The Red Wren

Project Life–Week 10

I had a lot of photos to squeeze in this week. Next week I’m going to try to do something different with 3×4’s as I find if I have too many of them my layout looks more like a disorganised photo album than what is essentially a photo journal. I might try simply adding some white space around them. I put a lot of journaling on the insert to try add some white space. Still using my own handwriting and plan to continue. The splattery cards are mine. You can download my digital ones on ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life–Week 9

The first of March is always a happy day for me because we say ‘Farewell Summer’. I decided to celebrate that occasion by making my own title card to welcome Autumn. I know Summer lovers don’t like Autumn because it marks the beginning of shorter days, cooler weather, and ultimately Winter, but ...

Life and Outings, Memory Keeping

Project Life–Week 8

Did you notice I gave my blog a makeover a few weeks back? I have a confession… I don’t love it. In fact, the more I look at it, the less ‘me’ it becomes. I think it’s partly the formal looking black and white photo of me, and partly the white space. Don’t get me wrong, I love white space, but ...

Freebies, Memory Keeping

Free Watercolour Printable Journal Cards

Late last year I vowed that I would post a freebie a week this year. That was a bit ambitious really given the amount of time it takes to put freebies together. Creating the cards themselves isn’t the problem, it’s the preview files, the pdf’s, the zips etc that takes time.. or maybe it just ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life Week 7

This week was always going to be a bit of a challenge. I had my gallbladder out on Valentine’s Day which foiled any notions of going out to dinner, taking lots of photos, and using the Love theme kit this week. I didn’t have a lot of photos to work with, but added in some quote cards, and ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life Week 6

This week I revisited my first core kit; Honey. I used it the week I started PL, then once I started doing more digitally I no longer loved it, or even really liked it, so I sold two thirds of it off and wondered if I’d even use the rest. Enter week 6. I needed something with strong colours to ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life Week 5

This weeks photos had a distinct homely feel to them, so I pulled out 5th and Frolic again. I love how different this week and the previous week look, even though they’ve used the same kit. Goes to show how versatile it is really. I didn’t have a lot of photos this week, or a lot of photos ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life Week 4

This week I finally got to give 5th and Frolic a test run. It worked perfectly with the beachy colours and the old fashioned ticket style cards worked well with the various train themes going on this week. This is the only week of the ones I’ve just caught up on where I’ve used a digital ...

Memory Keeping

Project Life Week 3

This week was a really hot week and most of my photos are focussed on how hot it was. When looking for some cards to use I settled on the oranges of Kaisercraft’s Favourite Things. It’s not quite as bright as it’s turned out in the photos. My photos are a bit dark and photoshop’s auto ...