Project 365 Week 5

Friday January 30 - My Abby


Thursday January 29 - Cleaning my scrapbook room


Wednesday January 28 - 2nd day of the ice storm


Tuesday January 27 - The great ice storm of 2009


Monday January 26 - Filling Mother Hubbard's cupboard


Sunday January 25 - So much laundry after 2 weeks of vacation


Saturday January 24 - Unpacking from vacation

Week 5 of project 365. I have found that without vacation I'm finding it hard to remember to take pictures each day. Oh well, I guess it's back to everyday common life for me now. lol.
Have you found it hard to remember taking pictures too? What do you do to remember to take your pictures everyday?

Project 365 Week 4

Friday January 23 - Our towel animal family


Thursday January 22 - Dancing on the ship


Wednesday January 21 - Rob on our balcony on the ship


Tuesday January 20 - Our group at the ATV site in Belize


Monday January 19 - Pancho the monkey and me at the zip lines in Honduras


Sunday January 18 - Chankanaab Park in Cozumel, Mexico


Saturday January 17 - Posing with Funship Freddy

Here are the pictures from week 4. We were on our 2nd week of vacation and spent 8 nights on the Carnival Miracle. It was a fabulous ship and we really enjoyed all of our ports of call.

Project 365 Week 3

Friday January 16 - On our balcony at The Hammocks on Marathon Key


Thursday January 15 - GeoCaching in the keys


Wednesday January 14 - At the southernmost point in the USA


Tuesday January 13 - Sitting on the Dock of the Bay


Monday January 12 - The Old Towne Trolley in Key West


Sunday January 11 - The restaraunt we ate at our first night in the keys


Saturday January 10 - Packing for vacation

Well, I finally got the chance to post some pictures from vacation. My husband and I were fortunate enough to get to spend 5 nights in the Florida Keys before we went on our cruise in January. It was really hard to choose only 7 pictures from the approximately 600 pictures that I took. I basically picked ones that gave an overview of fun things we did. Stayed tuned as I will be posting pictures from our cruise in the next day or so...

How's Your Project 365 Going?

Friday January 9th - went tanning to get ready for vacation


Thursday January 8th - worked on a custom card order


Tuesday January 6th - even scrap divas have to wash dishes


Monday January 5th - drove to county courthouse to renew business license


Friday January 2nd - took down Christmas decorations


Well, here's my progress for the week. There are some days that I didn't take any pictures. On those days I used memorabilia instead. For example, I have the chopstick wrapper from dinner on the 3rd, a business card from brunch on the 4th, and my nameband from an unexpected ER visit on the 7th. All in all, I have each day covered and have made a list of different things that I accomplished during the week. I still haven't decided how I am going to design my 365 album, but at least I've got the ball rolling.
I will be gone for the next two weeks on vacation so I won't be posting until at least the 26th of January. When I get back I know I'll have lots of fun vacation pictures and memorabilia to add to this project. Will you have anything new to add to yours?

Happy New Year

How many of you have heard about Becky Higgins' Project 365? It's basically a new way of documenting all the little things that happen in our daily lives. Now don't get me wrong, I don't believe that this project will replace the way we scrapbook. I believe that this is a picture diary of our day to day family life.

How does it work? You can take a picture of something that inspired you that day, use a receipt from lunch with a friend, even add the tag from that new pair of jeans you treated yourself too. It's simply up to you. Then, you just add a short list of activities you did that week or label your pictures. It doesn't have to be extremely detailed either. That's the beauty of it. Be sure to check out Becky's blog for more information.

I actually started today with this picture:



It's just a simple picture of me in my slippers. It's to remind me that I spent the first day of 2009 in my comfy jammies and enjoyed a relaxing day with my husband. In my opinion it was a perfect way to spend New Years Day.

Throughout the year I will be posting samples of my Project 365. I encourage all of you to take this project on and please share yours with me as well.

I wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year that is full of joy and blessings.

MOSD Show Off Deluxe House Album

Have you ever needed a house warming gift and just didn't know what to buy? Boy, I have. So when the discussion came up between some friends and myself, I decided to call on the girls at Midnight Oil Scrapbook Designs. I asked Christy if she could design an acrylic and chipboard house album for me and this is what she came up with:



She even designed some custom Toppers and Round 'Bouts with a "home sweet home" theme. You can see them here and in our store.




So after adding some MOSD Twirly Gig Stick Ons, patterned papers from Daisy D's, flowers, buttons and ribbons from Daisy D's too, and lastly a few Making Memories snaps, I was very pleased with the results. Here's the finished product:

I just love how it turned out. It's a perfect decoration for the mantle, a bookcase, or even stretched out on top of your entertainment center. My mum decided that she wanted to make one with pictures of all of the houses that her and my dad have lived in since they got married. I've even thought about creating one with a Christmas theme of "Home for the Holidays". What do you think?
So if you know someone that just purchased or built a new home or moved into their first apartment, why not give them one of our Deluxe House Albums for their housewarming gift today? For more information on purchasing the items used to create the house album or if you would like to purchase one already completed please email us at info@kristyscustomcreations.com .

New Puppy Pages

Those of you that regulary read this blog know that my best friend has two beautiful golden retrievers that I scrap. Here are their latest pictures. Jess took them to Branson Photo for their 6 month photo shoot. I think Laurie captured them perfectly. As you can tell they are growing like weeds and love to pose for the camera.
For Rusty's layout, I used lots of Bazzill cardstock, American Traditional patterned paper and Hot of the Press shaped paw print brads.
Annie's layout was created with KI Memeories patterned paper, Bazzill cardstock and Imaginiese flowers with Doodlebug brad centers.
The third layout was created with Bazzill cardstock and Doodlebug patterened paper. All of the diecuts were created with my Cricut Expressions machine and the Paper Pups cartridge. This layout is included in the puppy books that come with the puppies sold by Show Me Retrievers. You can also purchase it in the Kristy's Custom Creations store.