Project Life

I did Project 365 in 2009 and was really happy with it. Mostly how I could tell the big stories and little ones that might never make it into a traditional scrapbook. So I bought Project Life for 2010. And didn't do any of it until my girl's getaway weekend. I knew I might not have a photo-a-day in 2010, but thought I could just fill it in with what I had. And until I did some of 2010 to decide if I liked that approach, I wasn't going to buy one for 2011 no matter how cute it was! Here's me ready to go on 2010:



And I did like how it was coming together, so here is my 2011 edition:

I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Tutu

I made a tutu for Jillian's Halloween costume and it was so easy, I tried to figure out what other little girls I could make them for! My Terp friends may be seeing these (cheerleading skirts, right?) in the future!

Working on 2011 Cards

Can't show them to you until the end of the year, but something new: I am signing and dating the back of every one!

Frames

I made these frames for a few of my girlfriends for Christmas this year. I modge-podged paper from their schools onto an inexpensive wooden frame from Michael's. then painted around the edges and on the back.

2010 Cards

Last January, I posted about my great plan to make all the birthday and anniversary cards I needed for the year all at once. I couldn't ahow them then, because many of my readers would be receiving them. Now that the year is over I can share. Birthday card #1:


And #2 (which I realized I needed if I was going to send cards to husbands and wives):


Anniversary card:

And something many of you have already seen, our Christmas card:

I opted to make it this year since I couldn't get the St. Jude's cards from Target anymore. Might not be doing that again next year.

Now to figure out my cards for 2011!

Christmas Ornaments

Ryan's ornament this year is a soccer ball made out of felt, with the black pieces hand-appliqued on. Jillian's is a painted wooden cat made to look like Amore. She loves her "Meow!"

My MIL's Creation

My mother in law gave me this at Thanksgiving and I thought it was very creative! I didn't think I was going to use it, because I already have a way I display my Christmas cards that I like, but it turned out to be good for the non-photo cards I received.

It is made out of a sewing hoop with clothespins adhered with hot glue. They're in sets of three with two pointing outward and one pointing inward and spce between each set.