Love Shack Studio

Pinterest Inspiration: Baby Photo Cube

With Spring all around us, a new grand-baby and Easter this coming Sunday, I was inspired to create a special gift for my mother in honor of her first Great Grand Son.

On Pinterest, I've created a board that is dedicated to all things Baby ;}  To which I recently pinned this lovely Photo Cubeinspiration.  I knew that I had a couple of these paper mache cubes hanging around somewhere just waiting for the right time and photos to be applied.  Since my mom doesn't have a computer...or even a smart phone...to check out my blog post from last week with the photos of Sebastian at ten-days old, it was a no-brainer that these photos were just perfect for this photo cube project.

One Little Word 2012 {February} Photo Journaling

Our assignment for the month of February in Ali Edwards One Little Word on-line class with Big Picture Scrapbooking was all about "cultivating an awareness of our words in the world by looking through the lens of our cameras"  {Ali says it best ;}

Since I'm already taking loads of photos for my Project Life Album, making the effort to take photos of images that represented "JOY" to me, really just added a new level of consciousness to how I took photos.  This month I have a two page spread {almost three :} for my One Little Word Album. 

Project Life {Week 9}: New Table in the studio

Wow...hard to believe that it is the middle of March already!  Of course the fact that we spent the first ten days on vacation in Charleston, SC really made the time fly by.  Why is it that when you go on vacation the time really seems to zoom by...so fast that you can't even remember what you did!  That's why I love taking photos and working on my Project Life album so much this year.  It has encouraged me to take a ton of photos and to print them.  I was already in the habit of taking photos for my blog.  But let's be honest...who really wants to scroll through pages of blog posts to find your favorite photos?   Don't get me wrong...I appreciate how blogging has helped me keep track of our memories with all of the journaling I've completed.   However...my family would rather read less and look more...they really like looking at all the pretty pictures with quick captions and less...blah...blah...blah!  As they tell me ;}

Before we left on vacation I had set up a new table in my living room (formerly the library ;) that is now dedicated to my scrapbooking my Project Life album this year.

This year I have been taking a bunch of painting classes and it basically requires that I have my painting supplies out on my studio desk full time.  Which meant that I was constantly picking up my supplies and rearranging my desk to make room for my Project Life album and always being nervous that I was going to get paint on my album or photos...not a good thang!  So on any given day...you'll find me scooting my office chair back and forth from my painting desk to my scrapbooking desk ;}

Project Life {Week 8}: February's Canvas Create

This week I was able to finish my assignment for Canvas Create for February which means that I have a 12"x12" page to incorporate into my {Week 8} of Project Life 2012.   Which means that I only have one regular, sectioned page protector to hold my photos for the week.  Which, worked out okay since I realized that when I went to pull my pages together that I really did not take a lot of photos this week.  That was because I was busy working on my art projects and catching up on two-weeks of Project Life!  So I'm sharing it all with you here on my blog and with all the other Project Lifers as I link up my post with Project Life Tuesday hosted by Jessica of The Mom Creative.

First up on the right-hand side is my Canvas Create project that I've placed inside of a 12"x12" page protector.  The assignment incorporated a heart for the month of February and loads of texture...you can read all about the details here in this blog post.

In the Studio: Canvas Create Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week in the studio I was finishing up my monthly assignment for February's Canvas Create which was to included a heart and loads of texture for your multi-media canvas.   The products that I choose were white, pink, and yellow acrylic paints along with some turquoise ink and copper metallic paint for accents.

Project Life {Week 6} & {Week 7} in the studio

This week in the studioI kept my head down and got all caught up on my Project Life Album...woo hoo!  I may be a few days late for Project Life Tuesday...but my motto has always been..."better late than never" and "better done than perfect!

 

First up is a photo of the two-page spread for {Week 6}:

Blooming Canvases In the Studio this Sneak Peek Friday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow another crazy week in the studio...and I've got canvases blooming all over the place to prove it here at the Love Shack to share with you for sneak peek friday.  Currently I am enrolled in TWO art courses: first there is Flora's Bloom True: the e-course and second is Donna's Canvas Create monthly video series.  I had the bright idea that...while I was working on one project and....ahem...patiently waiting for it to dry...then I could just pull out the next project and move right along ;}  I am  driven by the limited space that I have here and that while I have my paints out, then it only behooves me to work on multiple projects.  Lord knows that I hate to even think about trying to pull out and work on my photo albums while I'm trying to paint...not a good idea at all!

Project Life {Week 5} Afternoon Delight...Skyrockets in Flight!

The weather has been a BIG part of LIFE these past few weeks because it has been so un-seasonably wild and warm for Winter...even for North Carolina.  During {Week 5} of Project Life 2012 it was like spring...or even summer for some parts of the world...with temperatures in the high 70's mid-week.  Talk about hearing one hit wonders...Skyrockets in Flight...afternoon delight!  {now you are going to be hearing this song in your head...playing over and over again ;}  So without further irritation...today I'm sharing my completed, two-page spread with you here on my blog and then I am linking my post up with Project Life Tuesday hosted by Jessica of The Mom Creative.

 

Valentine's Sneak Peek Friday: Snowman Kits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'M LOVIN' IT this Friday as I give you all a sneak peek at the Snowman Kits that I put together this week in the studio for Valentine's Day for my family  Oh yeah...shhhh...remember it's a surprise!

Project Life 2012 {Week 4} Wild Weather

The weather was all over the place during {Week 4} of Project Life 2012.  Sunday we had rain all afternoon with mild temperatures so it made for a very relaxing day home with hubby.  Then on Monday the sun came out and it warmed everything up...so much so that the golfers were out all over the course getting their golf fix ;}  Then bam...we got hit with BIG storms on Friday with huge black clouds...so much so that I found myself running out in the street to catch some shots and shared it in a blog post.  The winds were blowing as well and they blew the clouds right outta here and it was clear, Carolina Blue Sky's by early afternoon...crazy I tell ya!  

Today I'm sharing my completed, two-and-a-half page spread with you here on my blog and then linking my post up with Project Life Tuesday hosted by Jessica of The Mom Creative  blog.  I am still a week behind in completing my PL weeks and every week I tell myself that I'm going to "catch-up this week"...and low and behold...life keeps happening and the time just simply gets away from me.  Oh well...it is what it is and I'm not going to get discouraged because then I'll start dreading it and giving up all together. 

Still finding that I'm taking a TON of photos and that I let my photos do most of the story telling and that I don't feel the need to tag every photo or decorate every slot with some sort of ephemera...simple is best for me!  Besides...I have all I can do to sort and edit and figure out which photos I do want to include...lol  Then I go crazy trying to take photos of the completed pages and to find ways to cut down on the glare from the page protectors...you know the drill!