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kathleen summers muse flash a once a month ish blog home industry experience published work kathleen summers muse flash a once a month ish blog feeds posts comments welcome fall october 1 2014 by kathleensummers whoa that s the worst blank i ve ever had with this blog but we ve been busy with good things great things i m still scrapping project life however i m a bit behind i m up to about mid july the awesome thing about project life though is that it s not difficult to get caught up in other scrappy news well let me back up a bit since so many of the scrapbook magazines in this country went under and the only one left that has anything to with scrapbooking is called paper crafts remember i m a digital scrapbooker i stopped submitting things for publication i even started turning down requests from editors but when i got paper crafts email invitation to submit for for vol 2 of their successful photo pocket scrapbooking special issue i got a bit excited because i d just started doing the pocket style scrapbooking this year and it s fresh and new and exciting to me so i sent an email to the editor would they accept digital submissions even though the magazine is called paper crafts the answer was yes as long as submissions used pocket style scrapbook supplies so i submitted and they asked for three two page layouts of mine sweet photo pocket scrapbooking vol 2 is supposed to come out in december i ve updated my published work tab kinda so what else has kept me so busy well besides having an awesome summer with my kids i adore summer and the no schedule sleeping in life and hanging out with my babies ron and i started a new venture we couldn t be more thrilled because bottom line we finally decided to make our dreams come true after 20 years of marriage we decided we weren t going to wait anymore we had to make it happen and i ll go more into that when the first chapter is just about ready to close ooh was that a hint and no we re not writing a book posted in uncategorized leave a comment welcome spring march 20 2014 by kathleensummers today is the first day of spring when those blossoms bloom on the trees as spring approaches it is so beautiful and i love it march started out on the rainy and overcast side and it was a little sad too the one year anniversary of my mom s death and we went and spread her ashes but ultimately life is sunny and exciting and full of love i am constantly blessed by my family and i appreciate those blessings click for larger images and details next up jaimee s 6th birthday and the awesome fairy party we threw her posted in creations crafty stuff just life project life leave a comment scrapbooking 2014 my take on project life january 31 2014 by kathleensummers most scrapbookers have heard of project life the pocket page style of scrapbooking i mostly see the weekly version where you create a page or spread for each week of the year the 365 version is the photo a day approach i ve always liked the style and simplicity of project life but i knew i could never stick to scrapping each week by the week and definitely would not enjoy trying to take a photo every day i finally thought to just do the pocket style but scrap however many days in each page spread i wanted and oh my even skip days if nothing happened that day it freed me up to do this quick and easy style and doing it digitally makes it really quick and easy so here s our january spread 1 left side right side the first spread covers only the first 4 days of the month but it was a big four days i m keeping very simple by using white cardstock for the background and mat every time i can take forever to decide on paper colors patterns and this really simplifies and streamlines the process i choose one accent color for each spread and embellish minimally not my usual scrap style but i am at a busy phase of life with my four kids i have a high schooler a middle schooler a kindergartener and a toddler and it s quick and easy scrapbooking for me right now or none at all here s the 2nd and last spread for january left side right side since the flu hit us it made the rest of the month a pretty slow one we didn t even truly celebrate my birthday the plan was for me and ron to go to the cheesecake factory for dinner because i was still feeling horribly hey that s life and i m glad i gave myself the freedom to not try to create a page or spread for every week of the month there was pretty much nothing going on from the 5th to the 16th and how would those pages have looked if i d stuck with the by the week approach religiously so there it is i already can t wait to see how the rest of the year goes and then to create a hard bound photo book using these pages i will probably do a 10 10 book from shutterfly as our family album for 2014 do you do project life if you ve posted images online link me up in the comments posted in creations crafty stuff project life tagged january project life scrapbook 3 comments 24 days of elf on the shelf shenanigans december 28 2013 by kathleensummers i did it when it became clear our 5 year old needed some fun christmas make believe the elf was the perfect solution i was a little nervous about being committed every day for 24 days what if i forgot one night but the desire to not see jaimee disappointed was strong enough to remind me each night it ended up being fun for the whole family and i m glad we did it i hinted in the post about how we decided to start doing this that i changed some of the traditional elf on the shelf ideas and wrote a letter from our elf that better framed this the way we wanted to do it i didn t want an elf that went back to the north pole each night to report on the kids behavior because well for a lot of reasons here s the text of the letter dear drew holly jaimee bennett i hope you had a great thanksgiving now that it s the christmas season i ve come down from the north pole to stay with your family there are three things you should know about me 1 i only come awake when everyone else in the house is asleep 2 i shouldn t be touched only your parents can if it s to keep me safe 3 i will go back to the north pole on the night of christmas eve i will have fun watching you during the day and i ll be having my own fun in your house at night while you sleep love jolly mcjinglepants yes i named the elf lol knowing what jaimee wants to name our future pets i knew this would be a better idea and i wanted something that would amuse me too hahaha i liked the no touching rule but i didn t say anything about elf magic i just didn t want the elf to become a play thing that would endure extra wear and tear or worse i didn t want the elf to get misplaced shudder lastly i wanted the elf to be leaving on christmas eve because really can the elf even compete with christmas morning and do i want another thing to have to do the night before christmas sometime during the month jaimee reasoned that the elf had to leave on christmas eve so that he could help santa deliver toys ok so i admittedly used many ideas i d seen online i m just not that inventive but i do love how it all turned out and it really was a lot of fun i ve already shared the first six days here are the rest 7 jolly is taking a barbie out on a date and driving all over our partially done puzzle 8 jaimee had the class pet for the weekend and they were chilling on top of the tv sunday was a great day for this since we were all watching a lot of nfl football that day p s how much fun was watching that game in the deep snow 9 peeking out from the water dispenser in the fridge 10 tp ing the tree i loved how fast this one was great reaction a lot of bang for the buck 11 then rolling down the stairs in the toilet paper roll 30 seconds to set up since he was already in the toilet paper roll 12 you know syrup is one of the main elven food groups that blue one is my bunny elf from my childhood 13 a panty raid on the ceiling fan a pair from everyone except drew i ve even got one of bennett s diapers up there 14 playing candy land with some groovy girl dolls 15 jolly made a gingerbread train and brought three gingerbread house kits that day a saturday jaimee holly and i made gingerbread houses 16 jolly made a snowman in the freezer this was the one time jaimee needed help finding him 17 the elf loves low brow humor ie whatever will make a 5 year old laugh 18 jolly drunk on sugar eating a gingerbread house 19 snow angels i used flour sifted 20 snowball fight 21 playing mr potato head with real potatoes 22 elf sized donuts cheerios frosting cookie decorations and a dozen donuts for the family from krispy kreme perfect for a sunday morning 23 this one was a two parter he sat on the tree with a packet of magic elf seeds guaranteed to work overnight and instructions 1 plant the seeds in the vase on the ledge 2 sprinkle the fertilizer on top 3 wait till morning to see what grows here s the planter filled with sugar and fertilizer both holly and jaimee loved this 24 candy canes grew overnight and that was a big hit that morning by the time i d gotten up holly and jaimee had already each had a candy cane lol next time i guess jolly needs to specify that they need to wait for mommy so i can get pictures and eat their breakfast first what a blast jaimee already misses jolly and hopes he ll come next year too posted in just life 5 comments i never planned on doing elf on the shelf december 6 2013 by kathleensummers that is until jaimee jaimee is our first child who really really wants to believe in santa we were sort of blasé about it at first because it wasn t a big deal with either drew or holly it just caught us by surprise i guess over the thanksgiving weekend when we were at grandma grandpa s as jaimee and i were snuggled together on a blow up mattress ready to fall asleep i was looking at elf on the shelf pics knowing she d be looking over my shoulder to see her reaction when i told her about elves from the north pole who sometimes visit homes for the christmas season and sometimes cause mischief she was so tickled by it and i knew this would be the way to bring some christmas make believe that she was so craving in the car on the way home i typed up a letter from him and emailed it to myself we stopped by barnes noble yay for their 30 off black friday weekend coupon and i ran in to get the elf when we got home i got in before jaimee could get out of the car seat and hurriedly put him up on top of the entryway mirror and printed out the letter she spotted him minutes later she was so excited she practically started crying and her face turned beet red yay we pulled it off so now six days into it wow already 25 done here s what jolly mcjinglepants has been doing in our house dec 1 surprise jaimee gets her elf dec 2 having fun with dumbo dec 3 naughty jolly on the mantle there were discarded wrappers and chocolate bits on the floor too dec 4 haphazardly strewn lights and a few ornaments the tree smells good but decorate it already dec 5 he likes tv and popcorn who knew dec 6 did you know elves poop chocolate i think we re all having fun with it holly is excitedly giving me ideas and ron who s been out of town for the last two days on business asked me to send him pics of what the elf has been doing while he s away but mostly i m just happy to be doing it for jaimee if you do elf on the shelf hit me up with your blog posts and pinterest boards posted in just life 3 comments older posts i can also be found on facebook and pinterest about me a girlfriend introduced me to scrapbooking in late 2001 and that was the beginning of an awesome creative journey that hasn t slowed down it was quite a revelation at the time since i didn t think i had a creative bone in my body i never excelled at art in school and my career had always been accounting bookkeeping tax i have to say that the novelty of being creative still hasn t worn off and i get so jazzed when i am inspired which is why i only hope i can inspire others i enjoy life in northern california with my husband and four children and i can usually be found in my creative space aka at the computer update after 7 years of paper scrapbooking i tried digital scrapbooking in feb 09 and i haven t looked back i create for designer digitals basicgrey recent posts welcome fall welcome spring scrapbooking 2014 my take on project life 24 days of elf on the shelf shenanigans i never planned on doing elf on the shelf and the halloween costumes are done protected what i did this summer basicgrey design team and travel album part 1 up out sad things transition good things my favorite recent scrapbook pages hello january 2013 the happiest place on earth halloween was fabulous basicgrey design team blog hop header credits chipboard brackets shabby princess journal spot birdie mindy terasawa frame cluster katie pertiet alphabet jesse edwards bird flourish brush mary ann wise photos by fara smith photography create a free website or blog at wordpress com 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