From the monthly archives: February 2011
Finally has arrived my beautiful project life. So i was pondering on how i was going to go about setting this thing up and i figured i am going to go with the flow with it. I am going to add my photos as i take them not everyday 365 because sometimes i just don’t take photos daily, but by per month basis i will be loading photos in this album as i go along, as well as add all my additional seperate layouts i have made throughout the year per month. I will just put these in 12×12 page protectors and add them in the album so by the end of the year i have all my photos and layouts in one album for that year and so on. I want all my albums to match so i am going to purchase the We Are Memory Keepers leather photo albums to have them all look the same. The only albums that won’t match my yearly albums will be my random vacation/special events albums that i want to have in a seperate place altogether.
You know, while i was putting this album together i was thinking how easy it is, i was kind of skeptical about it before but now that i put my own together, i realize that this project life kit is just what i need. I honestly do not scrapbook everyday, although i love too, mind you i don’t have any kids, but i am always going out doing things so this kit is great in the sense that i can scrapbook my year as i take photos etc. and whenever i am in one of my little moods to create projects or create a layout in general i can just add those layouts in this album also. This is honestly one of the best systems ever and i really love it so far. Here is what i have done so far. I like the whole not having to do a daily photo, it helps me feel like i can finish this album one step at a time and include the important pictures i want to include as i go along and not having to feel like i HAVE to have one photo a day, and i just won’t feel guilty if i forgot a photo. This is how it’s coming along:
What a great night with friends, we went out for Canito’s Birthday and had a great time ….. The photos say it all.
Been in a funk lately, i guess little things here and there throwing me off guard but I’m getting back on track. I’ve been a little sick so that has been annoying me, that and the fact that i am dieting hardcore again. When am i not. But this time I’m determined because i just gained too much weight this past few months. I have been going out to eat too much and i guess the whole not caring about portion control has threw me off badly. I stand on the scale one day and almost started bawling in tears of how disappointed i was in myself. There is just no excuse! All that weight loss from the past all gone to waste and gained back. Grrrrr!
So, on to the better news ….. I have finally fixed up my work area and now i have even more room to do projects. I’ve been meaning to do this but just didn’t have the energy and wasn’t sure i was gonna be able to bring it all over from iKea in my car, but me and my mother managed. I got the Vika Amon table top and the Vika Alex Drawers to store most of my supplies. I liked everything tucked away not too much clutter. So this is the before …..
Then the after. I love it. It feels so much more spacious and i fixed a couple things around in the room which i’ll update later. It hurt my back though i had to carry the drawers myself up the stairs and those boxes are 61lbs each, i have zero upper body strength and then put it together. But i love it.
I went out to eat with my lovie (before starting to diet). I was taking a picture of him and something creepy happened, check out the eyes. I guess he blinked in low light and well, that happened.
We went out for Andy’s Birthday to a Brazilian Buffet called Green Field that their specialty is meat. They literally come to your table with meat on a pole and carve it off for you but to me all the meat tasted the same or was too medium rare/rare and ….. ehhhhh not so great in my opinion. But spending it with Andy was fun, we haven’t gone out to dinner in a long time and it was nice to see him enjoy his Birthday 
. Pictures are blurry but its capturing the moment that matters to me.
Ever go to Sephora or any makeup counter and get a little skeptical about buying certain items cause you’re not sure if they live up to what they say? Or are you the type who LOVES makeup and Beauty products and wants to try the latest good thing out there. Well Birchbox is exactly what you will like. I’ve started Birchbox 3 month back and love it! It’s $10.00 a month and you will get a cute little box (which i can alter later for projects lol) with a about 4-5 product samples inside. These samples are from your top makeup brands like NARS, Stila, etc. and they aren’t your everyday small samples, these are generous amount samples.
Once you try out your samples and you like them you can purchase the full size product on the birchbox website. Every product you review, you get 10 loyalty points and after 100 loyalty points you get $10.00 to put towards a purchase on the site or you can use it as a credit for your next monthly sunscription. This is a subscription so you have to send an email if you want to cancel at any time. But i think this is a better way to test out top brand cosmetics and beauty products at the price of buying a McDonalds meal (well atleast out here in NYC)!
