catch-up.

Hello my BBFFs (blog BFFs). Here is a long awaited by some, post with my daily december album pages for the last few days. I have in fact been completing the pages, it is the photographing and uploading that I have been having the problem with. Well here they are, dedicated to my devoted followers (haha).

Patterned Fabric Paper: Love, Elsie; Ribbon: Chatterbox; Trim: Making Memories

Cardstock: Martha Stewart; December Overlay: Ali Edwards; Number Sticker: Chatterbox; Epoxy Sticker: Love, Elsie; Photobooth Frame: Katie Pertiet for Designer Digitals

Rub Ons: Making Memories; Tree and Holly Sticker: unsure

Letter Stamps: Autumn Leaves; Epoxy Stickers: Love, Elsie; Photo Corners: Making Memories; Patterned Paper: Provo Craft; Cardstock: Martha Stewart

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (green and red)

There is the last few days of catch up for this album. I am still really enjoying the process but trying to find the balance between making things and studying for finals is the problem. I will have up the next few days when I find some time. Thanks for looking.

xoxo Jer

Ps This could possibly be my new favorite Christmas album (for this week anyway.) Followed closely by this one and this classic. If you want some good/inspiring Christmas music definitely check these out.

December Daily: day one and two

I'm only three days in and I am loving the process of it. I'm having a hard time getting into the routine of having my camera with me and documenting each day, but it will come. So far, I'm doing much better than last year (last year I attempted this project and failed miserably - after day 4 or something). This year I have my album put together ahead of time which makes the project so much easier to do day-to-day.
Here are my pages for December 1st and 2nd.

(patterned paper: basic grey; scalloped tag: martha stewart; number stickers: heidi swapp; photo overlay: ali edwards)

(chipboard: maya road; number sticker: chatterbox)

Tomorrow I will post day three for December third.

xoxo Jer

Hello December.

Hi. Where on earth, has November gone? If anyone can tell me that would be awesome because I definitely missed out on it. In the beginning of November I had full intentions of doing a daily December album inspired by Ali Edwards. I started one last year but it failed miserably. This year would be different, I planned on putting it all together ahead of time however before I knew it, it was November 30, and I hadn't yet put it together.

So I've spent the last couple of days putting together an album so that I could make a daily december album. Here is what I came up with. Some of the pages right now are blank cards designated for a single photo, but these will start look better as I add words and photos from each day. If anyone has any question about products used you can leave a comment and I will let you know what it is. A lot of it is Basic Grey and Love Elsie, but if you have any specific questions for sure just leave a comment and I will let you know.

I may add a page for the 26th because I have a second Christmas on that day with my Dad's side of the family, I am just not sure yet.

I am very excited about the whole process behind this, of documenting each day, essentially this is an extended version of Ali's other signature project the week in the life project, which I didn't get a chance to participate in. Tomorrow I will post a share with the completed pages for December 1 and 2. And then each subsequent day I will post for the page I completed the day before. I will try to be a good blogger and keep up with the whole process.

Happy December everyone!!

xoxo Jer

My Oh My. . .

Where does the time go? I honestly cannot believe that it is already the end of November. Seriously, it seems like I just started this school year last week and I'm already almost done first semester. Exams start in a week in a half and I am having the hardest time figuring out where the time has gone. Anyways, moving on.

I am seriously loving Elsie's class. I have been so inspired by the projects and the creative energy of all of the other people in the class. You should really take a look at the Flickr group where everyone is posting their work. So so inspiring. What are you waiting for? Check it out. In regards to the flying time I haven't had a lot of opportunities to have a really good craft session and tackle some of these projects, but I did have time to rediscover my love of Perler beads. Seriously these are so much fun to play with and I haven't for a really, really long time. It was so fun to sit down one night and play around with them. This is the little cutie that I came up with that night.
Seriously, how fun is that? I think I over ironed it but meh, I love love love it. I got some supplies to make some of the other projects from the class so far so I'm hoping to find some time to tackle them this week.
Also, I was searching around flickr and found this layout by Katie (whose Flickr page is actually now here) and i was so inspired by it I created my whole How To post over at The Everyday Scrapper about it. Go over and check it out. This is the layout I made for the post.

Even after a week, it is still up on my bulletin board. I don't feel like its finished, it feels like there is something missing, but i'm not sure what. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
This is what I have been up to but I am now going to head off to bed. I have class tomorrow and then I am going out for lunch with some friends from my class.

xoxo Jer

Lovelies.

Hi.

So it has been a while but I don't really feel like I have a ton of things to say. School is busy, but good busy. As if I would opt to take an extra class when I already have a full course load, but who could pass this opportunity up? Not me. 5 projects a week for 6 weeks put on by this sweet girl? I had to be a part of it.

I have literally been entranced by her work ever since I first saw her layout in the fresh face section of CK back in October 2005. Everything she does is super inspired and in turn is even more inspiring. I love Elsie the scrapbooker, Elsie the photographer, Elsie the designer, and most recently Elsie the painter. Here is a little ode to this huge influence behind my personal creative journey.

You can see all of these and more on her Flickr page, it is always good for some inspirational eye candy.

The first week of her class was so amazing, I haven't gotten down to making anything from it yet but I can't wait to get started on some of the projects. I can only imagine that it gets better from here on in, which is hard to imagine since the first week was great. This girl's ideas are no short of genious, and she is truly gifted.

I am off to bed. Class tomorrow at 10 with a long day ending at 5.

xoxo Jer

What's in my bag?

So I saw this fun idea on Elsie's blog and thought it would be a fun way to document a little detail of my life right now. I have never done one before and it was really fun.

Here's my list:

-pathology textbook

-pathology notebook (can you tell I had an exam this morning?)

-pens galore!!!

-1 fruity gum

-1 minty gum

-cell phone

-iPod (could not live without it)

-keys

-day planner

-dinosaur notebook

-contact solution

-chapstick x2

-3 pairs of sunglasses

fun :)

Also, a couple of weeks ago, I did my first real shoot when I took some new family portraits for my family. They were really patient and were ok that I was adjusting things every other picture and I think we ended up with some really good shots. I only just got to editing them the other day due to my crazy hectic school schedule, but I wanted to share some of my favorites.

In celebration of the end of mid-terms a few friends are coming over to hangout tonight and I have a sink full of dishes, and haven't eaten yet. So I must go take care of those. Have a good rest of your weekend.

xoxo Jer

Ps. I have no idea why the one paragraph is smaller than the others, but I can't fix it so it is going to have to stay that way. boo!

Thankfulness.

So I am busy living the busy life of a university student and am finding that I seem to have less and less time for myself. This is especially true as midterms are imminent (aka start monday). But amidst all the busyness of academia I have just had (nearly a week ago) the most amazing thanksgiving weekend ever.

Number one, I love fall and fall is out in full swing here. The leaves are turning, the sun is hot in the day, the breeze is cool, the temperature is perfect for jeans and a jacket and a scarf but the sun is still shining, and the nights are cold and perfect for sleeping. The weather this weekend was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined and I was reminded constantly of why fall is my favorite season.
My family is amazing. On Saturday I was having dinner with my family and I had a smile on my face the whole time. I love them and whenever we get together I am always reminded of this but in between our gatherings I seem to lose sight of how much of a blessing they truly are. Me and my cousins (and even my uncle) had so much fun go-karting around in the afternoon sun. It was an awesome time. I have a lot of favorite pictures from the day but this is definitely one of them.


If the weekend wasn't good enough I come back to school and I am reminded today of how amazing my friends are here when I sign onto facebook today this is what I find. (view it larger)

So I am off to bed for the night, but I have a smile on my face. Class tomorrow and then a weekend full of studying for midterms next week should be fun. But I have these little things to keep me going :)

xoxo Jer

Ps. I shot some new family pictures of my immediate family this weekend. It was my first time taking "charge" of a shoot and I think (cross my fingers) the final results turned out well. I haven't even had a chance to look at them and edit them let alone upload any of them to the internet so when I do get a chance to do that I will be sure to share.

Pps. Also I have posted my How To column over at The Everyday Scrapper for two weeks now so go on over and check it out.