Giveaway | Project Life Lessons Class from BPC

I’m giving away one seat in the upcoming rerun of the Project Life Lessons class at Big Picture Classes!  I took this class last year and it was wonderful to see the different processes, organization, and storytelling examples given by the three instructors.



Here’s more information about the class.

Project Life Lessons, Expert photo tips, journaling solutions, and organizing ideas for Project Life scrapbookers workshop taught by Elise Blaha Cripe, Annette Haring, and Megan Anderson

Starts 4/17/2014 $45

Class Description
Set yourself up for memory-keeping success in Project Life Lessons! Three experts have teamed up to share tons of insider secrets for making the most of any Project Life project. Packed with videos, downloads, handouts, and beautiful layout examples, Project Life Lessons includes three times the content you'd find in a typical 3-week workshop.
Three experienced Project Lifers to the rescue! Elise Blaha Cripe, Annette Haring, and Megan Anderson and will share their tried-and-true tips in the areas of photo management, storytelling, organization, assembly, and more. Whether your approach involves weekly spreads, monthly highlights, or something more custom, you can establish an effective working process that will help you make your albums a better reflection of who you really are and what matters most to you.
You can read more about the class here.
Here’s a video trailer for the class.  Super inspiring!
You can enter to win a seat in this upcoming class by leaving a comment in my post.  (One comment per person please.)  I will end the giveaway on Thursday evening 9pm Pacific time and pick a winner.  Winner will be announced on my blog.  You must email me to redeem your prize. 
Thanks, and good luck!  :)

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Booking Binding Workshop @ Pigment

I signed up for Urban Craft Camp’s Book Binding Workshop on Nov. 9th as soon as I saw it on Instagram.  I had so much fun at their String Art Workshop that I knew I wanted to attend the book binding workshop.   The workshop was held at an awesome independent store in North Park called Pigment.  The class was led by Marcie of RedStar Ink, and hosted by Ana of We Love Citrus and Jen of My Three Sons Design.

Stuff I made at the book binding workshop.

First, the store.  Pigment was full of eye candy and awesome décor.  The way the products were displayed was just delicious!

When you walked into the store, they have many succulent and air plants on display for sale.

And these hanging orbs with plants in them are so cool!

There were many alcoves, each decorated impeccably. 

I loved this reindeer wall decoration for the holidays!

And these hanging lanterns.

Class was held at these long tables with chairs.  There were lots of attendees!

Marcie going over some of the book binding techniques.

Each table had some tools set up that we shared.

And there was lots of snacks & drinks!

I made this folding little book of cocktail recipes from a printed sheet.

Simple stitched binding notebook.

Japanese stitch binding.

Stitched binding a calendar planner.

I had a lot of fun at the workshop.  And I definitely will be back to check out the Pigment store some more!

After I got home, I checked out what was inside the goodie bag, full of sponsored giveaways, goods, and coupons.  Bag made by Maggie Waller of Type & Title.  I actually sat next to her at the workshop!

And check out all the goodies inside the bag from sponsors!

So much goodness.

It was a great local craft event put on by Urban Craft Camp!  I would definitely attend another workshop again.  It felt great to be surrounded by so many crafty small-business women who have craft shops or Etsy shops.  I loved the skills I learned and all the goodies in my bag!  If you’re in the San Diego area, definitely check out Urban Craft Camp workshops.  Maybe I’ll see you at the next one!

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Where In The World Is Noodle?

Just like Waldo, Noodle can be found in many places lately.

I came home from work last week and found him trying to imitate that closet scene in the movie “E.T.”.

I guess he really likes Gordo the Monkey.

One morning I woke up and found him on our dresser.

And then another day I got out of the shower and found him in a strangely sunny spot under the bed.

Let’s see, what else is going on with life?  I’ve been listening to the new Steven Curtis Chapman album “Glorious Unfolding”.  I always listen in the car on my commute.  And without fail, when I hear the song “See You In A Little While”, I start crying.  I miss my mom so much and that song resonates with my heart right now. 

I hold your hand and watch as the sun slowly fades
Far in the distance the Father is calling your name
And it’s time for you to go home
And everything in me wants to hold on
But I’m letting you go with this goodbye kiss and this promise
I’ll see you in a little while
I’ll see you in a little while
It won’t be too long now
We’ll see it on the other side
The wait was only the blink of an eye
So I’m not gonna say goodbye
‘Cause I’ll see you in a little while

I was there by my mom’s bedside when she passed away.  I can hear this song five times a day and every time it makes me cry.  But it’s a hopeful cry.  I’m going to see my mom again.  I just miss her so much sometimes, my heart aches. 

And when I think of heaven, I imagine it kind of looks something like this.

Isn’t that amazing?  This was my view on my coastal run on Saturday 11/2 in the late afternoon.  Glorious.

Todd hadn’t been riding his bike on Sunday mornings because he was gearing up for Tough Mudder.  So the last couple of Sundays we’ve been able to go out for breakfast.  While breakfast food is my favorite food, it’s Todd’s least favorite food, lol.  So he’s quite the sacrifice when we eat breakfast out.

We tried out the Stratford Court Café on Sunday 11/3.  Todd had waffle with strawberries and banana.

I had the vegetable frittata.

I really liked their coffee there, but the frittata was only ok.  But I appreciate Todd taking me out for breakfast!

Then on Sunday 11/10 we went to Pacifica Breeze Café.  We’ve been there for lunch but never for breakfast!  The best thing there is the ocean view from the balcony.  So awesome!

I loved my Wild Mushroom Frittata there.

Afterwards we walked around the beach in Del Mar.  The sky was super-blue due to the Santa Ana winds.  It was gorgeous.

A sunny selfie.

We are really blessed to live 15 minutes from such an awesome place.

I’ve been sort of obsessed with watching Youtube makeup videos.  I find the transformations fascinating.  I especially found this one amazing, where Michelle Phan transformed herself into Daenerys Targaryen from “Game of Thrones”.  So one day I played around with putting on false eyelashes.  These look super-fake, but are a lot of fun!

We cooked a new dish recently and it was so good that I have to share.  It is “Halibut with Bacony Corn Sauté” from Cooking Light.

All I have to say about the bacony corn is…oh myyyyy!  The halibut is really good too.

At work I’ve been really busy, working on the budget for next year.  

You wouldn’t think studying floor plans would be part of my job, but I had to figure out our facilities allocations cost for next year, and we’ve had a lot of floor plan and cube changes in the last year. 

I went to a Book Binding Workshop with Urban Craft Camp on Saturday.  More to come in a blog post soon about this.  It was really fun!

I’ve been working on Project Life!  I’ve got sort of a new process.  I hope to blog about it soon.

And I’ve actually started designing our Christmas cards!  I’m making these 4x6.  Why?  Because they fit into Project Life pockets, ha ha!  And 4x6’s are cheap to print.

That’s all for now.  Thanks for stopping by!  Leave me a comment if you feel like it.  I love reading your comments!  :)

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