Dawn K Homeschool

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.

I'm off to do a little light reading in Julie Klassen's newest book  -- The Girl in the Gatehouse .  I had a busy day trying to catch up on my Project Life  album which can still be purchased here .  I'll share photos of my progress tomorrow.  I am only behind on it because we were sick so much this winter and because we've been so wrapped up in the bedroom renovation.  I actually love this project!

Based on information Nathan has learned from, according to him, "EVERYWHERE -- I just picked it up" -- he has been color-coding this world map to show territorial claims.

We bought puppy when I was pregnant with Ben.  According to Ben, Puppy (who I just found out a few weeks ago is female), turned 7 years old on February 2.  We had a belated party for her last night.  Ben helped me make the cake. Here is a layout I made in honor of her years ago.