2012 Project Life | Week 8

This week's Project Life took me longer to complete, because I had an extra insert and it took me a while to print out all my photos.  I have to say, I absolutely LOVE printing my photos at home.  It makes a huge difference in me being able to keep up with this project on a weekly basis.  And I actually love the quality of my prints I get at home.  When it comes out of my printer, they look almost exactly the way I saw them on my computer after I processed the photos.  Because I had so much to do this week, I had a lot of hybrid items in my book.  I think when I'm pressed for time, my natural instinct is to go through my digital stash and use those and print them out.  Having been a digi scrapper since 2006, it's where my creativity naturally goes to in times of trying to "get it done".  :)  So I'm excited that I got to use some of the digital products that I bought a long while ago.  And some new ones too.

Here's my two page spread for the week. 


Left-side page.  Lots of everyday life photos + stories, from this blog post. 


I had an extra photo and it's of a delicious red velvet cupcake, so I couldn't just not use it.  I taped it onto my Week 8 title card with some clouds and hearts washi tape I got this week, and then wrote and drew on the photo itself with an ultra fine Sharpie marker.  Used Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circle Alpha Sticker in Vintage Red for the "week", and cut out the "8" with my Silhouette digital cutter, using Bazzill kraft cardstock. 


For all my photos this week, I digitally stamped the date on each photo using Stack-a-Date Brushes and Stamps No. 01 by Katie Pertiet.  I love how you can stamp each part of it onto the photo individually, so you can change the configuration as you wish.  I also journaled on the photos themselves using Strangelove font. 


The "Remember This" journal card I created using Ali Edwards' "Life Is Good Labels Brushes and Stamps".  The middle card with the heart is from "2012: Lifeblocks" by Audrey Neal. The "awesome" card on the right is from "Check Cards No. 01 Brushes and Stamps" by Cathy Zielske.  Yes, using digital products to journal on them and then printing it out saved my butt this week!  :p


Another photo with the stacked date stamps and journaling on it.


Right-side page.  There's a photo of the Valentine's card I made Todd, and him opening it.  We went out to dinner at Homestyle Hawaiian with Cassi, Dan, and Madi.  I took a couple of self-portraits this week to use as my online avatars.  We had a Soup Club meeting.  And we went to see "Mission Impossible:  Ghost Protocol" in the threater.


The left-side journal card is a digital freebie from Elle's Studio.  I stamped on it using "Stack-a-Date Brushes and Stamps No. 01" again, but this time instead of stacking I went across the card.  The right side journal card came in the Project Life Clementine Core Kit.  I just wrote on it with a red Sharpie pen and date-stamped it.


I *love* this 4x6 journal card I made about going to the Mission Impossible movie.  I created a 4x6 blank canvas in Photoshop first.  I found a promo photo of the movie on the internet and downloaded it.  Then I opened it in Photoshop and dragged it onto my 4x6 canvas and resized it to fit the left side of my journal card.  Then I created the title going up and down.  I created a text box on the bottom right for my journaling, which I copied in from my "OhLife" entry.  I created a doodled frame around the whole thing and printed it out onto Canon matte photo paper.  Then I stapled our ticket stubs onto the top right using Tiny Attacher. 


This week I also had an extra insert for our day off on President's Day.  I used the Project Life Design G page protector for the first time and I big puffy heart it!  I love that it's slightly smaller than my normal 2-page spread.  (Design G is 12x10.)  It's perfect for an extra insert for the week.


I made this journal card myself, using Katie Pertiet's "New Growth Brushes and Stamps No. 06 Mega Pack" and "Messy Stamped Alphabet No. 05 Brushes and Stamps".  I had forgotten that I bought these a long while ago, and I'm so happy to whip them out to use them!


I had a lot of journaling for the front and back of this insert, so I used some of Cathy Zielske's 4x6 journal cards.  This one is from "Story Savers 4x6 No. 01 Brushes and Stamps".  I recolored it green to match my photos, then I copied the journaling in from my "OhLife" entry. 


Now I want to share my awesome discovery of the week!  It's a free font called "Stamp".  It totally looks like a date stamp!  So I used this font for all my journaling and dates on the photos in this extra insert of the week.


The backside of my 12x10 extra insert. 


I had a lot more journaling, so I used "Journal Card Brushes and Stamps" by Cathy Zielske.  Clean and simple.  And awesome.



2012 Project Life | Week 8 Supplies:

Stack-a-Date Brushes and Stamps No. 01	New Growth Brushes and Stamps No. 06 Mega Pack	Messy Stamped Alphabet No. 05 Brushes and Stamps by Katie Pertiet	Life Is Good Labels Brushes and Stamps by Ali Edwards	2012: Lifeblocks
Story Savers 4x6 No. 01 Brushes and Stamps by Cathy Zielske	Check Cards No. 01 Brushes and Stamps by Cathy Zielske	Journal Card Brushes and Stamps by Cathy Zielske	Love Freebies by Elle's Studio	Project Life Core Kit | Clementine Edition
Project Life | Photo Pocket Pages - Design A	Photo Pocket Pages - Design G	Becky Higgins Project Life | 3x4 Grid Journal Card	Strangelove font	Stamp font
Arial Narrow font	Pupcat font	Typewriter Scribbed font	Bazzill Basics Kraft Cardstock 12x12	American Crafts | 4x6 Cardstock in white
Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, 4 x 6 Inches	Canon Matte Photo Paper, 8.5 x 11 Inches	Silhouette America - SD Digital Cutting System	Heart and Cloud Washi Tape	Graph Washi Tape - blue and white
Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circle Alpha: Vintage Red	Sharpie Retractable Ultra Fine Point Permanent Markers	Sharpie | Fine Point Pen, 6 Colored Pens	Sharpie Pen Stick Fine Point Pens, 6 Colored Ink Pens	BIC Mark-It Color Collection Ultra Fine Permanent Marker, Assorted, 36 Markers
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

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My Favorite Kind Of Day

Todd had the day off for President’s Day on Monday 2/20.  For my company it wasn’t one of the six official holidays, so I took a floating holiday so we could spend the day together.  Every day where we spend the whole day together is my favorite kind of day! 

Todd had asked me the day before if I wanted to go out for breakfast and I had said no.  But right when I woke up on that Monday, I wanted to go out for breakfast!  We only seem to go out for breakfast on holidays.  I remembered that last year we went to Original Pancake House on both Memorial Day and Labor Day.  So I wanted to continue the tradition of going out for breakfast on special days off.  One of the reasons we don’t go out for breakfast as much, is because Todd is not a breakfast food fan.  He hates eggs and cheese, so there’s that.  He does like waffles and potatoes though.  Another reason for not going out for breakfast is our workout schedules.  We usually run on Saturday mornings, and Todd goes for his long bike ride on Sunday mornings.  That leaves no room for a big breakfast out.

So on President’s Day we had decided to go to Hash House A Go-Go in Hillcrest because it’s famous for breakfast but we’d never been there.  We chose Crest Café as the backup (only a couple of blocks away), in case it was too crowded at Hash House A Go-Go.  It was a good thing we had chosen a backup, because when we walked up to Hash House, the front of the restaurant was completely packed with people waiting to get in.  And by that time we were very hungry already.  And a hungry listgirl is a grouchy listgirl!  We walked a couple of blocks over and saw the Crest Café.  I had seen this restaurant featured on the local PBS show “Wonderland” before, so I knew it was good. 

We walked in and it was full, but they found us a small table and we didn’t have to wait!  Yay! 


Their breakfast menu was extensive.

They’re famous for their stuffed French toast.  They have items like Orange Marmalade French Toast stuffed with a special blend of cream cheese, orange marmalade, nutmeg and cinnamon. Served with orange syrup.  But alas, the Hangover Omelette was calling my name. 

Jalepeños, avocado, spicy chicken sausage and jack cheese inside, topped with chimichurri sauce.  With English muffins and home fries.  I took one bite of my omelette and realized how special it was.  I haven’t had an omelette this good in years, I’m serious.  The chimichurri sauce is the highlight for sure.  A little tangy, a little spicy, a little nutty.  It was perfect.  And Todd loved that he got to eat some of my potatoes.  The omelette was huge, so I saved half of it to eat for breakfast the next day too!  And I had a bottomless cup of very good coffee too.  It was divine.


Todd ordered the Macadamia Banana Belgian Waffle.

Waffle mixed with macadamia nuts and topped with caramelized bananas.  Todd loved it!  The caramelized bananas totally made it.  We loved the Crest Café and will definitely go back on a special breakfast date again sometime!

After breakfast, we walked a block over and went shopping at Buffalo Exchange, a used clothing store where you can bring items to sell, get store credit, and shop.  Todd got a couple of shirts here.  He loves getting button down shirts here, because for some reason they fit his lean physique and super-long arms.  He can always find a shirt that fits him here.


A visit to Hillcrest would not be complete without a stop at Todd’s favorite bakery, Bread & Cie.  We got a red velvet cupcake to share later, and Todd got two of his favorite brownies to go.


They also have a ton of awesome bread made in-house and fresh.  Mmm… 


After the bakery we walked back to our car and drove to Balboa Park.  We got out and went for a walk.  Todd had seen this fenced in area for dogs to go off-leash when he went on a scavenger hunt with his company last year, so we went there to look at the cute dogs playing and running.  Then we walked around more.  Balboa Park is awesome. 


Then it was time for a light lunch.  Due to my big breakfast, I felt like eating a salad without meat.  So we drove up to Croutons and I got a small Sundance salad.  I had actually never been there before.  Todd has been because it’s close to his work.


Todd got a Balsamic Chicken salad.  He only ate half of it because he was still full from breakfast.


Cheers for a wonderful day spent together, exploring new places and going to old favorites!


I just love spending time with Todd no matter what we do.  And I love exploring my own San Diego.  :)

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