PROJECT LIFE 2013 CT WEEK 11

05.28.13 Posted in: project life

week 11: embracing orange!

I haven’t always been a fan of orange but lately I am loving it! I think that my love for the color coral has really brought me around to accepting the boldness of orange. We were challenged to use only our kits this month and it was way easier than I thought it was going to be. I did end up cheating just a tiny bit and using my computer for some journalling towards the end of the month because I was sick of my handwriting! I used to love my handwriting in high school but now that I am not really writing any biology notes lately I am a little out of practice and it looks different every time I write something!

It did remind me how easy and simple project life can be. The kit, your photos, a corner rounder and a good pen! That’s all you need!!  This weeks photos were definitely everyday shots. Gray learned to ride his two wheeler with out the training wheels, we played outside whenever the rain would stop for a few minutes and the boys rediscovered their superhero capes.

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30/05/2013 - 11:13 am

Momma C - Cute pages Ash! Your pictures are all so good and I especially love the color combo you used.

Leavitt Family

05.18.13 Posted in: photography

The Leavitt Family are one of the most amazing families I have ever met! I grew up around the corner from them and have always admired how much fun they have together. They have the CUTEST grandkids and it was so fun to spend the afternoon with them.
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24/05/2013 - 1:28 pm

rhonda - Yep they are a GREAT family!!

the lucky winner is….

05.06.13 Posted in: project life

Thank you to everyone who entered the Project Life Jade edition giveaway! It was so fun to read through your comments and see all the different places everyone was from! I think our happy thoughts for spring worked! This weekend was sunny and gorgeous outside and it is still nice today! Anyways-

 

The Lucky WINNER is……….

 

LUCY  UK  01/05/2013  5:40am

“Being outdoors in the sunshine is my favourite thing about Spring- along with the smell of freshly cut grass”

Congratulations Lucy!  You can look forward to receiving an email from Scrapbooker’s Inner Circle very soon and then watch your mailbox for your PRIZE from Scrapbooker’s Inner Circle as soon as they get the new kits into their warehouse!!

Well, I am off to pick up the boy from kindergarten and we are going to the park! Hope you have a great day!!

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Project Life GIVEAWAY!!

04.30.13 Posted in: project life

I am so excited to host my first PROJECT LIFE GIVEAWAY!

I was thrilled when Tammy from Scrapbookers Inner Circle contacted me and asked if I wanted to be a part of her 12 Project Life giveaways leading up to National Scrapbooking Day! Scrapbookers Inner Circle is the official distributor of Becky’s Project Life kits for Canadians and Europeans and have been awesome to work with.

The edition I will be giving away is the  JADE EDITION!

The lucky winner of the giveaway will receive:

Jade Edition Core Kit

 12×12 Album

Big Pack of Design A photo pocket pages

12×12 Paper pack

Coordinating Dividers

 3×4 and 4×6 coordinating cardstock

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

- Please leave your name, country, and your favourite thing about spring!  (It is snowing outside my window as I type and I can’t wait for spring to arrive)

-Must have a Canadian or European address to enter

-Contest will close Friday May 3, 2013 at 9:00am

-Winner will be announced Monday May 6th, 2013

Also-

Scrapbooker’s Inner Circle will be offering more giveaways between now and May 4th.  So check out their blog for details!

“Pre-Order Project Life now and be entered for a chance to win your entire order for FREE”  http://scrapbookersinnercircle.com/shop/

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30/04/2013 - 8:12 am

Theresa - Theresa
Ottawa ON Canada

Love feeling the warmth of the sun!!

30/04/2013 - 8:16 am

Carmen Denovan - Carmen
Canada
My favourite thing about spring is the promise that it brings of a reprieve from Winter.

30/04/2013 - 8:26 am

Brenda van Luik - I Love tulips and the smell of fresh outdooe air and sunshine in the Spring!
Brenda in Picture Butte,
Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 8:36 am

Louise - My favorite things about spring are when my lambs are born and my flowers start to grow. It snowed again last night.
Forestburg Alberta Canada

30/04/2013 - 8:37 am

nina - Tulips! The tulips are finally up here and they are so cheerful and, well… spring-y! I also love the fact that the days are much longer now. Hope spring arrives where you are soon!
nina from Vancouver, Canada

30/04/2013 - 8:38 am

Tara Olson - Tara
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
my favorite thing about spring is the nice fresh air in the house after being closed in for months in the winter!!
Thanks for the chance to win!!

30/04/2013 - 8:39 am

Tara - Tara
Summerland, BC
CANADA
I LOVE blossoms on the fruit trees here in the beautiful Okanagan.

30/04/2013 - 8:42 am

Leanne Butler - Spring is still around the corner here too – my favourite part is the tulips, daffodils and crocuses poking through the ground (and sometimes left over snow )to announce that spring is on the way!

PS. Today is my birthday Jade PL would be awesome gift!

Leanne B
Prince Edward Island
Canada

30/04/2013 - 8:44 am

Colleen H - Wonderful giveaway! As for my favourite thing about spring… I think it’s just that amazing feeling you get seeing the sun filtering in the window early in the morning on a spring day after it’s been raining for weeks on end!

Colleen Heidrich
Delta, BC Canada

30/04/2013 - 8:46 am

Ellen Hext - Ellen from Ontario, Canada
My favourite thing about spring is wearing sandals again after one very long winter!

30/04/2013 - 8:57 am

Ilona - My favourite thing about spring: watching everything growing in my garden! It looks different every day, there are more and more flowers showing up :-)

30/04/2013 - 8:57 am

Julie - What I love about spring are all the baby animals in the feilds as I drive my daughter to school and the cherry blossom trees in the park

Julie
Glasgow
United Kingdom

30/04/2013 - 8:58 am

CatieP - Hi, my name is Catie & I’m from Calgary AB and we got snow last night… I think my favourite part of spring is when I finally get to see the leaves budding on the trees. The weather may be horrible but the buds are a reminder that warmth will (eventually) come.

30/04/2013 - 9:00 am

Ilse - Oh what a great change to win!!!

I just love the tulips in my garden, I can’t get enough photo’s of them. That’s what I love about spring.

Greetings Ilse – the Netherlands.

30/04/2013 - 9:00 am

Dionne - Hi Ashley,
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I love playing in the rain with my son in the Spring and watching everything grow again.

Dionne Jack
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:02 am

Carrie - My favorite thing about spring is bringing out the clothesline and hanging out laundry again!!! I avoid laundry in the winter (hubby does it), but come spring it is all me!!

Thanks for the opportunity to win!!

Carrie
Brampton, ON Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:04 am

anita - My favourite part of spring is the cherry trees blossoming..so pretty
Thanks for the chance to win!
Anita
BC canada

30/04/2013 - 9:05 am

Tatiana Ortega - I love sunshine and the perfume of flowers!!

Thanks for the chance!

Tatiana.
Madrid, Spain

30/04/2013 - 9:08 am

Vicki Harvey - Favourite thing about spring is for sure the blooming of the flowers, daffodils, snow drops and bluebells. The brightness of the colours just makes me instintly happy :)
Please enter me! I have a UK address. vicki xx

30/04/2013 - 9:09 am

Betty B. - The Jade edition is so pretty! :)
It doesn’t look like spring here either atm, but I love the fact that you can walk out with just a cardigan on and pretty floral dresses and all the colours and the smells ^^
Oh, I’m Betty from Italy!

30/04/2013 - 9:12 am

musha - oooh i LOVE the jade kit and i would love to win it!!
what i love about spring is the weather getting warmer (well, just how much depends on the year) and knowing that summer is up ahead!
thanks for the chance!
musha
montreal, quebec, canada

30/04/2013 - 9:16 am

Lisa Jarvis - All of the new editions are lovely, but Jade is my favourite. It is so pretty and fun. If I win, I will become a scrapbooker’s inner circle devotee for life!
Lisa from Cranbrook, BC, Canada
And my favourite thing about spring is getting to play outside with my kids. :)

30/04/2013 - 9:17 am

Maria - My favourite thing about Spring is is that it means summer is on it’s way!!

I LOVE Project Life!!

Maria
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:19 am

Suzanne - Thanks for the give away! I love seeing the fall bulbs I planted poking through the snow – a sign that spring will come sometime. Hopefully before the end of May.
Suzanne Calgary, AB, Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:20 am

Julia - I’m Julia from Switzerland and I would find myself in HEAVEN if I win!!!! Thank you for the chance!

I love about spring that everyones mood gets better, when nature awakes again!

30/04/2013 - 9:21 am

Mari Pagounis - Flowers!!
Mari
Radolfzell
Germany

30/04/2013 - 9:22 am

Lisa Jarvis - Ashley, your photos are lovely! Where are you based?

30/04/2013 - 9:26 am

Mila Pinto - Love the spring colors!!!!
But i guess i love PL a litle bit more!!!!
Mila
Portugal

30/04/2013 - 9:26 am

Suky - Hi, I am here in the south of the UK and spring seems to have come at last. I love the softer air and the sowing and planting in the garden and the anticipation of warmer days to come. Well, I can hope, can’t I. :)

30/04/2013 - 9:28 am

Louise S - Louise S

Hampshire
England

Being able to dry the washing on the line and having that special spring smell.

30/04/2013 - 9:31 am

Lisa Hildebrand - Thanks for a chance to win a great prize!

Lisa
Calgary, AB Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:33 am

shanilie - How Exciting!!! Thanks for the opportunity!

Shanilie
Canada

I love the colours, temperatures and all the beautiful blooms in spring.

I also tweeted

30/04/2013 - 9:33 am

Lisa Hildebrand - Oops! Forgot to mention my favourite part about spring…. warm sunny days & blossoms! (And we don’t get many of them in Calgary.)

Lisa
Calgary, AB Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:36 am

Sheryll Mah - One thing I love about spring is that the sun is out longer! Thanks for a chance to win PL!
Sheryll
Edmonton, AB, Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:39 am

Lindsay - Lindsay, Canada

My favorite thing about spring is the warmer weather – it means we can get out and let our kids run around with the other kids in the neighbourhood, and also makes for great photo ops!

30/04/2013 - 9:54 am

Natalie Phillips - So excited to be able to participate in this fab giveaway!
Natalie, England – my favourite part of spring is the beautiful cherry blossom against the spring blue skies.

30/04/2013 - 9:55 am

Jaque - Jaque Bampi, Canada.
Spring: I love the warm weather while listening birds around my house.

It is snowing here too!

30/04/2013 - 9:57 am

Josette Brassard - Hi Ashley
I am not sure this is the place for the contest, but if this is not it, please let e know where. This spring I have 2 things I love : first is that it is my first as a stay at home mom. The other is that I just discovered project life and I can not wait to try it.
My name is Josette Brassard and I am from Lévis, province of Québec Canada

Thank you and have a great day

30/04/2013 - 10:00 am

Jaqui - It is snowing out my window as I type this as well. Wow! What a crazy weather! So much for Spring. But something that I love about spring is all the flowers that we get to see and all their beautiful color and the sound of birds! Those two are my very favourite! But it wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t win this Jade Edition. I’m crossing my fingers I get lucky:) thanks for this giveaway.

30/04/2013 - 10:02 am

Jaqui - I forgot to put my name and country for ^ so here it is.

Jaqui
Hill Spring, Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 10:02 am

Evelyn - My favorite thing about spring is not needing to bundle up the kids every time we go out. :)

Evelyn, Canada

30/04/2013 - 10:05 am

Karen K - Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome prize. Love that Jade edition!

Karen K.
Canada
My favourtie thing about spring is the smell of fresh cut grass!

30/04/2013 - 10:11 am

Isabelle A. - What I love the most from Spring is the renewal of nature. To see the tulips finally bloom.
Thank you
Isabelle from Montreal, Canada

30/04/2013 - 10:14 am

Allison M. - I love seeing everything come back to life, but my most favourite part is when my lilac trees bloom. How I love that smell!!

30/04/2013 - 10:19 am

Linda S - Great giveaway. What I love most about spring is the warmer weather :)
Linda S. from Norway

30/04/2013 - 10:21 am

Marie - What I love the most about Spring is Mother Nature who is wakening up, with all the blossoming trees! Thanks a lot for this great giveaway. Marie, from Brives in France

30/04/2013 - 10:22 am

Laurie Raiche - The thing i like best about spring is watching everything come alive and all the world being painted with color once again.
Laurie Raiche
Kimball, Alberta

30/04/2013 - 10:23 am

Rosa Bustamante - I’m Rosa from Canada and I love the smell of fresh flowers starting to bloom in spring!

30/04/2013 - 10:28 am

Jacqueline McIntyre - Canada! My favourite thing about spring is shedding the winter clothes and welcoming all the beautiful spring/summer colours. Thanks for the contest.

30/04/2013 - 10:33 am

CassM - Hmm … spring? We moved from Sask to BC last year – back to home – and am loving actually HAVING a spring, ha! Love the cherry blossoms and the tulips. Love, love the sound of birds early in the morning.

Thanks for another great giveaway!

Cass
Victoria BC
Canada

30/04/2013 - 10:38 am

Sarah Kelly - Kelly, UK
I love seeing the leaves appear on the trees and the green shots growing in the empty flowerbeds. Spring is all about new beginnings, lengthening days and hopefully sunshine.

30/04/2013 - 10:42 am

Julie - Hi, I’m Julie from the UK and my favourite thing about spring is hearing the kids voices outside as they run about (with the added bonus of it tiring them out more!!)

Thank you for the opportunity to win.

30/04/2013 - 10:44 am

Jackie - My favourite thing about spring is packing away the winter coats and boots!
Jackie
Shelburne, ON
Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:03 am

Verena - Verena from Germany
Blooming flowers :-)

30/04/2013 - 11:05 am

Jody - I’d love to win, thank you! My favorite thing about spring is everything turning green and coming to life.
Jody
Calgary, Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:16 am

Jenni S - I am LOVING this giveaway! and how perfect! Jade is such a beautiful spring color! Everything turns green and it gives a new beginning! I love when the snow stops and it’s just warm enough for a light jacket. Sandals break out and capri’s.. and PAINTED TOE NAILS! I love when the tulips start popping up in my moms flower bed, then you know it really is spring!

Jenni + Canada

Thanks for the opportunity!!

30/04/2013 - 11:19 am

Anita - My favorite thing about spring must be that everything just seems to come to life. Everyone seems to have so much more energy. I love it!
Anita
Denmark

30/04/2013 - 11:21 am

brenda - Thanks for the opportunity to win a Jade edition. I’ve been enjoying using some other editions that I bought from Scrapbooker’s Inner Circle. Your PL pages and photography posts are lovely. I live in Ottawa, ON and one of the things I love best about spring are the daffodils; I was thrilled to see the first one blooming in my garden yesterday when I got home from work.

30/04/2013 - 11:22 am

Pat - Has to be the flowers and the green grass :0)
Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:24 am

Rebecca - My favourite thing about spring besides the warmer temps and sun, is seeing the flowers and trees bloom and the baby quails all over our neighbourhood.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Rebecca N.
West Kelowna, BC Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:30 am

Bev - I love going on spring walks with the kids to discover the first signs of spring and the lighter evenings when the clocks change in the UK!

Thanks for the great giveaway!

Bev, Lancashire, UK.

30/04/2013 - 11:30 am

Kaycee M - Canada! Whoo Hoo! I love not having to bundle up the kids in 100 layers while trying to dress for the weather. Please spring, hurry up!

30/04/2013 - 11:33 am

Cheryl K - My favourite thing about spring is the warmer weather!

Cheryl K
Calgary, AB
Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:35 am

Kinsey Holt - Canada! My favorite thing about spring is that it ends eventually and summer comes! Haha all I can see is snow everywhere. But really, I love seeing everything green up and bloom and going outside without coats and boots. Thanks Ashley!

30/04/2013 - 11:37 am

Melanie Q - Melanie
Chatham, ON
Canada
My favorite thing about spring is watching everything start coming to life, and how the warm weather makes everybody want to be outdoors!

30/04/2013 - 11:38 am

PrinzessinN - Thanks for the chance to win. I love the most the colors and the flowers in spring. Cheers from Switzerland

30/04/2013 - 11:40 am

Jane - My favorite part of Spring are the April showers which bring life and all the fun jumping into puddles with my boys.

Toronto, Ontario
Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:40 am

Janice - I love walking on cement – no snow and no heavy boots!
Winnipeg, MB Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:42 am

Crystal (Lukasmummy) - My favourite thing about spring is trips to the park with my kids and being able to let them play in the garden while I am trying to do stuff. Thanks for the chance to win, Crystal, Oxford, UK

30/04/2013 - 11:46 am

Alexandria - I’m from Canada, I love planting flowers in the spring! (When it *finally* gets warm enough.)

30/04/2013 - 11:50 am

Amanda Nelson - Amanda
Toronto, ON, Canada
My favourite thing about spring is going for walks, smelling the crisp air, and watching everything come to life again!

30/04/2013 - 11:52 am

Lauren J. - Canada
It’s snowing outside my window too and I can’t wait for spring to actually arrive! My favourite thing about Spring is how refreshed everything feels.

30/04/2013 - 11:52 am

Lindsay - My favorite thing about Spring is seeing my rabbit playing outdoors and my bird taking (bird-) baths. Too cute!
Thanks for this opportunity. :)

(Belgium)

30/04/2013 - 11:54 am

Desirae R - Denmark
I love all the color that spring brings.. when it finally happens ;)

30/04/2013 - 11:57 am

Marysia - Marysia, AB, Canada
My favorite thing about spring is the smell, it’s just so fresh I can’t get enough of it!

30/04/2013 - 12:03 pm

Bobbi-Jo G. - Bobbi-Jo G. from Regina, Saskatchewan

My favorite thing about Spring is…COLOR!!! And after the long winter we’ve had, color can’t come back soon enough for this gal!

30/04/2013 - 12:06 pm

Erica Payne - Edmonton, AB, Canada
My favourite thing about spring is planting a vegetable and fruit garden. The yummiest food comes freshly picked from your own garden :)

30/04/2013 - 12:09 pm

Jo - I love the smell of spring!

Joana Costa
Lisbon
Portugal

30/04/2013 - 12:13 pm

Adriana - I love longer days and sunshine, sunshine, sunshine…
Adriana
UK

30/04/2013 - 12:14 pm

Carmen Winter - Carmen
Blackfalds, AB Canada

The thing I love most about spring is when the grass starts to turn green!

30/04/2013 - 12:18 pm

DAnett - My favourite thing about spring is the beautiful flowers. I love them :)

Thank for the chance to win this great kit!
Anett from Budapest, Hungary

30/04/2013 - 12:21 pm

Cyndy - Cyndy from Arnprior, Ontario, Canada. My favourite thing about spring is those first nice days when you are outside all day doing yard work and getting excited about the summer.

30/04/2013 - 12:26 pm

Christal Bevans - I just love Spring in general if it would ever get here!! and I so want to win I’ve wanted to start this project for so long:) Great giveaway!!
Raymond Ab:)

30/04/2013 - 12:30 pm

Nicole - My favourite thing about Spring is just the freshness… green grass, flowers blooming, trees budding. Fresh spring air…. ahhh.
Would LOVE a chance to win this! I was so disappointed us Canadians could not get in on the Home Shopping Network deals a few weeks ago for Jade and Blush :(
Nicole
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada

30/04/2013 - 12:34 pm

Dionne - Surrey, BC Canada
Love the sunshine!

30/04/2013 - 12:34 pm

Melanie B - Canada

My favourite thing about spring is all the fresh produce that starts appearing at the grocery store!

Thanks so much for this opportunity to win the Jade core kit!

30/04/2013 - 12:38 pm

Jen - I love spring when the birds are singing, you smell BBQ food and you hear the sounds of lawn mowers. Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 12:41 pm

Wendy - Love the colours in this line, fingers crossed.

Cornwall, Ontario

30/04/2013 - 12:42 pm

Ally - Hi thanks for the chance to win. About spring I love the blossoming of the flowers and their beautiful colours.

Ally from Walldorf, Germany

30/04/2013 - 12:45 pm

Colleen Umlah - what a wonderful prize!

What I love about spring is the warmth of the sun, the families playing in the park and walking the waterfront, and the big smiles on everyone’s faces.

Colleen Umlah
Bedford, Nova Scotia
Canada

30/04/2013 - 12:50 pm

Lisa - My favourite thing about spring is seeing all the flowers in bloom.
Surrey, BC, Canada

30/04/2013 - 12:51 pm

Lorraine Armstrong - Lorraine A, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
The best thing about Spring is the lighter nights to get out there and enjoy the world (ohhh and take pictures of it too :P

30/04/2013 - 1:01 pm

Krystal M. - I LOVE watching the grass turn green and flowers bloom. :)
Krystal – Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 1:04 pm

Laura G.Turcotte - Laura G. Turcotte
Morin Heights, QC, Canada

I love seeing the rebirth of flowers, trees, the rebirth of nature—everything seems soo alive!

30/04/2013 - 1:20 pm

Loraine - My favourite thing about Spring are a carpet of bluebells in the woods although they are a little late this year after a long cold winter xx Loraine from Broadstairs in England xx

30/04/2013 - 1:24 pm

Margherita - I love in spring the possibility of life, the smell of freshness! And i live Jade edition :)
Thanks for the chance!
Margherita
Venice, italy

30/04/2013 - 1:25 pm

Melanie Routhier - The best thing about Spring is a return of the sun and dusting off my flip flops!
Melanie from Vancouver BC Canada

30/04/2013 - 1:26 pm

Mia A. - Mia A.
Helsinki,
Finland.

My favorite spring thing is the lengthening of the days and increase of light! From midwinter’s 5 hours of daylight to 1st of May’s 16 hours of daylight.. On to Midsummer’s about 20 hours of daylight per day :-D

30/04/2013 - 1:27 pm

Bethany - One of my favorite things about spring is that my coat closet looks a lot less cluttered than it does in the winter :)
Thanks!
Bethany
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 1:35 pm

Paula - The thing I love most about spring is that subtle green haze, that first promise of better wetter, flowers and COLOR after the cold and grey months of winter.

Paula, Almere, Netherlands

30/04/2013 - 1:41 pm

Lisa Garnham - My favourite thing about Spring is ‘no coats’ :)

30/04/2013 - 1:43 pm

J. Meijn - I <3 the Jade Edition. Spring has always been my favorite season because I love the mild weather and the blossoms. Two words that describes Spring the best: promising and fresh.

J.Meijn
Purmerend
Netherlands

30/04/2013 - 1:52 pm

Catherine - My favorite thing about Spring is that the flowers are blooming, the days are getting longer and it is finally warming up!

Thanks for the chance to win!

Catherine
Victoria, BC
Canada

30/04/2013 - 1:52 pm

Michelle Mackie - I like Spring because my school is done and I get to chill out with my friends returning from college.
Michelle from Cranbrook Canada

30/04/2013 - 1:52 pm

Maria V. - I love the spring because on the wet west coast where I’m from, the sun comes out and stays for a while! So refreshing. Thank you!
Maria
Chilliwack, BC, Canada
jmverm@telus.net

30/04/2013 - 1:56 pm

Lisa - My favourite thing about spring is all the flowers starting to bloom and the grass and trees turning green :) But like you we are still trying to get ride of the snow :(
Lisa
Martensville SK
Canada

30/04/2013 - 2:06 pm

LisaN - My favorite thing for spring is to see the new buds on the trees and later small green “mouse ears” as we call them. :)

Lisa
Rälta
Sweden

30/04/2013 - 2:09 pm

Lisa N - Love the spring since it’s getting warmer outside and the trees starts to get green again.

Lisa
Rälta
Sweden

30/04/2013 - 2:12 pm

Kellie Handregan - My favourite thing about spring is the fresh air and sun!!! And packing the winter sweaters away! I would love to win the jade edition.
Kellie
Grand falls Windsor, NL

30/04/2013 - 2:23 pm

Tine Bergersen - I love that the sun feels warm again!!

Tine Bergersen
Lillehammer, Norway

30/04/2013 - 2:23 pm

Louise - my favourite thing about Spring is daffodils and the promise of Summer.

Louise
Co Laois
Ireland

30/04/2013 - 2:33 pm

Zuzy - I love being able to go for walks with my family and not worry about coats, boots, hats, mits, scarves etc.!
Zuzy
Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 2:41 pm

Alison - My favourite thing about spring is getting my garden going!
Alison
Vancouver, BC
Canada

30/04/2013 - 2:53 pm

Monika - Since there is a little spring around here i can take bicycle tours with my little one!!! <3
I would be so glad to win!!!
Monika, Emden, Germany

30/04/2013 - 2:58 pm

Naomi - Naomi.
Pola de Laviana (Asturias, Spain)
I love spring, especially since there’s also snow, and I want sun and warmth and flowers. :)

30/04/2013 - 3:02 pm

Sharon Gubby - I love Spring because each new sunlit dawn renews my sense of hope for a beautiful tomorrow x

30/04/2013 - 3:08 pm

Lori Eckardt - I love being able to open all the windows and let the fresh air in the house.
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 3:29 pm

Pat - My favorite thing about spring is the great view of our blossoming apple tree (today it started)
Pat, Saarbruecken, Germany

30/04/2013 - 3:39 pm

Rachel Z - I love running outside in spring! I also love the jade edition- I hope I win ;)
Rachel, Oslo, Norway

30/04/2013 - 3:39 pm

Tracey - The best thing about Spring has to be not having to bundled up in all the Winter gear anymore. And, to get out and walk without freezing!!!

Love Project Life! And would be beyond thrilled to win!! Thanks so much for the chance!!

Tracey
Oakville, ON
Canada

30/04/2013 - 3:42 pm

Em - Well, Spring has yet to really show itself in my part of the world but what I love best about it is the warm but not hot weather that allows me to wear my favorite pair of Jeans with one of my awesome Threadless t-shirts and my beloved ballerinas. No coats, no socks. Just awesome.

Em from Caen in France

30/04/2013 - 3:54 pm

Shannon - Shannon
Oakville, MB, Canada
My favourite thing about spring is feeling so much lighter and freer simply because I don’t have to put on the heavy boots, coat, scarf and mitts to go out the door!

30/04/2013 - 4:21 pm

Dare - Dare
Calgary Alberta
The fresh smell of spring rain

30/04/2013 - 4:26 pm

Stacey - Hello! My favourite thing about spring is the warmer weather and spending more time outdoors on our porch.

Stacey, Oakville ON Canada

30/04/2013 - 4:37 pm

Shelley P - I love it when snow melts and I see crocuses and daffodils blooming. I can’t wait for Spring!

Shelley P
Edmonton, AB
Canada

30/04/2013 - 5:12 pm

martha brown - My favourite thing about spring is when everything starts to turn green. It is JUST starting to happen here in Toronto! I’m hoping to go outside some day soon (this week? please?)and see that the world looks green.
~martha in toronto — CANADA!

30/04/2013 - 6:08 pm

Sheena P. - Spring Flowers!

Sheena P.
Sherwood Park, AB Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:09 pm

Margaret K - I love spring the warm and sunny days and flowers in my garden.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:26 pm

Joanne Burton - My favorite thing about Spring is the warm sunshine and the reawakening of nature – the birds, the gardens, the trees!
Joanne B. ~ Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:31 pm

Cheryl - Thanks for a chance to win!

Fawcett, Alberta, Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:33 pm

Debbie M - My favourite thing about spring is the warm weather and when the tree in my yard blooms with its pink flowers.
Debbie
Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:43 pm

Betty Lynne - I love the colors of green as the buds on the trees start to burst forth & brown grass turning green.
Betty Lynne
Calgary, AB, Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:54 pm

Nina Chow - I love the warmer weather.
Nina
Richmond Hill, ON Canada

30/04/2013 - 6:59 pm

Melissa - My favourite thing about spring is hearing happy birds chirping in the trees! Pretty blooming flowers are a close second. Thanks for the chance!

Melissa in Regina, SK Canada

30/04/2013 - 7:02 pm

Betty-Kay - My favourite thing is to see plants starting to push up through the soil.
Peterborough, ON, Canada

30/04/2013 - 7:17 pm

LaRee B - Spring is my favorite season! I love the fresh, early morning rains, fresh laundry hanging on the clothes line, the promise of new life (new calves, sheep, colts and the blossoming of crocuses and other spring flowers.) watching the newborns chasing each other in the fields. The green grass, the trees with their buds. The sunshine on the mountains, and the beautiful smell of evergreen, wood, and moss. The robins, and other birds bathing themselves in the puddles, and scavenging for earthworms on my lawn. :)

30/04/2013 - 7:37 pm

Sharon B - I love the warm weather and the flowers.
Sharon
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

30/04/2013 - 7:40 pm

Man Nga Liu - My favorite thing about spring is the warm weather, flowers and sunshine!
Qc,Canada

30/04/2013 - 7:44 pm

Julie Smith - I love getting out my bin of lovely sandals that have been in storage all winter!

30/04/2013 - 8:15 pm

Carmen Pauls Orthner - My favourite thing about spring is being able to get out of the house with my daughter and go to the park — a big thing for a 3-year-old. :)

30/04/2013 - 8:16 pm

Carmen Pauls Orthner - Doh — forgot to put my location — it’s La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

30/04/2013 - 8:25 pm

Lacey C. - More sunlight & warmer weather! :)
Lacey C.
St. John’s, NL
Canada

30/04/2013 - 9:52 pm

Betsy - Hey Ashley, I’m pretty sure you know my country, and my favorite thing about spring is opening my windows and going for non-windy walks.

30/04/2013 - 10:24 pm

Janell H. - The thing I love about spring is going barefoot in the grass. It snowed several inches in our yard again yesterday so I am feeling the need for spring too!!

Janell
Ardrossan, AB, Canada

30/04/2013 - 10:42 pm

Laura Hill - I love the smell of lilacs
Laura Hill
Canada

30/04/2013 - 11:55 pm

Juliane - Juliane – Zerbst – Germany

Spring is so flowerish. I love flowers. Tulips are my fav, because my dad loved them. Miss you Dad.

01/05/2013 - 12:23 am

sandra James - From the UK.

I love spring for its blue skies after the greyness of winter. Feels like it’s been a long one this year.

01/05/2013 - 1:50 am

Victoria Brandon - Thanks for this super opportunity to win,
Victoria, London, UK

01/05/2013 - 1:51 am

Victoria Brandon - oh, and my favourite thing about Spring are the brightly coloured tulips coming up in my garden.
Victoria, London, UK

01/05/2013 - 2:02 am

Katharina - Hello,

I would love to win the kit.
I am from Austria and I love that everything is growing. I love the smell of rain.

01/05/2013 - 2:46 am

Becky Brombley - The best thing about spring are the spring flowers and tree blossom, gives such hope for Summer. Thank you so much for this chance to win.
Becky, Southampton, Uk

01/05/2013 - 2:56 am

Jenny - The first day it feels warm and you automatically stand up straighter.
Jenny, Bristol, UK

01/05/2013 - 3:03 am

Katie - My favourite thing about spring is the return of sunshine! It gets so gloomy during the winter months.

Katie, Manchester, UK.

01/05/2013 - 3:57 am

enrica - I love Jade edition!
I love flowers blooming and lighter clothing ^_^
Hi from Enrica, Italy

01/05/2013 - 4:56 am

Valerie - Valerie
Ottawa, Canada

I love tulips! And they should be popping up soooooon!

01/05/2013 - 5:40 am

Lucy - Lucy
UK
Being outdoors in the sunshine is my favourite thing about Spring – along with the smell of freshly cut grass!

01/05/2013 - 7:22 am

Sally - My Fave thing about spring is warmer temps, they must be coming sometime soon!

Sally
Red Deer AB CANADA

01/05/2013 - 8:22 am

hannah - Spring fav = blossom
Hannah, UK

01/05/2013 - 8:27 am

Jo-Lee - Jo-Lee
Beaumont, ab, Canada
Favourite spring thing: when the snow FINALLY disappears and the tulip sprout appear.

01/05/2013 - 9:02 am

Pam Heggie - What a fun giveaway and fun to read all the exciting places the commenters are from! Hmm my favorite thing…The snow melting…if it ever actually melts.

01/05/2013 - 9:40 am

Laura Austin - Laura, from the UK

My favorite thing about the spring is when the evenings become lighter leaving more time for family fun – walks, cycle rides and evening meals outside :)

Thank you for the chance to win this fab giveaway.

01/05/2013 - 9:47 am

Lisa - My favorite thing about spring is looking at my magnolia tree blum!
Toronto, ON Canada
Lisa

01/05/2013 - 11:35 am

Alinor - cherry blossoms is my favorite springy even ever. nothing like pink flowers everywhere to make me happy!
Léa from Paris, France

01/05/2013 - 12:11 pm

Ruth - Ottawa, ON Canada

I love seeing the kids playing in the neighbourhood parks, and the sound of joy of them having so much fun!

01/05/2013 - 12:29 pm

Carlyann - Wow love the look of the colours in this kit!!! Thanks for the chance to win! My favourite thing about spring… I have a little furry friend who lives the other side of my garden in a woodland area he hibernates through the winter and in spring I keep nuts out ready for him and come home each morning from my night shift hoping to see him!! He appeared just last week with his big bushy tail!!! And it makes me smile seeing him.. Guessed what he is yet? Yep I have my own lil furry friend who is mr squirrel !!

Thanks again for the chance to win
Hugs carlyann from the UK x

01/05/2013 - 1:22 pm

Andrea - I like spring because i can go outside and make beautiful pictures of my children.
Andrea
‘s-Gravenpolder
Nederland

01/05/2013 - 1:30 pm

Raina Demers - Thank you for the chance to win.

Raina Demers
Timmins ON
Canada

01/05/2013 - 2:14 pm

Marissa - My favorite thing about spring – I feel so alive!
Marissa, Sweden

01/05/2013 - 2:26 pm

Nuria - My favourite thing about spring is the warm weather and seeing the streets and the parks full of people again after the long and cold winter.

Thanks for this great giveaway. I cross my fingers!!

Nuria
Torrejon, Madrid
Spain

01/05/2013 - 2:36 pm

Kezzia F - I love the spring and how there is so much new life at this time of year. Canada

01/05/2013 - 2:51 pm

Heli - My favorite thing about spring is the light and the warmth.
Heli R from Finland

01/05/2013 - 3:23 pm

Maria - Flowers! Maria, Germany

01/05/2013 - 3:36 pm

Eve - Love the leaves coming out on the trees!

Eve, Wexford, Ireland

01/05/2013 - 4:05 pm

Kirsten L Merrild - Hi I’m Kirsten Merrild from Rønne, Bornholm in Denmark – THank you so much for this opportunity :) My favorite thing about spring is that everything starts to live again, flowers, trees and bushes it reminds me of eternal life after death :)

01/05/2013 - 4:55 pm

nadine - Nadine
Canada
I love the rain….

01/05/2013 - 9:46 pm

Lindsey - I love the green grass!
Lindsey – Cananda

01/05/2013 - 11:07 pm

Olivia - I love the longer days. It’s so nice to come home when it’s still daylight :)

Olivia
Edinburgh, UK

01/05/2013 - 11:46 pm

Carrie - The best part of spring is seeing all the blossoming flowers on the trees around town. Hope I win! ;)
Carrie in ShPk, AB, Canada

02/05/2013 - 2:05 am

Vanessa - Hi, I’m Vanessa, I live in the UK (London) and my favorite thing about spring is listening to the birds start to chirp outside my window in the morning again!

02/05/2013 - 2:29 am

Aina - There is so much to love about spring. One of them are that we start hanging our clothes outside to dry after washing them. The smell of “outside” can not be bottled and is so wonderful!
Aina, Sweden

02/05/2013 - 3:12 am

Lindsay Fisher Dowker - I love getting back outside with my three little boys after being kept inside all winter. Hello spring!

02/05/2013 - 4:53 am

Susie - Calgary ab Canada love being outside at the park without our jackets on.

02/05/2013 - 6:36 am

Emma - I love the smell of spring!

Emma, England

02/05/2013 - 8:52 am

TaraMcK - Hi I’m Tara from Barrie, Ontario, Canada!

My favourite thing about spring is everything is fresh and new as all the leaves begin to pop out! All that colour!

02/05/2013 - 12:42 pm

Tamara - Tamara
Okotoks, Canada

My favorite thing about spring is seeing new buds on the trees. It always amazes me every year to see the bud open up and turn into beautiful leaves.

02/05/2013 - 1:39 pm

Kate W - My favourite things about spring is watching for new life in the yard and planning what to plant in the vegetable garden this year!

Kate W.
Edmonton
Canada

02/05/2013 - 3:00 pm

Elizabeth - Favourite thing about Spring is that it comes right before summer.
Elizabeth, Wexford, Ireland

02/05/2013 - 9:05 pm

Jinnee - I love seeing all the pops of colour everywhere in Spring.

Jinnee from Sherwood Park, AB, Canada

02/05/2013 - 11:01 pm

katelyn - Katelyn from Alberta Canada! I love riding horses in the spring and calving!

02/05/2013 - 11:54 pm

Barb Wagar - Hi from Vancouver Island BC Canada
I love spring because that’s when all the bulb flowers and spring flowering shrubs and cherry trees all come into bloom. The sweet smell of fresh cut grass or the clean air after a light rain. That’s what I love about spring.
b_whatever60@hotmail.com

03/05/2013 - 1:24 am

Heike - My favourite thing about spring is the smell of rain on the warm ground. Here spring has finally begun. Yay!

Heike
Hamburg/Germany

03/05/2013 - 3:33 am

Anja - Wearing flip-flops!!!
Anja, Messkirch, Germany

03/05/2013 - 5:52 am

Karen C - Karen C
West Lothian
Scotland
In Scotland spring is sometimes just a continuation of winter but I like to be able to take more photos outside in natural light.

PROJECT LIFE 2013 CT WEEK 10

04.17.13 Posted in: project life

Welcome to week 10!  I was so excited to incorporate a bit of the MIDNIGHT edition to this week. I still used my Seafoam edition just added a few new colors. I LOVE how well they go together. I chose to go with B&W photos for this one as most of the pics were pretty busy and I love how simple it looks this way. When you have littles around they often tend to copy the things you say and I have been noticing this a lot lately. Porter started saying, “In this house we…don’t say that, eat our veggies, etc.” and I know I say that a lot so I decided to make a little card to insert into my PL layout.
This week I only added a few chipboard letters, one strip of washi tape and a button. I am loving the cards just as they are. SO CUTE!! 

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17/04/2013 - 6:37 pm

Betsy Atwood - I love the black & white photos. You’re so good at putting everything together!

19/04/2013 - 9:40 pm

Carrie - These layouts are awesome! I really need to start printing more pictures in B&W they look great!

20/04/2013 - 12:58 pm

libbywilko - Interesting to see all b&w pages, thanks for sharing them. I love Liz’s designs (Midnight( too.

PROJECT LIFE 2013 CT WEEK 9

04.07.13 Posted in: project life

Here is my week 9 layout and it is a very SIMPLE layout. I again had a hard time trying to cut down the photos for this week so I just used them all. I am still using the Seafoam Edition and this layout was my quickest one yet. I only added a piece of lace with the flowers, a few chipboard letters and made a tiny banner for the journalling card. I love the simplicity of Project Life.

Someone asked me the other day why I don’t journal very much and I realized I have never added that often I will journal more and include it after the layout has been posted. I tuck them in behind photos, write on blank cards in the layout and I also have other pages that I do not post. I love sharing ideas and getting ideas from others but there are still parts of my life that I want to keep private. Nothing crazy- just small things that are personal to me. I appreciate all of your kind comments and love hearing your PL tips and stories so thank you for sharing. It is so fun to find new blogs to check out, especially those with Project Life inspiration!

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10/04/2013 - 12:49 am

Donna M - I love the simplicity of your PL. In fact simplicity is my OLW and I’ve been striving to achieve that in mine. Your photos are stunning.

12/04/2013 - 9:57 pm

libbywilko - I can totally understand you adding journaling later for privacy, you share so much already.

Mini Album {Recipe Book}

04.03.13 Posted in: project life

I love to bake, I love to cook and I love spending time with my boys! I have so many recipe books in my cupboard but a few of my favourites are …

-The one my Mom gave me when I went away to college. Our family recipes from growing up

-The one Tom’s Grandma gave me filled with her family recipes

- Barefoot Contessa books by Ina Garten. I love them ALL!

-Our Best Bites

-Family reunion cook book from the summer

I am always adding notes in the margins of my recipe books and updating them as I find tips and tricks that make the recipes even better. Growing up I enjoyed looking through my Mom’s recipe box and seeing her handwriting and my Grandma’s handwriting on the cards. Something about it just reminded me so much of them and fun times we had baking together.

When I saw Becky Higgin’s mini albums I knew I wanted to make a recipe book with all my favourite recipes and a few pics of food and family!   How awesome is it that the Project Life cards can be typed, handwritten or both!

I love how darling the olive edition cards look and have wanted to use them for a while! Having 2 boys I tend to make my family project life a bit less feminine but I figured I can make my recipe book as pink and flowery as I want!! These albums are on sale until APRIL 5th, 2013! Go check them out here on Becky’s blog.

They are darling and I am so excited to use them for birthdays, trips and so much more!!

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04/04/2013 - 6:39 am

libbywilko - Love it :-)

04/04/2013 - 11:20 am

natasha - Love it Ashley!!

05/04/2013 - 1:51 pm

Laura Jane - I wasn’t very tempted by the mini albums until I saw this! Such a fantastic idea. How did you print on the cards? Did you have the digital version or did you print on the actual card?

05/04/2013 - 2:05 pm

ashley - Hi Laura,
I actually have typed on both actual and digital cards. With the actual cards I use a very simple method. I type the recipe in photoshop in a 4X6 or 3X4 blank file. Next I print it in a fast draft (to use less ink) on my printer on a regular sheet of paper to see exactly where it is going to print. Then I adhere my journalling card to the paper on top of where it printed with a small piece of double sided tape and run it through the printer again! Hope this helps

05/04/2013 - 4:11 pm

Laura Jane - That sounds like a great method! I might give it a try.

08/04/2013 - 9:59 pm

Betsy Atwood - This recipe book is DARLING! I need to get all of my favorite recipes together in one book…. one of these days!

30/04/2013 - 9:19 am

Leanne Butler - Love this idea – I am addicted to cupcake making and making fancy ones – great idea to put in a mini album (I keep all the recipes and photos) great inspiration! Leanne

PROJECT LIFE 2013 CT WEEK 8

03.25.13 Posted in: project life

Week 8 was exciting as it was Grayden’s third birthday! Usually I LOVE decorating for birthdays and go all out with banners, hanging streamers, balloons and a fun party theme. However, this year we are simplifying our lives. Since we had company we decided to spend the Saturday sledding in Waterton and roast hotdogs and marshmallows as those are Gray’s fave foods right now and we never have them!! I used those pics for last weeks layout and since his birthday was on the Sunday I decided to write about his birthday the next week. We opened presents when we got home from Church on his actual birthday. He was so excited to get a new bike and couldn’t wait to ride it around! Then we got packed up and headed down to the lake for the next few days to continue the birthday celebrations as Tom had time off school. I included a yearly questionnaire of things about Gray. His answers are written word for word and still make me smile! I asked him what his favorite thing about him was and he replied, “because I’m awesome!!” I also included an 8X10 insert with pictures of him. My first thought was to have a large photo on each side but I couldnt’ choose just one so he got all 3!  The photo above shows the 8X10 on top of the right side of the layout.

Here is the full layout with the 8X10 flipped over to the other side. This is one of my favorite pics of Gray taken in the fall. For the winter vacation card, I used one from the digital files of Sea foam and typed my journalling in a text box on top of the card. I love how it matches the rest of the cards but is just a little bit different!  It would also work to type your journalling on the card, round the corners and adhere it onto the seafoam card to achieve the same look.

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26/03/2013 - 11:31 am

Jen S - Great layout! Adorable faces! :)

26/03/2013 - 8:29 pm

Momma C - Great pages and I especially love the wood grain background!

01/04/2013 - 9:16 pm

Betsy Atwood - So cute Ashley, I can’t believe that Gray is 3! His new bike was big news around here…. All three of my boys told me about it!

PROJECT LIFE 2013 CT WEEK 7

03.11.13 Posted in: project life

Here are my week 7 layouts. I have noticed lately that I take an outrageous amount of photos. Between my camera and my iphone I snap a lot of pics!  Thank heavens I do my instagram collages so I don’t have to worry about editing and incorporating those too! I load my photos from my 5d as often as I can and sort through for the first time just to remove the for sure NOs. Usually each month I edit only the very best shots or the shots that mean something to me out of what is left and leave the rest in an unedited file stored on my external hard drive. That way I don’t feel like I am deleting moments in case I want them later and no- I am not a photo hoarder, just sentimental right:)

Here is the first page and the right side of the insert.

This month I was sifting through photos trying to decide which ones made the cut for the PL album when I came to our day trip to Waterton for Gray’s birthday.  There were over a hundred photos and I loved almost all of them! ok- well a lot of them! I chose a few and started on the layout. I found  myself constantly swapping photos for other ones and the whole layout looked way to busy. So I added an insert. This allowed me to add the rest of my FAVORITE photos from the day and not feel bad about the ones that didn’t make the cut!


I have been wanting to do an all black and white layout for a while and thought these were the perfect photos to do it with. There were so many that the simplicity of the 2 colors calmed it down a bit. Here is the other side of the insert and the right side page.  I also used both sides of the recorded and stripe cards. This saved me two journaling cards and I loved both sides so I was thrilled not to have to choose between the two!
The only thing I added to the cards were sticker letters and washi tape! I love how simple and easy Project Life can be!!  I know I need to be a bit more picky in choosing my photos or my pages are going to take up 3 albums!!  I would love to know how you choose which photos you use and which ones don’t make the cut. Please leave a comment below if you want to share your method!!
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11/03/2013 - 7:03 pm

Scott Bennett - I’m so happy to see Brenda and I made the cut… though a little sad to see that a single shot of the perfect marshmallows didn’t. Just kidding. Love it!!!

11/03/2013 - 8:59 pm

J3SS1C4 - This looks awesome with so many photos and the simple black and white elements to set it off! It looks like you guys had such a fun snow day!

12/03/2013 - 4:10 pm

Petra - These look super. Really love the big title acrodd the centre so very cool and effective. Also really like the way you have stuck to the simple B&W cards etc. Really well done.
Petra

12/03/2013 - 11:22 pm

Jewel - Wow Ashley…you’ve been BUSY!! Fun to see all your amazing photos! All darling!

24/03/2013 - 10:14 pm

Kinsey - I am the worst at narrowing down photos. Every week has an insert or two. love this :)