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PL 2013 |weeks 4 & 5|

My Grams was here two weekends ago, so instead of sitting in my awesome craftroom that Saturday and Sunday morning to Project Life, I enjoyed life with Grams and her breakfasts and early morning mimosas. :)

I didn't freak out, I just knew I was going to put two weeks in one a la today's PL post...

...and they're mostly pic-heavy spreads with minimal journalling and embellishments.  The whole left side is the Sunday my sister, Elisa, and I went to the oh so fun Brooklyn Flea market.  I also included the 3 instagramed shots of the karaoke that followed.

That cute bar code stamp can be found HERE.

I included some shots from my sister's 24th birthday.

...and that cow portrait:

It's hanging up in my classroom, and I look at it CONSTANTLY and think It's the only one in this room that understands me.  I absolutely adore it.

The whole right side is shots from my Grams 80th birthday bash.  Lots of fun.  She had a ball.

The backside of it was all the singing and dancing done, and below is the song I sung to her with the lyrics changed.  It was a big hit.

Finally, to kick start February, I included some last-week-o' January highlights and my currentlies stamp:

...and a sequins heart to finish it off.

Thanks for viewing!

xOxO,

 

 

 

 

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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PL 2013 |opening pages| & |week 1|

It's bold. It's graphic. It's exactly how I want to approach this brand new year.

For the above title page, I printed my 2013 ball stamp on white cardstock from PSE.  I also made a quick 3x4 insert to highlight my one little word for the year, and finished with a sequins heart...

...that you see on the other side of the PL page.  I did this a few times in the first few pages of my 2013 album.  I like the 'other side of the looking glass' effect it has.

Me, with my iPhone in hand.
I used this photo because it's pretty much how my Project Life album gets filled.

Intro page: tons more glitter, a shot of me on New Year's Eve, and some fun embelishments.

I love these Rock, Paper, Scissors clips that I found at my local mall's Madewell shop.

I included them because it reminds me not to take any decisions I might make too seriously, because life's half chance anyway.

One of my New Year's Stamps that didn't make the final cut, but I still adore it.

Above is the spread for |week 1| of 2013. Typing that feels so weird.  Seems like yesterday I was posting about my first week from last year.

My cute DIY one little word frame project made its way into an insert or two.

Get your own New Year's Res rockin' stamp HERE.

I also managed to use my tiny little 2013 bar code stamp.  It's the cutest boop ever. Really.
You can purchase one from my STAMP SHOP.

I made a middle insert of the happenings of January 1st.  Read about some of it here.

The back are just some IGed shots of the week.

The right side includes an awesome quote (equipped with typo) I stubbled upon on a facebook page:

...a visual representation of how solo I feel entering this new year.  "ADMIT ONE" please.

...my sweet guy gazing at me on a Friay night, and some pretty paper:

...my Saturday evening, watching Away We Go.  I love this movie to the end and the death of me:

Finally, part of the first week of January 2013's spread is the notion I fell asleep with Saturday night and woke up with Sunday morning.  Something hit me like a lightning strike the first week of January, and I'm wondering if I should make a move on it.  It was incredibly unexpected, but seems awesome.  ...and heck!  My resolution for this month is to MAKE JANUARY AWESOME INSTEAD OF NOT AWESOME...

I guess I've already answered my own question. ;)

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To state the obvious: I love Project Life.

This will be my second year with the project, and
this year I plan to make it better than I ever thought I could when I started it last year.

Won't you follow along?

May you have a blessed conclusion to 2013's first weekend!

I'll catch you here tomorrow, lovies!

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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my New Year's Stamps are in the shop!

Go get 'em while they're hot, ya'll!

Also remember the 29th is the last day to get the PAPER ISSUES special 'Buy 2, Get 1 Free' on all my stamps -- NOT INCLUDING -- my New Year's stamps.  Details for that special offer are as follows:

1. Visit the STAMP SHOP to peruse the sweet selection.

2. If you're interested in purchasing, and want the above offer to apply, send me an e-mail [amandaroseblog@yahoo.com] telling me which stamps you would like
*in the subject line of the email please write PAPERISSUES

3. I will follow up with an e-mail and a Paypal invoice applying the discount.

4. Once I receive payment on the invoice, I will happily ship your items.

PLEASE NOTE:
For the offer to apply, all transactions must be done through e-mail.
If you attempt to purchase the stamps with the 'Add to Cart' button on
the STAMP SHOP's website, the offer won't apply.

Offer does not apply to the New Year's stamps.

Offer valid until Saturday, 12-29-12.

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Happy almost 2013!

I've got PAPER ISSUES, and they've got me.

The lovely ladies at PAPER ISSUES have got a hold of my stamps,
and boy did they do wonders wth them:

Take a closer look at the art above by visiting the blogs of: Judean, Missy, Kellie, and Aimee.

Oh. Em. G.

Until December 29th, PAPER ISSUES will be hosting a giveaway of some of my stamps.

See the PAPER ISSUES post HERE for details on how to win.

Also, HERE is the PAPER ISSUES shop and follow PAPER ISSUES on facebook HERE.

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However, lover duckies,
if you can't wait until 12/29 to see if you've won,
you have the next 2 weeks to take advantage of a

BUY 2 STAMPS, GET 1 FREE

offer at my shop.

Details are as follows:

1. Visit the STAMP SHOP to peruse the sweet selection.

2. If you're interested in purchasing, and want the above offer to apply, send me an e-mail 
    [ amandaroseblog@yahoo.com ] telling me which stamps you would like.
    *put PAPERISSUES in the subject line

3.  I will follow up with an e-mail and a Paypal invoice applying the discount.

4. Once I receive payment on the invoice, I will happily ship your items.

PLEASE NOTE:
For the offer to apply, all transactions must be done through e-mail.
If you attempt to purchase the stamps with the 'Add to Cart' button on
the STAMP SHOP's website, the offer won't apply. 

Offer is valid until Saturday, 12/29/12.

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Thank you, as always, for visiting.

I am very excited about this collaboration,
and I hope I'll be shipping loads of stamps!

Yippee!

UPDATE (again) on my New Year's Stamps

Yes, I originally started with eight designs for the New Year's edition of my stamp-a-roonies, then shrunk the number down to seven designs after believing a week ago that I had finally figured out how to get them from my head, to the correct PSE format and dpi, to the website for a clear and successful upload, to a pretty sweet wood-mounted rubber stamp. Uhhh...I've done all that before.

However, it did not work.  Whatevs.

Not wanting to give up, as it is #1 on my December Manifesto list, I worked on the designs more this morning. The only three I'm comfortable listing are the three you see above.  So sorry, for those of you interested in any of the others.  I'll have a whole year to refine and perfect them for next New Year's. ;)

Anyway, the very limited quantity of these New Year's Stamp of mine will be available in the next couple of weeks.  When I get them in, they'll be in my STAMP SHOP the very next day...I'll let you know.

In other not-completely-unrelated-news...TOMORROW at noon Paper Issues is conducting a BLOG HOP where scrappy ladies will display work they've created using my stamps, and a giveaway of some of my stamps will be taking place.

Come back tomorrow for more details!

See ya then.

**Must also note: what happened yesterday morning in Connecticut is just sad, sad, sad.
Thinking of the victims this morning and the rest of this year.
There are no words, just tears.

December Daily | Dec2 to Dec8 |

Unexpectedly, on Sunday, December 2nd, I got a new iPhone 5.  My sister lost her iPhone the Friday before in a cab or something, and because I was the only one due for an upgrade, she took my old phone, and I got a new phone. Heeeeyyyyy!

I expected Christina Perri's "Something 'Bout December" to go here, but this song was my carol last week.

I couldn't add anything else to the below spread. Quiet and wishing.

our glitter circles...

#2 on my December Manifesto shown below

It was inspired by elise's recent PL recording of #mileaday

get your own selfie stamp here

That little guy was meant for this Secret Santa page. What's he up to?

Finally, my 'Gifts To Buy' page is just a place to jot down the presents I still need to buy, wrap, and get under the tree.

Thanks for visiting!

Stay tuned for more!

Link to yours in the comments.  I want to see!

UPDATE on my New Year's Stamps

Howdy, and hello, readers and peepers!

I know it's been over a month since I first posted about these stamps coming to my STAMP SHOP, but literally -- that's how long the process has been taking. I got a batch that were imperfect, had to figure out why, made several other copies of my designs, sent them to the company, waited for a response, was told what to do, did it, still didn't work, tried this, did that...haa haa!

Bottom line: I think I got it right just yesterday (crossing my fingers)...and hopefully, I'll be placing the order for the bunch by tonight, and by this time next week or so, they'll be in my shop...just in time for a December 16th Blog Hop with Paper Issues.

Yes!  You read that right!  A Blog Hop -- featuring my stamp-a-roos -- starting on December 16th, and going for two sweet weeks.  There's a chance to win some stamps from my shop, and it should be an awesome time!

If you have a particular liking to any of the stamps above, TAKE THE POLL in the middle >> column and let me know which is your favorite!

You can also let me know in the comments or in an e-mail to amandaroseblog@yahoo.com as I am going to be ordering a very limited quantity to list in my shop.

 That's all I have to tell you for now. :)  

I hope everyone who's December Daily-ing is having as much fun with it as me.  

 

Happy almost-Friday!

my STAMP SHOP does *New Years 2013*

There's nothing like saying "Hi, November" by talking about the end of December! Haa haa!

But I am, and I have to ...because I am more than excited to show you my *New Years* stamp collection. 

I designed them with my December Daily in mind because for me, it's going to start on Thanksgiving, and end on New Year's Day.  That means I'm recording my New Years.
I felt I had enough awesome Christmas stamps to play with, but next to NONE when it came to New Year's.

I have these eight coming to me this week, and when I try 'em out, I'll let you know how it goes.

I plan to list a very limited quanity in my shop in the upcoming weeks, so...if you're interested in any of them, e-mail me at amandaroseblog@yahoo.com, letting me know which ones.

Okay, ya'll! Thanks for visiting!

I'm so ready for Novemmy-ember.

P.S. -- Yes, that is a 2013 Bar Code stamp.  It might be my favorite. ;)
           My mom and sister weren't crazy about it. What do you think?

P.P.S. -- New month, new ABOUT image. :P

|week 38| my *Project Life* album

At this point in this project, it has sooo become mine.  I own my pages, and I know this PL medium.

It's great. Tons of fun.  My HOB-to-the-BE. ;)

left side:

The outer edges are instagrams from the week...shots of new add-ons from my classroom, kitty love x 2, and me and D's ROSH HASHhaircut:

^ i  love that 'september' sticker 

the right side:

The right side are just some randoms from the week: my nine kiddies (they're too funny), my bitty - the career girl (started her new official internship this week), an outfit post shot, facetimes, new fall shoes, and us girls...accompanied by pops of red.

(I've been a bit red-obsessed since it turned Fall.)

^ 'forever yummy' is on my nails right now

*get your own [ shoe shot ] stamp HERE.

Awww...us girls at the races + some heart washi.

*Get your own bestie. stamp HERE.

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For more of my past Project Life spreads, go HERE.

For more on Project Life itself, go HERE.

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Have a happy weekend, all!

Currently...

...everyone and their mothers are curious about 'My Currentlies' STAMP:

If you've been a seasoned reader or peeper of this blog here, then you must know that at the end of every month, I stamp this stamp on a 6x4 Project Life card insert and fill out what 'my currentlies' are upon entering into a new month.

Since its debut on this blog back in March (see that post HERE), many people -- including my own cousin, who wants to stamp this sucker every month and have her young son fill it out -- have asked about it or showed interest.

Here's the thing, though...

It's a pretty big stamp.
It's also wood-mounted.

Both of those things alone makes it pretty pricey.  I invested in it because I knew I'd use it at least once a month, and being the life-documenter I am, the contents of the stamp gets me pretty jazzed up.

However, the prospects of selling this stamp is a bit different.  I would need to know exactly how many people were interested. I don't want to have too much supply if there's not enough demand.

I'm also looking into how to manufacture unmounted stamps because that would make this sucker a lot cheaper, I imagine.  I'll keep you all updated as I become more educated on the stamp-making matter.

So that's really that. This post's purpose was to acknowledge everybody interest in 'My Currentlies' stamp, and thank you for the constant positive feedback about my already-released stamps.  I'd love to hear about any ideas for stamps you have or wish existed, as I hope to design more in the near future.

As for the rest of this post, here are some Project Life inserts made with 'My Currentlies' stamp:

I now open the comments up to you, readers and peepers.  I encourage you to comment enthusiastically if you would be interested in buying one of these in the future from my wittle bitty STAMP SHOP.

I'll see what I can make happen, but for now, no plans to list it.

Have a happy!