Fall

I'm currently:

• trying green smoothies for the first time. Yup, spinach. Maybe kale. I got a NutriBullet at Walmart. I'm going to try the 30 day smoothie challenge over Simple Green Smoothies. It's free, so you should totally do it with me.   Got any recipes you want to share?

• figuring out my approach to decluttering... have you read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? I want to KonMari my entire house. Joe can't wait, haha. I'll start with clothes. I want to GET REAL about what I'm wearing, what I don't like, and clean out that closet. I've pared down purses over the years but still have work to do there. I'm pretty sure there are 2-3 I kept that I haven't carried since the last purge. 

• using my Get to Work book to you know, plan my week. It's amazing how writing out my work schedule, appointments, current projects, and reminders helps keep me on track. I make notes when I have something coming up (like a coworkers birthday) and I need to bring something (cheese tray). Magic.

• awaiting the arrival of a passport sized Traveler's Notebook (got it on Etsy) to keep up with all the little lists and notebooks I have going on. I've recently fell in love with small moleskin size books and hope they will work in this TN. I have a little notebook for smoothie recipes, essential oils/combos that I'm trying, and plans for a couple more.

• ready to get caught up on Project Life. I've been a month or two behind all year, which is fine... but I have a couple of other projects I want to do and being caught up on PL will allow me to focus on other things. I've printed July's pictures. It always makes it easier for me when I have the pictures printed.

• listening to daily drone updates/lessons from Joe. He got a drone for his birthday and is having fun learning to fly it. It is pretty neat to see the pictures over our house and of the sunrise.

• watching for signs of fall. The temperatures are starting to get a bit cooler. A few leaves have started turning yellow, but no real reds yet. I think it's going to be a few more weeks.

How is fall looking for you right now?

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Myrtle Beach Project Life

We recently took our first camping trip to a beach. We had a great time! I thought Heidi Swapp's project Life kit was perfect for the beach so I used it for the whole layout. 

Full spread:

Left side: our drive to the beach, the first view we had of the ocean, my fun new tablecloth, and our camper.

Right side: me with a century plant, Joe doing the laundry, obligatory beach selfie, and the sign my mom made us.

The front of the insert has some journaling and pictures from our days at the beach.

The back of the insert has some food pictures and journaling.

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June Project Life

I did a 2-page spread for the month of June and created a second spread for our Myrtle Beach trip (I'll share it next week). I mixed and matched past Studio Calico kits with cards from my stash. Surprisingly, the 5th & Frolic core kit matched pretty well with some of my newer items.

Full spread:

Left side: Father's Day, a natural cosmetics workshop, Sally, Jurassic World, and doughnuts!

I love these chipboard circles from a past Studio Calico club.

I used these big alphas throughout the spread.

Right side: my karma yoga projects, books I read this month, the deer that kept visiting our backyard.

Found this chipboard circle in an Ali Edwards Story kit.

Here I used the same alphas in a different color.

I'm slowly but surely catching up with my Project Life. Very glad I decided to do monthly this year... and I'm hoping to include a 12x12 layout next month.

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26 Books - August

So August was a slow month for reading... it ebbs and flows.

1. A book you own but haven't read

2 - a book that was made into a movie

3 - a book you pick solely because of the cover

4 - a book your friend loves

5 - a book published this year

6 - a book by an author you've never read before

7 - a book by an author you love

8 - a book at the bottom of your "to be read" pile

9 - a book with a color in the title

10 - a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit

11 - a book you started but never finished

12 - a book with a lion, a witch, or a wardrobe

13 - a book with a female heroine

14 - a book set in the summer

15 - a book of poems

16 - a book you learned about because of this challenge

17 - a book that will make you smarter

18 - a book with a blue cover

19 - a book you were supposed to read in school. But didn't.

20 - a book "Everyone" has read but you

21 - a book with a great first line

22 - a book with pictures

23 - a book from the library

24 - a book you loved... read it again!

25 - a book that is more than 10 years old

26 - a book based on a true story

I started a book by Gretchen Rubin called Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of our Everyday Lives and am counting it towards #8 (a book at the bottom of your "to be read" pile). It's been on my list for a few months and I thought I would get started on it. It's interesting to see what Motivation Type you are and it helps you understand why you do things the way you do. I got a little bored about halfway into the book and shelved it for now. I'm sure I'll pick it up again.

The next book I read was Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. I totally judged this book by its cover (#3) and it turned out well - this book was awesome!! It's a quick read and I couldn't put it down. It's about a post-apocalyptic world (part of the reason I like shows like the Walking Dead... but there's no zombies in this one haha).

What's on your reading list for fall?

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Yoga Project Life

I finished yoga teacher training a couple weekends ago! I used graduation as an excuse to make a Project Life mini album :) I included a page about each student, a thank you section for our teachers, and short recaps of most of the subjects we covered. I made do with the pictures my teachers posted on Facebook. I mixed a bunch of Project life kits (High Five, Blush, Kiwi, etc). Today I'm showing you a few of the pages and cards I made for this book!

Here's the cover page. Next, I wrote a short letter to our teachers and listed all of our names.

I got my fellow students involved and made little kits for them. They each filled out a bio card, talked about their favorite topic/class we covered, added a little art piece/doodle/whatever, and a thank you note for the end. Here's how my page turned out (don't mind the glare): 

We definitely formed our own little tribe during this training. Love these people!!

I included a page about what our days looked like (generally speaking of course). I used an Ali Edwards stamp for the "weekend routine" and the days of the week are already printed on the Blush cards.

I stacked up all of our books and used a fun PL card from Ali Edwards' First Story Kit.

I'm so glad I bought these Melody Ross stickers on clearance a long time ago... they have really come in handy!!

I'm not sharing most of the pictures I put in the book due to privacy... but I made cards for many subjects we covered in class. This page has cards to represent Sun Salutations, Moon Salutations, a book called The Yoga Sutras, and a type of yoga called yoga nidra.

We explored Karma Yoga by doing selfless acts of service. We really made a difference in our communities and helped ourselves in the process!

We tried many types of yoga, including Paddleboard Yoga.

I used an app called Word Swag to make a card about the 8 limbs of yoga.

And enamel dots were the perfect size to make a card representing the 7 chakras.

Are you into yoga?

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Doodling

Blog friends, I miss you. I have lots of thing I want to do and share, but time has been short lately. I'll have more free time in the next couple weeks though!

I'm loving the little doodles in scrapbook products here lately. I really fell in love when I saw a mini flair collaboration between Elise at Feed Your Craft and Brandi Kincaid (Elise has just a few mini flair sets left in her Etsy shop by the way!). When I saw a class by Brandi over at Big Picture Classes I couldn't wait to try it out, even though I don't have experience with doodling much.

I started out by copying Brandi's mugs and flowers. I had never thought about breaking an object down into components this way... it makes doodling seem doable!!

Next, I tried faces. Again, so much easier than I expected.

I took it a step further and tried to draw some things related to my day as a pharmacist. Some of the pill markings are actual pills we have at my store, haha! I tried drawing a counting tray, syringe, liquid bottle, beaker, dosing cup, my white jacket, and the computer.

Lastly, I drew stuff related to going to sleep. I have pajamas, an alarm clock, a Kindle, a fun star studded pillowcase (I need to find one like that), fuzzy slippers, a beauty mask, and a glass of water.

Have you tried doodling?

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26 Books - July

I have a reading update today... So far I've just been reading whatever I want and then fitting it into one of the criteria. I'm starting to think I might have to make more intentional purposes to get all the criteria!

1. A book you own but haven't read

2 - a book that was made into a movie

3 - a book you pick solely because of the cover

4 - a book your friend loves

5 - a book published this year

6 - a book by an author you've never read before

7 - a book by an author you love

8 - a book at the bottom of your "to be read" pile

9 - a book with a color in the title

10 - a book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit

11 - a book you started but never finished

12 - a book with a lion, a witch, or a wardrobe

13 - a book with a female heroine

14 - a book set in the summer

15 - a book of poems

16 - a book you learned about because of this challenge

17 - a book that will make you smarter

18 - a book with a blue cover

19 - a book you were supposed to read in school. But didn't.

20 - a book "Everyone" has read but you

21 - a book with a great first line

22 - a book with pictures

23 - a book from the library

24 - a book you loved... read it again!

25 - a book that is more than 10 years old

26 - a book based on a true story

I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and I'm using it for book #12 (a book with a lion, a witch, or a wardrobe). This book is about organizing and it definitely talks about organizing your wardrobe! ;) I loved the book. Some people think it's a little kooky with the thanking items and setting them free... and I'm definitely not going to thank every piece of Tupperware or anything... but thanking your item for being of service to you and then letting it go actually gives you relief! And maybe permission.

The second book I am reading is going to count for #15 (a book of poems). I'm reading the Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation by Stephen Mitchell for yoga teacher training. It's actually one big long poem, but it works for me.

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