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Mother's Day 5.11.14

Last week's Mother's Day was beautiful. My sister and I woke up early, signed our cards, and put mom's presents on display. We got her a bunch of stuff from a beauty supply store, a Chia herb garden, and some new planters.  We spent the morning outside in the backyard.  I fed squirrels; I observed  a snail.  It was so warm that I changed into one of my only strapless shirts.  Nothing short of a miracle. ♥ Mom started planting her herbs.  She put flowers from work in one of her new planters.  Her and I took a trip to Home Depot to look for impatients - her favorite flowers.  I stopped in a shop next to Home Depot and found some sweet midi sundresses for $4 each. I bought four.  I took the cats back outside in the evening, and had a no fuss dinner of leftovers.

That was it: calm and warm.  This year there's nothing else I could've asked for. I just wanted to record it.

30 Days of Lists // 24. to 30.

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Here's the final installment of my 30 Days of Lists for March 2013!
See Lists 1. & 2. here, Lists 3. to 9. here, Lists 10. to 16. here, and Lists 17. to 23. here.

This little listing project has moved me from February >> to >> April // winter >> to >> spring and I couldn't be more grateful.  

From the moment I established my own appraoch to making the lists, the only thing left was content and creativity.

First, I would check the prompt on the list.  If I could think up some good jottings, I'd go with it, but a handful of times, I wrote a list from my own made-up prompt.

Next, I'd save the digital 6x6 creation on my #30Lists folder, where I could pull them up to print, or edit, or whatever.  When I was ready to print, I'd either pull and old picture that went along with the list or take a quick new photo.  I'd mount it on a corresponding color mount on Photoshop Elements, add a caption, and print.

Then, I'd hole punch, add the washi tape (my favorite part) and take it outside in the bright sun to photograph:

The album got so chubby.  It's really cute.  Memories to last forever.

Again, a big 'thank you' to Kam and Amy for their courage, creativity, and innovation in starting 30 Days of Lists.  I loved this little listing project and and sad to see it go.  

However, I'll definitely be back in September with the next round.

See ya later, lovers!

30 Days of Lists // 17. to 23.

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Here's the fourth installment of my 30 Days of Lists!
See Lists 1. & 2. here, Lists 3. to 9. here, and Lists 10. to 16. here.

With this installment, I put my own little spin on the lists.
For Lists 17., 20., 22., and 23. I created my own prompt, instead of listing from the given prompts. There's no particular reason for this except that in the moment, I wanted to list about the titles you see above.

Honestly I just wanted to make it through this week.  Did you see List 23.? The list for today?!?!

I'm SO excited for all those things!
I couldn't wait all week to arrive at this Saturday and live that list!

Spring Break is upon us, NYC teachers! Woo hoo!

♥ ♥ ♥

There's one more recap of lists next Saturday, but if you want to catch them daily, you could follow me on instagram: @amanda_r0se or join the Flickr group.

Have a happy weekend!
Thanks for visiting!

30 Days of Lists // 10. to 16.

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Here's the third installment of my 30 Days of Lists!
See the first one here, and the second here.

...and it's already halfway over!  
This fun little listing project has me cruising through this month, day by day...and we're already half through.

I post my week's recap of lists every Saturday, but if you want to catch them daily, you could follow me on instagram: @amanda_r0se or join the Flickr group.

Have a happy weekend!
Thanks for visiting!

30 Days of Lists // 3. to 9.

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Here's the second installment of my 30 Days of Lists!
See the first one here.

Much more variety in this installment in terms of color and washi.
I'm enjoying keeping to my 'super simple' plan of a 6x6 digital print with accompanying photo.

I plan to post my week's worth of lists every Saturday, but if you want to catch them daily, you could follow me on instagram: @amanda_r0se or join the Flickr group.

Having loads of fun!
Thanks for visiting!

 

30 Days of Lists // 1. and 2.

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Welcome to the first installment of my 30 Days of Lists! :)

As you can see, I plan to keep it mostly digital and very simple.  
I wanted to begin a new project this month, but I didn't want it to take up much time.
I created the 6x6 design in PSE, and therefore can quickly change colors/text with each new list.

A quick pic - old or new - will be cropped and printed and taped with each list.  Or maybe not. 
A few strips of washi tape will accompany each list as well. I ♥ washi tape!

Thanks for visiting!

Find out about 30 Days of Lists HERE.