These photos were some of my favorites from week 15 that I didn't have space for in my Project Life album so created a traditional layout that I will insert in that week. All the photos were printed as 4x4. I love Instagram photos.
Welcome to The Daily X! My name is Kelly Xenos and this is my online home for sharing my life and creations. I am married to Chris Xenos, a.k.a. Mr. X, and we both have a passion for making stuff and cheese pizza. I hope to use this space to share my love for scrapbooking, to share our photos, display our homemade creations, and to record our stories and everyday adventures.
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I'm loving all the new scrapbooking products out right now. Some of my favorites from Studio Calico and Hambly haven't been released yet, but this is what I will be purchasing shortly:
6x6 paper pads. I've recently fallen in love with paper pads since it's pretty rare that I use an entire 12x12 piece of patterned paper. This is a great way to have the entire collection and it's easier to store.
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Letter stickers. One can never have enough letter stickers.
Stickers. The map fabric strip from Studio Calico is killer! Would love to use that on a mini book.
Tape. Especially the yellow chevron!
A Day In The Life
Last week I played along with Ali Edwards and documented a day in my life. I took photos throughout the day and jotted notes on a plain piece of card stock. Today I put it all together and added it to my Project Life album.
Here is a look at the front of the layout in my album. I took all the photos and created a collage in Picasa and printed it on a 8.5x11 piece of photo paper. There was one photo I didn't really like at the bottom so I cut it out and added a piece of patterned paper with a title.
The back is the piece of card stock that I kept notes on throughout the day. I tried to keep it simple and take note of times and thoughts without making it overly complicated.
I love doing layouts like this. Such a great way to scrapbook your life!
10 on 10
Today I'm playing along with Shimelle and her 10 things on the 10th of the month. Since she always puts together the most amazing recap of the new products featured at CHA, I thought I would put together a list of the 10 things I cannot wait to get my hands on. There are really like 135 things I can't wait to get my hands on, but if I had to narrow it down to 10, this is it...
1. Jenni Bowlin Hodge Podge Stickers
2. Studio Calico Star Map Stickers
3. Studio Calico Tiny Veneer Stars
4. Studio Calico Veneer Cameras
5. Viewmaster Paper From Echo Park's Note To Self Collection
6. Memory File Products From Heidi Swapp
7. Index Journaling Cards From lilybee's Double Dutch Collection
8. Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Roller Date Stamp
Scrapbooking With Instagram Photos
I had a few extra Instagram photos leftover from our trip to Chicago last weekend after I used what I needed for Project Life. This is the first page I've made with these smaller photos and I love the look of them. I actually like using multiple photos on a layout so these work out perfectly.
2011 Collage Layout
I love scrapbooking photo collages.
I was thinking of doing a layout for the last page of my 2011 Project Life album and I decided to collage some of my favorite photos from the year. I used Picasa to create the collage. The page is 12x12 and the photo collage was printed at 8x10. If you haven't tried Picasa it's super easy and you can create a photo collage in seconds.
Weekend Scrapbooking
It's been awhile since I've spent an entire Sunday scrapbooking, in my pajamas, in front of the TV. Looooove it!
Also love 6x12 layouts. Definately will be adding this to the first week of my Project Life album when I find my stash of 6x12 page protectors.
This one is 8.5x11 and includes a favorite new product from Ormolu - the negative US tag. I think those are so cool.
December Daily: Day 23, 24 & 25
The final 3 days of my December Daily album! Feels good to be done.
I know the music paper is upside down but I needed to change day 22 so it ended up like this. It does look kind of goofy but I'm okay with it.
The photo for day 24 is super blurrrrrrrry but I could not get my camera to work and it just added to the silliness of the evening so after a few photos I stopped trying.
For the very last page I wanted to include a list of favorites from Christmas eve and Christmas day. There were so many funny things I wanted to remember and creating a list always works for me.
And that's it. Up on the shelf she goes and I look forward to doing it all over again next year!
December Daily: Day 20, 21 & 22
For day 20 I used my phone to take photos of our tree using different filters. I kinda love the out of focus look.
December Daily: Day 17, 18 & 19
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Mr. X and I had so much fun the past two days and feel very blessed for such an amazing family.
Back to December Daily....I'm planning on finishing up my last three days today.
Here is my favorite page of the album so far. Day 17. I woke up to snow and took a photo peeking out our front door. Love how the photo has the black space for the snowflakes.
December Daily: Day 14, 15 & 16
Merry Christmas Eve! I have been keeping up with my December Daily album but I have not been keeping up with my posts here. Lots of relaxing going on the past few days in preparation for the running around that begins tonight and most of the day tomorrow. Here is a look at days 14, 15 and 16:
Inside the envelope is a little note I wrote about what we've been doing and other stuff about our year.
December Daily: Day 11, 12 & 13
Have you seen this? The Portable North Pole. I did one for Mr. X and it was pretty funny. I took a photo of the computer while he was watching it.
And on the back I added the email I received from Santa. For day 12 I used photos I took with my phone.
Here is the back of day 12 and the front of day 13...
LOVE the pocket. Inside is a photo I printed from my phone and added a story to the back.
December Daily: Day 7, 8, 9 & 10
It is definitely starting to feel like Christmas around here. The weather is in the upper 20's/lower 30's, our tree is up and the house is decorated. We attended my work holiday party and I went to see the Nutcracker over the weekend. Holiday traditions that are always fun.
I decided not to add any journaling to day 8 and just have photos of some decorations around our house.
For day 10, I simply punched holes in the program and added it to the album.
December Daily: Day 4, 5 & 6
Oh the joys of documenting the holiday season! I have loved rummaging through my stash and finding Christmas stickers and green and white baker's twine. Here is a look at the past three days...
December Daily: Day 3
For day 3 I did a one page layout with a photo and some words. I spent the day with a friend and I simply documented what we did and included a photo from the day. Simple, simple.
