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Three Tips for the Summer

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

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Have you ever found an old note you forgot you had written about a seemingly mundane aspect of your life? I had that experience a few weeks ago when I decided to finally finish assembling my month-and-a-half attempt at photographing my daily life in 2009. More than a year had passed and I didn’t remember that I had added a note about almost every photo into the metadata.

bike_ride

“Now that Aiden is pretty sturdy on the bike, we went for a bike ride through our neighborhood, over to the neighborhood on the other side of Broadway, and then to Skyline Park for lunch and more bike riding. It was perfect weather and we had so much fun!”

I surprised myself with a reminder of some of my day-to-day intentions…

coconut

“Made hot cereal with coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Since we eat hot cereal multiple times a week now, I’m constantly looking for new ways to dress it up so the kids will enjoy it more. The coconut spin was a winner!”
scraproom

“The kids invaded my scraproom today and we spent a little time with our photos and memories. They made pages while I organized my stuff.”

These observations of the normal, unremarkable things the kids do fascinated me and will probably fascinate them someday…

popsicles

“Checking out each others’ flavors.”
dollhouse

“Trinity was so happy setting up a home on top of books, which rested on the back of her bed, for her little animal toys. It surprises me that she does this despite the fact that she has a number of doll houses. Maybe they just don’t suit her own imagination?”
recorder

“I found Aiden playing his recorder and Blake acting like he was whistling the tune. Just a funny little glimpse of being together and doing your own things at the same time.”

And then there were these notes from a significant event from that time. They’re brief but it was chilling for me to find them in the context of my everyday life. I’m so grateful to have jotted down these quick thoughts…

photos

“Printed up some photos for Mom, and for Israel to frame for his birthday. Grandma Holt died late that night, around 10:45. We got the call just after 11.”
g_holt

“For Grandma’s viewing Jerry and Debbie gave me a box of pictures to arrange for display. Today I put it all together. What a wonderful chance to spend some time reviewing moments in her life and thinking about her.”
edison

“Today we listened to the Edison music box that Grandma Holt gave us just months before she died. It belonged to her own grandmother and we wanted to listen to it in memory and honor of Irene before going to her viewing.”

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Three Tips For A Summer Project

Today our kids get out of school for the year and I have decided to repeat this daily documentation for the first two or three weeks of our summer, just to capture the everyday pace of all of us being home. If you want to join me, here are a few tips:

1) Locate Your Metadata
Learn where your photo manager stores the metadata for your photos. Metadata is information your camera stores about the picture, including the date you took it. You don’t have to take notes — matching a description of the photo with your date — if you know how to view the metadata of your photos.

2) Add Notes To Your Metadata
Find out if your software will allow you to add your own notes to the metadata. Mine does. It’s called a “caption” and I seem to be able to add as much text to a photo as I like. This is where I jot my thoughts on each daily photo.

If this is not possible, you can keep a notebook. But the ability to embed your thoughts into the metadata is valuable, not only because it simplifies the process of putting your pages together, but it also becomes a backup in case you ever lose your albums.

Even if you choose not to do a daily project like this, you might want to add a thought to the meta data of some of your photos, just in case.

3) Choose A Simple Format
You can scrapbook your daily summer photos in a simple format like this that you can add to your regular scrapbook album, or you could make a daily mini-album like Ali Edwards’s December Daily project. I haven’t decided on my format yet. Either way, I’m sure it will be simple.

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I’m excited to kick off our summer vacation with a little family photojournalism. You want to join me?

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PRT 021 – The Sum of Our Stories

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The terms, “story,” or “story-telling” have become hot buzzwords — and not just in scrapbooking. There is a newer, looser, broader definition of “story” right now. A photo can be a “story.” A thought can be a “story.”

Story is our subject in this week’s Paperclipping Roundtable!

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Paperclipping 145 – Gather Your Old Products

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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In this new members-only edition of Paperclipping, you’ll see several different ways to gather up and use old products in creative ways.

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Below are the layouts I featured in today’s episode…

PB & J

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Journaling reads: 3 yrs old – July 19, 06

Aiden, you are showing me that you’re growing up. Yesterday you wanted to help me make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Someone stopped by so I left the kitchen before it was done so I could visit with our guest for a few minutes. When I came back, there you were with an entire sandwich in your mouth. You stopped eating to announce, “I can do it myself!”

And you sure did! Peanut butter on half the bread. No jelly. I even asked if you wanted jelly and you said, “Nope!” with such confidence.

“Is it good?” I asked. “Yep!” you announced. And you ate it like it was the best sandwich you’ve ever had. I was so proud of my little 3-year-old boy.

Today when I was about to pour your soy milk into a cup you made the same announcement, “I can do it myself!”

. . . And you did.

Supplies:
Note: I use a combination of new and old products. Here are the ones I was able to find still available online:

  • bouncy ball paper
  • vinyl Thickers These vinyl ones are goopy and don’t stick well but they look awesome if you glue them with a good adhesive. Just beware!
  • The white flocked polka dot paper is a favorite of mine but it seems to be sold or clearanced out. I found this brown sheet available and on sale. I’ve also used and loved this black flocked damask paper for a formal look and for Halloween.

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T Is For Trinity

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Journaling reads:
A conversation with Aiden, age 5…

a: Mom, I want a “T” on my forehead.

(after hearing him mumble, “Trinity . . . Trinity . . .” I made a guess)
m: You want a “T” on your forehead for “Trinity?”

a: Mmm-hmm.

m: T for Trinity? Because you love her?

a: Yep. I love her.

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Silly Random Thoughts

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Journaling from four different occassions: Aiden – ages 3 and 4
1)”I know what kiwis are made of. Salty, juicy pineapples. With hair all over it.”

2) August 2006 –
Me: Tomorrow I’m getting you a new carseat.
Aiden: A booster seat?
Me: Yes!
Aiden: So it can make me fly?

3) When you want a vitamin you ask for, “That thing that is kinda like medicine and kinda like candy.” (Aug. 2007)

4) Aug. 2007
Aiden: Look! I wrote, “Yoga!”
(shows me scribbles on his spaceship)

Me: Do you mean “Yoda?” Like from Starwars?

Aiden: No. YOGA.

Me: You mean the exercise I do?

Aiden: Yes. It’s your job.

Here is a pink version of my stamp die cut paper, and here’s a blue one with a different pattern.

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T

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Journaling reads: The over-sized set at Grandma Gertrude’s retirement home inspired your imagination, which we can see by your pursed lips, surely meaning something big is happening in your inner world of kings and queens.

Supplies:
Type charms

The first layout I shared in this week’s tutorial was featured in Papercipping 120 – Circular Anchor Flexible Template. You can see the photo of that layout by clicking the link and scrolling down.

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I’m excited to see what old products you’ll give new life after watching this week’s episode!

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PRT 020 – This is Stacy!

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Chronological scrapbooking is the subject of this Paperclipping Roundtable. Why don’t the hosts scrapbook chronologically? How do they organize instead? They’ll certainly go into that…

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PRT 019 – How Vintage Are You?

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

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Vintage is extremely popular right now. How can a scrapbooker who has a very different, more modern style, incorporate vintage products and vintage techniques while still maintaining his or her core style?

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Here’s the vintage image that Ali talked about.

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Paperclipping 144 – How To Mix Styles

Monday, May 10th, 2010
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Below are the projects I shared in today’s episode…

Electronic Love Letters

MiniBook
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email_mini_2
The journaled introduction to this book: In Nobember 2006, as some of us prepared to take a trip to K.C. for Christmas, there was a a sudden jump in emails between us — Buckland siblings and spouses and our parents. With most of us spread out across the country, many of thee sometimes funny and sometimes emotionally supportive emails became a fun way for us to reminisce, become re-acquainted, and to remain tied together as friends and siblings.

These are some of my favorite of the sillier and playful emails. Much love to my parents and siblings.
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email_mini_4
email_mini_5
email_mini_6
email_mini_7
email_mini_8
email_mini_9
A note on the supplies: I assembled the main pages and embellishments on this album about two years ago I think. I only finally added the photos and emails (on white cardstock) last Saturday. I’m so sorry that most of these products are no longer available. I can tell you that the two aqua-green inserts at the very beginning and end of the book are product packaging from Prima and are current.

It’s All About The Details

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details
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You can read the journaing for this layout in the article in which I originally posted it.

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What are your favorite styles? I think mine are probably vintage (although I never do a pure version of vintage) and an “artsy” style (which can be broadly defined). I would love to hear which styles you would love to mix into one project and whether you’ve attempted before! Please share by leaving a comment.

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PRT 018 – The Yin and Yang of Who I Am

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

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