tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73814112899193657862024-03-19T12:33:30.137+04:00JoSoCraftyFor the love of all things crafty!! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-58421481136524822532018-08-04T08:57:00.000+04:002018-08-04T08:57:57.573+04:00DAY 7 - Southerngals5x7Hello!!<br />
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I can't believe its the last day of the challenge!!<br />
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What an amazing adventure this has been!!!! A big shout out and thank you to Tiffany over at @sougherngals_designs on Instagram for coming up with such a fun challenge!!<br />
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Well, today tripped me up just a bit!! I got a bit overambitious and decided to use water spray on my page, to get some flow and dripage on acrylic paint! Hmmm, I will not lie, I panicked, and paused the timer to try and dry the page a bit. Then felt guilty for cheating and started the timer up again. LOLs!!<br />
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It all came together at the end and although Day7 ended up using a bit of overtime.<br />
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If you are joining in the challenge, or want to check out what other creatives have done in a super speedy 5 minutes, check out #southerngals5x7 on instagram. To follow the challenge creator, Tiffany, she can be found on Instagram as @southerngals_designs. She is truly inspirational and not to mention totally fun to listen to when watching her process videos!</div>
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I used the digital faces images created by the very talented Lili Wee. You can follow her on Instagram @weelili_art. The images are available to purchase through The Lilypad. </div>
Click <a href="https://the-lilypad.com/store/Li-Li-Wee/?catid=&sort=&page=2" target="_blank">HERE</a> for a link to the site.<br />
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Until next time!<br />
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Keep creating!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-3827483686821193802018-08-03T08:57:00.000+04:002018-08-03T08:57:53.850+04:00DAY 6 - Sougherngals5x7Hello creative earthlings!!<br />
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Day 6!! Woohoo!<br />
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I have had so much fun with this challenge and am really sad that it is almost over. Just one more day left!!<br />
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If you are joining in the challenge, or want to check out what other creatives have done in a super speedy 5 minutes, check out #southerngals5x7 on instagram. To follow the challenge creator, Tiffany, she can be found on Instagram as @southerngals_designs. She is truly inspirational and not to mention totally fun to listen to when watching her process videos!</div>
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I used the digital faces images created by the very talented Lili Wee. You can follow her on Instagram @weelili_art. The images are available to purchase through The Lilypad. </div>
Click <a href="https://the-lilypad.com/store/Li-Li-Wee/?catid=&sort=&page=2" target="_blank">HERE</a> for a link to the site.<br />
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Until tomorrow for the GRAND FINALE day of this challenge!!<br />
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JoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-60169568920020778632018-08-02T08:44:00.000+04:002018-08-02T08:45:37.863+04:00DAY 5 - Southerngals5x7Greetings creative earthlings!!<br />
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Day 5!! <br />
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I can see a bit of repetition going on, the same MO repeatedly.<br />
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At first I felt that I was perhaps not stretching myself adequately, and falling back on a tried and tested method for when I create. After some reflection, I realised that isn't this the case with most things in life. <br />
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When working with limited time and limited supplies, why buck the system, stick with what you know works, and with what you love.<br />
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I love the way the paint applied with a palette knife has a certain unpredictability to it. I love that the first layer of gesso applied breaks the page and starts an energy on the page. I love the marks made by the graphite stick. Hey, if I love it, then it's all good!<br />
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I used the digital faces images created by the very talented Lili Wee. You can follow her on Instagram @weelili_art. The images are available to purchase through The Lilypad. </div>
Click <a href="https://the-lilypad.com/store/Li-Li-Wee/?catid=&sort=&page=2" target="_blank">HERE</a> for a link to the site.<br />
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Day 4!! Half way there!! Well done for sticking in there!!<br />
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I have learnt that 5 minutes is either a long time, or not long at all!! As I am watching the timer go down, I am sometimes surprised that only a minute and a half has passed, and sometimes I'm like"YIKES!!!! 3 minutes gone!!!"<br />
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As a result of this weird time warp situation, sometimes the results of a 5 minute page are less than fantastic, but the most important thing is that I have taken at least 5 minutes during the day to get some paints and marks down on paper, without the burden of thinking too much.<br />
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The freedom is liberating, and although I don't really struggle with perfectionism or inability just to let go and play in my art journal, I am learning that letting the media just speak to me is gratifying!!<br />
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I can't believe there are only 3 days left in this challenge!!<br />
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If you would like to see the full list of supplies I am using for this challenge, please click <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7381411289919365786#editor/target=post;postID=4919053556692764775;onPublishedMenu=template;onClosedMenu=template;postNum=5;src=postname" target="_blank">HERE</a> to be directed to my first post on this challenge.<br />
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I have filmed my process, if you would like to watch, please search Josocrafty on YouTube, or click <a href="https://youtu.be/VZu3oph8-S0" target="_blank">HERE</a> for a direct link!<br />
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See you tomorrow for DAY 5!! Wahoo!<br />
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JoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-4461430110040607752018-07-31T08:38:00.000+04:002018-07-31T08:38:01.983+04:00DAY 3 - Southerngals5x7Oh yes!!<br />
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Day 3 and feeling amped!!! <br />
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This challenge has certainly made me step outside my comfort zone from time to time!! I am using this challenge to try using colours I am not usually drawn to, and I find that being on a time limit allows me to not over think what I am doing.<br />
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I am loving learning that even 5 minutes is enough to be creative every day and flexing my creative muscles by having to be quick!<br />
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Don't forget to play along and use #southerngals5x7 to showcase your work on Instagram!<br />
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For supplies, click <a href="https://josocrafty.blogspot.com/2018/07/southerngals5x7-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to be directed to my first post!<br />
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If you would like to see my process video, search Josocrafty on YouTube or click <a href="https://youtu.be/SdjX0x9kNfA" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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Challenge hosted by @southerngals_designs (Instagram).<br />
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Digital face images from @weelili_art (Instagram). <br />
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JoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-90466837660646107322018-07-30T08:56:00.000+04:002018-07-30T08:56:10.492+04:00DAY 2 - Southerngals5x7Well hello fabulous!!<br />
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So, day 2. Well, at least I know now what I am in for, which I guess made me ever so slightly more prepared!!<br />
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I hope you are enjoying and are joining in!! Don't forget to use #southerngals5x7 on your posts so all who are participating can see what you have created in 5 minutes!!<br />
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I really like this colour combination today!! I do really like quinacridone gold. Totally a yummy colour!!</div>
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For a full list of supplies for this challenge, please click <a href="https://josocrafty.blogspot.com/2018/07/southerngals5x7-challenge.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to be directed to my first post.</div>
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It's day one!! I am so super excited!!<br />
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I can tell you this much. 5 minutes flies by when you are on the clock!!<br />
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I am chuffed with the results of Day1!! What a fabulous way to express yourself without having time to overthink what you are doing! All you can do is JUST DO!!<br />
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The very lovely Tiffany over at @southergals_designs on Instagram has posted a fantastic creative challenge for us.<br />
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The rules are simple.<br />
Create every day for for only 5 minutes for 7 days, starting on Sunday 29 August 2018, and ending on Saturday 04 August 2018.<br />
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I have prepared a few things for the challenge, as 5 minutes is not a lot of time!!</div>
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I have chosen to do this challenge in a Moleskine Pocket Sketchbook that I have had waiting on the sidelines for the perfect opportunity to debut itself. I have prepared some faces by the lovely and talented @weelili_art on Instagram, as well as some fabulously witty quotes from Dyan Reavely's Dylusions stamps by ranger, called Laugh Til You Leak.</div>
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As for the other collage elements, I have set aside a page from a novel, a burlap tag, gel plate clean off prints, brown bag scraps, Tim Holts Tissue Wrap (Melange & Postale).</div>
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<li>Gesso - Liquitex Professional</li>
<li>UHU Glue stick</li>
<li>Palette knife #4</li>
<li>Pentel Pen-Touch Paint Pen 2.0mm (White)</li>
<li>OHTO Fudeball 1.5mm (Black)</li>
<li>Lyra Graphite stick (9B)</li>
<li>Sharpie China Marker (Black)</li>
<li>Spray bottle with water</li>
<li>Creative Hands - Flower Doily Stencil</li>
<li>DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paint</li>
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<li>Quinacridone Violet</li>
<li>Primary Cyan</li>
<li>Cobalt Teal Blue</li>
<li>Yellow Green Light</li>
<li>Hansa Yellow Medium</li>
<li>Dairyide Yellow</li>
<li>Quinacridone Gold</li>
<li>Paynes Grey</li>
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<li>DecoArt Metallics Acrylic Paint</li>
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<li>Splendid Gold</li>
<li>Shimmering Silver</li>
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<li>DecoArt Neons Acrylic Paint</li>
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I am hoping there is enough inspiration in this little bundle to create something beautiful every day for 7 days.</div>
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I will be posting the pages I create daily on YouTube (Josocrafty) and photos on my Instagram @josocrafty.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-50852110344253077212018-05-08T06:00:00.000+04:002018-07-27T14:27:51.435+04:00Art Journal Process - PuffinWell hello gorgeous earthlings!!!<br />
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So fabulous to see you again and if it's your first time here, welcome to my little blog!<br />
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Today I would like to share my experience with you of filming my first "live" YouTube video.<br />
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Many, many years ago, when YouTube was an infant, and I had no grey hair, I posted a few videos using still images. But, in keeping up with the times, I decided it was time to run with the dogs and film "live" process videos. I touched on my setup in my previous post so I won't go into that again and if you would like to see my setup as well as my workspace during filming, please visit the previous post.<br />
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Back on topic. Once I had all the equipment in place, I went about filming myself creating an art journal page, trying to keep my head out of the shot (mildly successful), being carful not to bump the camera, and hopefully trying to stay in screen throughout the process (managed that most of the time).<br />
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All in all, I had about an hours worth of footage, which I know for sure would be way more time than I have available to watch YouTube. After fumbling my way through the editing software, I ended up with just over 10 minutes of footage that was good to go. Now the easy part, right? Voice over. WRONG!!! What can I say? There is a reason I never use the voice message option....I don't like the sound of my own voice!!! (My husband doesn't agree, he says I really enjoy using it, all the time, spending way more than my allotted 4000 words per day on him alone!!)<br />
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After several attempts to record a suitable voice over, I succumbed to adding captions instead and quite frankly, I enjoy this a little better, not only from my odd perspective, but from a viewing option too.<br />
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All new respect to all those fabulous people who not only successfully film videos, but manage riveting successful voice overs. I bow in your glorious presence!!!<br />
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THE FIRST VIDEO, well, kind of!!<br />
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Here are some pictures and close ups of the page, and click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVuOz5OX0Q&t=16s" target="_blank">here</a> for the link to the video.<br />
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If any of you out there are thinking about sharing your talents on social media, I encourage you to do so. Haters will hate, and they just need to be ignored. Sharing your talents and abilities is a gift given, and far more people will appreciate than hate.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! If you want to see some more of my pages, please follow me on Instagram. Click the link on the side bar or look up @josocrafty.<br />
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Later humans!!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-87752042719571287892018-05-03T11:32:00.000+04:002018-05-06T10:16:20.658+04:00Setup for Filming my YouTube VideosWelcome gorgeous people!!<br />
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Thank you for stopping by!! I have started making YouTube videos again. My very early videos were a completion of still photos, at various stages in the progress of creating the Scrapbook page. <br />
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Subsequently, technology as increased in leaps and bounds, and the humble mobile phone is now a powerful social media tool!!<br />
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After several months of hopping back on the Mixed Media Train, I was encouraged by some close friends to film the process, and upload to YouTube. I am known to look a challenge square in the eyeballs and say "It's On!!"<br />
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With a bit of research and practical thinking on my husbands part, we managed to fashion a setup which enables me to aerial view record videos.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-25284635034527924622018-05-03T10:52:00.000+04:002018-05-03T10:54:04.016+04:00Mixed Media & Falling Back In Love With ArtHi all you gorgeous humans!!<br />
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Oh how I have missed you!!! Without getting into all the "gory" details, I have been MIA for the longest time because, well, lets just say I took a different road that needed travelling, but now I am back on track.<br />
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I never quite let go of the creative side of me, but I just had other things that needed more attention and focus, so I wasn't creating as actively as I would have liked. What I have learnt though, is that keeping that creative side of me fed and active is a crucial part of my being!! I am sure there are some of you reading this that will agree.<br />
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Too much has passed since my last post to give you a blow-by-blow update, so I will just start from a little while back.<br />
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As the title of this post says, I have fallen back in love with art. I never fell out of love with it as much as I neglected the relationship a little so we ended up sleeping in separate bedrooms. But I admitted my faults and have repaired and rekindled my relationship with creativity and messy play!!<br />
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As with all things starting afresh, I decided that I needed to start a new journal, because you know, you need a new journal :)<br />
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I went out and bought a Moleskine Sketchbook. Moleskine is my all time favourite any notebook and it just made perfect sense to stick to what I know. (Side note, I have since bought several other art journals, from different brands - to be covered in later posts).<br />
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I pulled out my art supplies, salvaged what I could. Some items had sadly seen their best times and needed to be sent on to the greater art store in the sky. sniff! I sat down, opened the journal to the first page and well, just applied product to paper.<br />
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This was the result. Not my first art journal page by a long shot. I have several journals filled with mixed media art, but, it is the first in my "new me, new start" journal.<br />
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Well, the flood gates opened and I created several pages in a short space of time, like I had to purge myself of all the creative energy I had bottled up!!</div>
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Here are some of the pages I have created in my Moleskine Sketchbook, as well as an A4 journal I purchased. The A4 sketchbook I purchased was sealed in plastic wrap, and I didn't get to feel the paper. I take full responsibility for not doing my homework and as a result, the paper is not of Mixed Media grade, and it took longer to get the pages prepped to handle the media than it did to do the art. As <i><b>Jane Davenport</b></i> says "Life is too short for crappy paper". She is 100% correct. It is now a purpose sketch book, reserved for nothing more hectic than pencil!! </div>
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<i>*<b><a href="https://janedavenport.com/" target="_blank">Jane Davenport</a></b> is an amazing Australian artist, and it's well worth looking her and her mixed media products up. I have no affiliation with the artist or her brand, just huge admiration.</i></div>
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So, it's been crazy around here. Two kids back at school, the younger one starting her first year of high school!! It has been full tilt with correspondence from school, correspondence from extra mural activities....yikes!!!<br />
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All I can say is thank goodness for my bullet journal!!!!<br />
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If you follow me in Instagram, you will notice I have made a couple of small purchases from Muji...OMG, why have I waited so long to invest in Muji-magicness!!! <br />
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One of the things I bought on my first "haul" were a set of A5 grid notebooks. My intention was to use them in my Filofax-bullet journal as the size was perfect and all I'd need to do is punch some holes.<br />
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I am currently still well supplied on Rhodia Graph paper so the Muji notebooks were on ice until I needed them.<br />
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One of the things I have not being thoroughly enjoying at the moment is the future logging with the bullet journal. This became glaringly evident when we got schedules for events during the school year, all the way up to March next year. <br />
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I have delved in Calendex (Hope method). I was so hopeful that it would work, but sadly, I ditched it as I didn't feel confident in correctly capturing what was needed. <br />
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I have used the method suggested in the original Bullet Journal Video by Ryder Carroll. I found it lacked in space for multi entries, and so I the Alastair system which resolved a couple of the snags, but ultimately, I knew I needed a monthly layout for future months.<br />
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I use a monthly log at the beginning of every month anyway, so I figured it made sense to ditch the double work of logging in the future log, then in my monthly layout, oh and of course cross referencing to the Birthday spread in my collections. (Birthday/Anniversary spread still survives in my collections section, as I still find it relevant).<br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NOTE: This post is not to say the fantastic future logging systems created by Ryder, Alastair and Hope are not useful. There were great benefits in both systems when I used them, it's just they didn't gel for me and my way of planning.</span></i><br />
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I have been toying with the idea of doing loose-leaf monthly layouts for upcoming months, storing them in the beginning of my Filofax, using them as a future log, inserting them to my daily pages when the month comes up. <br />
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So, I was sitting at my work space, brain storming an alternate solution. I was thinking about my very first attempt at bullet journaling in 2013, when I used a Midori Passport size notebook with one notebook with monthlies setup for the whole year, and a separate notebook for the day to day bullet journal stuff....LIGHT BULB!!!<br />
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I had the Muji graph notebook, just crying to be used, so I sat down and drew up the months for the rest of the year. It slips right into my Filofax Domino and it's not causing any additional stress on the binder.<br />
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Rest of 2016 Monthly pages (I have done all the way through to December 2017 in this book)</div>
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I am trialling this system for a little while and if you have read any of my previous posts on this blog, you know my feelings on planner peace...the ever elusive Unicorn!! There is not chance I am going to get up on my soapbox and say that this is THE system that works for me forever and always full stop. I am under no delusion that this is what works now, and who knows, 6 months from now I may be all over some other idea of perfect planning. I will say it again, planner peace is when your planning system is working for you, whatever that system may be, and I feel that just like us, our lives and our circumstances, our planning systems should be just as malleable as we are!</div>
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Firstly let me get into why I decided on a ring bound system. I like the idea of being able to keep my long term collections, long term, and not have to worry about copying the lists over into a new book each time I ran out of book. I also like the idea of having sections for different topics. Yes, you can section off parts of your notebook, but I found I may end up needing more space in one section, and less in another resulting in wasted pages. I am sure there are many fabulous ways to overcome this in a regular notebook, but as you all know, bullet journaling is all about finding a system and using what works for you. This is just what works for me, right now. I am under no illusion that this is the be all and end all of my planner system, I mentioned this in my last post, that I think Planner Peace occurs when the system is working for that individual at that particular time, and then it's gone, and we need to tweak the system to work again.</div>
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I have just a couple of random things in the front pocket of the planner. Some paint chips as we are deciding on doing some repainting in the house, and information pertaining to an event I want to attend. Then there is the sticky note flyleaf which I made using laminating sheet, punching and splitting the holes so that the sheet is removable. The sticky notes co-ordinate with each member of our family - Hubby - green, Me - blue, Son - Orange, Daughter - Pink. I am undecided yet as to if this is a totally functional way to have it, I rarely use sticky notes, and when I do it is just to jot down something in a hurry to home at a later stage, and being colour specific may become redundant - watch this space!!</div>
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The next page is the cover page which came with the planner. All I did was stamp a feather on the top of the page, and add a sticky note as an index of what each divider is for. The sticky note is not permanently attached to the page. I have also not written what each section is for on the dividers themselves. I have opted to leave the dividers and allocation of the sections to be changeable, should my setup needs change in the future, I will not have to replace dividers or my front cover page. (I am now wise to the ever elusive Planner Peace Unicorn and am keeping it simple and interchangeable).</div>
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<li><b>Collections</b> - These are all my long term collections like Birthday's & Anniversaries, Future Log, Books Read, Snail Mail Addresses.</li>
<li><b>Bullet Journal</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - Monthly Views, Meal Trackers, Menu Planners...basically anything that I don't want to keep long term and have to copy from one notebook to the next.</span></li>
<li><b>Health & Fitness </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">- As it says on the tin - Healthy Foods, Workout Tracker - Gym Schedules.</span></li>
<li><b>Home </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">- This is the only section I have not indexed. It is a free flow section with running home to do lists, grocery lists, receipts to be captured on our home budget system, and a master grocery list, which I have written out, photocopied, punched and use when I do my big shop every 6 weeks or so. We are working on doing some painting and I have some random notes on that, just written on the next blank page. (I will be sharing my master grocery list on Instagram in the next few days - you can check it out there @josocrafty)</span></li>
<li><b>Blog</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> - well, it's more a social media section. I write down blog post ideas, Instagram pictures to take, blog post plans.</span></li>
<li><b>Blank </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">- At the moment there are just a few random pieces paper in there that can be used for when needed. I can file them under the relevant section if needed or just throw them out when done.</span></li>
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August title page, I don't think I will do this every month, only if I have a gap page.</div>
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August To Do & Meal Plan (failing dismally on meal planning this month- ho-hum)</div>
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Meal Tracker for August - I don't include this every month. Just when the urge grabs me.</div>
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Clean Food List, Clean Eating Grocery List and Kickboxing schedule.</div>
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My last post was about my exciting rendezvous with a certain purple, full leather beauty (Filofax Malden in the Personal size). I've has a few whirlwind and long term planner relationships since then.<br />
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I sold the lovely Malden after a few months of use and bought the same planner, but in Aqua, second hand. I loved the colour, and I loved the idea of the planner, but found that I was coming unstuck with the small size. Once again, I was searching for something new. I wanted a one stop book that I could use as a planner, journal and still have a bit of creative outlet. 2014 was the year of attempted digital planning, glued together with sticky notes, wall calendars, and a first and failed attempt at a bullet journal in Midori Travellers Notebook......oh the chaos, and not to mention a year lost in the jungle of a busy life of a mom with 2 children and no solid planning/scheduling system in place......huh?!?!? I wonder if that was the worm-hole year!<br />
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Being an active stalker on a long list of planner Facebook pages, I decided that 2015 was the year where an A6 Hobonichi was the answer. I duely ordered the planner (in Japanese as I live in the Middle East and our weeks start on a Sunday, and this is a hard pass for me. My weeks must not be split!!), along with all the paraphernalia including a cover, stickers, book marks, pen refills.....you guys get the idea, one cannot simply just order the planner!!!<br />
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I made it nearly through the whole year in the Hobonichi as I was able to schedule, journal and "junk journal" all in one place....but who was I kidding, one tiny planner van only hold so much and it became impossible to use the last month or so as it was so gorgeously fat and filled and loved.<br />
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By around November 2015, I found myself once again looking for planner peace. I came to the realisation that; 1, size matters (cute & comapct isn't always the answer), and 2, there was nothing out there that was reasonably accessible to me that would fit my needs.<br />
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I pulled out my trusty Cinch punch and accessories and spent a couple of days designing and printing my ideal planner, combining aspects I liked from several of the store planners I have used over the years. The result was a fantastic A5 ring bound beauty that I engineered to have an interchangeable cover to satisfy the gypsy in me, as well as the ability to add in those loose leaf bits of correspondence that often escape from you if not secured using a DIY coil clip system. I found this particularly handy as it was a very busy academic year for my daughter and there were many date specific letters that came home from school.<br />
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Then....I felt stifled by the lack of available real estate to put in random bits like to do lists, notes from the day, etc.,etc. In April this year, I decided to jump on the Bullet Journal Train again. An impulsive person, I used what I had on hand which was a Large Moleskine soft cover in nude/beige. I hung out in this for a couple of weeks then got myself a hard cover Moleskine in purple. I moved what I had in the soft cover over and was blissfully on my way to planner peace....YEAH RIGHT!!!<br />
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The Bullet Journal Notebook ticked so many boxes!<br />
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Everything in one book.<br />
Great size.<br />
My layout, my way.<br />
Can change layouts any time (be still my Gypsey heart!).<br />
Can appease my creative side by adding a bit of something artsy.<br />
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And then.....the great big "elephant in the room" unchecked box.....Manouverability. I was determined to have only ONE BOOK (I mean, that's why I started the Bujo, right?)<br />
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So, last week, I did what any self respecting stationery addict does when they fall from the bliss of planner peace and need to lick their wounds. I headed off to one of the stationery stores near me, and went to go hang with the beautiful stuff and fill my soul with the heady aroma of pens, papers, books, pens and paints. Ok, that's a bit dramatic - my kids were at holiday camp and I jumped at the opportunity to go to a book store in solitude!<br />
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So, while I was strolling the aisles and admiring the wares, I found myself at the Filofax display case....I've done it before, I've glanced at the beauty, admired the elegance, and just walked by. But this time, it was different....<br />
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You know the scene, a glance across the room, the mystery of the unknown behind the glass....I just had to see for myself. Could I just look at the teal beauty beckoning me through the glass, just feel the texture with my hands. Just a quick fix, then walk away and feel empowered by the ability to resist.....<br />
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I FAILED! Once I had this beauty in my hands, I was hooked!! In mere minutes I was at the checkout counter, handing over the cash and was out the door before the guilt of "cheating" on the Moleskine could consume me!!<br />
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I got home and within a couple of hours, I'd pulled out the inserts that the A5 Filofax Domino had come with, cut down some Rhodia grid note paper to fit and was moving over my August setup and other long term collections into my new planner.<br />
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I did things a little differently this time. I've thought long and hard as to how I envisage the planner to look, how I think it will best work long term, as well as keeping it light enough to keep it semi portable. It's larger than the Moleskine, yes, but I don't carry my planner with me all the time anyway, and if, for now, it's functioning for me, the size is something I can work around.<br />
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Have I got planner peace? Well, I believe planner peace is a unicorn. After many planner attempts and journeys, I have come to the conclusion that planner peace only happens for as long as the system you have works for you. We change, our needs change, and so should our planner systems change accordingly. A new job may mean the need for more structure and a more solid long term planning system, and that's OK to move away from one style and onto another. The bottom line is that we plan so as to be more organised more productive, resulting in a greater quality of life, with the mental ease that our lists, appointment, to do's, etc. are in a safe place, scheduled for when needed so we can free our mind to enjoy the right now!<br />
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Your planning system doesn't need to be pretty, or like someone else's. Planner envy is counter productive and goes against the purpose of a planner. It's purpose is to be useful to YOU. If you spend more time trying to pimp out your planner, and doing it over and over to get it perfect, you are defeating the idea of freeing up your time by being organised. Sure, draw from others, get and share ideas with the planner community and then enjoy the peace that comes with the being organised. Now that's what I call Planner Peace.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">NEW: I've just started a dedicated Instagram account and will be posting pictures of both my Moleskine planner as well as the progress in my new planner. </span></i><br />
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I've been dabbling in crafty things, other than just scrapbooking lately. I've had a brief encounter with Art Journaling, which I am still enjoying from time to time, but right now….I've fallen head over heels in love…..while scouring YouTube and Google for ideas to Art Journal, I stumbled upon a huge pool of Planner/Filofaxers. A large community of creative men and women, who share their systems, decorating, freebies and ideas for any level of Planner/Filofaxer - from the users who utilize the planners as directed on the tin - for lists and appointment keeping, to the uber creative peeps out there who tape, sticker, stamp, post-it their Planners/Filofaxes into a functioning piece of art!!!<br />
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I have always had a love affair with paper planners. The process of writing in appointments, birthdays and other bits and pieces to remember as always just felt right….<br />
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Enter the electronic age (well, you know what I mean right?)….Let me rephrase….enter my beloved iPad. Make no mistake, the idea of being able to enter an appointment on the spot, on my iPhone and it appears like magic on my laptop and iPad is an organizational gift. And this is how I have scheduled "my life" for the past year…all in the magic place where devices communicate to each other, and schedules are shared.<br />
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I had a little problem…once I entered the appointment/reminder on my iPhone/iPad….other than if I set a reminder, I never went into my calendar to see what was coming up, never mind the struggle to see your "day at a glance" in a way which made sense to my brain (Side Note: The OCD in me insisted that each sub category was color coded, so entering events in iCal was an EVENT in itself).<br />
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So, when I stumbled upon the world of super talented, well organized Planner/Filofax users, a great big spotlight went off in my head….I NEEDED to get my stuff on paper again. Enter the Filofax….<br />
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Living in Dubai, the world is your oyster, but things like Filofax are like hens teeth to find. After many hours of watching and reading reviews, I decided that I had to have an personal Aqua Malden. I found one on the UK Amazon site, and had filled my basket with all the extra goodies I was after. I was just about to hit the "BUY" button when I went on an impulse and Googled "Filofax in Dubai" and found that a popular stationery store, Magrudy's stocked Filofaxes. I called and was delighted to find out that they had 2 personal Malden's in stock, Ochre and Vintage Pink. I decided the Ochre would suffice and convinced myself it was a far more practical color.<br />
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I am known to wait patiently for stationery and it would take at least a week before I got my package from the UK.<br />
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Within the hour, I had barged into Magrudy's, drooling at the mouth, eager get my hands on a Malden.<br />
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To my surprise, the Ochra Malden was suspiciously purple. I am a purple lover, so my instinct was to grab it and dash for the check out….the curious in me needed to feel the Vintage Pink one too.<br />
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The Vintage Pink was so soft, lovely and….edible/huggable/tactile….but I knew that we would not be able to build a relationship on touch alone, so I left with this beauty:<br />
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Maddie, my persona Purple Malden.<br />
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Home made fly sheet using scrapbooking paper, alphabet stickers and a Project lift Card. I used a zipper pocket from Paperchase with Frixion Markers. Each color represents a different member of our family.</div>
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So I thought this was it. I got inspiration from <a href="http://www.mypurpleylife.com/" target="_blank">My Purpley Life</a> for the layout of check boxes for To-Do's and Appointments, and a blank area for general reminders.</div>
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I customized a Project Life journaling card to use as a menu planner. (More on this later in the post)</div>
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This is a cell-phone charm my husband picked up for me in Tokyo a couple of years ago. It has my birthday on it, with I believe a Mt. Fuji character. I printed and laminated a teeny "Keep Calm" label found on the internet, punched it and attached it to the string of the cell-phone charm.</div>
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A month on, my fatty Maddie needed to go on a diet, so I pulled out the markers, got a little ruthless with the inserts (I didn't need 5 sheets of every shade of note paper), etc, etc….</div>
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I also changed inserts. I have ordered W2P SNL (Week on 2 pages, Sunday start, Notes left) from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Piaric" target="_blank">Piaric</a> on Facebook. I have read about and seen so many people using these inserts, I was sold! Living in the Middle East means that our first working/school day is a Sunday, with Friday and Saturday being our weekend. Did I mention the OCD??? I needed the first day of the week to be….the first day of the week!! LOL</div>
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I ordered and received two stamp sets from <a href="http://www.studiol2e.com/" target="_blank">Studio l2e</a>, the Stamp-It and List-It sets. I couldn't be happier with these stamps!!! Go on and check them out!!</div>
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I stamp the "list" on the left side of both pages. Being right handed, I struggled to write on the left page when the list was closer to the rings…it was just down right uncomfortable!!</div>
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Being a scrapper at heart, I couldn't leave the planner pages just plain white. I try to keep it fairly simple, with just some Washi Tape and a sticker or two.</div>
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Curent week, looking a bit more streamlined. The "Right Now" divider is a transparent thick plastic sheet which was the backing for a sticker sheet I purchased at some stage. I cut it to size, punched the holes accordingly which I dove-tailed it so that I could pull it out and move it without opening the binder rings. A bit of tape at the top and a label printed on my trust Brother P-Touch….job done!!</div>
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Next week. We are heading home (South Africa) on the 18th for our first Christmas back home in 6 years, so all my busy-ness is happening the days leading to our flight.</div>
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I changed up my front fly leaf. I used some leftover wrapping paper, cut slightly smaller than the personal page size, added a Keep Calm printout from the internet, laminated, punch and away you go!</div>
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I have fashioned an additional pen loop from Duct Tape and attached it to the fly sheet. Although I don't need all the markers, I need at least 2 color pens :D</div>
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I found blah Month on Two Pages from a Japanese store, Daiso. I have filled them in accordingly and used them to separate my months, and have used them as tabs for the different months. The tabs were also nabbed from Daiso.</div>
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I went on a laminating frenzy and laminated the Project Life journaling card, which I punched and dove-tailed it so that I could pull it out and move it, without opening the ring binder. Meals are on Post-It Notes. I try to get meal requests from the family on a Saturday, write them down and place them on the week days accordingly. I have a lot of repeat requests, so they all get stuck on the divider under my HOME section at the end of the week, and get reused if need be.</div>
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Behind the fly leaf, I have my menu planner, followed by a 2013 calendar then a 2014 calendar, which are both free printables I found on the internet. After that is my weekly grocery/shopping list which is tabbed of with a Post-It transparent tab. Last is a Filofax Year Planner for 2014. I have not really utilized it as yet, other than to mark off the school holidays until the end of the academic year.</div>
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Month on 2 pages at the start of each month, followed by a Week on 2 pages for that month.</div>
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Random note paper for things that just need to be captured temporarily. Everything from ideas for a potential family holiday in 2015 to notes for my daughter's birthday party in January. I use the black Filofax ruler to keep the spot where the next blank page is for new notes.</div>
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Next is <b>Travel</b>. Although I do not travel frequently, I am using the power of positive juju to bring more travel into my life. I have a freebie Travel Plans sheet printed from the <a href="http://philofaxy.blogspot.ae/" target="_blank">Philofaxy</a> site.</div>
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<b>Matt & Amy</b> is last. These are my kids, aged 11 and 8. I keep track of their pocket money. Both are saving for something right now. This is sort of like an old fashioned building society system. I am the "bank" and we keep track of their earnings and expenditure.</div>
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Last one :D. I found plastic personal size tabs from Daiso and nabbed them just in case. I have only needed one so far. Behind this tab is anything I need to keep handy for the kids. Passwords for homework sites, homework schedule, Bus Roster and Academic Calendar.</div>
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I use Frixion pens in my planner in order to keep it neat, should there be any changes. I alternate between black and blue for tasks, and the red one is if I need to draw attention to an item. I wasn't going to use a color code system as I thought this would mean more admin, but as it turns out, for repeat events like my husbands work schedule (corporate pilot means he is in a different country every couple of days), children's after school activities and play-dates prove to be fairly easy to manage in a color code system. I use Frixion Markers for this task.</div>
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It was heaps of fun and I enjoyed getting my fingers all messy and enjoying the process of locating all the random places paint had found to take residence on my body. (Yes, there was paint on my elbow and behind my upper arm????)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-52498346546497134752013-08-04T01:02:00.001+04:002013-08-04T01:10:15.588+04:00Day Book - SingaporeHello all you awesome scrapers!! <div><br></div><div>This is the first time I'm blogging on my iPad, hence the images are a bit big for the page space. I will figure out a fix...please bear with me for this post.<br><div><br></div><div>Today I'd like to share my Amy Tangerine Daybook with you. I was surprised with a trip to Singapore, to meet up with my husband. I would under normal circumstances have made some form of travel journal from scratch, but with such short notice, I decided to buy a ready made. I picked up this beauty from Creative Hands, grabbed some Thickers and a Simple Stories paper pack and got cracking.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6Tqj8OL_2PHlMS1VpMc5z9hp6-ICupSQCJHsvsCXUh2GpQ7QL-Eun9rh1DgAIu_LkUz-UnQ_6mNSrBVHwlYwmoPnv0Qrgpaou2tIzzgkcQvj2NZkmy9VYeGjW4JK7KcRWkMNNPozmyMe/s640/blogger-image-209978455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6Tqj8OL_2PHlMS1VpMc5z9hp6-ICupSQCJHsvsCXUh2GpQ7QL-Eun9rh1DgAIu_LkUz-UnQ_6mNSrBVHwlYwmoPnv0Qrgpaou2tIzzgkcQvj2NZkmy9VYeGjW4JK7KcRWkMNNPozmyMe/s640/blogger-image-209978455.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>First order of business was to embellish up the front cover. The word "HELLO" was p printed on the front cover, so I added The word "Singapore" using Thickers then added some embellishments from the Simple Stories paper pack. 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I left a white bit on the bottom of the photos to give them an "instant photo" feel which allowed for journaling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I will continue to make my own travel albums but can definitely recommend using the store bought Daybooks for a quick fix when under a time pinch :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy scrapping!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jo</div><br></div><br></div><br></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-52958043302121332682012-10-22T22:39:00.000+04:002012-10-22T22:39:13.828+04:00Project Real LifeHello my friends and fellow crafters!!<br />
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Well, life has caught me up and I haven't posted nearly as many Project Life weeks or layouts as I had planned to. Eid holidays are just around the corner which means half term break, and with some luck, I will get back on track with Project Lift Posts. At least I am not behind with Project Life. In fact, I have started <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/projectreallife.php" target="_blank">Project Real Life</a> with <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/" target="_blank">Becky Higgins</a> over at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/" target="_blank">Big Picture Classes</a>. Becky is offering a nice little freebee for project life on her blog. Click <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/freestuff/" target="_blank">HERE</a> for the freebee and while you are there, read over some articles in her blog.<br />
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We are currently in week 3 of 12 of Project Real Life. I am totally blown away by the content of the workshops so far!! This is what Big Picture Classes have to say about the workshop:<br />
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If registrations are still being accepted and you are looking for something to knock your life socks off during the last 12 weeks of 2012, do yourself a favor and sign up :D:D<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by. Please come back soon. I will be doing a sneak peek on a layout tutorial video I have done for<a href="http://www.prettypaperstudiouae.com/" target="_blank"> Pretty Paper Studio</a>, and online scrapbook store.<br />
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JoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-58462197150677832462012-10-13T06:00:00.000+04:002012-10-13T06:00:02.173+04:00SCRAPBOOK LAYOUT - "Cuddles"I snapped this photo of my kids using my iPhone one morning while they were lying in my bed with me, getting cuddles. I love that they are cuddling in the photo. They really do love each other, which makes my hear warm :D<br />
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I masked the craft paper using Mister Huey's hexagon mask and Adirondack Colour Wash in Butterscotch. I layered over some scraps of paper, punch outs and various other embellishments found in my stash. I also added a little Washi Tape. This is my go to item at the moment. I don't know how I lived without it!!!</div>
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This is one of my favorite layouts I have done in a while. My heart felt happy when I finished this layout, which to me is the ultimate when scrapping :D</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381411289919365786.post-50372289254106415602012-10-09T06:00:00.000+04:002012-10-09T06:00:03.068+04:00PROJECT LIFE - "Week 12"Welcome back to Project Life Tuesday.<br />
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Week 12 was Ãœber exciting for us...It was the week school started, and we managed a quick 2 night getaway to Fujairah. We had so many memories from the 2 nights away I decided to add a page protector dedicated to the mini vacation. The 29th of August was also an eventful day, so I added a portion of a 4x4 page insert to hold all the pictures.<br />
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Happy Day!!! Stash from Pretty Paper Studios and a little afternoon nap with our dog, Zinga</div>
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We went to watch The Dark Knight Rises at the IMAX theatre at the Meydan hotel.It was a fantastic experience!! I added 3 photos from the movie experience to the back of the 4x4 page insert added to hold the overflow pictures from earlier that day. I got a lovely photo of the children cuddling in our bed, and one with daddy too. I also decided to get my hair cut short.</div>
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Getting ready for the new school year to start. I love new school shoes :D</div>
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Part of our mini vacation was to give the boys a chance to go SCUBA diving. Matthew struggles to find wetsuits small enough for him from the dive centers, so we went and got him his own. Amy needs a laptop for school in Year 3, so we got her one while we were out getting other supplies. I added to our big purchase day by stocking up on 2 jumbo packs of Canon Selphy paper and cartridges.</div>
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Packing scrapping supplies for our mini vacation...Trying to keep it simple AND "kind of smores" made with marshmallow puff :D</div>
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For our 1 hour 45 min road trip, I made some hotdogs to go..Huge hit. Matthew and Colin went diving as we arrived at the hotel.</div>
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Day 2 involved more diving for the boys and a lazy pool day for the girls.</div>
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This is the front and back of the insert I added to this week to document our little holiday.</div>
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I got really snap happy with using the Hipstamatic App on my iPhone....The change in scenery between Dubai and Fujairah is so lovely</div>
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The first picture is of one of the roundabouts on the way to Al Aqah Beach in Fujairah.</div>
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I used DCWV paper from the Mariposa Paper pack, a couple strips of Washi Tape, cutout of some printed paper and a sentiment from the Kaiser Kraft Hummingbird 6x6 paper pack. For the title, I punched tags using paper from the same Kaiser Kraft pack, I added some ribbon trim and Amy Tangerine Goodness Thickers for the lettering. To add accent to the photo which I had printed with white boarders, I used a photo marker to free draw the frame lines.</div>
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I have been drooling after Pulled Pork Sliders for so, so, so long. I finally decided to put a slow pork roast in the oven and enjoy these beauties for lunch :D</div>
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This was a fun night...QUIZ night. I have never been to a quiz night before and it was such a laugh!!!</div>
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Today was an IKEA day. I succumbed to this awesome rug for my kitchen. My favorite colors at the moment!!! </div>
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I have recently fallen 2 weeks behind on Project Life, but due to my faithful record keeping, it was a doodle printing out the relevant pictures which have now been placed in their positions in the page protectors and all I need to do is bling them up a bit, add some journalling and I will be back on track. I anticipate a 4 hr dedication to get the weeks up to date :D</div>
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Today is also a very special day in our household, it's my fabulous husbands birthday today...<br />
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I will be sharing PL Week 10 with you today. It was still during school holidays and the time was filled with crafty days, dentist visits (urgh) and cooking :D<br />
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My niece asked me to do a painting for her bedroom about 2 years ago...I thought it was time I fulfilled my promise to her :D. I can never keep my hands clean when doing anything creative, whether it be scrapping, painting or doing make-up.....</div>
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Amy decided she wanted to decoupage an album cover...She diligently tore hundreds of bits of paper and meticulously started sticking them to the album cover.</div>
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Week 9, 4th -11th August 2012, was filled with much excitement, as it snowed in my home country, South Africa. It was apparently the first time in recored history that it snowed in all 9 Provinces on the same day. Facebook was ABUZZ with comments and pictures of the snow from all over the country...<br />
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Getting a dog was such a blessing for our family. Matthew is just smitten with little Zinga :D</div>
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This was a picture that flew around Facebook on August the 7th. It was of the lions in the Johannesburg Zoo, in the snow. So stunning.</div>
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I dedicated a lot of time during the summer holidays to my Project Life album. It was worth taking a photo of and documenting.</div>
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I decided to sign up for a class on Big Picture Classes. It is the Amy Tangerine Creative Juices class. It included several handouts with lots of ideas. I really loved it and made a mini book journal from one of the tutorials included in the class. You can see my post on the mini book <a href="http://josocrafty.blogspot.com/2012/09/handmade-journal.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I have recently used the mini book to record our 2 night getaway to Fujairah in the beginning of September. I will be writing a post on the album soon.</div>
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Looking back on the summer Project Life pages, it appeared that a lot of my days were filled with food...a family friend has written a cook book, using recipes from his restaurant in Cape Town. All the recipes are home food and totally delicious. There are just a handful of recipes I have not tried as yet. The ones I have done have been a huge hit in our home, with regular requests for one in particular, the Homemade Chicken Pie. The restaurant is called Fraiche Ayers. You can visit their website <a href="http://fraicheayres.co.za/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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Last October, he was on charter around the Middle East, and he had a night stop in Abu Dhabi, which is about an hour forty-five drive from where we live in Dubai. We grabbed this opportunity, not only to get some time in with him, but also to have a little surprise mid-week break.</div>
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I kept it simple, and fairly color neutral because I really wanted the picture to stand out. I used elements from printed paper from Paper Inklings (love their tween boy paper) and some bits and pieces from a Simple Stories 6x6" paper pad.</div>
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