Dawn K Homeschool

Living in a small house with a lot of stuff presents its challenges.  Here is a before photo of our kitchen wall (when I had even less stamping stuff): This is what it looks like now.  Note: we still have to hang up the bulletin board/white board you'll see on the floor.  For more specifics, you can stop the slideshow to read the comments.

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Yes, you have to work for it by going from blog to blog -- it's called a Blog Hop.  But, it is soooo worth it! Just start  here . And, here's  another for you to follow.

A layout I made about Aaron tonight. Journaling reads: "Aaron, I cannot help it. Whenever I look at these handsome photos of you, I am reminded of the farewell we've had and those yet to come. I'll always love you. Love, Mom" S upplies: patterned paper (Chatterbox Den Collection "Small Circles" and "Tie Plaid"); fabric alphabet stickers (Making Memories); title sticker (Chatterbox Descriptives item # 22205); tag (October Afternoon Hometown Collection); button, twine, pen (American Crafts Precision #01)

Supplies: All patterned paper is Die Cuts with a View [striped (Flower Shower Spring Stack); grid ( Dots, Stripes & Plaid Stack ); blue dot , banner and happy birthday sentiment ( The Celebration Stack ).  Chipboard alphabet stickers (American Crafts Thickers); punch (Stampin' Up); gift tags (Hallmark Expressions # 3J0B52R -- 25 cents for pack of 4 at Big Lots); font (LuzSans - Book); orange trim (Joanns dollar spot); jute (Walmart) I found the cute orange and blue gift cards at Big Lots -- 25 cents for a pack of four! :) The journaling for this was easy because I just copied my blog entry into MS Word and tweaked it.

I made this layout tonight, but it documents Valentine's Day 2010. Supplies:  chipboard alphabet stickers (American Crafts Thickers); chipboard hearts (Making Memories); tag (Studio Calico kit); scallop circle (Making Memories Noteworthy Spiral Journaling Book); border punch (Martha Stewart Doily Lace); crocheted flowers (my Aunt Lorraine and Etsy shop Sweet Vintage 78 ) patterned paper, trim, baker's twine (unknown)

I had a lot of fun making this! All papers except the red print are Scenic Route while the red print is October Afternoon from this Schoolhouse paper pad . I used various diecuts from The Girls' Paperie by Margie "On Holiday" and alpha stickers from Making Memories and October Afternoon (Mini Market).   Plastic baseball charm is Doodlebug.  I sewed the banner on with a zig zag stitch in red.  Many of the elements are raised with foam squares.

I thought I'd share a quick photo of how I store my Project Life items.  I took all of the decorative and journaling cards out of their cute boxes (which I saved because you never know when you might need a cute box) and placed them into this plastic bin.  I organized them by type.  I also placed in this bin: the arrow and days of the week stickers my window punch my corner punch my journaling pen Post-it notes (to place on photo sleeve with journaling or photo idea before I put the actual on in the sleeve). ink pad letter stamps Tombow adhesive runner

I am finally caught up!  Now, it should be easy to just do a little each day.  I have already printed my photos for today and inserted them into this week's photo sleeve. :) You can see I added a digital layout because I had so many bedroom renovation photos.  I just printed this out and inserted it into a page protector.  Here's a better picture of the digital page.  I am NOT a digital scrapbooker, though I dabble with hyrid, so don't expect much. :)  I used a layered template from Cathy Zielske.

I've been trying to catch up on Project Life.  I chose the turquoise one which can be bought here .  Though I have added some photos beyond the third week, I can officially say the first three weeks are complete. I just love using a spiral-bound album because I can add so many items so easily.  In photo 8, I added a Krispy Kreme hat simply by hole-punching it.  In photo 9, I created a text box in MS Word, added my journaling and printed it on cardstock.  I then sewed up a page protector and cut off the extra, so I essentially made a custom-size photo sleeve.  Photos 10-12 show extra pages added -- one is a math worksheet that Ben excelled in, while the other two hold letters from the Lego company. I also love little pockets in these photo sleeves because I can easily add receipts and other bits of life in them. For the most part, I stick with using what came in the kit.  I have added some stamping and some cutting with my Silhouette SD. I've relied on ...

I just love  Papertry Ink  stamps and cardstock. Click  here  for Dawn McVey's post and the pdf file to save/print.

Isn't  this  paper set beautiful!  This is just one of nine designs. And this  Christmas paper is too cool, and you can also download matching tags here !

Ali Edwards is, in my opinion, one of the most amazing scrapbookers I know of.  She has probably been my biggest inspiration! Click  here  for her tutorial on downloading, unzipping and organizing digital elements.  You can also download a freebie brush of hers. Click  here  for this free digital brush. A free 6x8 title page for your December Daily album is  here .  And, another element for your December Daily  here .

Click  here  for these lovely yellow and orange design! She also offers these  Christmas pillow box printables these  amazing snowflake pillow boxes.

These  are some really nice designs! As are many of  these .