Project life title page and week 2-3

This week is my first post of the year to share my project life pages. I started a little late because I was waiting for the Seafoam kit to arrive, but once it arrived I couldn't wait to start putting my layouts together.

Here is my title page and I just love how it turned out!

 

 

My design came after seeing some great designs and ideas from the project life creative team along with some of my project life friends. I am loving my new washi tape that I found from Joanne fabrics and my Amy Tangerine camera embellishment. It was my first Amy tangerine purchase!!!

I can not express enough how great this Seafoam kit is!! The kit is absolutely amazing and designs of the paper are just so appealing to the eye and I am already loving putting it all together.


Week 2 layout.....

 

 

 

 

Week 3 layout...

 

 

I am missing a picture for the end of last week... I forgot to send it with the others to be printed. But that's ok, I will just send it to the printer with this weeks pics.

I am excited to link up with The Mom Creative for Project Life Tuesday for the first time this year and for the first time since the beginning of last summer!!!

Love linking up to this site and love seeing all the creative designs and ideas that everyone has out there.

Red, Pink, and Hearts Galore

Have I ever told you all how much I L-O-V-E to decorate for holidays?! My favorites to decorate for are Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day.... Heck who am I kidding, I love them all!!!

Growing up my mom always decorated for every holiday. So I guess you could say my love for holiday decorating came from her and the spirit of always having a festive home. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Even though we don't have kids yet, Patrick and I love having the home decorated when holidays come. My favorite thing to decorate is the mantle!! The mantle is in the family room and thats where we spend the most of our time and mostly where our guests gather. I am constantly browsing Pinterest for ideas on how to decorate it for the holiday and even for just regular decor.

This week I got all the Valentines stuff out and even made a things, take a look!!!

The "love"banner was one thing I made this year. And I actually used materials and supplies I had here in my craft supply so it didn't cost a thing.

And this picture frame is another thing I made. I saw this idea on Pinterest and I thought it was very simple and cute. I used a frame I had here at the house, cut up some colored paper to fit in the frame and used some stickers that I had. I think it turned out pretty cute!!!

This isn't anything special, but I do love thee little 2 cupcakes I found last year at Hobby Lobby.


Thanks for stopping by!  I am so glad that today Friday is finally here and the weekend is upon us....Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Pinterest inspired dinner

One of my goals for 2013 was to cook dinner more for Patrick and I..... and I must say that I am off to a good start. Cooking for 2 can be rather difficult. We end up either having way too much or not enough. And working till 8pm during the week usually means we have sandwiches, Kroger to-go soup or cabinet fixings most of the time. So with the new year I was bound and determined to plan ahead more. I have found so many great, different, easy recipes on Pinterest that I am super excited to try and I know my hubby will be excited to.

So here is what we had tonight..... Cheesy enchilada casserole

I found this recipe from the Six Sisters' Stuff blog. They have the most amazing blog with lots of delicious looking recipes and fun craft ideas. Their blog is definitely a must see!!!

Here is how my enchilada casserole turned out....

 

I definately recommend this recipe, I can guarntee you won't be disappointed.  The hubby and I LOVED it and it will definately be on the menu again very soon. 

 

I am busy working on decorating my mantle for Valentine's day and gathering all my other fun Valentine decor... can't wait to share with you all very soon.

Gratitude Journal 2013

As 2013 approached I began to look for ideas and ways to document our life and memories for 2013. Of course Project Life was one of them, but I also wanted to find something more personal for myself, like a journal. So I started searching Etsy, because I knew they would have just what I was looking for. And there it was..... The Gratitude Journal!! You should definitely check out this super cute Etsy shop.

 

 

 

 

 

The intent of the gratitude journal is to document something every day of the year that you are grateful for. I am planning to do this, but I am also going to use this as a personal journal where I can document the events,feelings, and ideas from the day. I have anxiously been waiting for the journal to arrive and it finally came today. I am super excited about getting this little journal started!!!

Weekend blues....

Ya its sad to say and something you will rarely hear my say.... But this weekend I have the blues and I am wishing this weekend away. My new job requires me to work every other weekend. I never thought I would say this.... But I am surprisingly ok with it since I only have to work 14 days a month and I don't have to spend long nights on the phone on call. So what's the difference this weekend???! FLU season!!!!! Flu season is in full swing and its already predicted to be one of the worst flu seasons in the past 10 years. My poor nephew was diagnosed with the flu this week, but luckily he never really felt too bad despite his fever.

With the influenza scare and the media coverage to get flu shots my normal days of seeing 40 patients a day has spiked to 60+ a day!! And it has made for one tired, stressed, up-tight, high strung, and impatient provider. Of course I am trying to internalize all these emotions while seeing patients and saving it for the hubby waiting at home. He has been such a big help at home the past couple weeks and has done what he can to make me laugh and relax when I get home. I am lucky to have have him in my life!!

So anyways... Here's to a weekend of work, caring for people that need me, and DRINKS on Sunday night to celebrate the end of the weekend and only a 2 day work week next week.

Hope everyone has a great weekend,

An obsession like no other!!

I think we can all probably agree how dangerous Target can be to the pocket book. My goal today was to run in Target and make a return on rug that I purchased for the living room that didn't look as good as I had hoped. I had every intention of running in and out, but today was like every other Target visit....... I came away with fabulous finds that I did not need but of course HAD to have!!

Here's some of finds of the day.....



Love these Nate Berkus candle holders and candles... they look great on my mantle!





Being the purse freak I am.... I had to cute this super cute one-shoulder bag.  It is cream and will look great come Spring time.

What is there not to L-O-V-E about chevron?!?!  I snagged these super cute storage totes for my office.. which I plan to put to get use for storing some PL supplies!

I just can't seem to find the strength not browse, browse, and browse some more during a visit to Target. And I know that I'm not the only girl with this problem and obsession. My love for Target will be for a lifetime!!!!!

I made Pinterest!

While I was away from the blogging world, it seems that I may have missed something that I would have died to know.

Ya... It may sound silly, but I was thrilled to say the least. When I logged in to blogger yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to see that I still had people reading my blog posts while I was gone AND the best part was that some of the posts had been pinned to Pinterest. Ahhhhhh!!!!

I know lots of peoples ideas, things, and posts are pinned everyday....but ME..... No way!!!!! It's the small things in life that make ya happy and being pinned on Pinterest is one of 'em for me. A few of my Project Life pages were pinned along with my Christmas card craft. Check it out!!

I am busy organizing all my Project Life supplies and pictures so I can start on my PL pages. The
Seafoam kit finally made it to Amazon yesterday so I am anxiously waiting for the kit to arrive so I can get my scraping and sharing underway.