's 3rd Birthday (we are dear friends with her Moms). We dyed Easter Eggs. Received a very special gift in the mail from sweet, sweet friends. Documented an historic selfie.<br />
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<b>Week 17: April 20 - April 26, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, we celebrated Easter at Tutu's (my Mom's). Dean did an awesome job on his Endangered Species project at school. A lifelong friend arrived on Maui to housesit for us the following week while we went to Disneyland (stay tuned for my Disney layout soon!).<br />
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<b><br /></b>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-79903700141524442732014-09-20T16:38:00.000-10:002014-09-20T16:38:32.064-10:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 11, 12 & 13Well, Aloha! I wonder if anyone's still out there reading this blog? I took the entire summer off from blogging and it was wonderful! I just wasn't feeling it and needed a break. I'm going to try again and just see how it goes and see if my heart's still in it at all. I'll start with trying to catch up on sharing my Project Life layouts and go from there. I've still been creating Project Life and am mostly caught up, as you probably know if you follow me on Instagram (@JenTapler). So my plan is for the next several posts I'll be posting multiple weeks at a time to attempt to get somewhat caught up with sharing and keep the chit chat to a minimum. If there are questions about product used, please post a comment and I'll come back and add that information as it's requested. Thanks for sticking with me!<br />
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<b>Week 11: March 9 - March 15, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, Dean had a tourist friend back on island, we started watching the series Cosmos (Dean loved it), I finished up another awesome Clay class at the Hui, and we got lots of rain.<br />
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Around here, the weather continued to be awesome - nice and cool! Joel played golf in Pukalani with Vince and Tina. St. Patrick's Day was this week. Dean and I used our season passes and spent a morning at the Maui Ocean Center. Joel and Dean went to see the new Muppets movie. Lots of Mario Kart.<br />
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<b>Week 13: March 23 - March 29, 2014</b>:<br />
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Around here, Dean went golfing with Joel at the Dunes at Maui Lani. I did lots of crocheting and made my first batch of all-natural lip balm. Dean and I tried Wow Wow Lemonade for the first time. Dean made an awesome diorama about the book The Secret Zoo for a school assignment.<br />
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And that's it. I previously shared Week 14 HERE, so be sure to check that out if you missed it. I'll try to be back soon with Weeks 15, 16 & 17 and more.Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-70557636748684064522014-05-17T15:39:00.000-10:002014-05-17T15:39:19.159-10:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 9 & 10Well hi there! It's been over a month since I blogged - a very busy month with a week-long trip to Disneyland, Joel finishing up his first year of grad school, lots of end-of-the-year activities going on at school for Dean, etc etc. So I have a bit of catching up to do with sharing Project Life here on the blog. I also have a few non-Project Life posts planned soon, so we'll see how that goes.<br />
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<b>Week 9: February 23 - March 1, 2014</b>:<br />
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This was the week I spent a long weekend on Oahu - the purpose of the trip was Continuing Education (Vestibular Rehab - which is basically Physical Therapy treatment of vertigo and balance disorders), but I made it a longer than necessary trip so I could hang out with Aunty Les and do some shopping (she took me to several really nice yarn shops and a Korean store and I spent lots of time at Ala Moana). I also got to meet my Instagram friend Erin. While I was gone, Joel and Dean went rollerblading and generally made a mess of the house. <br />
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For product, I used the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EAACPH2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00EAACPH2&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20&linkId=YQLGB5WGUK6SBC6V">Sunshine Core Kit</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00EAACPH2" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> along with a few Emily Merritt products - <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/happy-place.html" target="_blank">Happy Place</a>, <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/spring-is-coming.html" target="_blank">Spring is Coming</a>, and <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/dotted-numbers.html" target="_blank">Dotted Numbers</a>. I also added a few cards and embellishments from Studio Calico. <br />
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<b>Week 10: March 2 - March 8, 2014</b>:<br />
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Pretty chill week around here, lots of time at home. I started watching House of Cards and then spent countless hours in front of the TV doing nothing else. I volunteered in the school library. Lots of rain again this week (we don't mind, Maui needs it!), and I spent some time in the Ceramics Open Studio.<br />
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Product Used: Coral Core Kit, various Studio Calico embellishments, and a few more Emily Merritt goodies - <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/spring-is-coming.html" target="_blank">Spring is Coming</a> and <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2</a>.<br />
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And there you have Weeks 9 & 10!<br />
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Just a note to say that I've been getting quite a bit of spam in my comments lately, so I might be making some changes to the comment thing on my blog. I'm exploring that a bit - deciding between moderation and using a captcha. Any input? I don't get many comments at all, so moderation wouldn't be a big issue. Would love to hear some opinions on this.<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-23080637278802040252014-04-08T00:01:00.000-10:002014-04-08T06:25:51.196-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 14 - with Reverse Confetti<b>March 30 - April 5, 2014:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello April and Hello <a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/" target="_blank"><b>REVERSE CONFETTI</b></a> Fans! I'm so excited to be hopping along again with the Reverse
Confetti Design Team and Special Guests in this month's Blog Hop! </span>As has been my standard when I play along with the Confetti Crew, I
created another Project Life layout this month - incorporating my
favorite new and past stamp sets into my spread, both on journaling
cards and directly on my photos to help tell the story of our daily
lives. I used my new<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/class-act/" target="_blank">Class Act</a></b> stamp set along with several of my older Reverse Confetti stamp sets in this week's layout. </span><br />
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The hop started over on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti Blog</a></b> and you should have made it here from the amazing <b><a href="http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti" target="_blank">Amy Sheffer's blog</a></b>. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop so
you don't miss a thing. We have tons of inspiration for you to see using
all of Reverse Confetti's amazing stamp sets!<br />
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Along with the new <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/class-act/" target="_blank">Class Act</a></b> stamp set, I dug into my Reverse Confetti stash and used a few of my old favorites, including <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/arrows-n-elements/" target="_blank">Take Note</a></b>, <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/lighthearted-letters/" target="_blank">Lighthearted Letters</a></b>, and <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/celebrate-cake/" target="_blank">Celebrate Cake</a></b> as well as the flag-ended banner die from the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tag-me/" target="_blank">Tag Me</a></b> Confetti Cuts die set. All of these stamp sets are perfect for using on Project Life Pages and went well with <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/the-good-life.html" target="_blank">The Good Life</a></b> Emily Merritt printables I used this week along with a few random Becky Higgins journal cards I added in. <br />
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I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with us
on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now
it’s time to hop on over to <b><a href="http://thinkingstamps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Gough's blog</a></b>. If you get lost along the
way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating
designers over on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti blog</a></b>. Also, for you cardmakers, don't forget...April’s
<b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/2014/04/01/april-sketch-for-you-to-try/" target="_blank">SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY</a></b> is open for you to play along. <br />
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would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own?
Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15
gift certificate to <a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/" target="_blank"><b>REVERSE CONFETTI</b>.</a> Comments are open until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1551422300" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday, April 10 at noon CST</span></span>, and the winner will be announced on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti Blog</a></b>!Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-9260555012353309762014-03-17T16:51:00.000-10:002014-03-17T16:51:19.380-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 8<b>February 16 - February 22, 2014</b>:<br />
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Around here, we were pretty busy this week. Dean had his first Orthodontist Appointment - yes, he's only 7, but it's been a year and a half since he lost his front teeth and there is no sign of them coming in yet and his x-rays at the dentist show quite a bit of crowding of his permanent teeth down there under those baby teeth. Poor kid. Joel has nice, perfect, straight teeth and never had braces. I had horrible teeth. It seems that Dean unfortunately inherited his mother's teeth. Orthodontics are definitely in our future. I continued with my Clay Class, practicing my scraffito technique and making test tiles for commercial underglazes. I bought yarn to start a new blanket for Dean to match his room. We got new curtains. Lots of Olympics theme in Dean's playtime this week. One of my favorite photos is the one I snapped of the top of our coffee table after a full day. You can read the journaling that goes with the photo on the yellow 3x4 card. Love photos of real life like that. <br />
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Product used this week included the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145240-sunshine-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Sunshine</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F146497-project-life-slate-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Slate</a></b> core kits along with Emily Merritt's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/painted-cards-no.1.html" target="_blank">Painted Cards No. 1</a></b>, <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2</a></b>, and the green "hello" card is recolored from <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/hey-there.html" target="_blank">Hey There</a></b>. <br />
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And that wraps up Week 8! It's been awhile since I posted - life has been busy. Starting to get a handle on our schedule with the addition of piano lessons and my Clay Class has finished up. I'm trying to decide how I want to continue with my new pottery hobby - using the Open Studio at the Hui (which is somewhat expensive at $75/month) or purchase my own kiln. I can pretty much do everything at home except the firings. However, getting a kiln on Maui is not exactly easy (or cheap!). I've also been crocheting like crazy, making lots of scarves and trying to finish at least 1 blanket. And have I ever mentioned that I make my own soap? Lots of hobbies going on around here. I'd like to start blogging about more of these things - do any of you have a particular interest in any of these? Would you like to know more about making your own soap? Would you like to see what I'm crocheting? Links to patterns, supplies, etc? Any interest in pottery? What other hobbies do you have besides Project Life?Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-78665292835994422022014-02-23T10:37:00.000-10:002014-02-23T10:37:47.784-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 7<b>February 9 - February 15, 2014</b>:<br />
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Around here, Week 7 was a fabulous week! Dean started Piano lessons at the Maui Music Conservatory. I continued with my Clay Class and finally got the hang of Scraffito (a technique that I did not master in my first clay class). And, it was Valentine's Day. <br />
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I used lots of new <b><a href="http://www.shopellesstudio.com/" target="_blank">Elle's Studio</a></b> goodies in my layout this week, including several things from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Felles-studio%2F146936-love-you-more-collection-pack%2F" target="_blank">Love You More</a></b> Collection Pack and the Love You More <a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Felles-studio%2F146932-love-you-more-journaling-tags%2F" target="_blank">J<b>ournaling Tags</b></a>. The "Be Mine" card is from Emily Merritt's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/heart-talk.html" target="_blank">Heart Talk</a></b> and the "This is Where it is Beautiful" is from her <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/snowy-day.html" target="_blank">Snow Day</a></b> (recolored). And of course, I added the yellow circle "7" from Emily's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/snowy-day.html" target="_blank">Dotted Numbers</a></b> set. <br />
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I was so happy to add some of Dean's artwork this week! It's one of my favorite things to include in Project Life. I often include it inside extra inserts, which don't usually get shared on the blog, but sometimes when I'm short a pocket, I'll hand Dean a blank card and ask him to draw me a picture. This week I needed another 4x6 card to fill out the spread, so I asked him to draw a Valentine picture. He drew a picture of our family with lots of love. It's hilarious that he drew us all wearing green shirts and purple shorts (I'm pretty sure Dean is the only one of us who owns a shirt that color - one of his school shirts, and none of us own purple shorts! Ha!).<br />
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And there you have Week 7. I'm off to get started on Week 8!! <br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-22920679065700694672014-02-22T14:14:00.002-10:002014-02-22T14:14:47.655-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 6<b>February 2 - February 8, 2014</b><br />
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During Week 6 of 2014, <b>Around Here</b> Dean and I were both sick - he missed school and I missed work on Monday. Tuesday, the election results were announced and Dean discovered he had been elected the Class President of Mrs. Yuen's 2nd Grade Class at Pomaika'i Elementary School! So proud! The Olympics started Thursday, and as is tradition for us since Dean's first time watching any Olympics (the Winter Olympics of 2010), we are completely obsessed!! Saturday we went to see The Lego Movie (highly recommend - thoroughly enjoyable for the adults and the little ones!). And look how many times the cats made it into the PL spread this week - 3 times! I'm pretty sure that's a record! LOL. <br />
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Big variety of product this week. My Anchor Card is from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142755-midnight-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Midnight Core Kit</a></b>, as is that "Perfection" 3x4 card and a few of my journal cards. I used several Emily Merritt products this week - her new <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/currently-3x4.html" target="_blank">Currently 3x4 cards</a></b>, the 3x4 card with all the "xoxo"s on it is from <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/heart-talk.html" target="_blank">Heart Talk</a></b> (you'll be seeing more of this in my Week 7 layout, the "miserable" hashtag card is from <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/not-my-day.html" target="_blank">Not My Day</a></b>, and finally the number 6 week marker card is from <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2</a></b>. The "Happy Moment" 3x4 card is from my January Studio Calico PL kit. And the two far right 3x4 cards are both from the Plus One Mini Kit. <br />
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And that's it for Week 6! I can't wait to share Week 7 - it's one of my favorite layouts so far in my 2014 Album. I'll be back soon with that.<br />
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Mahalo for stopping by!<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-8618274853095797422014-02-17T16:45:00.000-10:002014-02-17T16:45:09.285-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 5<b>January 26 - February 1, 2014</b>:<br />
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Playing catch-up on sharing my Project Life layouts. Around here, during Week 5 of 2014, life was pretty satisfying. We experienced our own version of winter here on Maui, which I know my mainland readers will laugh at, but we're just not used to it! It was cold for us (low 50s at night and only getting into the mid 70s during the day) all week and we got lots of much-needed rain. Honestly, even though we're not accustomed to that kind of "winter weather", it was kind of nice! We spent the evenings bundled up on the couch under quilts, watching movies, and I got to break out my comfy sweatpants and sweatshirts! Appropriately, Dean had a Snowman Project due to school, where he had to design and build a snowman. He did great. Wednesday I started another Handbuilding with Clay class up at the Hui. I took a similar class last fall and LOVED it! I'm not that good, but I'm thoroughly enjoying getting my hands dirty and stepping out of my creative comfort zone. And now I want a kiln to use at home! We celebrated Chinese New Year with an authentic Chinese Dinner from Panda Express (ha!) and Dean got to feed the lion a red money envelope at his school's Chinese New Year celebration Lion Dance. And finally, Saturday we attended a fun birthday party at Kalama Park for one of Dean's friends from preschool. And that sums up another fun and busy week for us.<br />
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And that's it for Week 5. How is everyone else doing? Keeping up? Catching up? <br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-62038728458242358202014-02-08T01:00:00.000-10:002014-02-08T01:00:00.225-10:00Classmate Valentine Gifts with Reverse Confetti<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to be playing along in another Blog Hop this month with the fabulous <a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/" target="_blank"><b>Reverse Confetti</b> </a>Team! Today I'm veering a bit away from my standard Project Life post to share a fun little Valentine's Day project I mass produced for Dean to give to each of his 2nd Grade Classmates next week. A few Reverse Confetti stamp sets and dies made the mass production so easy! I'll get to all of the project details in a bit. First, the nitty gritty about the Blog Hop...<br />
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The hop started over on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti Blog</a></b> and you should have made it here from the amazing <b><a href="http://heatherpulvirenti.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti" target="_blank">Heather Pulvirenti's Blog</a></b>.
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For school parties, I try to steer clear of candy as the kids get so much of that already. This year, I found these awesome recycled paper pencils from a fabulous Etsy Shop - <b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MoxiePear" target="_blank">MoxiePear</a></b> - and placed a bulk order of pink, red and white. I already had the perfect sized cellophane bags, so I just needed to make a cute little tag. Reverse Confetti made the job super quick and easy! I pulled out my <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tag-me/" target="_blank">Tag Me</a></b> die set along with the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/arrow/" target="_blank">Arrow</a></b> die and got to work cutting. As for the stamping, I used <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/crushin/" target="_blank">Crushin</a></b>' for the decorative bits and then added Dean's name with <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/lighthearted-letters/" target="_blank">Lighthearted Letters</a></b> (I love using this stamp set on my Project Life pages as well). Repeat 20 times and Dean is ready for his Valentine's Day party!<br />
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Have a great weekend! Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-31113481984276427402014-02-03T12:52:00.000-10:002014-02-03T12:52:42.621-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 4<b>January 19 - January 25, 2014</b>:<br />
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Around here, Week 4 flew by! Dean had quite a bit going on at school with a big project due for the 100th Day of School. In true Dean Style, he went completely over the top with this one. The assignment was simply to collect 100 of something and display it on a posterboard. I tried to convince him to do 100 Lego pieces, but he was having none of that. "Too boring". He's been really, really into all things Space since he could talk, so of course, it would be Space related. He decided to list his 100 Favorite "Space Objects", and he had to put them in order from smallest to largest. And then he decided nobody would know what any of them were, so he needed to label them (moon, planet, dwarf planet, star, nebula, etc). I helped him cut out the red letters using my Silhouette, but he did the rest of it all on his own. I've never even heard of most of the things on his list other than the planets in our own Solar System plus a few of the other stars and nebula just because of listening to Dean talk over the years. It was a lot of work for a 7-yr-old, but he did a great job! (it was really hard for me not to step in and try to get him to line up those sticker labels a little better or to try to get him to make his columns a little straighter, but I stepped back and let him do it himself and he did great! And he was so, so proud of himself!!). The other big news of the week was that a HUGE North Swell arrived in Hawaii on Wednesday with giant waves - it was expected to bring the biggest waves we've had in about 15 years. Waves on Maui's north shore were predicted to be around 40 ft with one famous surf spot, Pe'ahi (also known as "Jaws"), getting hammered with waves up to 80 ft!! So my friend Jayci, Dean and I braved the absolutely insane traffic along with just about everyone else on Maui and headed out to the North Shore Wednesday afternoon to check out the waves. Our timing wasn't great, it was super windy, and the waves weren't that big yet (about 25 ft). It took us almost 2 hours to drive to Ho'okipa, which would normally take about 20 minutes, because of the traffic backed up in both directions with people trying to get out to Jaws. We decided not to keep going to Jaws. I wanted Dean to see the waves (the biggest in his lifetime), but I wanted to get home before dark! <br />
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This is one of the first times I've consistently used product from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142756-honey-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Honey Kit</a></b> throughout my layout. I have a love / hate relationship with Honey. I love the simple, clean designs of some of the cards (like the ones I used this week), but I don't like a lot of the other, more cutesy cards. But the colors are great and I do like the way this week turned out! I used another of Emily Merritt's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2 </a></b>to mark my week and added in a few bits and pieces from Studio Calico. But it was mostly <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142756-honey-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Honey Core Kit</a></b> this week. That "Remember This" stamp on the bottom left photo is an old one from <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fevalicious%2F" target="_blank">Evalicious</a></b>. It doesn't look like they carry it any more, but I just noticed they have a ton of great new stuff that just released, including these <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fevalicious%2F147371-hello-2014-miscellany-v1-puffy-stickers%2F" target="_blank">Hello 2014 Misc V1 Puffy Stickers</a></b> that I've got my eye on.<br />
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And that's it for Week 4! I just finished up my Week 5 layout so will be back in a day or 2 to share that as well. Thanks for stopping by! <br />
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This week, we had a great Sunday - a Krispy Kreme breakfast of sprinkled donuts and POG just because we could, then some quiet reading at home before Joel and Dean headed out on one of their typical Sunday adventures (they did one of their favorite hikes - Four Waterfalls - lots of running through bamboo, jumping off waterfalls, swimming in jungle streams, and boulder hopping!). Then Sunday evening Joel and I enjoyed the first episode of a new HBO show we've been excited to watch - True Detective with one of my faves Matthew McConaughey and Maui resident Woody Harrelson. We are definitely intrigued. (of course, we don't think HBO does anything badly). Dean had a dentist appointment, we got our piano tuned (FINALLY - it's super old, we bought it used, it spent like 30 years in a home literally 25 yards from the ocean which is not really good for pianos, so it was very, very badly out of tune - it took the tuner man 8.5 hours to tune it!!). Saturday Joel and I enjoyed a fun date day driving over to the West Side for a Barnes & Noble run and some shopping (even with the stressful drive over the Pali with all the tourists driving like crazies while trying to look at all the whales instead of keeping their eyes on the road! ha!). And most exciting of all - we booked a trip to Disneyland with my Mom for mid-spring!! <br />
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As for products used this week, a few things from the Copper Mountain Studio Calico kits as well as a journal card from the Midnight Core Kit. The rest is pretty much from Emily Merritt's new <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/choose-happy.html" target="_blank">Choose Happy</a></b> kit - love it! I also used Emily Merritt's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/dotted-numbers.html" target="_blank">Dotted Numbers</a></b> to mark the week number again. <br />
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And that wraps up Week 3. I love being caught up on this album. I'm hoping to finish up my December Daily album in the next few weeks, so if I manage that I'll be sure to share. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-68291416796041114652014-01-15T15:18:00.000-10:002014-01-15T15:18:04.432-10:00Project Life 2014 - Week 2<b>January 5 - January 11, 2014</b><br />
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Around here, it was a fun and busy week. Downton Abbey season 4 started, Joel and Dean started playing some tennis (neither of them has any idea what they're doing, but when asked if he wants to take lessons, Dean informed me: "Nah, I don't need to. I'm already really good". Then he told me he beat Daddy 53 to 37. Um, OK. Ha! Wednesday, Dean started back to school after a nice long Winter Break. We've been getting some much-needed rain in the Central Valley of Maui. I crocheted Joel a beanie (have I mentioned I'm now completely obsessed with crocheting? I'm sure I'll be annoying all of you with my humble brags about my many crochet projects this year). Joel played golf with some buddies Saturday afternoon (another sport he's really not very good at, but enjoys playing - he is definitely a wrestler in every way). And I got a new little chair for the living room. If you followed my 2013 Project Life, you know that we've been slowly progressing with a major Living Room Makeover for about a year now and are really, really close to being done with that! Yay! <br />
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I used lots of my Studio Calico goodies this week. I hadn't been finding a lot to use from my kits the last few months - I think because fall and winter colors just don't fit well when you live in a perpetually warm climate maybe? I find it hard to work with those warm, fallish colors. So I really loved this month's kits as it was a return to more of my style. I also tried something new on my "anchor card" and journaled - kind of Week in Review style. That 3x4 number 2 is from Emily Merritt's <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2</a></b> - like I mentioned last week, I'll be using those pretty consistently this year. I also used some of the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145320-grey-alpha-stickers%2F" target="_blank">Grey Alpha Stickers</a></b> by Becky Higgins (These and several other <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F%3Fpp%3D300" target="_blank">Project Life products</a></b> are currently 25% off over at Two Peas, btw). One of my favorite photos this week is that super simple 3x4 picture of all the Calvin and Hobbes books on Dean's bookshelf. Such a perfect example of his everyday life right now. Trying to remember to capture more images like that this year.<br />
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I actually included TWO! selfies on the right side of the layout this week - unheard of for me as I am really bad about avoiding the camera. The first (4x6) one I snapped in the car on the way to school the first morning back after Winter Break. LOL. Perfect capture of how each of us felt. The second one is there mostly because I just wanted an excuse to use that #selfie card from the SC Project Life kit. The "Let's Make it a Good One" card is from Emily Merritt's new <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/be-brilliant.html" target="_blank"><b>Be Brilliant</b> </a>kit. And finally, that 4x6 "yes!" journal card is from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145258-teen-boy-themed-cards%2F" target="_blank">Teen Boy Theme Pack</a></b> by Becky Higgins. <br />
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And that wraps up my Week 2. Thanks for stopping by! Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-39822516431867963902014-01-10T11:44:00.001-10:002014-01-10T11:44:36.024-10:00Project Life 2014 Cover Page and Week 1Hi there! Happy New Year! It's been over a month since I blogged and I realize I still haven't shared the last of my 2013 Project Life layouts or the rest of my December Daily Album. However, I want to try to stay on top of sharing my 2014 Project Life, so here I am! I'll try to eventually get around to sharing my December Daily Album. I have lots of plans for the blog this year, including a big clean-up and redesign coming in the next week or 2. I'd also like to share other projects here besides just Project Life - including my attempts at other craftiness and a little bit of "real life" every now and then. We'll see how that goes. I still won't be blogging on any kind of regular basis, but just when I have time and happen to have something to share. Your comments help me know if people like the content I'm sharing, so please let me know what you think!<br />
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So, today I'm going to share my Project Life 2014 Cover Page and Week 1 Layout. My goal for Project Life this year is to keep things really simple. I want my pages to come together quickly and for the focus to be on the photos and memories. I'll mainly be using a mix of Becky Higgins Core Kits (my plan is to mostly use <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142757-jade-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Jade</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F146498-project-life-coral-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Coral</a></b> with a little bit of a few others thrown in when it seems right). I do subscribe to the Studio Calico Project Life kit, so you'll probably see some of that mixed in here and there as well as a few of my other favorite products. I especially like to add the Studio Calico digital printable labels to my photos. But other than that, I will likely be keeping embellishments to a minimum. You'll also be seeing LOTS of Emily Merritt printables again this year. I'm a HUGE fan of Emily's designs and my plan this year is to use either her <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/big-number-week-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">Big Number Week Cards No. 2</a></b> or her new <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/dotted-numbers.html" target="_blank">Dotted Numbers</a></b> each week in a 3x4 pocket to mark which week number we're on. Last year I used my Silhouette to cut out the week number and added it to my "anchor card" each week. I really liked the look of that, but dealing with my Silhouette each week was just too time consuming. Don't get me wrong, I love my Silhouette and will still be using cut files every now and then, but not every week. Remember, Simple and Quick is the name of the game for me this year. For me, my Silhouette is neither of those.<br />
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So, with Simple and Quick in mind for the entire album, I decided to make my Cover Page a little more fancy than the rest of the album will be. I absolutely LOVED what <a href="http://www.jennihufford.com/2013/12/2014-project-life-cover-page.html" target="_blank">Jenni Hufford did with her Cover Page</a> and decided to do something very, very similar. I give all inspirational credit to her. <br />
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I used a 8.5x11 inch Coin Collection Pocket Page insert. It has twenty 2x2 inch pockets that I filled with a variety of embellishments, instagram photos, and cropped 3x4 filler cards from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145240-sunshine-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Sunshine</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142757-jade-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Jade</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F146498-project-life-coral-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Coral</a></b> Project Life Core Kits. I also added a little die cut image of Maui, the island we live on, to one pocket (I downloaded a cut file of Hawaii from the Silhouette store and deleted all of the other islands). One of my favorite things is that cute little <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Ftwo-peas%2F146677-silver-2014-flair-button%2F" target="_blank">2014 Flair</a></b> button.<br />
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I added more bits of filler cards to the back sides of the pockets and then each member of our family got a pocket with our details (age and current "job title"). I'm really happy with the way my Cover Page turned out. It gave me a chance to get really creative and pull out all the stops with embellishments since my plan for most of the rest of the album is to keep things pretty clean and simple. I also liked that using an insert for the cover page left just the front of the first actual page of the album free. This was perfect to use for Week 1, since I wanted to start the album on Jan 1, which was a Wednesday, so my Week 1 was really just half a week! So my Week 1 is contained in a single <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142771-design-a-photo-pocket-pages%2F" target="_blank">Design A page</a></b>:<br />
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Week 1 was short and sweet. I included photos of Oklahoma's awesome Sugar Bowl win against Alabama - Boomer Sooner!! (Joel and I are both OU Alumni), MACC tickets from a fun Date Night New Year's, a picture of Dean wearing one of the beanies I made him for Christmas (he LOVES them - and he's never been a kid who will wear any kind of hat, so that makes me really happy!), and finally a selfie of me right after cutting 11 inches off my hair!! New Year, New Me!! I used lots of <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F146498-project-life-coral-edition-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Coral</a></b> kit cards as well as a recolored card from Emily Merritt's new <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/be-brilliant.html" target="_blank">Be Brilliant</a></b> card pack and her <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/dotted-numbers.html" target="_blank">Dotted Numbers</a></b> collection. I have to say that initially, I wasn't all that crazy about the Coral Kit when I first opened it up and started sorting through the cards. But now that I've started using it, I think it might be my go-to kit this year. Jade is still my fave, but I love how well Coral and Jade go together. I think you'll be seeing a lot of those 2 kits from me this year!<br />
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So that's it. I'm super excited to be starting another year of Project Life. This is my 3rd year documenting my family's memories using the Project Life method and I absolutely love it! I'm also determined to finish <b><a href="http://www.jentapler.blogspot.com/search/label/Project%20Life%20Baby%20Edition" target="_blank">Dean's Baby Album</a></b> this year and hope to share more of it here on the blog as well. <br />
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Thanks for stopping by!Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-23286393071037924862013-12-08T01:00:00.000-10:002013-12-08T01:00:05.332-10:00December Daily 2013 Beginnings - with Reverse Confetti<br />
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It's the 8th of the month and I'm so excited to be playing along in another Blog Hop with the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b> team! Last month's release was full of holiday magic, as well as some gorgeous everyday sentiments - the perfect combination to help me get started on my <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>2013 December Daily Album</b></span>! Today I'll be sharing the first few documentation pages of my album, and I shared the "opening pages" (like the one pictured above) last month using more <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b> stamps - if you missed that post, you can see it <b><a href="http://www.jentapler.blogspot.com/2013/11/december-daily-2013-foundation-pages.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. While I'll be showing ways to incorporate these fun stamps into your December Daily album or other holiday memory keeping projects, the rest of the Confetti Crew and special guests will help you start thinking of those small gifts, tags, treats, or just sweet notes to spread the "Merry" this season!<br />
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The hop started over on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti Blog</a></b>, and you should have made it here from the fabulous <b><a href="http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/search/label/Reverse%20Confetti" target="_blank">Amy Sheffer's Blog</a></b>. It would be worth your while to start at the beginning, so you don't miss a thing! And don't forget to leave a little love along the way for a chance to win some <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b> goodies of your own!<br />
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Now, on to my December Daily Album. If you're not familiar with December Daily, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">it's an album project - conceptualized by <b><a href="http://aliedwards.com/" target="_blank">Ali Edwards</a></b>
- that documents the 25 days leading up to Christmas (some people start
their documentation earlier and many people go longer). This will be my
3rd year creating a December Daily Album and I absolutely love both the
process and the final outcome. However, this year I decided to do something a little different. Instead of documenting my month on a true DAILY basis (photo-a-day style), I decided to be more laid back and just create more of a Holiday themed mini-album. I won't do a page per day, but will rather just capture an overview of our holiday memories for the month. So some days may have several pages of documentation and then there will be several days without any documentation. We'll see how this goes this year and then I'll decide which format I prefer going forward. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The first page of documentation this year highlights the arrival of our family's Elf on the Shelf, Scout. (For all of the following photos, you should be able to click on them to pull up an enlargement to see them a little closer if you want to see any of the detail). </span><br />
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usually brings Dean a special gift (a Lego Advent Calendar) along with a
letter basically telling him to be good, or else. I used some fun
digital goodies by <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/Emily-Merritt/" target="_blank">Emily Merritt</a> on this page, which paired perfectly with that "Special Delivery from the North Pole" stamp from the Reverse Confetti <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tinsel-n-trim/" target="_blank">Tinsel 'n Trim </a></b>set.
I stamped that sentiment in Versamark ink and embossed it with silver
glittery Zing embossing powder. It looks so fun! I added a few other
embellishments and it was done!</span><br />
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The next page features an enlarged photo of Dean at the end of a long
day of decorating, when I made him put on those elf ears and take a
picture in front of the tree. He refused to smile. The "Don't get your
tinsel in a tangle" sentiment from <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tinsel-n-trim/" target="_blank">Tinsel 'n Trim</a> </b>seemed
fitting! The facing page has four 3x4 pockets. I stamped the "Joy"
sentiment inside the red star of an Emily Merritt printable and added
the "Ho. Ho. Ho." sentiment to the top of a printable journal card and
journaled about the photo of Dean in the elf ears. Both the "Joy" and
"Ho. Ho. Ho." sentiments are from <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tinsel-n-trim/" target="_blank">Tinsel 'n Trim</a></b>
as well. I added a few wood veneer speech bubble words to the top right
pocket and sewed it closed, then added an instagram photo of Dean
decorating the tree to a journal card and created the hashtag awesome
sentiment with the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/arrows-n-elements/" target="_blank">Arrows 'n Elements</a></b> set. <br />
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And the last layout I'm sharing today continues with our Tree Trimming. I created a simple and fun 3x4 journal card by adding the red diagonal stripes from the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/so-stripey/" target="_blank">So Stripey</a></b> set to the top of a preprinted "Who, What, When, Where, Why" card by Becky Higgins (it's hard to see in the photo, but those words are along the left side of the card), then filled it in. I also stamped the Picture Perfect sentiment from <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/tinsel-n-trim/" target="_blank">Tinsel 'n Trim</a></b> onto another Emily Merritt printable to create a quick & easy filler card. And finally, I enlarged a photo of Dean and I putting some finishing touches on the tree (with a photo bomb from one of our cats - do you see her? LOL) and added a few simple embellishments along with the "bring on the Merry" sentiment I created using the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/bring-on-the-merry/" target="_blank">Bring on the Merry</a> </b>set. <br />
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And that's it from me today. Now head on over to <b><a href="http://thinkingstamps.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Gough's blog</a></b>. And remember, leave a comment on each stop for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b>. Comments are open until Tuesday, December 10th at 2pm CST, and the winner will be announced on the "Wednesday in the Works" post over on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti blog</a></b>!<br />
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Thanks for hopping along!Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-6172460137534215222013-11-28T17:56:00.000-10:002013-11-28T17:56:18.842-10:00December Daily 2012 Finished Pages - Part 1Well, since it's almost time to start sharing my 2013 December Daily, I thought I'd go ahead and do a couple of quick posts to finally share my finished 2012 December Daily Album, since I never got around to doing that last year! I'll break this into 2 (VERY photo-heavy) posts over the next few days, keep the jibber jabber to a minimum and just let the photos speak for themselves. If anyone has any questions about products used, please leave a comment and I'll add the answers to the end of the post. For some reason, blogger is not letting me reply to comments and lately I haven't been able to send e-mail responses to comments either (I'm not sure if this is a new blogger feature or what, but I haven't been able to figure out any changes in my settings, so if you've asked me a questions recently - I haven't been ignoring you - I just can't figure out a way to respond! My e-mail address is in my profile, please feel free to e-mail me directly). Ok, here goes...<br />
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The photos aren't the best quality, but because of time constraints I'm not going to spend time editing them and trying to get the best shots. I think they're good enough for you to get the idea.<br />
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I did order the Studio Calico kit last year and used printables by Ali Edwards (available through Designer Digitals). I also used printables by Geralyn Sy (her shop is called In a Creative Bubble), lots of washi tape and random stuff from my stash.<br />
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The past 2 years I've used one of these calendar grids to document the "bigger events" of the month:<br />
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It's also become tradition to start my album with a "bucket list" of sorts. Just before the month begins, we sit down as a family and come up with a list of all the things we want to do leading up to Christmas. Most of them end up being holiday-themed activities, but not all. (and yes, I realized later that some things accidentally got listed twice. That's OK).<br />
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And then the daily documentation begins. I think most of this is pretty self explanatory...<br />
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So there you have the first 12 days of my 2012 December Daily Album! I'll be back sometime this weekend to share the last half of the album, and then look for a post in about a week where I'll be sharing the progress of my 2013 album!<br />
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<br />Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-4104165908837290762013-11-15T16:41:00.000-10:002013-11-15T16:41:27.130-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 42<b>Week 42: October 13 - October 19, 2013</b><br />
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Around here, we were busy but I didn't take a ton of photos during the week. Dean worked very hard on a big Homework Project and did a fantastic job. Yes, I helped him a bit, but most of it was his own work. We used my Silhouette to cut out some of the shapes and the words, but other than that, it was all Dean! (But I'm glad we started early, because it took him FOREVER to get this project done and he lost steam frequently, but he persevered and it turned out great! Go Dean!). Joel and I enjoyed a Date Night while doing some amazing and meaningful volunteer work. Dean and I went on a beautiful hike together Saturday morning while Joel watched football alone (it was too beautiful a morning to stay cooped up inside). And because I had a glaring hole, I took the opportunity to document that gas prices on Maui have dropped by about 30 to 40 cents over the past several weeks - down to about $4.35/gallon! yay! (that's the lowest we've been in a long long time!)<br />
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I stuck with my standard Seafoam core kit and mixed in a fun List of Favorite Books card that I had Dean fill out (from the Wellington Childhood Mini Kit). I also used LOTS of fun Emily Merritt products this week. I used one of her <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/transparency.html" target="_blank">Transparency</a></b> overlays on the far left 3x4 photo and love the way that looks! Her <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/speak-no.1.html" target="_blank">Speak No. 1</a></b> hand-drawn words made a few appearances ("The Adventure Begins" and "very favorite" on the hiking photos). And I also mixed in various cards and printables from <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/water-play.html" target="_blank">Water Play</a>, <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/shine.html" target="_blank">Shine</a>, <a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/beautiful-you.html" target="_blank">Beautiful You</a></b>, and <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/true-statement-cards-no.2.html" target="_blank">True Statement Cards No. 2</a></b>.<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-61611081201197932452013-11-09T12:05:00.001-10:002013-11-09T12:05:56.090-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 41<b>Week 41: October 6 - October 12, 2013</b><br />
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This was a great week. I really tried to force fall, even though on Maui that's sometimes hard to do. Joel and Dean spent their Daddy/Dean time at the beach Sunday morning. Dean was super excited to get a Rainbow Loom, although it's still a little hard for his 6-yr-old fingers to master alone. Dean and I spent Friday in Lahaina (he was out of school for Fall Break), picking up some Lush on Front Street (and stopping for some delicious pre-lunch Ululani's Shave Ice) and hanging out at Barnes & Noble. Saturday we all headed Upcountry to the Kula Country Farms Pumpkin Patch, which has become a yearly tradition for us. But my very favorite thing this whole week? The photo Joel took of Dean and his friend Rylee Monday afternoon sitting at the dining room table looking through a Project Life Album. So, so precious! That right there, folks, is why I do this. <br />
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I'm loving the cohesiveness of the product I used this week. Several cards from the <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F142764-seasons-mini-kit%2F" target="_blank">Seasons Edition PL Mini Kit</a></b>, and a bit from Midnight as well. I also added some of the gray <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145320-grey-alpha-stickers%2F" target="_blank">Project Life Alpha Stickers</a></b> to several cards (so addicted to those!). <br />
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And that's it. I'll be back in a few days to share Week 42. Closer and closer to catching up with my Blog Posts!<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-12391256396185391252013-11-08T01:00:00.000-10:002013-11-08T01:00:03.543-10:00December Daily 2013 Foundation Pages with Reverse Confetti<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmvJ9V7QlSpTGj2DMCql8xWwjUtgxFUe_Gocs7sAQLXO5sX42nz5nQnCD37zSl0szDsz_iEL22xxINTGNq_POq8jEOlCLO4TRCCuHDauzwDpciuh4u8RiYtz2o8s8WbPEJjdpEGmbjCZG/s1600/DD+2013+Foundation+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmvJ9V7QlSpTGj2DMCql8xWwjUtgxFUe_Gocs7sAQLXO5sX42nz5nQnCD37zSl0szDsz_iEL22xxINTGNq_POq8jEOlCLO4TRCCuHDauzwDpciuh4u8RiYtz2o8s8WbPEJjdpEGmbjCZG/s640/DD+2013+Foundation+A.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm so excited to be joining the Reverse Confetti Design Team again for this month's New Release Blog Hop! I've used a few of the new <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b> stamps to help get started on a few of the foundation pages for my December Daily album this year. The rest of the Confetti Crew and special guests are using this month's release to inspire you in all sorts of amazing holiday cards and projects. Come and hop along as we share some
creative ideas using all the new products from <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/" target="_blank">REVERSE CONFETTI</a></b>,
including five new trendy stamp sets and introducing CONFETTI CUTS.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you're not familiar with <b>December Daily</b>, it's an album project - conceptualized by <b><a href="http://aliedwards.com/" target="_blank">Ali Edwards</a></b> - that documents the 25 days leading up to Christmas (some people start their documentation earlier and many people go longer). This will be my 3rd year creating a December Daily Album and I absolutely love both the process and the final outcome. I'm excited to add these new <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti</a></b> stamps to my large stash of products that I'll be using throughout my album this year. I've found that it's helpful for me to create a few basic foundation pages that I tend to use each year before December begins to help get me both in the holiday spirit and get my mojo flowing. Below is what I've done so far. A few of these items were heavily influenced by Ali Edward's own foundation pages this year, but with my own twist using Reverse Confetti stamps.</span><br />
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For the "Title Page" of my album this year, I added gold glitter to a wood veneer "25", then stamped the adorable "Ho.Ho.Ho." sentiment from <b>Tinsel 'N Trim</b> to a strip of red cardstock to add underneath. I attached both of these to a piece of clear acetate and slipped it into the page protector. You'll notice I'm a fan of keeping some pockets of my album semi-open so you can see the fun elements in / on the next page peeking through.<br />
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The next page is just fun. It has a little Christmas Countdown card that I plan to let Dean check off each day as I work on my album (he's a fan of checking things off), then a few individual letters sewn into a pocket for each of our initials (Jennifer, Joel & Dean), and another filler card in the bottom right pocket. But the top right pocket is definitely my fave. I filled it with some sequins and sewed the top closed, then simply stapled what seemed like the perfect sentiment right to the outside of the page protector - "peace, love and sparkly stuff" from <b>Tinsel 'N Trim</b>.<br />
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My very first December Daily kit came with several of these fabulous Kraft blank calendar grids and I've used one at the beginning of each of my DD albums for a quick overview of our monthly activities - both Holiday and "normal". I cut down a 6x8 page protector and slipped the calendar in, then sewed up the bottom and side, leaving the top open to easily get it in and out for documenting throughout the month. I stamped the fun "dec. 25" circle from the <b>Tinsel 'N Trim</b> set in Versamark ink and heat embossed in red embossing powder on the 25th to highlight Christmas Day. <br />
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Another DD tradition for me has been to include a "Bucket List" of Holiday-ish activities we plan to do throughout the month. Sometime before December 1, we'll sit down as a family and fill this page with a list of all the fun things we want to do leading up to Christmas this year. Yes, each year the list looks very similar to the previous year's list, but that's OK. We usually end up deleting a few things and adding a few new things. Having a list like this helps us stay focused and reminds us that for our family, the holidays are all about spending time together and spreading joy. I used several goodies from my stash and my Studio Calico December Daily kit along with the <b>Bring on the Merry</b> stamp set to create this blank page that's all ready to be filled in very soon. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I also took some time to embellish a few blank journaling cards to have on hand to make putting together each day's documentation pages a bit easier during the month. I used different stamps from both the <b>Tinsel 'N Trim</b> and <b>Bring on the Merry</b> to create the cards above and will be making several more in the coming weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I'm typing up this post, I'm realizing that I never got around to sharing my completed 2011 or 2012 albums on my blog. If you interested, you can see the cover of my 2012 album <b><a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/73887-december-daily-2012-album-cover" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> and the cover and a few foundation pages of my 2011 album <b><a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/50851-december-daily-cover-and-foundation-pages" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. If there's any interested in seeing some photos of the completed album pages of these albums, please let me know and I'll try to do a blog post sometime in the next few weeks. I do definitely plan to share my 2013 album progress throughout the month of December here on my blog (I find that I usually put the finishing touches on my DD album sometime in mid-January). </span><br />
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hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. Be sure and hop with the Confetti Crew on
the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more REVERSE CONFETTI inspiration! Now it’s
time to hop on over to <b><a href="http://justgivemestamps.typepad.com/my_weblog/reverse-confetti/" target="_blank">Laurie Schmidlin’s blog</a></b>. If you get lost along the way, you
can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers over
on the <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/blog/" target="_blank">Reverse Confetti blog</a></b>. </span>Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-2734037189818274802013-11-03T16:50:00.001-10:002013-11-03T16:50:13.771-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 39<b>Week 39: September 22 - September 28, 2013</b><br />
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Our life this week was a perfect example of ordinary. I love that Project Life helps me capture the ordinary! There's really nothing special I need to talk about, it's all pretty self explanatory in the layout I think. <br />
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This was the first week I used the new <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Fproject-life%2F145240-sunshine-core-kit%2F" target="_blank">Sunshine Core Kit</a></b> and I have to say that I love it a lot more than I thought I would! I think I'm really going to like mixing in those bright vibrant colors here and there! Are you sick of seeing those <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Ftwo-peas%2F145343-cool-color-assorted-arrow-clips%2F" target="_blank">Arrow Paperclips</a></b> yet? I'm totally addicted to them and think I've ordered them in just about every color! <br />
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And that's it for Week 39. I spent a little time this weekend starting to put together some foundation pages for my 2013 December Daily Album and will be sharing some of that with you this Friday so stay tuned! I also have a few more weeks of Project Life layouts photographed and ready to blog so I'll try to get those posted in the near future. Slowly but surely I'm catching up on my blogging!<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i> Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-86244572954545229582013-10-23T17:20:00.002-10:002013-10-23T17:20:54.117-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 38<b>Week 38: September 15 - September 31, 2013</b><br />
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Photo heavy post today because I wanted to show how I sometimes include my son's artwork and / or larger pieces of work in extra inserts. The photo above shows the full layout including the extra insert while the photo below shows the layout with the insert removed (I show closer shots of the front and back of the insert itself later in the post). <br />
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Around here, it was a busy week with both normal everyday life thrown into the mix as well as exciting, newspaper-worthy big events going on. The left side of the layout mostly covers the "normal" and is pretty self-explanatory I think. On the right I highlighted the bigger events. At work, we moved into a new clinic (I am a Physical Therapist at Kaiser) and it is a BEAUTIFUL facility. We held the traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony complete with hula on Monday (it was an amazing ceremony and so moving). Also this week - my Mom and I started a 6-week pottery / handbuilding in clay class at the Hui and a new Grocery Store opened just a few miles from our house (this was very exciting because now we don't have to drive all the way into "town" to go to the store!! For people in Hawaii, anywhere more than a few miles, we think it's SO FAR! lol). <br />
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As for products used, of course you'll find my usual <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0095YYP94/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0095YYP94&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20%22%3EProject%20Life%20Core%20Kit%20-%20Seafoam%20Edition%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0095YYP94%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Seafoam Core Kit</a></b> as well as a <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CS5EHAO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CS5EHAO&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20%22%3EProject%20Life%203%20X%204%20Textured%20Cardstock%20-%20Jade%20Edition%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CS5EHAO%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">3x4 Jade Textured Card</a></b>. I also used several printable cards by <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/Emily-Merritt/" target="_blank">Emily Merritt</a></b>, including cards from the following kits: <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/my-inventory.html" target="_blank">My Inventory</a></b>, <b><a href="http://the-lilypad.com/store/make-today-amazing-cards.html" target="_blank">Make Today Amazing</a></b>, and <b>Hashtags No. 1</b>. I also included some bits and pieces from <b><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&mi=10513&pw=76085&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twopeasinabucket.com%2Fshop%2Felles-studio%2F" target="_blank">Elle's Studio</a></b> as extra embellishments. <br />
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My son created this super awesome watercolor on Sunday afternoon. I saved the actual watercolor for framing, but wanted to include it in my Project Life album as well. So I simply took a photo of the work and printed it out as a 5x7 (cropping the photo in as close as possible). I slipped it into a <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008J7ZF5G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008J7ZF5G&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20%22%3E5%20x%207%20Page%20Protectors%20-%20Horizontal%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008J7ZF5G%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Project Life 5x7 Horizontal Page Protector</a></b> and added it right to the album. When I add extra inserts to my albums, I often attach a simple <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ON3ZWG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002ON3ZWG&linkCode=as2&tag=jentdesi-20%22%3EAvery%20Index%20Tabs%20with%20Printable%20Inserts,%201-Inch,%2025%20Tabs%20(16221)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=jentdesi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002ON3ZWG%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Self Adhesive Index Tab</a></b> to make it easy to grab the page protector to flip it over to see the back side.<br />
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Also on Sunday afternoon, my son REALLY wanted to make pizza for dinner. He was working quietly in his room and came out and handed Joel this absolutely adorable poem. Just might be one of my favorite things to make it into Project Life so far this year! And it was the perfect thing to slip into the page protector behind his watercolor photo. I love having a place to save things like this!! <br />
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And now some stats, because I think it's fun when <a href="http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/" target="_blank">Elise Cripe</a> does this, so here ya go:<br />
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<b>Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel</b>: 7 to 2 (and 1 taken by a coworker)<br />
<b>Ratio of Galaxy S4 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos</b>: 10 to 0 <br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.<br />
<i>Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.</i> Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-81053442909113367582013-10-20T21:01:00.001-10:002013-10-20T21:01:55.496-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 37<b>Week 37: September 8 - September 14, 2013</b><br />
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This week, I was super low on photos. But it worked out. It always somehow manages to. I attended a really fun Field Trip at the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum with Dean's class where we learned all about what it was like for the many different immigrant children growing up on the Sugar Plantation. It was also the week the PT department at Kaiser (where I work) moved into our new clinic. But other than those 2 events and one photo of Dean playing Sunday morning, I didn't have many photos. I filled the space with a drawing Dean did of a golf course (I have no idea what possessed him to draw a golf course??), and a card he made specifically for me to put in Project Life - with absolutely no prompting from me, I swear (adorable). I also trimmed down the brochure from an art exhibit my Mom took Dean to see over the weekend.<br />
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I'd like to make a note here and say that Dean draws A LOT - often, if his drawings look like they'll fit into a pocket of Project Life, I'll tuck them away to save for weeks like this. I don't concern myself too much that they weren't necessarily produced this exact week. I only hold onto them for a few months, then cycle through to having a new batch at the ready. I say this a lot, but 20+ years from now, I won't care if I got the exact date right on the drawing, it will still be a great representation of Dean's artwork in the fall of 2013 when he was 6 yrs old. That's good enough for me. I try to keep the "Big Picture" of these albums in mind when I'm struggling with weeks like this when I don't have many photos and I might be using a drawing he made 3 or 4 weeks ago. Does it really matter? No. Not at all. <br />
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Products used this week: <b>Seafoam</b> kit, as usual, along with a few cards from the <b>Midnight</b> and <b>Jade</b> kits. The "Let's Do This" and "Right Here" cards as well as the wood veneer calendar card are from Studio Calico. I also used a few Studio Calico digital printable labels. Kept things pretty simple. Photos and words. <br />
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And now some stats, because I think it's fun when <a href="http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/" target="_blank">Elise Cripe</a> does this, so here ya go:<br />
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<b>Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel</b>: 8 to 0 (and 1 taken by a coworker)<br />
<b>Ratio of Galaxy S4 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos</b>: 9 to 0 <br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.
Jen Taplerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15746144480381743641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-361907864115081812.post-72018365813710872802013-10-16T15:38:00.000-10:002013-10-16T15:38:15.715-10:00Project Life 2013, Week 36<b>Week 36: September 1 - September 7, 2013</b><br />
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Around here, life was just good. We bought a new coffee table from West Elm, which I love. Our Living Room makeover is almost complete - It started in January with new flooring (replaced old carpet with bamboo). We painted in February. We installed board & batten in the entryway around the same time. This summer my MIL reupholstered our large sectional sofa and chair (LOVE it - it looks like brand new furniture - totally changed the whole look of our room!), we bought a new rug (I don't LOVE the rug, but we have very limited shopping options on Maui, so it will do for now), and now a new coffee table. I've gradually been purchasing artwork for the walls and just have to get up the nerve to install it all - we've been in this house for about 6 years now and my living room walls are still mostly blank because I can't commit to anything and I don't have the nerve to arrange my artwork in a gallery wall. November is the month I will GET. IT. DONE!!! I also have some new light fixtures that need to be installed, but I'm waiting for my electrician neighbor to have time to install them for me. It's all slowly coming together.</div>
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Anyway, around Week 36, some "home work issues" also came to a head. We dealt with it and I'm happy to say it hasn't been an issue since (even though I'm apparently the "meanest Mommy EVER" - ha! Dean and I both had colds this week, we started wearing scrubs at work which meant buying a bunch of new clothes, and I started a fun new crochet project with the help of my good friend Sarah's Mom (Thanks Aunty Les!!). It was a good week! </div>
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Products used included lots of <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0095YYP94?ie=UTF8&tag=beckhigg-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0095YYP94" target="_blank">Seafoam</a></b> cards as well as a few <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CHHS5LA?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00CHHS5LA&linkCode=xm2&tag=beckhigg-20" target="_blank">Honey</a></b> 3x4 cards mixed in. I kept things very simple and added just a few embellishments in the form of alpha stickers (old old ones from my stash), an arrow and heart stamp from Reverse Confetti's <b><a href="http://reverseconfetti.com/shop/arrows-n-elements/" target="_blank">Arrows & Elements</a></b> set, and literally that's about it. SO EASY. </div>
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And now some stats, because I think it's fun when <a href="http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/" target="_blank">Elise Cripe</a> does this, so here ya go:<br />
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<b>Ratio of photos taken by Jen to photos taken by Joel</b>: 7 to 2<br />
<b>Ratio of Galaxy S4 Phone Photos to "real camera" photos</b>: 9 to 0 (and 4 with the iMac desktop camera thing)<br />
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<i>I will be sharing a link to this post on <a href="http://www.themomcreative.com/" target="_blank">The Mom Creative</a> blog</i>.
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