Hello! And welcome to our blog hop. We are celebrating our personal Project Life accomplishments for making it a quarter of the way through 2013! No easy feat.
Of course, Project Life is an extremely flexible system and can be tackled a number of ways,
But for today, we are celebrating those of us who are approaching Project Life as a 365 Day Project or probably more popularly, a 52 Week Project.
Either way it is an endurance event that takes planning, dedication, enthusiasm and a lot of creativity!
My personal committment for 2013 is to complete my weekly spreads 8 days after the week is complete and link up at TheMomCreative.com for Project Life Tuesday. So far, so good!
As a reward and final motivator to push me to this first milestone (25% through the year), I thought a fun blog hop was in order.
Tadadada.... Here is my Week 13 Project Life spread...
This is the first year I have kept up week after week after week. A large reason is that I get my photos printed weekly and I have made myself complete my weeks as I go. There is no temptation to get behind. Well, that is not entirely true. I do get tempted to put it off, but then I remember my deadline and I power through. Deadlines work really well for me.
Another thing that helps me keep up is to let myself off the hook some weeks and just do the bare minimum, meaning seven photos, seven journaling cards (give or take).
This week is the perfect example. In an ideal world I would have at least two inserts - one for Easter Sunday and the other for Day in the Life which I recorded on Saturday, but sometimes living life, is more important. This week, when I would normally be working on my spread, I had an important milestone for my youngest so family was in town visiting, the kids are off from school for Spring Break and we are camping this week! Believe me I was tempted to take a week off, but instead I took a few minutes to throw a spread together. And I love it! I hope to add those inserts in at a later time, but if I don't the week is still more than adequately recorded.
I love that!
I'm so glad that you took a little time out of your day to stop by our blog hop, so I am having a little GIVE-AWAY!
Aren't you excited?
I wanted to share some of my favorite Project Life supplies. It is something I use in my album every week - LETTER STICKERS!!! Who doesn't love letter stickers??
(Please note the Basic Grey - Micro Mono Alpha Stickers I have are not in this color - I have a brown & cream. I totally forgot to take photos so have to rely on amazon.com and they are not showing the colors that I have. The Amy Tangerine stickers are the same though.)
ONE LUCKY PERSON WILL GET TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMY TANGERINE THICKERS, TWO COLORS OF BASIC GREY MICRO MONO ALPHA STICKERS AND ONE PACKAGE OF MY FAVORITE MARTHA STEWART LABELS BY AVERY (NOT PICTURED HERE - I COULDN'T FIND A PHOTO OF THEM ONLINE - THEY ARE FROM STAPLES.)
And wouldn't you know I forgot to take photos of them, so these links from Amazon.com will have to suffice.
To enter the contest, please click the Rafflecopter link below and folow the instructions. You will get 5 points for liking my brand new Nihao, Cupcake! Blog Facebook page and 1 point for leaving me a blog comment. (I'm no longer using the Rafflecopter widget. I made a grave error. Anyone who leaves a comment or LIKES my Facebook page will be entered in the give away. 1 point for comment. 5 points for liking my Facebook page. Thanks! Sorry for the inconvenience.)
Winner will be announced next Friday, April 19. Comments closed at midnite PST, Thurs, April 18.
Don't know what Project Life is? Go to Becky's blog for more information.
Do you have a Project Life board on PINTEREST? If so, leave me a link to your board in the comments and I'll follow you. I love finding more friends to share inspriation. If you'd like to check out my Project Life board, go here. And here's a link to my PROJECT LIFE FREEBIES board as well.
Now on to lots more inspiration! There are 18 of us participating today. And maybe even a few more who might leave a link in the comments!
Next on the hop is MAYA.
April Project Life Celebratory Blog Hop Participant List (2013 25% Done!)
Margie http://xnomads.typepad.com
Maya http://mayadahan.blogspot.com
Michelle http://www.table-for-five.com/
Kristy http://kmstewart.blogspot.com
Michelle R http://MichelleRoger.wordpress.com
Emily http://mrscraftyadams.blogspot.com
Barbara www.maynardpl.blogspot.co.uk
Katina www.lovinglifeslittleblessings.com
Michelle B www.michellebostinelos.com/blog
Tina http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/
Nicole http://nicolemann.blogspot.ca
Marisol www.mariclaudibenitez.blogspot.com
Brooke www.graceandlight.typepad.com
Scruptious http://eversoscrumptiously.wordpress.com/
Rechelle http://Levanfamily365.blogspot.com
Kelli http://whimsikel.blogspot.com
Sonia http://www.craftshandson.blogspot.com
Shay http://sbookinshay29.blogspot.com
Rebekah http://istampscrapcraft.wordpress.com/
Great week 13 pages! Thanks again for the opportunity to participate in this blog hop.
Posted by: Emily Adams | April 12, 2013 at 04:19
Wonderful pages. I have been noticing the letter stickers! Love those shiny metal like ones today! And washi!! And a FB page. How about that!! A place to add to your blog? Cool!! :) Thanks for getting this hop up and running, it was fun to prepare! :)
Posted by: Rebekah | April 12, 2013 at 05:42
The giveaway says your contest has not yet started.
Posted by: Rebekah | April 12, 2013 at 05:43
Commented and liked your FB page!!
Posted by: Rebekah | April 12, 2013 at 05:44
Great spread, Margie! I never would have guessed that you threw it together. :) Thanks for organizing the blog hop! I'm excited to be able to participate.
Posted by: Kelli | April 12, 2013 at 07:33
I love letter stickers too! Such a great way to add dimension and texture. And what a fun contest. (the rafflecopter says it hasn't started yet though).
Posted by: michelle | April 12, 2013 at 07:46
I'm so glad to be part of this blog hop - it's going to give me so much more inspiration and the push to keep going to the end of 2013 ;-)
Posted by: Barbara Maynard | April 12, 2013 at 07:57
Great pages Margie! I love the handwritten journaling on your photo, and those great shiny ones for the date on your title card! Thanks for organizing this great blog hop :) So much inspiration!
Posted by: Nicole | April 12, 2013 at 08:11
My worst fear. Running out of batteries while camping. Trying to fix that now. But everyone who leaves a comment will be entered regardless!
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 09:37
Love your pages! I couldn't get it together to participate in the hop, but am looking forward to seeing everyone's inspiration!
Posted by: ee k. | April 12, 2013 at 09:54
Thanks for sharing so much beautiful inspiration and thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Odette | April 12, 2013 at 10:17
Margie,
Thanks so much for hosting this blog hop! What great inspiration and I am so glad I participated. You can follow me on pinterest at kmstew02.
Posted by: Kristy Stewart | April 12, 2013 at 10:46
Cool page Margie! Thanks for hosting the blog too, I was glad to have the opportunity to participate. I like how you have yours schedule and that maybe the best way to do it and keep up. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Tina C | April 12, 2013 at 11:33
Great blog hop, thanks for all the inspiration!
Posted by: Tatiana Ortega | April 12, 2013 at 14:11
Great spread! Awesome job staying caught up. I got slightly behind (just 3 weeks) but have got it all caught up this week! My project life inspo board is here http://pinterest.com/tarasmith07/project-life/
I also blog a lot of my spreads. www.confettiandink.wordpress.com
Posted by: Tara S | April 12, 2013 at 15:55
Great pages and love this hop! Thanks for arranging it. Congrats on keeping up all year. Also liked your FB page.
Posted by: Amy | April 12, 2013 at 17:43
I'm with you ... getting pictures printed weekly is the key for me! I recently skipped a week or two and got behind. Thankful for the Project life and how easy it is to get caught up.
Katina Martinez
lovingliveslittleblessing.com
Posted by: Katina Martinez | April 12, 2013 at 19:12
Thanks, Rebekah! Im glad you joined us. Cant wait to stop by now that I am finally back up and running.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 20:57
Thanks for joining us, Emily.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 20:57
Thanks, Rebekah! You are the best. :)
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 20:58
Thanks, Kelli! So glad that you could join.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 21:00
Hi Michelle! I encountered several technical problems this morning. But all is fine now. Ive abandoned the rafflecopter service this time and all comments (1) or Facebook likes (5) will be counted manually by me. Thanks for letting me know. Glad you could join us!
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 21:02
Barbara, Im so glad to hear it! Same goes for me. Im so happy to have your enthusiastic participation.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 21:03
Thanks, Nicole. Im glad you could join us.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 21:03
Well, thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed it.
Posted by: Nihao, Cupcake! by Margie | April 12, 2013 at 21:04