Barb's Project 365

July-Review Page

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July-Week Five

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Not only do I say good-bye to July, I also say good-bye to this beautiful kit!
Template by ChrissyW @ Elemental Scraps.

July-Week Four

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I'm on a roll...

July-Weeks Two and Three

2009-07-28T14:03:00.000-07:00

I'm so behind! I've been out enjoying summer with my kids! I am still taking photos and took a little time out to put together a few pages today. I am really loving this Shabby Princess kit! I may use it for next month as well!

Templates:MOriginals. DateIts:Misty Cato. Days of the Week and embellishments:Weeds and Wildflowers.

July-Week One

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This month I am using a kit from Shabby Princess called Summer Cottage. I love the vintage feel it has and the faded reds and blues will be perfect for this month.

Materials used:Template#21-MOriginals. DateIts-Misty Cato. Font-Disney Print.

June Review Page

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This is the last page for the month of June. The kit I used this month was Garden District by Misty Cato. Review page by Weeds and Wildflowers. Font is LD Adornment..so cute!

Last Days of June

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Template by MOriginals.

June-Week Four

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I think this template is SO cute...just perfect for summer.

Template by MOriginals.

June-Week Three

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Template #73 by Lindsay Jane Designs.

June-Week Two

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Template by Yin Designs.

June-Week One

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This month I am using a cute little kit by Misty Cato, called Garden District. I love the papers and the elements in this one. I think they are perfect for my June 365 pages.

Template:MOriginals #3. DateIts:Misty Cato.

May Review Page

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May-Week 4

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Template:Kim's Kreations. DateIts:Misty Cato.

May-Weeks 2 and 3

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Testing A New Process...

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I apologize to those of you who are getting this in your Readers. I am trying out a new to me, way of posting my layouts...courtesy of my dear friend, Jeanne. Thanks Jeanne. I'll get it yet!

May-Week 1

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This month I am using the Blossom Collection by Shabby Princess to create my layouts. And I am going to stick to my Golden Rule and 'scrap it simply'.

ETA: After I posted these, I realized that I did not put numbers on my photos! Man! I'm getting a little sloppy with my work! It's a pretty easy fix, now I just need to go back and do it.

April Review Page

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April-Week 5

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Template from Kimmy's Keepsakes.

April-Week 4

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April-Week 3

2009-04-24T08:36:00.000-07:00

I blew it! I ignored the number one rule of my Project 365 album...to scrap the photos simply. I found the cutest template and I started playing with it and fussing over it and the next thing I knew April was almost over and the layout was not completed. It's still not completed. I decided to 'scrap' it-no pun intended-and move on to another template to get week 3 scrapped. Here is my layout. I used a template by the very talented Helen Clyde.

April-Weeks 1 and 2

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March Review Page

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March-Weeks 4 and 5

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I forgot to post these! I came today to post my April pages and discovered that March was incomplete!

March-Week 3

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From Barb's Project 365

BACKUP YOUR FILES, Ladies and Gents!

2009-03-19T09:51:00.001-07:00

We take the time to take the photos and create the cards and digital layouts. But often we fail to take the necessary steps to insure that our memories are protected should our computers crash. Yep. It's happened to me. But...I learned my lesson and I want to share an item I had the pleasure of trying out, with all of you. Here is the review I wrote for the company...

I love my Clickfree Portable Backup HD225! When I opened the box I was impressed by the size and the color. I thought it was the perfect size to carry in my laptop bag and the color is gorgeous, a rich cherry red. I am a digital scrap booker and a card maker, so I take and save a lot of photos. I really needed something that I could backup my digital files and pics on, something that was easy and didn’t require a lot my time. The Clickfree Portable Backup HD225 is the perfect fit for me. I connected it to my laptop and within seconds, it started backing up all of my files, with NO interaction from me. I didn’t have to install any software, or follow along with any wizards. I just plugged it in and it did all the work. In fact, I plugged it in and went back to making more cards. The HD225 is amazing! It not only backed up my photos and digital scrapbook pages, it also saved my Word files. It saved my iPod music files and videos, my favorite websites and my browser lists! When the backup was complete, I got a message screen that showed how easy it would be to access my files to view them. I was impressed with the way the files were organized on the HD225, everything was very simple and quick to find. The feature that I am most excited about is, if my computer crashes, I simply plug in the HD225 and hit the ‘restore’ button and all of my files will be restored to their original location! My HD225 has 250GB of storage space, enough to store 55,000 songs, 100,000 photos or 500,000 digital documents and a price point that is very affordable. I am so pleased to have this device. This is definitely something that I will use everyday, after each session on my laptop. The Clickfree Portable Backup HD225 gives me confidence that I will never have to be concerned with losing my precious photos and digital scrapbook pages again.

I've added a link in my right sidebar that will take you to see more about the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive. Use that link if you plan to purchase the drive, because the company offers 'Deals of the Day' and special coupon codes for my blog readers. Let me know if you order one or have any questions.

March-Weeks One and Two

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I had a dickens of a time choosing the kit for this month. I have quite a few St. Patrick's Day kits, but I couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to go with a St. Paddy's Day theme or not. I created page after page, trying this and trying that. Ultimately, I chose this cute kit, designed a few years ago, by my friend Samara Gugler. I just love that little leprechaun and his pot o' gold. There are not a lot of paper choices in this kit, so I am trying to keep each week on one page. Once I settled down, the rest was easy. Oh! Samara did not include any alphas or numerals with this kit, so I created my own. The titles are made with a font called Bambi, which I overlayed with a glitter style from Flergs and finished off with a pale green stroke. For the numbers I used Times New Roman and I put a small, white stroke around them.

From Barb's Project 365

February Review Page

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The idea behind the Review pages, is to take a portion of the photo from each day and put it on to the calendar and that will give a quick 'review' of the events from that month. Each month I will make one of these. I will put them in the album, much like the slide show at the top of this blog. The review page first, then the acutal weeks of layouts will follow.

I have been asked how I keep up with this every week. It really is easy. First of all, I am committed to the project. I really want to do this for my family and me, so I put aside time each day or every few days to get the photos scrapped. As I said in a previous post, I use one kit per month and then on Sunday, I select the template for the week and pull the papers, embellies, etc that I want to use. Every day, I snap photos. I review the photos and choose the one I want to scrap for that day. I slide that picture into the appropriate spot and add a bit of journaling. As time permits, I'll add embellishments. The whole process takes about 15 minutes a day.

With the Review page, I work on it the same day I scrap the photo in the weekly layout. Since the pic is already open in PhotoShop, I just slide it right into the review page. Easy Peasy!

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February-Week 4

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From Barb's Project 365

February-Week 3

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This is an ever-changing process for me. I've decided to number the photos in my layouts. This way at the end, I will have actually documented 365 photos this year. I am so glad I decided to do this project. My Man and my girls are lovin' seeing these layouts each week. And no doubt some of these moments would be lost to us over the years...like the first buds on the apple tree My Man planted for me last fall. Or the genuine joy felt by Patricia when she found out her braces were coming off in a month.

From Barb's Project 365

February-Week 2

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From Barb's Project 365

February-Week 1

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I can not tell you how long these very simple pages took me to create. I kept messing up the journaling...too small, too big, misspelled words,ahhhh! I'm glad it's completed! The kit I am using this month is by Shabby Princess and it is called Yours Truly.

ETA:My dear friend, Tiffany, brought it to my attention that I have an error in my journaling. I have corrected it on the copy that will go to print.

From February 365

January Review Page

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I decided that I would create a review/preview page for each month in our 365 album. I must confess that I printed out a page last night...I couldn't resist! It turned out very nicely, so now, I think I will print the pages at Costco, a 12 x 12 for me and 8 x 8 for the girls and I will do this month by month. That way when December rolls around we will have an almost complete album to share with family and friends at Christmas dinner. Wait. Am I talking about Christmas already?!! Let's move on to the layout...

Note to Mom and Lee: If you want a copy of the album, let me know which size you prefer and I will send the pages right to your local Costco and you can pick them up.

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January-Week Five

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So here we are...it's the end of the month already! Here are my layouts for this week and since we start a new month, that means I start a whole new kit...now begins the fun! I have sooo many Valentine or love themed kits in my stash, choosing just one is going to be tough. On to the layouts. You can click on the images to read the journaling if you'd like. Thanks so much for visiting today. I hope you are having a fabulous weekend!!

From Barb's Project 365

January-Week Four

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Click on photo for credits.

I am really lovin' this process! Have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

January-Weeks Two and Three

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From Barb's Project 365

This is really easy and a lot of fun! At the beginning of the week, I choose my template, add my papers and select my Date-Its. Then, during the week I just add in the photos and a bit of journaling and as time permits, I add a few embellishments. By the end of the week I have the page completed. Come on, it's not too late. Start snapping and scrapping today, then leave me a link so I can see what you're up to...everyday.

January-Week One

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From Barb's Project 365

So Just What Is Project 365?

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I'm glad you asked. This idea is showing up on blogs and message boards all over the Internet and I am sure one will find as many different explanations as there are blogs. Basically, you take a picture everyday, totaling seven a week and then scrap them all very simply, using a one or two-page layout format, complete with journaling. Maybe like some of you, I am mostly an event scrapper. That is, I document the birthdays, the holidays, the vacations, etc. But this Project 365 idea appealed to me because life happens everyday! And I wanted to have documentation of what life looks like for our family in 2009. Pretty cool, huh? I chose to scrap this album digitally, instead of the traditional way, because it's sooo much faster, neater and I can scrap while I'm waiting for the girls at their dance classes. Then I decided to make a separate bloggie for this project so that at the end of the year, I could just export the whole blog to be printed and bound into a book. Sound like fun? Wanna take the challenge? Come on, I dare ya!

Now, I don't know how often I'll be posting, but I will post. There will be minimal chatter on this blog, I just want to post my pages and move along. This is supposed to quick and easy, right?

Let me know if you're blogging about YOUR Project 365, by leaving me a comment with a link and I will add you to the sidebar with others who are participating also. This way we can be inspired and have a little look-see into our fellow bloggers everyday life. It's not too late to start...Come on, it'll be fun!!

2009-01-09T16:31:00.000-08:00

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