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Lisa Stein

paper crafter, crochet addict, book reader, golden retriever lover, vegan

Small Scale Challenge at A Blog Named Hero

It’s time for our next challenge at A Blog Named Hero. I used my Clearly Besotted stamps to make these fantastic gold stripes, all the rage right now. I’m nothing if not trendy. Seriously, I’m NOT trendy. ;o)
The challenge is to do something on a small scale, so I made this little flat card 3″ x 4″, it would be perfect for Project Life. I think I will probably put a hole in the corner and make a hang tag out of it for one of the many baby blankets I crochet for friends. I’ll write the care instructions on the back. I think it will be a very cute way of including that information.
Here’s a tip:
Since the large stripe is a bit flexible I wanted to make sure I got it aligned properly on my acrylic block. I just rested it along the bottom edge of my paper trimmer and then picked it up with my block. Easy peasy! And straight, most importantly. 

Please join us in the challenge, it’s so much fun to see your creations. As always, our awesome sponsor Simon Says Stamp will provide a generous gift certificate to the winner!

Are you using Photo Stream?

The other day I was helping a friend with her iPhone and importing photos to her computer.. I saw “Photo Stream” on her iPhone and had a very vague idea of what it was all about.

Well, tonight I was pondering how I might get my husband (Hi, Robert!) involved in our my upcoming Project Life journey. I was thinking it would be pretty neat if I could get him to contribute to the stash of things I’d like to include in Project Life. You know, receipts, cool collectibles, etc. Most importantly, photos.

Then I came across a reference to this amazing post by Lisa Truesdell. She mentions using iCloud to sync her photos wirelessly from her iPhone to her computer. SIGN ME UP!

A big reason why this will work for us is that my husband and I share an iTunes account, so now all of our photos will sync to one folder on our computer, and I can just pull from there for Project Life.

It’s very easy to set up. You just have to turn it on on each of your iOS devices, and then download a control panel, if your computer is a PC rather than a MAC.

There is even a way to manually upload photos, if you need to do so. The standard is that it just starts to work with the next picture you take, after setting it up on your phones/computers. The great thing about that is that we’re very close to January 1st, when I plan to start my Project Life.

I am very excited that I learned about this, it will make Project Life even easier. I can’t wait to get started!

Project Life

I’ve decided to jump in and do Project Life starting in 2012. I’ve loved seeing other bloggers post about their Project Life albums over the past few years, but never felt that it was for me. It’s just myself, my husband, and our dog, and I have always felt a little bit like I have “nothing to scrapbook”.

I was wrong. I have a life, and I intend to document it in Project Life, starting in just a few days. I am very excited about it. A great friend of mine gifted me the Clementine core kit, and the page protectors that I will need to get started. I haven’t decided on an album yet, but I’ve got a while before that’s really necessary.  I’m thinking I’ll go with an American Crafts modern 3-ring binder. Those appeal to me the most.

Here’s a picture of the core kit, love the packaging, the design, and just the fact that it’s here in my happy little hands! I’ve already made my first and last page, since the kit comes with pieces designed for that. I’m sure I’ll embellish and/or edit them as soon as January rolls around, but so far they are just perfect.

I’ve added the badge to my sidebar, which for some reason, makes me pretty darn happy.

In case I don’t check in before the weekend is over, I wish you all a very Happy Holiday season.