Soooo much not to write about

A year later I'm still on the same course. And that's just that. Not bad, not good. I'm still with thousands of lists and happy as ever!

My small-step-challenge

This time I want to follow my own challenge. The first part is about two things: an empty sink and 7 smash pages in 13 days. Every day.
And here we go.

Oh, so many things I'd just love to do:

• purse organiser - it's like a small purse but with pockets outwards

• stool covers - just to do smth with all the old clothes I can't throw away

• baby carrier (rucksack)

• cover for a feeding chair

• some toy for a baby with buttons and laces - do they really like them or it's just for mommies?

• auxanometer (height meter)

• family look

• ornaments for the NY tree

• PL album on rings (2015)

• journaling cards for quick scrapbooking

• pattern from a file (2015)

• zone cleaning list/journal

• new bag

• recipe book

and more:
○ 07.15 write a short story for my baby and illustrate it

One PL

One month I had too many things to show. After some time in Photoshop I knew I couldn't arrange it to my satisfaction. So...
• I converted everything to black and white
• printed twice - one copy is to be cut into separate photos, the second one is to be marked
• red mark is for the ones that are for sure and the way they are now;
green and violet are for me and my husband (so I don't forget to include at least few of those)
• the cut pieces are to be aranged according to date and theme (or to be excluded)
• I took a picture of the final result and used it for reference
• voila!

p.s. for journaling I made plain printed text (1, 2) and a flip pocket (3)

6 months PL in a week

I've been a bit behind with my PL and it bugged me (I prefer doing it by months rather than by weeks). I took some time and followed one idea: better done than perfect. Fifteen minutes a day and in a week I had everything ready for printing. Now I want to share some steps that helped me or "that's how I do it":

• first thing is my journal - I record main events of my life into my phone (free programme "Memoires" allows me to add photos to my entries), into a copy-book for DIY projects or just to Word file. I do this because it's hard to recall everything some time after even with all the photos.

• I have all my photos in separate folders by months (2015.05MAY, 2015.06JUN, 2015.07JUL) so it's easy to sort

• I sit down with the journal and think which events I have photos of, which events I should add photos of or find pictures in the Internet (movie poster or a photo of a new fav toy), which photos are just too adorable to leave out. I have a baby and this part of the project is the hardest.

• I copy all needed photos into a separate folder and start arranging and processing them in Photoshop (I have a very old version and it's more than enough) using previously done layouts of page protectors I have

• I save the result as .tiff with layers and .jpg and leave it for now

• next time I review .jpg and deside if I like it the way it is (I've made a limit of 3 reviews in order not to make it an endless process), then I make changes or export photos into (10,2*15,2cm; 300dpi) files I'll send for printing

• and start working on the next month folder...

15 minutes a day and some limits make PL easy and interesting

Challenge Way

I'm on my way to a perfect life. The main word being "way")) Picking up a few challenges. Though it's not always a proper word for them.
So far I'm into decluttering my home. There are tons of such day-by-day printable check lists on Pinterest, I've just took one of the first search results to start - milkandcuddles (opens in a new window). Ok, I admit that I've already stuck, but I remember one motivation about continuing the challenge (think, it was about a diet or health eating habits) and not just scolding yourself about it.
The second big thing is about organising. Everything. Time and space. So many great house ideas that are just so not for me (though I do keep pictures for inspiration).
The third thing is Project Life. Yes, that's how I see family history in pictures. Not those old-fashioned boring albums. PL is a perfect (again, for me) combination of pictures, stories and my passion for everything handmade. Unfortunately, I'm stuck untill I manage my organisational skills.
Then there are DIY projects, recepies to try, kids stuff and soooooo on. Thus I live on coffee while I'm allowed.

Making Mustard

I had some mustard powder and decided to use it, especially since I had some pickle, too. I'm afraid it'll last me forever! Good thing I'm trying to replace mayonnaise.