Friday's photo day

Okay, so I was misleading in my title ;)
These are iPhone photos from yesterday.
Today's photos would have been me cleaning the house...don't want to see that, lol.

I wanted to share my calendar yesterday, so that is why I didn't share my day of photos yesterday.
So here is the first one.
Finally at the lawyers signing our wills.
Look at all those books...I wonder how many times he fell asleep reading those ;)

I came out of the lawyers office to this.
A bit close don'tcha think.
Good thing I am still slender enough to get into my jeep (I'm the red one by the way ;)
Do you see the yellow line...no..well that's because genius beside me here parked over it.

I made a quick look see over to Michaels.
I see washi tape is on for 40% off.  At these ridiculous prices who could afford them.
Now you wonder why I buy it when we go over to the States.
Funny thing is the Canadian dollar is only a penny or so lower. Even when our dollar was higher our prices were still way higher then anywhere else....shame on you Michael's.

 But as you can see...I picked myself up a container, teehee.

And lastly...guess where I was.
Now if you are on my personal Face book page, you know already ;)

So that is all for me for today.
Heading to the cottage when Wayne gets home. 1st time this year :)
I wonder what I will do up there?
Go for a walk...probably.
Drive the quad...probably.
Kayak around the lake....good chance.
Go for a swim...definitely NOT.
Not sure if I can get Internet this weekend, so if I can't I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

I hope you all had a very creative Friday :)

Tracy :)

Calendar Stand and some Layouts

If you remember from a post from a year ago when I purchased the Recollections Layout Stand.
I had shared that I was going to use it not for layouts but for a yearly calendar.
And if you also remember, I made the calendar for January and didn't like it.

So back to the drawing board.
I brought my calendar papers to a crop I was at last month and finished the calendars there.
I was so happy with the results that I knew I wanted to keep it.
Then I figured what better way to document the year calendar than with photos too :)
So I added a second page with photos, paper embellishments and journaling :)

So what I did was resize some photos from that month and made a scrapbook page out of them :)

I like to back my papers and photos with black card stock. I think it makes everything just pop that much more.

I used the Graphic 45 a Place in Time 8x8 paper pack.
At first I didn't really care for this paper.
I know what you're thinking..."why the heck would she buy it if she didn't like it"
Well the reason is, I didn't want to regret not getting it later on. As I can only find these types of papers when I am away on a trip.
Well anyway, as I worked with these papers the more I liked them.

The other problem I had with them is that they only included one calendar page in the whole paper pack.
Seriously! One calendar page, when we have 12 months in a year!
How did I rectify this problem? I copied them ;)
Where there is a will, there is a way ;)
As you can tell the copied papers are lighter then the original, but this doesn't bother me.

I also put together a video so you can see these pages in more detail and you can hear my rant in person....well in video, lol.
Onto My Day:
I had to be out and about early today. I am not an early morning person.
But I had to meet Wayne at our lawyers to finally sign our wills. We have the worst lawyer ever...but never have to deal with him again.

Then thought I was kind of on that side of town, so ran into Michael's.
Picked up a couple 6x6 albums, a T-square (that I have been looking for all over) and some washi tape.
Then I ran to the mall to pick up some lunch for my girls. But ran into Home Sense and picked up a new craft mat for my table.
Came home for a bit, picked up Kristy for her college class then came back home, had lunch with Ashley, made my video and lastly picked up Kristy from college...oh ya then Wayne and I ran out for groceries as we are hoping to go to the cottage this weekend :)

I think I need a nap now, lol
I hope you all have had a creative Thursday :)

Tracy :)

My Day with Kristy

Today was a busy day.
I picked up my beautiful daughter Kristy from school to take her to make an appointment to get her (gasp) tattoo.
I am not against her getting one, she is of age. I wanted one when I was younger as well. I was just hoping that she would wait until she is a bit older...but not a chance.

Look at how beautiful she is.
She looks like an angel..she has the halo to prove it ;)

I actually cropped the photo...are you proud of my editing skills....I am, lol.
I took Kristy for lunch at Applebees.
They redid the restaurant. It looks really nice, but we were sad to see the carousel horses and the movie star photos gone :(

After lunch Kristy had a dentist appointment...no cavities :)

I hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)
I will be back tomorrow with a creative project..I forgot to take photos of them today..oops.

Tracy :)

All About Me book..the beginning.

Here is one of the projects I was working on, this Girls May Long Weekend :)
It is a book All About Me :)
I have been meaning for the last 15 yrs to make a scrapbook page about myself. But have never done one. So I took it one step up and started a book about me :)
I also got my SIL, Sharon to start one as well. I don't think she was to excited about it at first, but I can usually persuade Sharon to do what I want, lol.

I told Sharon to think about her grandmother, and what would she like to know about her.
When most of us think about our grandma's we think of them as just that...our grandmas. Wouldn't you love to know more about the details of her life?
What were some of her favourite things to do, her favourite foods, her favourite colours?
What was she like as a child?
When making our pages..think about what you would want to know about your grandmother or even your mother for that matter.

Here is my intro. page.

I started with a simple composition note book.
I plan to decorate the front, back and insides covers of the book, but wanted to first see where I was going with the pages before committing to the papers on the front of the book.

Now for the fun part....WASHI TAPE :)
I selected the tapes I wanted and adhered them to the long edge of the paper.
I adhered a tad less then half the width of the tape.

Then I gathered up 3 more sheets of paper (total of 4).
Then flipped the pages over to the last of those 4 pages.

I smoothed the sheets flat and then folded over the washi tape and adhered it to that 4th sheet of paper.
Sharon adhered some of the middle of her papers. I didn't, I just used the washi tape.
If you get wrinkles in your tape you can do like Sharon did and not worry about it.
Or..you can be anal like I am and lift up the tape and reapply it ;)

I had seen the washi tape idea from mom.run.craft blog. But I wasn't sure from her instructions if she went all the way around the pages with her washi.
As you can see I didn't. I figured this way I can slip a thick piece of paper in between the pages if I am using alcohol markers or a heavy ink.
The tape is hanging out the ends, so that means some trimming ;)

I didn't have my corner rounder with me, so I just cut the corners with my scissors :)
But I am sure it would be a lot easier with the corner rounder.

Look at all those pretty colours.
Don't they just make you smile :)

I didn't get that many pages done as we didn't start this until the last day.
But we sure had a great time making them :)

I have seen this "Currently" page so many times, and think it is a fun page to add to an "All About Me" book.

I made a video to share with you a bit more of how and why I am making this book.
Hope you enjoy it :)


I hope you enjoyed a look into my All About Me book and are inspired to make one (or even a page) about you.
Hope you all had a creative Tuesday :)

Tracy :)

The End to a Wonderful Creative Weekend

Today is a holiday in Canada and believe me I have made the most of this long weekend.
Every year my daughters and I enjoy the weekend up at my SIL, Sharon's camp.
We call it "Girls Long Weekend".
No men allowed, unless we forgot something and they are delivering it to us ;)
So before I get on to the details of our weekend, I will share with you my completed week 20 of my day planner.

Sharon, Heather and I went up in the afternoon on Friday.
Kristy and Ashley had some parcels to be picked up over the border. Sharon's camp is only about 10 minutes from the border, so we went to pick them up and have a bite to eat.
The border crossing was packed both heading to the US and coming into Canada.
Canadian's wanted to go shopping and the American's wanted to come here to go fishing.
Well, sadly both the restaurants were closed.
So we went to the casino for a burger.
I think it took all of Sharon's will power not to gamble...she loves casinos, lol.

Ashley and Kristy came after work.
Ashley picked up some KFC for supper and these pretty tulips for our centerpiece :)

Here we are day 2.
Needing some showers, lol. Or should I say a sauna (steambath).

If you know me, then you know one of my passions is not Cooking, lol.
So we go for fast, simple foods.
Pancakes is not a fast, simple food.
So when Kristy brought pancake batter that she made at home. I was not going to cook them.
But I did.
Actually I only cooked two. Working on this old wood-stove and being impatient are not my strong points, lol

So during this weekend, Sharon and I move the kitchen table in the living room.
One reason is it has the best light, the other reason is I get a wonderful view of Lake Superior.
See that gorgeous view behind us?
That is the stunning view I look at all weekend. I get that view from where I sit :)
Even on a rainy, cloudy day (like this whole weekend) it is still a scene I can look at all day long :)

I worked on quite a few projects this weekend.
My 8x8 calendar album, 6x6 crafty friends album and a smash type book titled "All About Me".
I also made Sharon make one as well.
I'm not sure if she was keen on the idea at first as she tells me she doesn't really remember her youth.
But once we got working on it, she really was excited and actually got further along in her book then I did :)

I will share with you my projects in the next few day :)
I came home to a flood warning in my city :(
If you remember from last year and the homes that were damaged because of the floods, you would know how worried so many are here.

I hope you all have had a creative Monday :)

Tracy :)

Art Journal revisited

I thought today I would revisit a project :)
This is my art journal...or Heart Journal.
I keep wanting to get back into art journaling, but don't know a thing about it, lol.
So I am going (hoping) on doing a "Come learn with me" series on Art Journals.
It will be how I am learning along the way.
So expect lots of screw ups....I know there is not a wrong way to art journal.
But believe me I will find the wrong way to do it, lol.

So if you wish take a look through my art journal with me.

I hope you all had a creative Sunday :)

Tracy :)

What is in my Desktop Carousel.

Do you remember my post about how I altered my Desktop Carousel?
Well you can check out the post HERE.
But I didn't share with you what I keep in here and how it helps me keep a bit more organized when I craft.

Here is a quick video I did on what I keep in here, and my inspiration piece ;)

I hope you all are having a creative Saturday :)

Tracy