Project Life - Playing Catch Up

It seems like I'm constantly playing catch-up these days. Bottles, laundry, house cleaning...the list goes on.  My days are full of mundane new mommy chores and minimal sleep. We are still trying to navigate our ways as new parents to this adorable little guy! We will get there....someday....fingers crossed!

Here's some pics of week 5,6,and 7.  I felt a little stressed trying to do two page spreads for some of the weeks so I decided to make weeks 5 and 6 single page layouts. I didn't really take many pics those weeks either.

Week 7 was my favorite week so far! WE had a lot going on plus it was Vincent's 1st Valentine's Day!

Check out another adorable creation by Tina over at bcuzuluvme.  She's actually doing a monthly inspiration mini embellishment kit...I can't wait to see what she has in store! 

Project Life - Week 3

Sorry it took so long to post Week 3 but I have fallen a bit behind with PL. It seems to me that the life of a new mom is pretty boring. Maybe not so boring but definitely monotonous! Seems like every time I start a project Little Vin wakes up! Don't get me wrong I absolutely LOVE being a mommy to this precious boy but with Daddy working double shifts mommy doesn't get much time to herself! I brushed my teeth today...Right?!?!?

 (sorry about the blurry pic below)

Project Life - Week 2

Week 2 - Chuggin along! I'm really enjoying this project. I ended up ordering the Becky Higgins Turquoise Kit, which I love. I like the idea of the coordinating cards but I definitely need a little bit of variety in my albums. I love geometric patterns, which this kit definitely has, but I also like to mix bright colors. This particular kit is somewhat limited in that area. So I found myself adding alot of embellishments and even patterned papers to the pages. For example, on the Week 2 page below I took a rather bland 3 x 4 card and punched it up a little.  I wanted to keep the grid and ruler design so I covered the bottom phrase using a bright polka dot patterned paper and pink circle tag.

I've been pinning (new obsession btw) project life ideas and have come across some really great inspiration. One pin actually inspired me to include tags from some clothing I bought for my son while shopping this week.

Week 3 is almost done, just waiting on the pics! I hope I can continue this project at this pace throughout the next 48 weeks! ;)

Project Life 2013 - Week 1

Week 1, so far so good. It took me a while to finish my week 1 pages because I had to download and order pics online. I definitely need to look into an at-home photo printer. Anyway, I caved and ordered the Becky Higgins Turquoise Kit. (so much for that "save more $" resolution - oh well) I love the ease of using these pre-formatted cards but I still can't help myself from embellishing and adding in other patterned papers. I don't know what it is but the pics and cards alone just don't do it for me!

Project Life 2013 - Title Page

This is my first attempt at  Project Life. With a newborn baby I thought this would be a great way to document all of the fun (and not so fun) events of 2013.  It seems like a fairly easy way to put an album together while still allowing the freedom of creativity. I'm not planning on making this album strictly an album for my son but more as a way to highlight all our 1st year as a family.  I didn't order any PL "kits" although I love the Project Life Core Kit Baby edition. I used some of the Simple Stories Sn@p Cards, We R -"Albums Made Easy" cards, and Recollections journaling pad from Michael's.  I'm sure I will end up buying a kit (or two) from the PL line.  Here are some pics of the Title Page...

 These are three 2 x 4 We R cards from the noteworthy collection. I embellished with some stickers and printed the journaling from my computer. (I absolutely despise my handwriting).

 Love this pink, grey and  teal color combo!

 I also included a card which lists my "resolutions". Nothing too specific here, just ways I can enjoy my life even more!

Love this pic of our new family but my father in law ended up getting in the background of the shot so I used some embellishments to cover him up! LOL (that will be our little secret)

I hope I can keep up with this album throughout the year! I already have some Week 1 pics ready to go!