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Post by mikklynn on Feb 1, 2021 13:22:28 GMT
Happy February! Spring will be here before we know it. Well, maybe not for the Peas from Chicago to Maine!
DH has dialysis today (or as I call it, Adult Daycare), so I am taking the time for myself today. I've been so busy the last two weeks, I deserve it.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 1, 2021 13:37:56 GMT
Snowed in and working from home maybe I’ll grab a couple of minutes to do a couple of things at my desk...
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Post by hop2 on Feb 1, 2021 13:57:02 GMT
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Post by myboysnme on Feb 1, 2021 23:17:54 GMT
Ooh! One of my favorite threads! I get to put in print all my plans for the month! I have a CM crop for about 6 hours Friday night where I will keep working on Christmas pics.
Then the next weekend I paid for an overnight retreat at the beach. I'm going alone and plan to just keep cranking out layouts. I will be there on Valentines Day which is my DS1 and DIL first anniversary. I am surprising them with some cash to go out and we will watch DGD in the evening. Then I can grab some Valentine's photos of her!
The 3rd weekend I have a Fri/Sat crop. I am so excited to have 3 cropportunities this month!
I ordered 12 baskets to organize my stickers on a shelf. I spent hours and hours on Amazon looking for the right thing that would fit and work and finally found some reasonably priced ones. I have started the process of sorting them out and that is a job and a half! It's hard to select categories. Some don't fit in any category, but I'm unlikely to use them if I don't put them someplace accessible. I don't watch DGD on Thursday so that is the day I will take on that project again. And Sat too.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 2, 2021 0:50:37 GMT
I decided on silver & gold snowflakes to go on my right side border from last week, that’s what I’m doing tonight since we are snowed in.
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Post by Linda on Feb 2, 2021 5:09:15 GMT
I'm mostly packing but I did make a prototype for my "new address" cards and stamped all of the images - using Hero Arts House Stamp and Cut. I'm really pleased with myself -I bought it last month and have already used it for a housewarming card and now for these cards
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 2, 2021 7:57:57 GMT
February snuck up on me!
Last night I uploaded my January photos, but was too tired to decide what to order.
January was a thin photo month. I'll order today, though.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 2, 2021 8:53:11 GMT
So, anyway, random thoughts...
This year I've decided to take more selfies. I took one at New Year's. Took one during the inauguration, with the tv playing it in the background. Took one during the snowfall.
I just kinda want to be in the books about my life too.
I'm also kicking around the idea of doing A Day In The Life page. But I think I'd need to do two. One, a work day. One, a day off. They are so very, very different.
I've done very well with holding back my scrap spending this year so far. I'm still sticking to the 50 Layout Challenge, and only four away from goal. So far I've only ordered photos and bought adhesive.
Anyone else have random thoughts rolling around their head?
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 2, 2021 13:57:19 GMT
LavenderLayoutLady ALL my thoughts seem to be random! I am in agreement with you, regarding selfies. I am making pages about me these days. I am currently working on a photo of my favorite Christmas coffee mug next to a bottle of Bailey's from Christmas morning. I am going to make a tag that has a list of things like gifts, dinner, caramel rolls all with a checkmark next to them. The final item with be coffee & Bailey's for mom.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 2, 2021 14:37:17 GMT
Yes, I’m trying to be more present in my memory keeping. Right now especially with the pandemic and staying home, my planner is very pet centric and that’s ok but I really ought to be more present there too. Baby steps. I’ve been watching Heba’s me, myself & I you tube videos. And I really enjoyed the pieces of me prompts from Ali last year. Maybe it’s time to explore some new self exploring prompts, maybe we can do a pea group with one self exploratory prompt a week? Here’s Heba’s project youtu.be/bRieyisuGgU
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Post by grammadee on Feb 2, 2021 15:01:44 GMT
Have four more pages to put together before I can do any scrappy shopping, but those pages should be finished by the end of this week. I need to create my samples for 28-4-28 and that should DO it! But I am not sure what I will shop for. I really miss wandering into a store and browsing all the pretties, getting inspiration as I go... I have some gc's from M's that I received as a Christmas gift. But no idea what I "need" from there. LavenderLayoutLady, I took very few photos in January myself, except for dh's virtual bd party. The kids shared some outdoor winter pic's with me, but I need to print those. And I have been promised some I need to follow up on. Winter is a season that I love to scrap b/c of the colour of blue shadows on bright white snow. However, I prefer scrapping it to living in it LOL, so I wait for others to send me those photos! hop2, I love that border on your February planner page, especially the mittens. TFS.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 3, 2021 14:07:33 GMT
Ugh. I did a 2 page layout of Christmas with DH and DD. I hate it.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 3, 2021 16:12:19 GMT
Ugh. I did a 2 page layout of Christmas with DH and DD. I hate it. Take it apart like it never happened, and try again another day.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 4, 2021 12:37:35 GMT
Ugh. I did a 2 page layout of Christmas with DH and DD. I hate it. Take it apart like it never happened, and try again another day. I think I will take your advice and do that. I'm going to dig through my inspiration pages to see if I can scraplift something.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 7, 2021 13:32:01 GMT
Ugh, I need to order photos. That is my least favorite project.
Whine over...
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Post by hop2 on Feb 7, 2021 18:22:22 GMT
I’ve made several cards in the last few days. I haven’t ousted them because the recipients haven’t gotten them yet, maybe after next week I’ll put them in IG. Of course I’m current in my planner.
I haven’t touched my Dec 2020 PL despite having the pictures printed mid January. I just haven’t been in the mood. I also haven’t done a single thing for defying Jan pictures ready for PL either
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 18:46:06 GMT
Made two three cards yesterday and one Friday to go w/my 2021 intentions: 1. Use my Silhouette more 2. Use stuff I haven't been using I made this one by cutting the sentiment, shadow and the butterfly & shadow w/my sihouette. I used spray - which I always forget to do. This one used a paper I've had forver and love but wouldn't use. So I used it. I cut a flower and foam-mounted it to give it dimension. Also used my silhouette to cut the sentiment. I made another one yesterday using dark washi that I almost got rid of. But I used it in strips as a background and it's got a nice dark feel. One more: trying to use up my glitter....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 18:50:38 GMT
This year I've decided to take more selfies. Love it!!
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Post by purplebee on Feb 7, 2021 19:17:00 GMT
I finished my January pocket pages and got caught up on February, not there’s a whole bunch of stuff to scrap!
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Post by pas2 on Feb 7, 2021 19:21:50 GMT
Wow I have been so caught up in making vintage collages, JJs and such, but today I actually made a card for my aunt thats the first card I have done since Halloween.
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Post by Really Red on Feb 7, 2021 19:56:29 GMT
So, anyway, random thoughts... This year I've decided to take more selfies. I took one at New Year's. Took one during the inauguration, with the tv playing it in the background. Took one during the snowfall. I just kinda want to be in the books about my life too. I'm also kicking around the idea of doing A Day In The Life page. But I think I'd need to do two. One, a work day. One, a day off. They are so very, very different. I've done very well with holding back my scrap spending this year so far. I'm still sticking to the 50 Layout Challenge, and only four away from goal. So far I've only ordered photos and bought adhesive. Anyone else have random thoughts rolling around their head? Yay for you!!!! I used to do day in the life pages when my kids were little. I just recently pulled them out and showed them to my kids over Christmas and they loved them! I didn’t fool around. I took a picture of every single thing we did and that was before digital. It took about 20 pages to fill up a day and it makes me happy to go back and look at those days. I agree with you, doing a workday and doing a weekend day is a great idea. I did a day in the winter and a day in the summer. I seriously wish I had done this over Christmas. Great idea for next Christmas when all the kids are with me.
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Post by hop2 on Feb 7, 2021 22:55:31 GMT
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 8, 2021 9:02:10 GMT
Yesterday I started three layouts. Used cardstock from a pad, and pattern paper from my scraps bag. I'm looking forward to working on them sometime (hopefully) soon.
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Post by scrappington on Feb 8, 2021 14:07:16 GMT
February is starting off great crafty wise. I was on video chat Friday night with a couple friends for a half hour. Saturday I had plans for a crafty night on zoom with my friend who lives 2500 KMS away. We had a great time. I got a lot done on my atcs. Sunday was my regular scheduled art journal group zoom meet. We had a great session. Theme was heritage stuff.
This coming weekend is a long weekend for us and I'm boxing up and rearranging my work room. Yep. It needs to be done. Also let's me do a good vaccum and clean.
I need to reorganize the stuff in that room as it's getting cluttered and I got a new chair and chairs to big for how my desk is. So need to move the desk.
I have no real plans yet. But will get stuff off shelves and out of room and then decide I think. I reorganized my other room which is right next door a month ago. So I made more room in there to move stuff from work room kinda thing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 15:08:12 GMT
Ugh. I did a 2 page layout of Christmas with DH and DD. I hate it. Did this turn out any better? I think Christmas LO are really hard, especially morning ones. The light is all weird and people look tired..(at least I always do!) I cannot wait for February to be over. I get excited when March rolls around, as Spring will soon be here! (I'm a Minnesotan who hates winter) but am trying to take some photos each month, and I don't think I've taken any Feb pics yet. This will be a slow crafty month as I have a lot of other things I have to get done, but hopefully once Spring is here I can pick back up.
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Post by mikklynn on Feb 8, 2021 16:00:40 GMT
Ugh. I did a 2 page layout of Christmas with DH and DD. I hate it. Did this turn out any better? I think Christmas LO are really hard, especially morning ones. The light is all weird and people look tired..(at least I always do!) I cannot wait for February to be over. I get excited when March rolls around, as Spring will soon be here! (I'm a Minnesotan who hates winter) but am trying to take some photos each month, and I don't think I've taken any Feb pics yet. This will be a slow crafty month as I have a lot of other things I have to get done, but hopefully once Spring is here I can pick back up. Not yet, but I still plan to do it.
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Post by grammadee on Feb 8, 2021 17:36:47 GMT
Sounds like a lot of interesting crafty things happening! scrappington, the rearrangement of your scraproom sounds exciting, but also daunting. Good luck with that. The only organizing that has moved from "some day" to RIGHT NOW! is my metal dies. I ordered some page protectors and magnetic sheets, so hoping I can get the largest ones out of my cabinet to leave space for the smaller ones. Those supplies should arrive by early next week. hop2, your lighthouse etching looks amazing. @zingermack, those cards are stunning. Love the rich colours and how you used the different designs. My favourite is the one with the glittery circles/bubbles. I have finished my self imposed fifty pages challenge and now I want to go shopping, but the temps are way too low to contemplate a road trip, so I will have to wait a little longer...
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Post by scrappington on Feb 8, 2021 17:47:51 GMT
Sounds like a lot of interesting crafty things happening! scrappington, the rearrangement of your scraproom sounds exciting, but also daunting. Good luck with that. The only organizing that has moved from "some day" to RIGHT NOW! is my metal dies. I ordered some page protectors and magnetic sheets, so hoping I can get the largest ones out of my cabinet to leave space for the smaller ones. Those supplies should arrive by early next week. hop2, your lighthouse etching looks amazing. @zingermack, those cards are stunning. Love the rich colours and how you used the different designs. My favourite is the one with the glittery circles/bubbles. I have finished my self imposed fifty pages challenge and now I want to go shopping, but the temps are way too low to contemplate a road trip, so I will have to wait a little longer... I use furnace vent covers and Avery elle pockets to store my dies and my stamps. I get them from amazon.ca
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2021 19:34:30 GMT
My favourite is the one with the glittery circles/bubbles. Thanks so much. That's my favorite too. I call it the 'spa look'
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 9, 2021 0:59:47 GMT
This week I needed to find my instructions for using a tool I hadn't used in quite some time. I keep most of my scrap manuals and paperwork in a big envelope in a drawer. As I pulled out the manuals, I realized I needed to organize it all. I had manuals, warranties, serial numbers, CDs, receipts, notes, etc for 20 years of tools and I four electronic cutters alone. About 60 minutes later, It was all organized or purged and in plastic page covers. Feeling accomplished.
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