December Daily 2015: Day 2

Hello dearest friends!

Happy hump day!

Here is a look at day 2 of my DD so far!

Here is a look at the entire spread (minus just some plain journaling on the back side of the second page. That is just journaling, so you aren't missing anything important. 

I just picked up the number 2 today at Hobby Lobby. It's part of the 25 Days Thicker set. I placed that on top of a snowflake cutout that I made with a tag punch. The December is a stamp from Ali Edwards Storytelling With December Daily class. The circles say shopping, and Amy picked them up from Hobby Lobby today.

Random side note: I managed to unintentionally convert her to try doing a December Daily scrap-journal like I did. I showed her my October Daily yesterday morning and she loved it. When she and Memphis came home last night, I showed her what I did yesterday. So we were out and about today and she asked me if I wanted to go to Hobby Lobby. She went through and found stickers on clearance and then told me "You need to keep me accountable on this project" I just laughed!

I got my new house key to her place today, which is pictured above. She chose it for me while I was on the phone with USAA. The arrow washi was picked up from Hobby Lobby today and I love it! The back of the picture is just grid paper from the scraps of another journaling card. The polar bear and penguin are from the packaging of my candle purchase form Bath and Body Works. It was too cute, so I decided to include it in my journal for today. 

This is the picture at the top of the second page. Amy and I went and got our nails done today (it's been forever for us both. We both went with red (although hers is gel medium nails and mine is just polish). We both asked for a candy cane striping on our ring fingers, mine looks like a regular candy cane and hers is red and silver (which I really like). The only thing is that we don't really like the salon we went too (her bf suggested it to us from his daughter). They weren't very personable and its not the best paint job quality.

The last thing included is the story about seeing yet another of my dear friends from when I was stationed here before Germany. Although he is taller then me, this dude was like my little brother. We ended up meeting from lunch and before he scurried off to work I asked Amy to take a picture of us. On top of that is just a clear sticker that says 'hello friend' from the Paper Studios Friendship Phrases sticker pack that Amy bought today. 

Overall I love the way that Day 2 worked out today. I also enjoyed that Amy was creating her own DD sitting next to me. She is excited for this project as well! I converted someone else!!!!

Are you doing DD?

Can I see yours?

December Daily 2015: Day 1

Hey everyone! Happy December 1st! I hope that today finds you well!!!

Today I wanted to share with you the first story in my insert (baring anything extraordinary happening tonight when everyone gets home)

For the title, I cut up a piece of blue, white, and red stripped washi tape into an arrow shape and used a silver 1 sticker from my collection. The word December is part of Ali Edwards' Storytelling With December Daily stamp kit that I just stamped on with my new black Stazon Ink.

The Keep Calm meme is one that I found in one of the December Daily groups I am part of on Facebook and I couldn't help but print it and use it in today's spread.

Since this is a scrap-journal, most of what I do is journaling.

I started today off a little backwards, but that's ok. I get to be creative with my projects. Haha

The first thing I talk about is lunch with my dear friend Kelli. I haven't seen her since shortly before I moved to Germany, and other then Amy and Memphis, she is the first person I have seen since I got back! I am super excited that I got to have lunch with her. The first page is me just talking about lunch and a summary of what we talked about. 

Here is a better look at the picture that we took before we left. She is taller then me so she is kind of crouching to be my height, which just makes me laugh. The "Be Merry" tab is from the 2014 December Daily kit. I had originally wrote directly on the picture at the top but it smudged, so I covered it with some silver washi tape, then a kraft tag with cold lining, I wrote my best friend on it, then added a red polka dotted heart on top of that. 

The back of the picture is just a black piece of scrapbook card stock covered in gold polka dots that I got in the RUKristin Find Your Voice kit earlier this year. I used some black and gold polka dotted washi tape to make it a tip in, then used some white thicker to write "the best" on it.

The second page is all about this morning and how Amy and I sat there after we dropped Memphis off at school and just talked. We talked about everything that happened since I left almost 2 years ago. It was awesome for us to get caught up because we both spent most of our time alone and haven't really had someone to just sit there and talk with. I mean I had friends (and so does she) but I didn't really want to bother them because they were always at work while I wasn't. Any who, it was awesome for us to just sit there and talk. I am glad that I am staying with them. I'm actually looking for a place to live in this apartment complex as it is. I'll know more about that later on this week.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out day one in my December Daily project. I will do my best to photograph and share as often as I can. Every week (just like my October Daily) I will try to share a flip through video, where I will talk a little more about what happened each day. 

Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Thanks for stopping by!

See ya tomorrow!

December Daily 2015: Intro and thoughts

Hello dearest friends!

I hope this post finds you well!

Tomorrow starts the last month of the year, and yet another project for me (and most of the scrapbooking community!) Tomorrow starts December Daily 2015! You can check out Ali Edwards introduction to the project here and the rest of her posts about it all here.

This year I am doing the project just like I did my October Daily, in an insert for my TN and paired with my December Plan Book. I decided that this was going to be the way I did it, instead of a regular DD album, partially because I really enjoyed how my October Daily turned out, and partially because I will be back in the States but I won't have all of my stuff yet back from the movers. Carrying around a 6X8 album and supplies would be difficult and take up too much room in my luggage. I packed the minimal amount of supplies in my luggage for the project. I know I can always buy more stuff once I get home, and I will probably buy some more things once I get to see a real craft store, but I really liked how my October Daily turned out and wanted to give it another try!

This project starts tomorrow!

Here are some pictures from my album

This is the cover of my insert. It is a regular Moleskine lined insert that I covered with some snowflake scrapbooking paper, silver washi to cover the spine, and then some silver star washi to cover the side that opens on the book.

This is what you see when you first open up the insert. I have taped a calendar on the inside cover that I bought online. I have been trying to figure out where the calendar came from, but I can't find it in my email history. I will keep looking and when I know, I shall share it with you guys.

This is my own version of the washi tape tree. The star and December pieces as well as the Magic stamp are all from last years Ali Edwards December Daily Kit.

The next page is My Reason Why followed by the front of a Christmas card that I was using as a divider type thing. I need to add some more decorations to My Reason Why page, but I at least wanted to get my reason for this project written out and finished.

Will you be participating in the project? If so, let me know! I would love to see pictures or videos of your project as you complete it!

YouTube: October Daily Final Flip through & reflections

Happy Friday friends!

I actually leave tomorrow for the States, by the way!

This is the last video of the 2015 October Daily project series.

I really did love this project! I enjoyed December Daily last year, so when I saw that there was an October version, I definitely jumped on the chance to participate. It was definitely interesting doing this project in a travelers notebook insert. The upside of this is that I don't have to worry about pocket pages or whether or not I have enough PL cards to fit. There are no rings or anything to worry about. The downside was that it was a smaller book to work with and it got pretty bulky pretty quickly. Not as much as a regular 6X8 album would (obviously), but I can't keep it closed without some kind of strap holding it closed. Right now I have just been using a stretchy cloth headband I found laying around on my desk.

Stay turned for next Monday, which starts the December Daily 2015 series here on my blog and on YouTube!

Dreamer Inserts

Dear friends,

I don't know if you guys have noticed the extra page at the top right, titled Dreamer Inserts. But it's there.

If you're like me and you love the Midori Travelers Notebook's, but want a specific insert, then let's discuss what you want and see if I can help! I love taking a Moleskine insert and decorating to just to what I need. I want to do that for you guys.

So please check out my page on Dreamer Inserts and contact me if you're interested in something. If you're looking for something that isn't listed there, please let me know and we can discuss details!

YouTube: September TN Update

Hey guys! Happy Friday!

Two video's in two days! How's that for trying to be productive?

Today I just wanted to share with you my current updated set-up of my TN. I haven't made a ton of changes, but there are still some changes made. I think that I will make this a monthly series on YouTube, because I like showing you guys what my monthly plan books look like. I am working on a post coming up this month talking about some inserts that I am going to make, so please be on the lookout for that post.

Links:

Glendori: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bypaperflower
Jenny Penton Planner Perfect Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1737125503181384/
Orange Fall stickers: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlannerLoveSp
Doodle with Me: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FGUTMMHx0dglDOYIWX9PA

So what do you guys think of my plan books? I've been working on adding more quotes and decorating more. I am looking forward to October's plan book because I am going to deck it out Halloween style, since it's my favorite holiday!!!

Until next time!

YouTube: Favorite Planner Items

Hey guys!

Happy Thursday!

 

It's the start of another month. I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos about TN's, and I was inspired by several of my favorite channels to talk about my favorite planner supplies.

 

I've switched to video taping on my Nikon Coolpix (this is an old model... at least 4 years old), so it's still not the best video quality... but I am trying to figure out what my options are. I may have to give in and purchase a camcorder or continue to tape on my cellphone.

 

 

 

Links to products mentioned:

Glendori: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bypaperflower
Fall stickers: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PlannerLoveSp
RUKristin #30 Days of List stamps: http://rukristin.com/shop/rukristin-b...
A Beautiful Mess mini pigment ink: http://shop.abeautifulmess.com

The link I had for the stamp pouch didn't work, so I couldn't leave the link here for you. :(

 

What are some of your favorite planner supplies?

 



Shank Mini Album

Yes, that starts with Shank....

As some people know, everyone who reads more then one post of mine should know this by now, I am an Air Traffic Controller with the US Army, and have been since July of 2010. After I graduated Army school (after basic) I was sent to an aviation unit in Fort Bragg, NC in 2011 and deployed to Afghanistan in September 2011 to a small place called Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shank. Yes.... they named a military base in Afghanistan after a tool used in prison to kill people.... that gave us warm and fuzzy feelings when we found that out....

I spent a year at FOB Shank and it was both one of the best and worst experiences of my life. I learned a lot during that year there, it was definitely interesting. Shank was affectionally dubbed Mortar city because we had the most Indirect fire out of the entire brigade the entire time we were deployed with over 250 attacks that year (not counting individual rounds). Fireworks aren't much fun for me anymore and I am sure I have at least a slight case of PTSD from that year, but that is really neither here nor there.

About the middle of 2014 I made the decision to start Project Life and scrapbooking for serious.  I have accumulated a BUTT TON of pictures over the years, and my deployment is no exception to that. I was looking through my picture albums on my computer and it occurred to me last week that I could make a mini album of my deployment. I want to remember more of the cool memories from that year, the things I learned, and the accomplishments I made while I was there.

I bought this mini binder from Target from the Home Office section because I loved the pattern and I just had to punch holes in the page protectors to properly fit the album.

I got most of the pictures printed at CVS because I still don't have a picture printer (although Mo and I did find a good Canon printer at Target for $100 that we're thinking about buying once we get back to Germany).

I rounded the corners of the pictures with an 1/2" edge trimmer I bought from Target (I've gotten a lot of stuff there this trip and the one near where Mo lives is better then the Walmart in his neighborhood too). I then organized them in chronological order as best as I found (I need to check the metadata on the photos to be sure) and put them in sheet protectors and then into the binder.

I have to wait until I get back to Germany to put the Project Life cards into place to tell some of the stories since I only brought Christmas themed ones with me to finish December Daily. I also have to reorder some of the pictures because they messed up some of the pictures.

What do you think?