color combos galore: sweet indulgence

happy friday everyone!

so excited to post the next challenge for color combos galore.  

i have to admit that i was a little stumped when i saw the color choices for this week's challenge.  if you follow along with me, you probably know that my style is a little muted and that i love some white.  the  rusty orange had me miffed.

after starring at the challenge for a few days, i went through my stash and pulled out some corresponding papers.

i also decided that i wanted to focus on inspiration #2: frames.  i cut a few Polaroid frames with my silhouette and then found some pictures to use for the layout.  i ended up ditching one of the two pictures because it felt a little overwhelming to me (remember...i'm a simple girl).  the other frame i added some journaling.

here's my take on the challenge...

I took my inspiration from photo #2: product (frames); with a little inspiration from photo #3 for the gold circles and script text on the tags.

i hope you'll pop on over to color combos galore and check out the challenge and other DT inspiration for this week!  it's a fun one!

have a happy weekend everyone!

little black dress kit club design team - march reveal

it's reveal day over at little black dress kit club today.

i had so much fun playing with the kit this month! especially since it was my very first design team kit!

lots of beautiful dear lizzy, glitz design and studio calico.  i loved both sides of the 12x12 papers, but the beautiful blues, grays and creamy browns caught my eye right off the bat!!  i loved mixing them all together to create some soft, but beautiful combinations.

the a chance for luck kit has oodles of wooden veneers, ribbons and buttons.  i loved finding new ways to use the veneers and buttons!

here are my layouts for this month:

i also managed to create a little mini book from a family beach trip last year.  the glitz design color me happy paper is so awesome!  I knew it would be perfect for a mini book cover!  i'll be sharing more of the mini a little later!

be sure to head on over to the blog to check out reveal and the awesome inspiration from the other design team members

love this...

this paper from elle's studio just might be my favorite. ever.

i love how pretty and clean the stripes are.  and how delicate it looks against a white piece of paper.

i decided to use a black & white photo and some pops of pink, yellow and blue to make those stripes stand out a little bit more.

and i adore this photo of my two.

they rarely stop, but when they do....it's oh.so.sweet.

xoxo

project life: week 9

hello week 9.

this was a really simple week for us....

nothing new, really.  just photos and words.

i actually went a little light on the journaling this week.

but it works for me. 

and it tells our story.

here is the whole week.

loving the little pockets from studio calico.  and that awesome striped paper from elle's studio (maybe my favorite ever).  and these cut files from ali edwards.

and here are close ups of the left and right side...

yesterday on the blog i shared my favorite iPhone apps and how i use them for project life.  you can check it out here....

linking up at the mom creative today.

thanks so much for stopping by!

xoxo

photo apps perfect for project life...

today i thought i would share some of my favorite iPhone photo apps that are absolutely perfect for project life.

i take the majority of my photos with my iPhone mostly because i always have it close by....  it's easy to tote around when we're out and about and the photo quality is actually really good.  i also find myself using a lot of the iPhone apps to make my flow of project life easier.

here are my top 4 apps...which i think are perfect for project life!!

my #1...

pic.tap.go

$1.99

this app is just. plain. awesome.  it is an amazing photo editing program developed my the designers of rad lab (which is a great plug in for photoshop and photoshop elements).  i use rad lab all the time in photoshop so i was stoked to find this little gem in the app store.  it is so super easy to use and is definitely worth the $1.99 price tag.

this app offers many different "recipes" to lighten photos, improve contrast, change to black & white, add filters, etc....

totally worth having!

here's an example of the "lights on" option

and here's an example of "lights on" and "simple b&w"

my #2....

over

$1.99

this app is awesome and is perfect for adding text to your photos prior to printing out.  it's so user friendly and has some pretty awesome fonts.

after you add your text, you can change the color, resize and move it around to fit your picture.  so perfect for project life (and instagram)!!

below are two examples.....

my #3...

afterglow

$0.99

i definitely recommend the previous two first, but his one is a fun one if you like to play around with photos.  it has a variety of uses......filters, enhancing photos, black & white, etc...  but i really love it because it allows you to place your pictures into shapes.  and the pictures look great in a project life album.

here are two examples of the shapes...

my #4...

collect

free

this is a great app for keeping track of photos and events.  it's basically a calendar that lets you upload a photo to each day of the month.  i have my app set to send me a daily reminder to upload my photo and it's perfect for trying to "remember" what happened on monday that sunday when i'm putting my album together.

here's what my january calendar looked like....

there you have it.  my favorites. 

i love my iPhone and i love project life.  and i love how the iPhone has made project life that much easier for me.  

hope these help you!!  let me know if you have any questions!!

xoxo