Welcome to week 6! Big news this week is that I got a Silhouette Cameo diecut machine. We got our tax refund, so Chris and I each bought one "toy" and put the rest into savings. This was my pick! (His was music. So boring!) I played with my mom's Cricut a while ago and it definitely made me want a diecut machine. Right around then, it seemed like every scrapbooker with a blog got a Cameo and I thought they seemed super cool. And now I can tell you, yes they are.
Here's the spread. I added an insert for my "day in the life" documentation, which I'll talk about in a second.
(You can click on any photo to view it larger.)
Chris had a recital last Tuesday night, and I used the Cameo to cut out the word, then stapled it to the photo. I really love the way it looks. We had lunch with friends and I finally remembered to grab a few photos with people in them. I used to be very much in the habit of good-naturedly forcing my friends to smile and pose once or twice at every gathering, but I dropped that sometime over the last few years. I'm pleased to be starting to pick that up again, thanks to this project.
We stopped at Krispy Kreme on the weekend—I can't pass up that hot doughnuts sign—and they gave us a sheet of KK-themed valentines! Totally made my day. Funnily enough, the first thing Chris said was, "this will be perfect for your book." I also swiped the Foursquare mayorship at my office, so I had to include a screenshot of that.
Ali Edwards encouraged people to document "A Day in the Life" on Wednesday of this week, so I gave it a try. I wasn't too pleased with my results. I didn't take too many photos, and to be honest, I didn't like most of the ones I did take. I think my weekdays are pretty boring so I found it difficult to pull much of interest from the day.
Once I cropped the photos down to 2.5x3.5 to fit into a baseball card protector, they looked a little better. Ali offered the "day in the life" square as a freebie on her blog, so I cut it and the cute little camera out with the Cameo. I love the transparent aspect! I included a spot of journaling on each side and a file tab on the edge with the date.
Even though I didn't think the events of the day were very interesting, I am glad I did this. I even got Chris in on it, and he took a few photos of his day. I think I might give this another try in a few months! Below is the back of the Wednesday insert:
Page two: we had a Super Bowl party on Sunday so I included a few photos (and a beer label) from that. A picture of my Starbucks cups that have been collecting on my desk, and a funny shot of Oscar on top of the bookshelf.
More journaling, a tea bag wrapper, and a shot of a self-promotional image that I liked a lot on my Metro bus.
This makes me officially caught up, and I'm very happy about that. I love flipping through the pages in my book, and I can't wait until it's totally filled up.
(You can see the rest of my Project Life pages here.)

