Project 365 - 2011 Edition

I'm getting a bit of a late start this year. Not having a computer of my own to work on whenever I need to/want to has been as much a bane and it has been a blessing. I've been working on making my journaling cards and design cards a little at a time. I decided to go with stripes and polka dots this year. Creating my projects in Photoshop Elements 2.0 actually came much easier this year due to all the practice I had last year - even making some digital scrapbook layouts!



I already have my binder and divided page protector sheets - all assembled and ready to go. My photo file is constantly being updated with daily pictures - edited, labeled and ready to upload and print.

My big challenge now is getting everything printed. I've located two online printers who do 12x12 scrapbook pages. I'm thinking I'll send an order to both and see which one I like better before ordering the cards for the entire year. And then I have to get all the photos printed. I've always used Shutterfly for my photo printing. Of all the online printers I've used in the past, I like them the best.

Eventually, I'll be able to put everything in the binder. And hopefully, that day will come soon!

My Crazy Life

I didn't even think about my blog yesterday! I didn't think about it until I was in the middle of my power walk this morning. It just hit me out of the blue that I didn't post yesterday! gah! It's probably because I spent most of the evening working on editing my pictures from the Week in the Life project.  I chose 132 pictures for the week, but I think I need to pare it down a bit more. Some days I didn't have enough to choose from and other days I had way too many. I also finally figured out how to make a collage in PSE! I'm actually kind of proud of myself for figuring it out. I'd read tutorials and just didn't get it. I'm so glad I stuck with it.

Here is Monday's collage. I didn't flatten the images yet, because I may still make a few changes. I like to keep my options open :)

Once I get all the pictures cropped and edited, I'll upload them to Shutterfly. They are my favorite online processor. They have very good print quality and pretty quick shipping. Hopefully, I'll be finished with the editing sometime today. I really want to get this project finished so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor!

I also have Project 365 underway, so I have lots of pictures to go through :)

Welcome, February!

I have a few things to do today. Being the first of a new month, I have some "memory-keeping":  I am backing up my January photos to an external hardrive as well as copying to a disc. I'm also uploading all of my Project365 photos to Shutterfly to be printed. If I have the time I will also work on cleaning up all the new downloads I've done this month, making sure they're all unzipped and put away. This technological housekeeping is, in my opinion, even more important than any of my other daily household tasks.

Have you backed up your photos yet?

Monday Overload

Right around 12:30am I realized that I didn't post to my blog! Monday was so weird. The entire day was completely outside of normal operating procedures.

The day started with me having to go have the propane tanks refilled. We ran out of gas Sunday night and it was co-o-o-ld. Luckily we had enough gas in the grill to get us through til morning. But that meant my morning was thrown off track. Once I'd wrestled the 56lb tanks back into the RV and got them hooked up, I had to run off and do some laundry.

While the laundry got underway, I got dinner in the slow-cooker. I also kept track of what the kids were working on for school. Plus, I baked molasses cookies and I was sporadically reading Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight Saga.

In the middle of the afternoon, I walked my mom through the sign up process for Shutterfly. She was being uber sweet and sent me a gift certificate so I can get some more photos printed! Plus, because she signed up, I received some extra free prints :D

I then uploaded January's photos. I'm trying to remember to upload once a week so it doesn't take me an entire day to upload for printing.

So with all that going on, I didn't spend my usual hour on the internet in the morning. It just got lost in the scramble. I also forgot to take my picture for the Project 365! Grrr...and so early in the year!

Hopefully today is a little more uneventful.