A Week In The Life Album

I finally got around to photographing my Week In the Life Album, as I mentioned here. 

I hope you enjoy peeking at the finished product!

What I liked and will probably do again next year:

8 1/2 by 11 album size

baseball card protectors 

American Crafts D-ring album

5x7 photo for the first page of each day

What I will probably do differently:

I need more than two pages + baseball card protector for each day

I definitely need to leave more room for journaling

I wanted to use more stamps and embellishments

Capture more toys, appliances, and technology

Rita, the Happy Mascot

What a fun week I have had with Rita! Oh, who is Rita? She is the mascot I chose for this week's Happy Book assignment. I picked her because of her affiliation with Creative Memories, my first introduction to my life-changing hobby, scrapbooking. Here is a peek at our week:

In no particular order...

1. at my kid's school

2. after a trip to the pharmacy for cold medicine :(

3. in line at McDonald's for a Coke!

4. um, yet another coke from the gas station (it helps my sore throat!)

5. playing marbles in the living room

6. my desk at work

7. the library return drop-box

8. waterpark

9. self check-out lane at the grocery

10. the bus stop!

This was a really fun project, not only because it was plain silly, but for the memories it revived...memories of Freshman year at college, pledging my sorority. Pledge night- one of our tasks was to run all over town with the Pink Panther (our mascot) and take pictures in certain places...a scavenger hunt of sorts...the penny horse at Meijer, grabbing tons of packets of ketchup at McDonald's, a particular frat house, the playground, the old cemetery on campus...oh what a fun night! And this little assignment brought it all right back!

This coming week's assignment, coincidentally, is to go on a photo scavenger hunt. Here are the items to look for: circle, tree, smile, sparkle, heart, clean, treasure, red, fresh, sky, yum, toes, morning, home. Sounds like fun!

Sundays in My City: Snow Much Fun!

(This is a re-post from January of this year. I thought a peek at cooler weather would be welcomed! Stay tuned to my blog re-launch on Monday the 9th.)


Join us as we travel the world with the Unkown Mami...

More Balloon pics

So I did a terrible job at Project 365 this week...I hit maybe 3 days. I hope to redeem myself with the fact that I took 132 photos Saturday at the Balloon Festival! Here's just a few.

Rides!

Games!

Food!

Skydivers!

Giant flags!

Balloon Glow!

Hope your weekend was filled with fun and family time!

The Invasion Begins!

Every year my town hosts the National Hot Air Balloon Challenge. This evening the challenge took all the balloons directly over my house! One basket even scraped the tops of the trees in our backyard. The girls and I had a blast watching them.

This is the one that hit our trees! It was really cool seeing them so close.

My personal favorite, considering my line of work! I think this one is new this year.

The girls' fave. Also new to the Challenge this year.

We are heading to the actual festival tomorrow, so look for more pics soon!

My Stories of Summer

Ali Edwards has yet again found a simple and striking way to inspire the way we look at scrapbooking, story-telling, photos and life. Her Stories of Summer series kicks off this week with photos and thoughts behind summer memories.

This is what my summer looks like so far:

This is our first year with Kings Island season passes. A waterpark is attached to the main amusement park, and this is where we love to spend our time. Somehow, without a beach, lake or pool, my girls have become water babies. Sliding, splashing, floating...they can't get enough. And I can't get enough of watching them!

Sundays in My City: Mimi's Cafe

It's been SUCH a long time since I've joined this meme, but it's one I truly enjoy. Check out the Unknown Mami for deets and a list of all players this week.

Ok, so Mimi's isn't really in my city, but it's close. Thursday I was stuck at the car dealership getting my car worked on and needed a ride home. I called one my best friends, Jeni, and she came right over to pick me up. Not only that, she took me out to lunch! Mimi's is a cute little French-inspired bistro kinda place. Great food and atmosphere. Great company. Beautiful day.

Thanks, Jeni  and Jamie!

Happy Easter!

Hope you are enjoying today with family and friends!

Sundays in My City 1/31

Join the Unknown Mami as we visit the world... I am joining you from southwest Ohio, just north of Cincinnati.

Let's take a tour of Miami University, Middletown branch.

Even though it is in the middle of my town, it has quite a bit of wooded acreage and sculptures.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week!