Project Life on a Shoestring ... 3

Welcome to the third instalment of Project Life on a Shoestring. In this post I've concentrated on the embellishment of your photos & memories plus using ephemera in your documenting.

Basically it's time to "shop your stash" I can guarantee that you probably have loads of bits & pieces you could use to embellish with. My one top recommendation is to stick with flatish bits so as to not get your album too bulky.  Rather than just list I'll show you pics of them from my albums.

Alpha stickers - in different colours & sizes.

Paperclips
Used Stamps

Washi tape
Washi tape
Wood veneer shapes










Buttons
Brads
Diecuts

Chipboard shapes

Gems

Stickers

Word stickers

Stamping

Combining all of the above

...ribbons, punched shapes, sewing...

Anything goes with Project Life. I don't worry too much about the colours as my life isn't colour co ordinated therefore neither are my pages & it still works as it's really all about the memories you are recording. Get rooting through your stash for PL supplies :)

Ephemera

It's great to incorporate some of this in too it adds an element of real life to what you document & is particularly good for helping to document with out a photo.

Business cards from cafes, restaurants...

Clothing tags

Cinema tickets & programme booklet pictures
Packaging - this was off the front of our Xmas crackers!

Receipts, menus, napkins,magazine/newspaper cuttings, maps... plus any bits & pieces

 that catch your eye for good titles ( this

 was from my Graze Box) or this shooting 

 target which would normally lie at the bottom

 of a draw!

I tend to collect the ephemera during the month & tuck it in a 12x12 page protector in my album so it is all on hand when I make up my months pages. I don't worry about it all not being acid free TBH.

I hope this post was of some help & I'll talk about storage of supplies next time.x.

You can find my previous posts on this subject here & Here x
Apologies for spacing in this post - blogger not playing today!!

Story Telling Sunday- My Valentine

Here we are again, sharing our Precious on Story Telling Sunday devised by the lovely Sian over at High in the Sky.

Today I wanted to share with you a story dear to my heart. Every year on Valentines Day I always receive at least 1 card.

That doesn't seem especially unusual I hear you say, particularly as I've been with my husband for 24 years, but I can't remember a year I didn't get a valentines card. It's not because I'm pretty or popular or anything. It's because I'm loved by a man whose very special to me - my Dad.

Every year he has sent me a card. I remember when I was aged about 11 or 12 going to school on the school bus with a card in my bag that had arrived in the post that morning to show my friends with a grin on my face. In those days I didn't know who the sender was, that came later.

As I got older I knew who they were coming from & I started to return the favour. In 1993, the year I got married I didn't send him one assuming they would stop but they didn't & they continue to this day.

For various reasons I don't have all the old cards but thats ok as I can remember some of the wonderful things he wrote. Long may they continue x

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Scrapology inspiration

Over on the Scrapology blog you will find loads of inspiration including a sketch to get you scrapping.

Here is my interpretation. 

Just Me, using a photo my dear friend Annie took of me in 2011.

The team also included "peeking elements" in their work to add to the overall look of the pages with great effect.

Do you remember these Prima papers ? I've been having a sort out of my craft stuff & came across these from 2009!!It's like having new stash when I rediscover old & forgotten purchases. Luckily I'm not a paper snob, worried about using only the latest releases & I loved putting them to good use for the Scrapology sketch. In fact I find it easier to cut in to older papers & enjoyed making these roses with the left overs.

Pop on over to see all the wonderful creations by the other DT Ladies x